The Photography of Dr. Jeffrey P. Harper

Spent the week-end in Lopburi, Thailand -- an easy 90 minute drive north of Bangkok.  Very pleasant . . . and interesting!

Parts of Lopburi, around the Monkey Temple, are completely overrun with monkeys. A photographers' paradise!

Casual city dwelling monkeys.

Monkeys here . . . . .

. . . monkeys there . . . .

. . . monkeys everywhere!

And I do mean EVERYWHERE!

A wonderful old Buddha near the Lopburi Monkey Temple site.

Centuries of worshipers' gold leaf has nearly obscured the Buddha statue's detail. This Buddha statue is in a long room with a very bright red ceiling along with tall windows down each side, giving it this interesting redish glow.

New gold leaf added every day to all the Buddha images in the Wat (Buddhist Temple).

I bought a bracelet to wear for the next month -- to remember the day and the spirit of the Monkey Temple.

. . . .  and one for the private home.

Thousands of people turned out to clean up the mess left by the Red Shirt protesters.  But still, 35 buildings were torched by the departing "hardline" wing . . . . . . 

What a mess in downtown Bangkok.

Workmen clear the barricades  . . . . . .                                  The previous two photos are from Boston.Com.                     

Thursday morning, May 20, 2010, Bangkok, Thailand                                           This photo from The Nation, Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand on the evening of May 19, 2010 after the Red Shirt "protesters" lit 35 buildings on fire.

A Major Shopping Mall on fire.  The world seems very large when you are made to feel very small. A hard rain is gonna fall.

I believe these are 7.50 X 15s.                                                               The previous three photos are from Boston.Com.

If you have tried to make a telephone call to my home phone in Bangkok and were unable to get through . . . . .

I just want to let you know that we HAVE called a technician.