chiang mai revisited

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April 22nd 2012

Published: May 1st 2012

And so after almost a month in Laos, really a country and culture wanna reside in i spoiled myself and took a one hour flight back to Chiang Mai where i had left a suitcase a while back ... every time i end up in an internet cafe i wanna write bout daily life ... how i kinda spend mi days ,... however again i think more fun to take ya along with images and some text ... enjoy... Read Full Entry

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and the details ....

of the guard were so magnificant ... oh yeah 4got to mention, m shooting this shot from eyeheight ...

and then there were the soi's ..

soi means little alley ... obviously old town of chiang mai was filled with them ... sometimes ending up in big crossings and then suddenly the tiniest ways again ...

garbage truck

or perhaps better said a scraps truck ... i think the owner of the vehicle sells everythink on it ...

little pagodas everywhere

even in the local garbage dump ... was a nice one actually and the early-burning incense covered a lot of the smell

its just what the eye sees ...

not one thai recognized this temple guard ...

luv the details of the roofs

i was happy with the blue sky after so many weeks of living in the the burning smoke smog ...

and more details

of just another temple ...

connected next to temple

including the wishing sticks for a healthy year placed on the 15th of april ...

no not just another temple ...

however i did 4get the name of it ... and as everything is packed away right now, this is the oldest 'working' temple i think i've been in ...

interesting architecture

wouldn't be surprised if the elephants were of a later king/era adding it to the construction ...

no way up

every direction had a HUGE buddha in the top structure, of which 3 were no longer to be reached by a staircase, as the steps have taken place for a very steep slide

thus buddha(s) too far away

easy solution, let's put a small one right where everyone walks, like this there can be prayers done ...

as close as i can get ...

the 4 statues facing north,west, south east, look totally the same, however m sure there are differences ... just imagine the statue is 4.5x my height ...

like the de3pth of field ...

and it was hot, hot, hot ... this probably was around 8'30am and already 38C (GOING TO 45 ...)

and always the offerings ...

i do have a weakness for the elephants ...

lot of old trees around town

esp at the temple grounds of which there are many many many

building where 4 buddhas face wind direction

this always scares mi ...

very important monks get their own wax puppet in a glass box ... obviously a great pilgremage ....

more of temple ground

just asked two thai locals if they had been to Chiang Mai and if they knew of the name of this temple ... both laughed and said they never go to temples ...

i don't like modern buddhism

i like the original philosophy of Buddhism, however not as it is performed these days ... kids learning to beg and live of society, monks with the latest smartphones, rayban sunglasses, flying all over southeast asia, having latest computers .... etc etc etc

and what do they give back ...

beside keeping the temples going and obsolving those early enough to hit the morning market ...

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