Reclining buddha

BIG reclining buddha... I was NOT expecting it to be so huge! it is, apparantly, 46m long and 15m high and illustrates the passing of Buddha into Nirvana (i.e. the Buddha's passing away). The LP bible says that the buddha is modelled out of plaster around a brick core and finished in gold leaf ... i bet it takes a lot of elbow grease to keep it that shiny!

Killing time

September 14th 2005
Hey folks... I started this blog about a month ago, just before I left Bangkok... and now I have added enough photos to justify posting it (it's taken long enough... that's the problem with naf interent connections... sorry!) So... picking up where i'd started a month ago... "Just got a bit of time to kill before I get on ANOTHER bus to go to Ko Pha-Ngan (can't wait....eeeeeeeeeeeee!) ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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