Street Shrines

Little shrines all over the place with Thais offering prayers, insense, food, gold and earning merit.

««
«
...
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
...
»
»»

January 25th 2007
I have visited and loved Bangkok/Krungthep/ 'City Of Angels' a couple of times (and I am sure will do so again in the future) but this is my first journal of it. We arrive after a lengthy flight from New Zealand at about 11pm local time and our first impression on leaving the terminal was a bit like what we imagine walking into an oven would be like- about 36 degrees celsius, very humid and obvi ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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

««
«
...
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
...
»
»»

Joined	January 25th 2007	Trips	0
Last Login	August 29th 2011	Followers	0
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	0
Blogs	7	Guestbook	2
Photos	72	Forum Posts	0