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Postcards from:
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Kuta Bali Indonesia
Surabaya Indonesia
Yogyakarta Indonesia
Jakarta Indonesia
Kuching Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Yangon Myanmar
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Phnom Penh Cambodia
Angkor Wat Cambodia
Phnom Penh Cambodia
Chau Doc Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Nha Trang Vietnam
Ha Noi Vietnam
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Medan Indonesia
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Bangkok Thailand
Melaka Malaysia
Penang Malaysia
Hat Yai Thailand
Surat Thani Thailand
Hua Hin Thailand
Bangkok Thailand
Ayutthaya Thailand
Chiang Mai Thailand
Luang Prabang Laos
Phonsavan Laos
Vientiane Laos
Khon Kaen Thailand
Nang Rong Thailand
Bangkok Thailand
Hat Yai Thailand
Yala Thailand
Kota Bharu Malaysia
Sungai Ko-Lok Thailand
Trang Thailand
Krabi Thailand
Phang-Nga Thailand
Bangkok Thailand
Big Bear Lake California
Bangkok Thailand: Another city shrine, this one
containing a statue of a god with four faces and four arms.
Bangkok Thailand: Exterior view of the $25 Grace Hotel where I stayed while
in Bangkok. I'd been there several days before discovering it is located
smack dab in the middle of the Arab quarter and the hotel catered to middle
eastern travelers... including at least one Iraqi.
Bangkok Thailand: A fiew of the buildings along the banks of the river
during my hour boat trip up the river.
Bangkok Thailand: Typical street scene in Chinatown.
Bangkok Thailand: One of the devotees paying respect at a sidewalk shrine.
Bangkok Thailand: Shrine with statue of Ganesha, the elephant deity known as
the Remover of Obstacles.
Bangkok Thailand: Motorcycle powered delivery "truck."
Bangkok Thailand: Ferryboat dock with one of the tour boats waiting for
passengers.
Bangkok Thailand: Temple at a Buddhist seminary.
Bangkok Thailand: One of the fast taxi boats.
Bangkok Thailand: At a Buddhist seminary.
Bangkok Thailand: Christmas shoppers mob the Malls during December in
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November - 10 December 2002
Hello
from Bangkok Thailand.
This stop kept me in the
city eleven days to take care of several medical needs:
dental, ear pain, and comprehensive physical checkup. My
right ear has been causing discomfort since before I left on
this current excursion. The excellent Bumrungrad Hospital
offers a very affordable ($400) physical checkup and dental
services are a bargain by comparison with costs back home.
During my seven month exploration of Southeast Asia I passed
through Bangkok several times, taking many photos during
each visit. If you are crazy about photographs taken around
Bangkok, you might want to check out my several other pages
for trips in other years as well.
Peace
Fred L
Bellomy
Bangkok Thailand: Details of the offerings
placed in front of one of the pictures of the king located near the
Nana district Skytrain terminal.
Bangkok Thailand: Another little shrine tucked in among some shrubs.
Bangkok Thailand: A newspaper article about the Bumrungrad Hospital
where I got "the works." Their very affordable ($275) Comprehensive
Health Checkup Package would have cost eight times that much in
Santa Barbara.
Bangkok Thailand: A poster showing the world wide locations of JCI
Accredited Hospitals of which the Bumrungrad is one.
Bangkok Thailand: There really are a lot of monks riding the boats
from one temple to another located along the river bank. I think
they ride free.
Bangkok Thailand: A fiew of the buildings along the banks of the
river during my hour boat trip up the river.
Bangkok Thailand: Some of the elegant offerings placed at each of
the shrines; this one near the World Trade Center. In addition to
all the food I noticed a package of cigarettes in this collection!
Bangkok Thailand: Information about Ganesha near the shrine.
Bangkok Thailand: One of the ferryboats running up and down the
river near Bangkok.
Bangkok Thailand: Passengers on a ferryboat that took me an hour up
the river.
Bangkok Thailand: Christmas shoppers mob the Malls during December
in Thailand.
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Bangkok Thailand: One of the hundreds of small shrines
scattered around the city.
Bangkok Thailand: A devout girl placing a flower offering at the shrine of
Ganesha.
Bangkok Thailand: Another view of the Ganesha shrine with details of some of
the offerings.
Bangkok Thailand: Another city shrine, this one containing a statue of a
god/goddess with four faces and four arms.
Bangkok Thailand: Exterior view of the $25 Grace Hotel where I stayed while
in Bangkok.
Bangkok Thailand: Segregation on the riverboats of Bangkok... or is it
privilege of the calling?
Bangkok Thailand: Every ferry has several of these reminders to let the
monks sit down. Still, I saw many yellow robes standing in clusters.
Bangkok Thailand: Typical shot of street vendors in Chinatown.
Bangkok Thailand: No. This is not the fixings for a picnic: just some of the
elegant offerings placed at this street shrine; this one near the World
Trade Center.
Bangkok Thailand: Offerings at the alter by the statue of Ganesha.
Bangkok Thailand: At the riverfront.
Bangkok Thailand: Near the ferryboat dock I spotted this flotsam.
Bangkok Thailand: Temple at a Buddhist seminary.
Bangkok Thailand: Christmas shoppers mob the Malls during December in
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