Sanctuary of Truth Pattaya SilentSunday December 1, 2024 I've completed the revamp of Bangkok For Visitors and am on to updating the full Thailand For Visitors guide. This whole exercise gives me a chance to reprocess old digital images with the latest tools. Here's a sneak peak from the Sanctuary of Truth just outside of Pattaya. Sunlight on the ceiling
Bangkok Lotus I'm refreshing my old Bangkok travel guide and found this photo from around 2011 of a pretty lotus blossom at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. The flower is in a garden behind the temple courtyard that most people don't know is there.
Foggy Forest Back in Portland, it's definitely fall. If we're lucky, foggy mornings are followed by a few hours of sun. This photo is from 2019, I think it's Marquam Hill. Foggy Forest
Candi Sewu Candi Sewu is a charming Buddhist temple that's well over 1,200 years old. It's very close to the more well-known Prambanan complex in central Java, but seldom visited. One of the chubby stone guardians of Candi Sewu
Birch Trail One of my favorite close-in hikes in up Holman lane and down Birch Trail. You can extend it if you want with several different options to get back to your starting point. In late summer, the light in the afternoon is always very beautiful.
Mae Hong Son Mae hong Son province in Thaiuland's far north is a unique destination. It was settled mostly by people from the Shan state so it retains a distinctly Burmese flavor. A pair of the city's oldest temples reflected in the lake between thunderstorms.