TA SENG

Ta Seng a vast 3 X 3 miles enclosure containing few temples mutilated for their "mercantile" beauties... 

 

PREAH VIHEAR

ON MY WAY TO PREAH VIHEAR

My friend Nicolas had the good idea to arrange a trip to Preah Vihear, at the the border of Cambodia and Thailand. That was truly wonderful to be able to spend a full day in their company [ him and his wife Sotom ] wandering around the temple.

BAKONG

SRAS SRANG AT DAWN

SMOKED!

Yes, like a salmon on my way to Mae Salong!
South East Asia is a beautiful gem slowly drowning in pollution...
Not talking about the diesel, farting tuktuks and the cohort of smoking old vehicles that spray black heavy particles all over the place but of the habit of burning.
Burning your waste, your garbage that includes of course numerous toxic plastics, etc... but if that was not enough the whole countryside is setting it's fields on fire - we used to do it in France - we might still do it - It's a way to re-energize the land - but on such proportions it's signing for disaster...
A great number of people are coughing, wearing masks or putting their hands in front of their mouth hoping to protect themselves.

On a happier note the 3 pictures below were taken in a spot that was just silent.
No sounds other than the tickling of the engine of my motorbike.
Silence... Pure silence... I can't remember when it happened to me last.
If only the air was breathable...

 

ON THE WAY TO THE KHUN KORN WATERFALL

CHIANG SEN & GOLDEN TRIANGLE

After yesterday gloomy day that ended up in stopping by the Singha Park [ the Thai King of Beer ]

today's sun warmed the busy frontier town [ Thailand | Laos ] of Chiang Saen.

and the mythical Golden Triangle Region.

WAT RONG KHUN

 

BANGKOK CHINESE CEMETERIES

For the last 2 days I spent quite sometimes in Chinese cemeteries.
They are oasis of quietness and peace that welcome dogs, joggers, weight lifters and... karaokes...

 

SOMEWHERE IN BANGKOK'S CHINATOWN

Got lost again...

 

BANGKOK'S CHINATOWN

 

 

AROUND MAHA SET ROAD IN BANGKOK

 

 

 

SMALLS - IN BANGKOK NOT IN NYC

A quiet evening at Smalls in Bangkok, not related to Smalls in NYC.
Didn't get a chance to lesson to some jazz this evening but the the view from the terrace here in Bangkok is for sure more dramatic than the one in NYC.

BANGKOK AROUND NATIONAL STADIUM