The Old Teak House

The Old Teak House, originally uploaded by HellonEarth2006.

In Thailand, houses used to be built out of teak wood. This is one of those properties lying on the other side of the river to Bangkok in Thonburi. It is close to the Santa Cruz Church which was built by the Portuguese and which will be feaured here shortly. It is in rather a dilapidated state but must have been quite something when new despite the rather incongruous corrugated tin roof.

The Potter

The Potter, originally uploaded by HellonEarth2006.

Taken on a recent trip to Koh Kred which is an island in the Chao Phraya river famous for pottery produced by ethnic Mon people.

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Beaches of Thailand - Palm Shadow, Surin Beach, Phuket

Beaches of Thailand - Palm Shadow, Surin Beach, Phuket, originally uploaded by HellonEarth2006.

Just back from Phuket where we had some very mixed weather. This was (as can be seen) a beautiful day on Surin Beach.

Made me think of Cat Steven's song Moonshadow

"I'm being followed by a moon shadow
moon shadow-moon shadow
leaping and hopping on a moon shadow
moon shadow-moon shadow"

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The Chestnut Roaster

The Chestnut Roaster, originally uploaded by HellonEarth2006.

It was an extremely hot day (as most are in Thailand) and this guy was roasting chestnuts in Koh Kred. As you can see the heat was pretty high on the fire. Koh Kred is an island in the Chao Phraya river about 20 kms north of Bangkok which is really fampus for its red, unglazed pottery

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