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Wat Samphran: The Dark Temple

28 Sep

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In my continuing series on weird buildings in Bangkok and in Thailand, of which there are many, I’d like to present Wat Samphran, the Dark Temple. This temple is located approximately 40 km from Bangkok. I’ve not been there myself, ... Read more »

Kru Kai Kaew: The Devil God

27 Sep

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This entry will be a short one. Last night we got another massive storm that dumped a humongous amount of rain on Bangkok. The entire city flooded. I could not get out of my apartment last night due to the ... Read more »

Weird Bangkok Buildings: An Assortment

26 Sep

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We have many weird buildings in Toronto. Actually it’s not that they’re weird, it’s that they’re ugly and poorly designed. Bangkok has many ugly buildings but also an assortment of truly weird ones that could or would never be built ... Read more »

The Banyan Tree

25 Sep

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I was partially through writing an ode to the Banyan tree, based on an article I read about the tree that perhaps had survived the terrible fire in Hawaii. And then as I had finished writing the article and was ... Read more »

More Sisters in Ayuttaya

24 Sep

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I mentioned yesterday that my side of the Bangkok Blog platform broke and that I wasn’t sure if I would be able to jury rig a workaround. Well after some messing around I found a solution that seems to work, ... Read more »

Good Stuff/Bad Stuff: All on the First Day

23 Sep

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I wanted to let you know that my Bangkok Blog creator platform site is broken in a way that I can’t easily fix. I don’t have the time to go to support to see what might be wrong. This means ... Read more »

The First Day – Spirit Houses

22 Sep

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In the last post of the last visit in June, I suggested that the first post of this visit would be a series of photos of Spirit Houses that I had collected during that last visit. My first day has ... Read more »

The Food Porn Edition: June 2023

28 Jun

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This is the last day of this visit, which means that this is the last Bangkok Blog entry for this trip. I always say the same things in these food porn posts. The food was fantastic. Our hospital chefs are ... Read more »

An Agricultural Learning Centre

27 Jun

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This is the second and last of my series of architecture posts, at least for now. Tomorrow, is my last day here during this visit so the next entry will be about food. The other day, I met a guy ... Read more »

Bamboo Delight

26 Jun

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I have a couple of posts, this one being the first, that will be predominately about architecture and design in Bangkok and Thailand. You might have no interest in design, but I do. And think about it, I only have ... Read more »