The first picture is a Christmas tree. Yep, it has been commercialized in even a predominantly non-Christian country. The big mall where the tree sits in front, is a very large place. Lot's of shoes but no boots, Jen. The square in front of this mall is kind of like Times Square when it comes to New Years Rockin' Eve.

The next picture is at a restaurant which has Thai and Vietnam food. The selection on the table is all Vietnamese. It was good. The couple at the table is Rungrat [the finance person for Agel Thailand] and her husband, who spent the evening with me.

The last picture is another shrine much the same as described before.

Okay, I wasn't supposed to get a picture of Ronald. But this Ronald is out front of the McDonald's across from the hotel. The unique thing about him is what he has done with his hands. It is a common, very common greeting for people to greet each other with their hands in a prayer and bring their hands to their nose and back down and say solaki, a hello or welcome greeting.

The next picture up is a shrine on a street corner. Worshipper's would buy flowers and incense and bring them to this shrine and pray. The flowers and incense can be purchased from a lot of vendors before they get into the shrine area. There were even birds there for purchase. I didn't ask about them. They light the incense and place it in some pot of sand and pile the flowers at one of the platforms. Then they knell and pray in front of everyone.

The top picture is of a whole square block of shops, all of them about that close. There were so many of them. Clothes, watches, souveniers, trinkets, and more and more of the same. It reminded me of Tijuana. It didn't take long to everything offered there but I only saw a few of the shops.

It was fun to have Flat Stan with me taking a few pictures.

Bangkok 2

Here's a few more pictures. The one I thought was kind of funny was the towel at the side [both sides but I only pictured one] of the bed and some slippers which were big enough for my big toe.

Bangkok, Thailand

Well, I made it to Thailand. I originally thought it was a 14 hour flight. It was 18 hours. Arrived here at 6:30 am on Monday [3:30 pm on Sunday your time]. Here's a couple of pictures I've been able to shoot quickly [more to come, I hope].

Hallway from the inside of the room.

Had to get some bathroom shots. It's pretty nice compared to some places I've been.
The bed looks pretty comfy, won't get to try it until this evening. Some more coming.

Sundance Visit

We went to Sundance this morning on a wild hare and had breakfast at the Foundry Grill. Following our Sundance visit, we spent some time [most of the rest of the day] in Park City. It was an absolutely beautiful day.

Successful at the Columbia Outlet Store. I found a coat which sold normally for $260 for $80. I've got something now to wear when I'm out shoveling snow. The weatherman is predicting snow tomorrow, mostly in the mountains, but I'm ready if it hits here.

Just looking at the pictures, perhaps grecian formula may be in order.

Spooky Halloween Night...

We spent Halloween night at Rhett & Julie's. Lot's of spooks trailed in and out of their garage for portraits during the evening. We had dinner afterwards and then Nana went trick-or-treating with Julie and the kids. When they returned we all settled in for a movie together, Return of the Jedi. It was a great evening together.



Zoe went trick-or-treating as well.


Here's a couple of cool characters who wandered into the garage for a portrait. They look vaguely familiar.