Posted in Thailand, photography, travel, tagged chiang mai, photography, Thailand, travel, travel photography on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Chiang Mai was a welcome change from Bangkok. It’s still a big city (170,000+) but the downtown is compact enough to navigate on foot and the weather was cooler. And there were hardly any tricksters. A big plus in my book.
Chiang Mai is all about wats. I forget the exact number, but they’re everywhere.
Lots of [...]
Posted in Thailand, food, photography, travel, tagged bangkok, chinatown, photography, street photography, Thailand, travel, travel photography on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I spent most of my second day in Bangkok lost in Chinatown. Normally I hate being lost, but this time it was by design. My cartoonish tourist map was worthless and trying to figure out which tiny alley I was on quickly proved impossible. So I scrapped whatever plans I had and just wandered through [...]
Posted in Thailand, photography, travel, tagged bangkok, photography, scams, Thailand, travel, travelphotography on May 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bangkok was an interesting experience. Not my most favorite city, but still very interesting. It’s a massive place, and I spent half my time walking around and waiting at bus stops for buses that never came. I made a point of never using tuk tuks and rarely using mototaxis since they all tried to rip [...]
Posted in Cambodia, Thailand, travel, tagged Cambodia, poipet, Thailand, travel on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Overland from Siem Reap to Bangkok could’ve been worse. I’d read all kinds of disturbing stories about how bad the roads were and what sort of scum lurk around Poipet, a filthy Cambodian border town regarded by many to be the armpit of Asia. I don’t like spending time in armpits so I planned carefully. [...]
Posted in Cambodia, photography, travel, tagged angkor, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, photography, travel, travel photography on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
6:20-8:00 Banteay Srei
Falling asleep on the back of a moto might seem difficult, but waking at 4:45 coupled with the soothing drone of the engine put me in a weird stupor, punctuated by sharp, panic-filled jerks whenever I tottered to the side or clunked heads with the motodop. Slapping myself in the face seemed to [...]
Posted in Cambodia, photography, travel, tagged angkor, Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Siem Reap, travel, travel photography on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I took something like 500 photos over the past 10 days, and getting through the download/edit/upload process has taken a while. It was a great trip, and a rare one in that there were no mishaps or delays or inconveniences of any kind. Stress-free all around. No bungled room reservations, no bus breakdowns or delayed [...]
Posted in random on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Man, I love these Khmer holidays. I’ve got 11 of the next 16 days off, so I’m heading up to to Siem Reap to check out Angkor. Every Cambodian I meet asks me if I’ve seen the temples yet, and I’m tired of disappointing them. Three nights in Siem Reap, then Thailand (Bangkok and Chiang [...]
Posted in Cambodia, phnom penh, photography, tagged Cambodia, people, phnom penh, photography, street photography on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He wanders the streets around my place, always wearing the same black trousers. Sometimes he carries a round stone the size of a canteloupe, which he places in random spots along the street. Other times he stares into space, not moving for hours. I couldn’t figure him out. The other day, though, I met a [...]
Posted in Cambodia, food, photography, tagged Cambodia, food, Khmer food, photography, street food on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Street food down near the riverfront, Phnom Penh.
Photogenic, but snail isn’t exactly my thing.
Posted in Cambodia, black-and-white, phnom penh, photography, tagged black-and-white, Cambodia, colonial architecture, greyscale, monochrome, phnom penh, photography on May 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m not sure what this building was, but now it’s a photogenic relic of Phnom Penh’s days as the Pearl of Asia. It’ll probably be restored soon, but I kind of like it as is. Seen a block west of Sisowath Quay near the Royal Palace.
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