Comments on: Wat Suthat in Bangkok

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:43:52 +0000

Talen, ‘beautiful for about 2 hours’… that’s the season we are now in. I didn’t get rain today (lucky), but it looks like it’s going to dump down in about 15 min.

Btw – when you go to the Ancient City, be sure to take a Thai with you to read the different descriptions outside the various rooms.

Until this trip, I was not aware that the Chinese Thai use green lamps to signify tea rooms as well as prostitute houses.

And knowing you, you’ll find many more goodies such as that to write about. And we’ll all benefit

See you in BKK!
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By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:30:35 +0000

Cat, the day was beautiful for about 2 hours then it turned into massive rains.

Unfortunately I have not made it to the Ancient City yet but that will be my second stop when I return…the first being Bangkok and hopefully lunch with you!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:26:28 +0000

I agree, the top photo is beautiful. I can only wonder what the day must have been like!

‘that night I had lost close to 300 pictures from the day’

Ouch. I’ve had camera problems before and it hurts. I lost photos of my son’s 97 year old great grandfather sitting on his porch in his rocking chair. The were the last photos taken of him before he went into the hospital to die. Photos such as those cannot be replaced.

Btw – I just got back from the Ancient City. Did you make it there? (I did a search and didn’t find anything for your site… and for the life of me I can’t remember if you’ve mentioned anything about it)

If you did go and have a post in the wings, I’ll wait before doing mine. You are better at noting down the finer details, so I can relax and quote you instead
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By: Talen

Talen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:02:50 +0000

Mike, Go forth and see Thailand

A week or so in Bangkok will have you see a lot of cool stuff but still leave a lot to see. I still have a long list of things to see in and around Bangkok and an even bigger list of festivals and sights to see around Thailand…I’m hoping it will take a lifetime.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:48:33 +0000

Talen, great pictures despite the problems. When I read some of your posts it just makes me realise how little I have really seen of Thailand (I considered myself well travelled)!
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By: Talen

Talen — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:03:22 +0000

Thanks for the kind words Martyn. The pictures that did turn out I had to crop and play with a little. It was so disappointing to realize that night I had lost close to 300 pictures from the day and I was leaving the next morning for Pattaya.

I had seen a picture similar to the top picture of the post on the internet the night before and I tried to re-create it. I did ok but the picture I saw originally had the most amazing sky and a slight fish eye look that really set it off. My best pictures are usually accidents lol.

Next trip a return visit is in order for sure. The Main Buddha statue even though as large as it is, is eclipsed by the sheer size of the hall it is in. Amazing sight. I know I would have sank anything over 2 meters tall trying to get it down river so I can’t fathom how they moved this huge statue 200 years ago.

By: Martyn

Martyn — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:41:51 +0000

Talen I’m hardly surprised your memory card went on you because the beautiful photo at the top must of had it wondering if it could repeat such a shot. You really have done Wat Suthat proud with your Giant Swing post and now this one, your research once again is a joy to read and an interesting history lesson in itself. I know in the past you have written about Thai ingenuity but the feat of getting a 25 metre statue down a river 200 years ago is amazing, I wouldn’t be able to do it myself nowadays. You deserve a giant Thai pat on the back because anyone reading the two stories cannot possibly leave your blog without their interest in Wat Suthat and the Giant Swing having been well and truly pricked. A very interesting post.
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