Exploits
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View from a remote Amazon Coffee
The sun shining just right can make anything look good. Photo by Taro Machino.
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English camp at Lampao Dam
Taro came to visit, so I brought him along on an overnight English camp to the reservoir at Lampao Dam in Kalasin. Usually this point is so crowded with people going to the “beach,” I can’t wait to leave, but because off the cold weather it’s just our group here today. At sundown, even the souvenir vendors had already left… and getting here this morning in my Crown was one of the best drives I’ve had in a long time. She is queen of the road. Posted from WordPress for Android
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Happy New Year 2014
Taken at Jim Thompson Farm in Korat, which is only open during the cool season (less than one month!) every year.
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Citroen AX and BX
I’ve been meaning to write about these cars for a long time. I came across this photo, from around 1999, when going through old albums. I put it aside and it’s been collecting dust on my PC desk since then. Anyway, about the cars: Yuko-sensei gave T the red Citroen AX and replaced it with a Renault Twingo (She probably still has a thing for French cars – being a doctor, she’s one of the few in Japan able to keep up with repair bills for them.). This was a good small car with manual transmission, and didn’t break down as often as the BX. I used to see a…
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Swiss Sheep Farm, Petchburi, Thailand
During our trip to Cha-Am last month, it was so hot, there was nary a smile… LINK: Swiss Sheep Farm
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Two girls talking
I’m not sure what the context is, but I like their expressions: Taken about a month ago at a restaurant barge in Don Wai Floating Market (which is no longer a floating market, but rather a very hot and crowded indoor market crammed with people), on the banks of the Nakhon Chaisri River, Nakhon Pathom province. UPDATE: Kevin provides dialogue.
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Buddhist perspectives
Shooting (through) security bars mounted on a temple window in Laos.
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Morning Market, Vientiane
The morning market in Laos has been replaced by a multi-story shopping mall… Vientiane has been hugely developed in the seven years I’ve been travelling there. The best way to describe it is as a medium-size Thai city with more third-world bright color gaudiness and even more garbage on the streets. We stopped by a coffee shop where the waitresses wore silk skirts and platform shoes. We sat at a really cool coffee bean-filled table. Then we got photobombed by an angry old man.
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Thai Jaeger – The Golden Buddha Mech
Somewhere between the Chiang Yuen and Sam Sung districts on a two-lane highway lined with rice paddies and stands of vines and overgrowth, there is a secret Jaeger base under construction. When completed, this powerful addition to the Pacific Rim forces will boast three powerful weapons to fight the scourge of Kaijus: Tree Falling in Forest Kick, Cosmic Bodhisattva Blast, and Spinning Lotus Beam.
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Daddy holding Max and a big snake
@ the Cobra Village in Khon Kaen, Thailand
