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Khon Kaen to Sarakham
We came back from KK yesterday after staying at the Rachawadee Resort near the airport for one night. We had stuff to do on Saturday (power steering line replacement) and…
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petrified gecko
In the taillight of my coworker’s Ford Focus.
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Folding Lotus Blossoms
I never knew lotus flowers didn’t just look like that when they opened naturally…
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Elephant Delivery Service
These guys are from one of the ethnic villages in Surin where the government has granted them license to keep elephants. As elephants can eat hundreds of kilos of food…
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Thai Basil Stir Fry – Ground Pork with Fried Egg Edition
I can’t remember where this was, but damn they had nice silverware. The food must have been below the memorable line of greatness, but I’d go there again just to…
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Innovative Product Names (Bad Asian Edition)
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Egg noodles with braised pork leg
Nirvana: Achieved. (@ Nong Khai, a couple forgotten streets down from the unremarkable riverside marketplace, across from a nondescript temple in a truly magical noodle shop)
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Nok Krata (Thai Jungle Quail)
Note: The words “Thai” and “Jungle” were included as descriptors in the title and are probably not part of their real name (which eludes my lazy Googling at this point…
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Ascetic
Taken at a Buddha sculpture workshop along the highway to Khon Kaen. This sculpture has a real… presence.
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Oh my gac!
This majestic fruit is perhaps my favorite in the entire kingdom of Thailand: Not just because it’s reminiscent of a freshly-used morning star worthy of Chuck Norris, Jack Bauer,…
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Unknown Thai Melon
Pictured above from the upper left: An unknown Thai melon, a katon (aka kraton, kraton priya, krathon wild mangosteen, santol, or sandorica. Scientific names: Sandoricum koetjape, Sandoricum indicum, Sandoricum nervosum or Melia koetjape. Family Meliaceae,…
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Loving Puto
Would that be pinche puto, or Filipino steamed bun?
