Monday, December 15, 2014

Another black eye for Thai tourism

Monks slaps tourist

 Monk misunderstood the tourist, believing that he  was called buffalo, considered an insult in Thailand.

The foreigner did not speak Thai and did not know  the Thai word for buffalo (kwai ). 

The behavior was inappropriate for a monk.


 More here 
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Bystander with leg injury

Russian tourist shot in Thailand - eTurboNews.com
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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Phu Phan Mountains 6 Celcius

Northeast hit by cold weather
"...temperatures in the province will further drop by 2-4 degrees Celsius from 16-18 December..."
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No more News snippets from Spain

Google shuts down Google News Spain | Thailand News

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A visit to the Chinese Temple

Stopped off  at the Chinese temple last night.  Appeared to be a reservation only event.
Sat in a bar/restaurant at the entrance of the temple and watched guests arriving.  
Not surprised that I was greeted by a few of the arrivals as we knew one another



Just outside the temple entrance a sidewalk restaurant was doing brisk business cooking up oysters with scrambled eggs.



Plenty of diners and takeout customers kept the staff busy



There was a steady stream of take-out customers



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The dragon was resting comfortably on his perch at the rear of the temple



Of course we had to pose


Family of five on two wheels


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