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New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 4:27 am
by Tonray's Ghost
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:33 am
by littlebadboy
Thank you for sharing! I want to visit Thailand one day. It's my birthplace.
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:57 am
by Tonray's Ghost
littlebadboy wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:33 am
Thank you for sharing! I want to visit Thailand one day. It's my birthplace.
Come on down the food is better than any Thai restaurant in the West
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:24 am
by tlarson58
What a cool trip! I would love to try some of those dishes.
What's this?
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:57 pm
by PoodlesAgain
Thanks for the pictures.
Tidbit: 1976, on first visit to Asia, backpacking on my way to Chiang Mai by train.
All of a sudden everybody stands up, bows towards a distant monument.
A temple in Ayutthaya, I later figured.
Knowing a little bit about Thai culture, I just did the same!
This happened a few more times on the (long) way up to the northern town.
Early July. The Thai paddy fields were this hypnotic green, as far as you could see, all the way to the far mountains of Burma, Laos.
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:34 pm
by Tonray's Ghost
tlarson58 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 11:24 am
What a cool trip! I would love to try some of those dishes.
What's this?
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Sold my little Mooer amp and GP-100 pedal unit. That was packed up photo as buyer sent a driver to pick up and then with pic paid me via bank xfer before driver departed
Re: New Year's Trip to Ayutthaya
Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:50 pm
by Tonray's Ghost
PoodlesAgain wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:57 pm
Thanks for the pictures.
Tidbit: 1976, on first visit to Asia, backpacking on my way to Chiang Mai by train.
All of a sudden everybody stands up, bows towards a distant monument.
A temple in Ayutthaya, I later figured.
Knowing a little bit about Thai culture, I just did the same!
This happened a few more times on the (long) way up to the northern town.
Early July. The Thai paddy fields were this hypnotic green, as far as you could see, all the way to the far mountains of Burma, Laos.
The bowing or more likely wai-ng (holding hands together in a prayer
like motion) is done whenever a devout Buddhist Thai passes a notable shrine. Happens even on the metro in Bangkok or when they walk past a noted shrine on the sidewalk.
like motion) is done whenever a devout Buddhist Thai passes a notable shrine. Happens even on the metro in Bangkok or when they walk past a noted shrine on the sidewalk.