2023-11-06 09:00
I am not 100% sure
about this but I think when she came back to collect her bicycle she
found out that a bird had left something on her handlebar-grip.
Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thail… Read More
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2023-11-05 08:56
A lottery ticket seller
making the most of a cheerful couple having to wait for their
noodles. I think the smiley woman bought some.
Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand Read More
2023-11-04 08:51
I think this man is the
owner of the samlor (three-wheeled bicycle taxi) but he might not be,
however, the perspective coincided perfectly for him to be sitting on
the saddle without a… Read More
2023-11-03 08:45
Slightly cheeky photo
of a pair of women walking in synchrony with a nice pair of satelite dishes.
Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand Read More
2023-11-02 08:40
Every day this
silver-haired man carts ice around Petchaburi market to numerous
vendors to help keep their produce fresh. Many obstacles lie in his
route including pot-holes, curb-stones, s… Read More
2023-11-01 08:35
I think his expression
is just an effect of being frozen in a photograph rather than a
problem with the sticky rice he was eating. And I hope the young guy
driving that motorbike doesn't ac… Read More
2023-10-31 08:29
Different kinds of
cargo requiring different kinds of care.
Photograph taken in
Petchaburi, Thailand Read More
2023-10-30 08:29
Ten years after last
posting on this blog I have decided to start it up again.
We moved away from
Chiang Mai with its very convenient street markets and now have moved
again to near t… Read More
2013-02-18 00:00
Looks like the recoil from this sniper dog’s rifle has sent it flying backwards.I’m not sure why some of these street dogs end up wearing clothes. They are perhaps “se… Read More
2013-02-17 00:00
And who is going to argue with her?Photograph taken at Zeer, Rangsit, Bangkok, Thailand Read More
2013-02-16 00:00
A young Thai boy slithering into the Chinese Year of the Snake. His rubber cobra actually had quite a realistic wriggle as he carried it along.Happy New Year (a few days late).Photograp… Read More
2013-02-15 00:00
Perhaps the Tax Office give her a rebate for the free campaign advertising. But then why would be in English here in Thailand?More likely, the design and cost of the shirt were far more… Read More
2013-02-14 00:00
To me it almost looks like the dog in this photograph was somehow stuck to a wall and is now getting nervous about slipping down.I had never seen a dog in this spread-legged position be… Read More
2013-02-13 00:00
Walking around Thai markets where stallholders often have to bring their children along, I regularly see young kids latched onto mannequins like this. At first sight it looks a bit like… Read More
2013-02-12 00:00
In his book “The Truth about Dogs”, Stephen Budiansky begins by pointing out just how parasitic dogs are: they have effectively conned us into providing their every need for… Read More
2013-02-11 00:00
It’s revealing to me how the fortune teller here does not seem to be reading the cards on the table but the woman herself. Of course, it could just be that as I took the photograp… Read More
2013-02-10 00:00
Two men idly waiting at a bus stop and sharing the shade from his hat.The “Bangkok Futsal Arena” mentioned on his shirt was a large, expensive indoor stadium built on the ou… Read More
2013-02-09 00:00
I like this as a compositionally strange photograph that, for me at least, somehow still works.The hands are the only clear subject so your eye goes straight to them even though they ar… Read More
2013-02-08 00:00
Some might believe his bag is full of goods to sell on a market stall, perhaps shirts or maybe large, torso-covering underpants like the ones he is modelling, but I know it’s actu… Read More
2013-02-07 00:00
Looks like this guy has run out of zoom.The two bags are full of clothes to sell and he’s waiting for his other half to arrive to set up their market stall. His waist-line suggest… Read More
2013-02-06 00:00
The laughter looks a little forced anyway so no surprise this woman hasn’t joined in.She looked like she was waiting for somebody and when I walked passed again twenty minutes lat… Read More
2013-02-05 00:00
There has been a little unseasonal rain in Bangkok recently but the chances are that the residue left from this spillage after the heat has evaporated the water away will sit there slow… Read More
2013-02-04 00:00
Crouched down on the ground at the bottom of these steps this old woman has the demeanor of a beggar but is actually trying to sell something (I didn’t notice what). Unfortunately… Read More
2013-02-03 00:00
Buddhist monks always seem so incongruous in commercial settings but they can be connected as shop owners do sometimes request a few monks to come and bless their shop particularly when… Read More
2013-02-02 00:00
Munich has its Oktoberfest with traditionally-dressed waitresses carrying up to eight one-litre beer steins at a time. This is a Bangkok version involving iced water in metal mugs but w… Read More
2013-02-01 00:00
A man walking up the steps and a woman walking down. They ignored each other as passersby usual do but as shown in this photograph their shadows took the opportunity for a quick kiss.Ph… Read More
2013-01-31 00:00
“Behave yourself or I’ll put you in the blue box with your brother!”Photograph taken at Victory Monument, Bangkok, Thailand Read More
2013-01-30 00:00
Jogging’s not for everybody. Particularly on a relaxing Sunday afternoon but I can imagine that the rhythmical sound of joggers passing by makes a good lullaby.Photograph taken in… Read More
2013-01-29 00:00
“Vote for me or I’ll punch you!”It’s Bangkok Governor election time and the incumbent is seeking re-election. To some, his campaign poster might look like he&rsq… Read More
2013-01-28 00:00
She gave the impression that she didn’t much care for her puppies. If one tried to climb out of the pen it was very roughly, almost aggressively, pushed back. She was bored and si… Read More
2013-01-27 00:00
I just like this photograph as a street portrait of a woman with a classically oriental face.Photograph taken on Saturday Walking Street, Chiang Mai, Thailand Read More
2013-01-26 00:00
These gaggles of motorcycle taxi drivers at the corner of so many streets in their coloured vests can be like a social hub for an area’s community. Being there all the time they s… Read More
2013-01-25 00:00
Thailand is full of little customs and rituals related to religion and other beliefs, such as blowing your car horn when passing a roadside shrine or adorning yourself in protective amu… Read More
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