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Dulles International Airport (IAD) main terminal
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Safety Card People: ANA B777-300 edition
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Airplane snacks on ANA
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IAD -> NRT -> BKK airplane food on ANA
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After a crazy-long flight, the showers at Narita's United Club are much appreciated
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Narita, around sunset
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A cartoony warning in the Narita airport
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The Google Doodle, at least in Thailand, celebrated Songkran on April 13
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First breakfast in Bangkok: Tasty gu chai at the home of Rob's uncle.
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When breakfast with the family turns into second and third breakfast. First: gu chai dumplings, which were quite satisfying. Then the fruit (pomelo and guava) came out. And then a round of curries...
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One of the family dogs
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The payment card for Bangkok's transit system is called the Rabbit
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Hyperlapse: In a cab to Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport
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#safetycard people, Nok Air B737-800 edition
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Our snack on board Nok Air: a sealed cup of water and a Auntie Anne's pretzel-ish snack
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It was sunny and 104 degrees F (heat index: 114🔥) when we landed in Phitsanulok. The airline provided fancy 🌂 for shade for the walk from the plane to the terminal.
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Dessert after an enormous family meal at a Thai restaurant in Phitsanulok. Left: coconut in sweetened condensed milk. Right: Lychee-like fruit in ice and a lightly sweet syrup.
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Monks lined up for prayers before Songkran offerings in Phitsanulok.
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Young monks collecting offerings during Songkran festivities in Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Young monks collecting offerings during Songkran festivities in Phitsanulok, Thailand
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Songkran at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat
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Songkran festivities in Phitsanulok began with ceremonies at a local temple, including offerings to the monks
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A Songkran tradition involving releasing small fish into the river
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The golden #Buddha (Phra Phuttha Chinnarat) at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Wat Yai) in Phitsanulok, Thailand, during #Songkran festivities.
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The golden #Buddha (Phra Phuttha Chinnarat) at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Wat Yai) in Phitsanulok, Thailand, during #Songkran festivities.
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The golden #Buddha (Phra Phuttha Chinnarat) at Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat (Wat Yai) in Phitsanulok, Thailand, during #Songkran festivities.
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Dancers at Wat Yai in Phitsanulok during Songkran festivities
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After the Songkran ceremonies at Wat Yai, we headed to a near-completed temple nearby for a ceremony involving adding ornaments to the temple's roof. Groups of people involved in the ceremony shared an array of home-cooked food beforehand.
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Part of a ceremony to complete a new Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, Thailand: Lifting ornaments to the temple's roof
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Flowers and streamers that are added to the ornaments before they are hoisted up to the roof
