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Through the window at the National Museum, Bangkok
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National Museum courtyard
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Dragon-like guards probably from Thai theater's Ramakian legend at National Museum
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A former palace, now National Museum, Bangkok
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Architectural detail
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Near amulet market in Ratanakosin
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Pak Khlong market - start of first day's walk home
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Asian tourist taking in Pak Khlong market
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Stacks of dried fish abound in sidewalk market
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Ganesh shrine in Chinatown
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Coffee, persimmons, sausage, whatever...
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Campaign posters, electric lines, Chinese motifs were everywhere
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Every Thai man spends some time as a monk
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Siam Square is filled with malls
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Bangkok's taxis brighten the traffic
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Presiding over the vegetables
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Street life near Patpong
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Lumphini Park is named after Buddah's Nepalese birthplace
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Pockets of Indonesians dot the city
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Street corner still life
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Extensive wandering paid off with lanes like this
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Thais eat small meals all day long
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I saw tourists only in places like Wat Pho
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Hard to notice the murals with all that gold!
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Wat Pho's Sleeping Buddah
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Typical Thai temple lamp illuminating Buddah
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These bookcase and shutter paintings captivated me
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Wat Pho's Buddah is enormous!
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Skewers, woks are essential to Thai food
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Stupas in the Royal Palace