Street Processions through Phuket Town

Phuket Vegetarian Festival Street Processions through Phuket town. The entire town resembles a war zone due to the nonstop explosions from the firecrackers and all of the smoke they generate.

Street procession from Bang Neow Shrine

Tha Rua Shrine, Phuket Vegetarian Festival

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival 

 This morning I had the good fortune to be able to visit the Tha Rua Shrine outside of Phuket town. Needless to say, I am not normally exposed to imagery such as this but I found the experience fascinating to be able to watch the piercing and other rituals being performed inside the temple.  This devotee prepares himself for the long procession to and from town that he and other members of this shrine endure.

Bangkok Print Gallery - Perspectives on Impossible Architecture

The Dusit Thani Hotel

For more perspectives on impossible architecture, tessellating patterns and other Escher inspired artwork in my Bangkok Print Gallery.

Age of Enlightenment

Thai Candle Procession around the standing Buddha at Phuthamonton Park just east of Bangkok.

Candle Procession  during the Buddhist holy day of Makha Bucha  - Phutthamonthon, Thailand

Macha Bucha is a Buddhist holy day and marks a point in history when 1,250 of the Lord Buddha's followers gathered to hear his sermon.

Worshipers walk three times around temples in a bid to make merit. 

The Giant King

View looking east in large courtyard at Central World Plaza at Ratchaprasong Intersection. This was ground zero for the deadly crackdown against the anti-government protests of 2010.

The Giant King, Central Wold Plaza