Jalan Pudu KL from my hotel room

Jalan Pudu from my room at Tiara Inn Hotel

Notice train leaving Pudu LRT station

This station was featured by name in the 1999 movie Entrapment starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Although Bukit Jalil station was actually used in the movie, the sign showed 'Pudu' instead of Bukit Jalil. Apparently this was because Pudu was the easiest mass transit station that could be pronounced properly by Sean Connery (Source: the following Wikipedia article)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudu_LRT_station

The street was quiet as it was a Sunday

Cambodian snails

I tried these snails in Siem Reap - 3000 Real for this dish (about 70p)

a bit rubbery - but tasty sauce

Siem Reap Market

Something to see you over the weekend.......

Angkor Wat - Cambodia

Girls from the blackstuff (Siem Reap)

Eat your greens !!

This stall served a spicey noodle stew to which you

added your choice of greens - notice the fresh mint leaves

Visakha Bucha - Bangkok

Visakha Bucha is a holiday commemorating the

the birth, enlightenment and passing of the Buddha on the same day

(different years obviously). Above two monks at

a large 2-day festival at Sanam Luang Bangkok

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanam_Luang
http://www.thaicongenvancouver.org/visakhabucha.htm

Two teachers in formal civil servant uniforms at the event
Civil Servants at the event
Mind over matter - see below

Making offering of small coins

Monks speaking to devotees before a procession

Preparing for the processing - flags being distributed

Elder monks lead the processon - three times round a structure

(containing a Buddha?) at centre of Sanam Luang

'Bangkok Dangerous'

Attempted Assassination in Bangkok

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8003531.stm

Police looking for evidence the following day

Chalk marking marking spent bullets

Some reports say up to a hundred bullets were fired in the 5 minute attack

The Bangkok Post gave graphics of the attack and map

(10 minutes walk from my hotel)