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)