Jacques of all Trades

Erawan Falls, Thailand on Flickr.

File under: places I would rather be than at my desk…

Erawan Falls, sun-dappled (by jacquesofalltrades)

One of my favorite photos from a trip to Thailand and Vietnam two winters ago.  

theworldwelivein:

Bangkok_9 (by Mondayne)

Floating lilies — Jim Thompson House, Bangkok, 1/02/10

fotojournalismus:

Vegetable market vendors pull back awnings and their produce off a railway track to allow a cross-country train to dissect through the middle of the town of Maeklong, in Samut Songkhram province, 37 miles west of Bangkok on August 16, 2012. The bustling market, in the middle of the town, has to scramble from the tracks eight times a day as trains pass.

[Credit : Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters]

fotojournalismus:

A worker walks on scaffolding while renovating Wat Pho Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, on March 19, 2012.

[Credit : Sakchai Lalit / AP]

This was one of the most striking places we visited on last year’s trip to Thailand.

llbwwb:

Island Hopping,Thailand (by DolliaSH)

I want to go (back) to there.

fotojournalismus:

Bangkok, Thailand.

A girl swims in floodwaters at a temple used as a temporary shelter for flood victims.

[Credit : Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images]

neiture:

A partially submerged Buddha overgrown by a Bodhi tree in the ruins of Wat Mahathat temple - Ayutthaya, Thailand | image by Adrees Latif

(Source: ecocides, via gilmoure)

inothernews:

WET NAP   A man took a nap at a flooded bus stop in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday. (Photo: Sakchai Lalit / AP via the Wall Street Journal)

life: Nestled among all the history and culture of the Kingdom of Thailand are scenes of awe-inspiring beauty. Little wonder, then, that the 800-year-old Southeast Asian nation is such a draw with world travelers.

see more — Beauty of Thailand

inothernews:

Buddhist monks walk through chest-high water as floods inundate Ayutthaya province in Thailand on Monday.  Flooding during an unusually heavy monsoon season has caused nearly 500 deaths to date and millions of evacuations in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia.  (Photo: AFP-Getty via CNN)

Somehow we missed this on our trip to Thailand. Perhaps for the best.

nationalpost:

Photos of the day
Zoo performer Theerapone Manolai smiles as he puts his head between the jaws of a crocodile during a performance for tourists at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo, Thailand. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

Anyone for chess?  

(Outside Erawan Falls, Thailand, 1/2011)