In the siamese capital.

Sisters...

Intricate tile-works on a large stupa (cifra-palota).

When it's time to practice your dharma. Theravada Buddhists in daily prayer.

Some of the Buddhist temples display unmistakeably Chinese influences. These statues are standing here as good examples of the above claim.

Temple life.

The reclining Buddha. This stattue although can not be seen on the photo, is really-really GIGANTIC!

Black and white....(O.K. and red)

Welcome to Khaosan road, the party capital of south-east Asia. Here anything goes and anything can be obtained if your wallet gives you the green-light. This is also the center of sex tourism where you can receive Thai-massage with happy ending and you can eyewitness a ping-pong show that of course has nothing to do with table-tennis.

Would you have thought?!Thai massage is real popular in Thailand:-)

Here is the Thai answer to processed western meat products. When it comes to animal consumption the locals ready to devour all crawling and jumping insects such as giant ants, snakes, spiders, scorpions, 'roaches and bamboo-warms.
Here is Ga', nibbling away on some deep-fried grasshopper... yummy for the tummy :-)

This is good ol' Ronald Mc'Donald, trying to look all shy and bashful copying the traditional Thai greeting hand-gesture. Good try but not good enough. We know that you are only here to conquer and ruin yet another healthy nation you f.ckin' freak!!!

Witness my fitness... This is the main park of Bagkok downtown where every afternoon hundreds of people gather to do some happy gymnastics to the upbeat sounds of poppy-techno music. This creates a great atmosphere and keeps young and old in good shape. Early mornings the same park gives space to the elder generation for their regular daily Thai-Chi practice.

...And yet others from a new one.

Images of an old world...

Plastic art in Chinatown. Made in...you know where :-)

Long live the king (and the queen) !!!! His Majesty Bhumibol Adulyadej is he longest reigning monarch of the present days. The king in Thailand is loved and adored by all, his name is an institution and can not be tempered with.

Chinese devotion.

Heads up....

The markets of Chinatown are second to none. One could spend days without end going trough the strangely beautiful stalls trying to figure out what is what. Of course most of the time it is impossible to even make a guess. Than you just have to trust the sellers pointing fingers at things...like so.

Take me down to Chinatown...

The downtown of Bangkok is nothing less than a modern (at parts even futuristic) city dotted with skyscrapers, overground "skytrain" and such. Infrastructure that makes some european cities look quite medieval.

The capital is scattered with these elegant temples and stupas. They are mainly Buddhist, given that the main religion of Thailand is Buddhism.

Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand. The cosmopolitan metropolis of over six million inhabitants.