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| tourist. yes, that would
be me. so here we are at wat po, the home of the huge
reclining buddha! |
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| some of that. you'll
notice that the majority of my captions contain absolutely no
content whatsoever. now perhaps you may have already
been thinking that. but this set will be even worse.
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| and that's because . . .
our tour guide sucked like hell. her english was so bad. and
anteater's thai was equally bad, so . . . |
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| and we are: the reclining
buddha. 40 meters long and 15 meters high or something like that.
do those dimensions seem realistic? if yes, then that's what they
are. if no, ah well. |
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| it's so huge that my
camera wasn't able to capture it in its entirety. entirety - now
there's a dumb word. |
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| the other end was better. |
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| what i probably would
have been expected to do if anteater's relatives had actually
managed to find someone and communicate the fact that i was
deathly ill. luckily i recovered. no offense to buddha or
anything of course. |
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| *shrug* |
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| fancy decorations on
the reclining buddha's foot. |
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| the art on the wall tells
the story of buddha's life. this was one of the few facts i was able
to decipher from our tour guide. |
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| *shrug* |
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| four big things, one for
each of the kings: king rama 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
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| if i were i monk, i'd be
ringing this bell a few times a day. |
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| the architecture was very
intricate. influences include thai, chinese, and err... something else.
damn you tour guide! |
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| lesser members of the royal
families. under each of these lie the actual ashes of the
respective person. whoa! |
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| the signs helped. all
i could think about though was lunch. crunch, munch, slurp.
food. good. |
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| this looks like a scene out
star wars the phantom menace. where's queen amidala? i'd like to meet
her. i have something to tell her. "queen amidala, this is your
domain. i feel i must return to mine. i have decided to return
to berkeley." |
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| according to our tour guide,
95% of all thai people are buddhist, the highest percentage in the
world. i believe it. |
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| this could be me. you know,
listening to paul van dyk just puts me in the right mood to write
these captions. very strange indeed. i guess it helps me deal with
the boredom. |
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| i'm lucky i live in the us.
when she sees that i have posted this, who knows what consequences
i might face. crushed ribs, broken back, etc. |
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| my favorite number. who
the hell really has a favorite number. some number then.
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| same thing as in koh samui. |
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| more of that. |
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| and here we have some random
things at a buddhist temple where the king and queen come to pray. |
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| another shot of that. hmph. and
you thought all i did was go to clubs and raves in thailand. look at all
this culture. ho ho ho . . . |
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| some other shiny gold thing.
good! |
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| more. how attentive i must
been during my tour guide's explanation of this magnificent gold building.
magnificent, now there's a ridiculous word. it's almost as ridiculous
as words like splendid or marvelous. check out this
dining guide put together by some person in boalt. does he sound
like fun? you decide.
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| it's times like these where
i wish i hadn't take so many pictures. |
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| more. |
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| the design of these
buildings is very intricate. had i been able to decipher my
tour guide's bad thanglish (thai english, i just made this word
up, please use it), perhaps i'd have more to say about this. |
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| lucky for me, these elephants
weren't very big and they were stationary! that elephant in
front of that mercedez benz dealership really didn't appreciate
the flash from my digital camera. hahaha.. |
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| please let me escape. |
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| don't read this please. |
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| some caption. |
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| and another. |
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| if i really had something interesting
written here, would you actually read it? probably not. |
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| so. |
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| i. oh wait, if you look closely
here, you can see the emerald buddha. it's solid jade. ooooooh |
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| more things. |
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| and more. |
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| more. |
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| more. |
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| i can only see so many
buddhas in one day. at this point, i had already exceeded my maximum
buddha allowance for the day. nevertheless, i thought this might make
a cool (yes, cooool) picture. |
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| various buddhas in various poses. |
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| like the standing buddhia
in the attitude of calming the ocean for example. |
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| i dunno. |
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| ah yes, it ends. |
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