Bangkok Tattoo Convention 2010

Bangkok will be holding an International Tattoo Convention on January 15,16 and 17.

I did find a blog about a Tattoo Festival in 2006 in a temple 
- but i don't think that it is the same!  

Then there was another one in Bangkok in January 2007. 

Where much was talked about 'real' tattoos........

Don't tell mum about my tattoo.......

              

Chalk drawings

What?

I do not think that Phuket, in fact Thailand has had a visit from Julian?

This is certainly something different for him to go - but maybe the pavements are too uneven for him to draw on?

What do you think our chances of a visit from Julian are?

I don't think that the T.A.T read my blog - anyway it is a nice thought but 

not in Thailand ..... yet?

If you want to see more of Julian's art please click here.

Build a home in Chang Mai

Sounds like a different type of vacation!

Well you can!

I met George and Lenore English who did this last week.  I looked at the front page of the Bangkok Post and Jimmy Carter was then putting a brick in....... and turned to the funnies.


Then I was having a cup of coffee with a guest at breakfast ........ and they had just been there!  They had built Home No.17.


They were working on a project in Chiang Mai doing just this - Habitat for Humanity.  It was lovely to meet someone who took part in this project and discover a little more about that photograph in the Bangkok Post.

Article just been printed in the Bangkok Post 14th December - click here.

Congratulations to you all, now if I can fix the leak in the bathroom ceiling.........

Royal Flora Ratchaphruck 2009 - Chiang Mai

Flowers and more flowers - for immersion in flora visit Chiang Mai for this period.


The Royal Flower show is something to behold - click here for photographs.


A press release

Buddhist Temples around Thailand and more

There is a very old temple called  Wat Phra Si Maha with a very tall Prang in Lop Buri.

The laterite prang still has some original lintels and stucco work intact. A number of other chedis and prangs - most of which were restored were greatly influenced by both the Sukhothai and Ayutthaya styles.

The admission fee for this building is 50 baht each. A ticket  for admission to Phra Prang Sam Yot, Vichayen House and Kraison Siharat Hall is only 150 baht each.  

There have been a number of reports in the newspapers regarding the vandalizing of Buddhist Temples in Thailand.

There has been a report in the Bangkok Post that a ritual would take place and the people who destroyed these sacred sites would die within 7 days!  I think that that is a good deterrent - it would certainly stop people doing it again! 


UPDATE.......................

Well it seems to have worked - the severed head of an ancient Buddah statue was found deposited at a bus station..... why was this done?  Does this mean that the robbers will not die in 7 days?


Read more about the problems of protecting ancient artefacts in Thailand please click here for a report in the Bangkok Post.


As a place to visit there are a great many temples to visit and there are a number scattered throughout Thailand. 


This is a visit to Wat Chalong in Phuket.