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Scenes from Bangkok, the Grand Palace and elsewhere

Click thumbnails for larger image. Photos taken by Jack Dodge on Overseas Adventure Tours Discover Thailand trip in November 2002.    

Spirit houses, such as this one at the Imperial Impala Hotel in Bangkok, are to assuage the spirits of the land disturbed by building	This towering golden "stupa" is on the Grand Palace grounds. At right is a detail of the mirrored mosaic that cover its surface		Water lily on palace grounds
A model of Angkor Wat in the Grand Palace grounds.	The garuda, half bird and half human, is a symbol of Thai kings	A demon guards another temple on the Grand Palace grounds.	Detail from that temple.
The temple that houses the Emerald Buddha	A look at the Emerald Buddha, clad in robes for the sacred season.	A Palace Guard	Huge funeral arrangements and armloads of orchids at the Bangkok flower market
A herd of turtles in straw flowers and jasmine.	Just a little ginger at the nearby food market.	A Siamese cat at the market	And the cat at the Temple of Dawn
The Temple of Dawn in Bangkok	A warning to irreverent photographers	Jim, right, and her son Note shared Thai cooking hints in their riverside home.	Bananas grew outside the front door.

Want to learn more about this tour of Thailand and Cambodia? Read the comprehensive  journal, with photos, by Ruth Marie Lyons, who made the same trip in 2001.

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