@@@ March 29, 2018 Location: SuriyaLand, Thailand (near Pattaya)

On Sukomvit Road, a few km from Pattaya on the road to Bangsaray is Suriya Land. How would you describe it? An eclectic huge store with giant things! Hmm, no because it has a charm and wandering the aisles you will be simply amazed at the size of the place and the enormity of the inventory of eclectic artifacts. Guitars, clocks, golf clubs, giftware, clothes, souvenirs, dish ware and on and on. Worth a visit!

@@@ March 29, 2018 Location: Bangsaray, Thailand

This fishing town outside Pattaya I have visited many times. Always good to see the docks with crab boats, squid and others. The quiet picturesque town of Bangsaray is always worth a visit!

Decorated prow

Note repurposed golf bag!

The temple from the docks 

Working the boats

Crab boat sets out to bait their traps for morning retrieval

@@@ March 27, 2018 Location: Pattaya, Thailand

Here, back in Pattaya for one last go before back to Bangkok, then Canada. Besides the beach where today it rained, I walked back an entirely different way ... the results ...

Vintage beverage sign

Hard at at !

Crested Myna Bird 

Unusual and different ... for me

@@@ March 25, 2018 Location: Bangkok, Thailand - Grand Palace

WARNING: As great as a place to see it may be BUT you should be aware ... 

1).   It is expensive at 500 baht (C$20.69) for foreigners (Thais are free)

2).   Choose your time wisely as at times there so many thousands of people there you literally cannot move around. Huge tour groups of hundreds

       of individuals make movement very slow and for me made it very difficult to take any decent photos. I was literally poked and jabbed many times 

       by people, innocently and otherwise. On a very hot day, it can become an extremely uncomfortable experience. 

3).  Appropriate clothing must be worn. No shorts! Bring your own water, you’ll need it if it’s hot!

With this in mind ... here is the result!

Just to give you some idea of the crowds...

And now for the show ...

Colour coordinated restoration team

The actual residence ...

 Millions of visitors annually and the NUMBER ONE tourist attraction in Thailand