The pictures below are thumbnails, meaning
they are small copies of the real thing. You just click them. The weather
in Norway and on
Bangkok.
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December 2012
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Nice day and a swim and a trip to The Sanctuary of Truth in Pattaya with
Arild. Martin was here last year as well.
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The car for the day. Driver Vi is the husband of Lai's friend Bee. |
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The cost for taking a horse carriage some 300 meters. Lai and Martin in the carriage. |
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Lai and Martin in the carriage. Lai and the coachman with the name of Boss. the same name as of her 11 years old son. |
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Lai and Boss. Sitting next to him, makes her miss
her son very much.
Lai in her Apple shirt of the day. |
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Lai and Jira(Tip) at the start of the trip. Time for some hard hats when visiting the wooden temple. |
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Martin posing in front of one of the wooden
artifacts. Ditto Lai. |
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The fancy facade of this impressive wooden
building. See a video here. A wooden detail. |
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The temples seen from the restaurant area. A wooden bird in the trees. |
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Martin and Arild (Ollie in Thai) having some water
and a beer. Ollie played the gongs as
well. Construction details. It is impressive. |
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The wooden stairs had nice details on
them.
These are Hindu Gods of sorts. |
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Lai with one of the many wooden
sculptures. All 4 for a family photo. A very nice visit. |
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Another family photo in the temple. Lai is admiring a wooden carving on the wall. |
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Many armed wooden figure is impressive. Lai at one of the massive poles that supports the temple. |
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Lai is posing in front of one of the
Hindu goddesses. Lai like to pose. |
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Two faced Hindu goddess. Three headed elephant is a common symbol for Hindus. |
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Lai outside the temple. On the stairs up to the temple entrance. |
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Lai on one of the praying tables. Lai and Martin on the stairs. |
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Lai and Martin. A big bummed couple of goddesses. |
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Lai and one of the many goddesses. Martin waiting for a beer after the walk. |
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The nice lady selling Martin his stuff. Scale model of the temple. They use this as a template. |
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The model is very impressive in itself.
Two years ago, it was a bridge here. Click here. |
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Up the stairs to the waiting car. Lai in the woods. |
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There is a concrete model of the temple
just inside the entrance. After a long day, Arild and Martin had a beer at The Surfbeach Hotel in Jomtien. |
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Tip, Arild's wife has a glass of water. Lai at the condo in her evening dress. |
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The soup man has a new hair style of
the year. Lai is having her soup, making her pale. |
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Martin was happy with his soup. |
The next day, Saturday December 29th, Martin ended up, sick in bed with a stomach flu.
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