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bucknaway
January 5th, 2006, 05:19
These days, weeks and months are going by quickly!

Pretty soon, October will be here before you know it! And you all know what happens then???

I come to Thailand! Yep... Just 9 months to go!

I better get off the board and start packing :D
January 5th, 2006, 06:08
1 month and i will be back in Paradise , some named shit village
January 5th, 2006, 07:47
8 weeks for me to be in the land of smiles! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
January 5th, 2006, 07:51
Well, i make them warm for you !
January 5th, 2006, 09:05
31 days and I'll be there.
January 5th, 2006, 09:36
1300 hours...but I'm not counting! :lol:
Smiles
January 5th, 2006, 09:40
90 bloody days to go :roll:

The beloved threatening serious physical harm if I follow through on my idea to save a few baht while we're in Bangkok this April by booking a room at the Malaysia Hotel.
" ... This very low place ... " says he.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/Thailand_2005/wihan5.jpg



Land 'o Silly Hats . . . but somehow he pulls it off. Quite endearing the way Thai guys can wear just about anything, and still end up looking sleek and graceful.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/Thailand_2005/wihan7.jpg


Cheers ...
January 5th, 2006, 12:59
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January 5th, 2006, 17:05
John , i just wondered if you think its so bad , why do you live there?
January 5th, 2006, 19:40
3.283.200 seconds i have to wait to put my foods " sises 43 " on dreamland
January 6th, 2006, 05:01
Smiles

Interesting pictures but you didn't tell us where they were taken.

I guess we all do count-downs till we return. I will be back in Pattaya in 13 days.
colmx
January 6th, 2006, 05:18
Just booked my next trip online....
in 99 days i'll be on a flight to LOS thanks to those lovely people in SAS

Smiles, it looks like we'll overlap on this trip... might bump into you in Issan!
January 6th, 2006, 06:25
These days, weeks and months are going by quickly!

Pretty soon, October will be here before you know it! And you all know what happens then???

I come to Thailand! Yep... Just 9 months to go!

I better get off the board and start packing :D

Instead of visiting once a year and stay over a month. Why not break up the trip to twice a year and stay 2 weeks each time. This may help reduce the anxiety of waiting. :lol:
bucknaway
January 6th, 2006, 07:02
I thought of that but it is better for everyone if I take one long vacation.

If I took 2, 2 week vacations, my boss/co-worker would be truly upset.

You know... When I think of Thailand, I think of the food vendors. I think of the Sky-train. The strange aroma of foods I have yet to try... Vendors inviting me into the game of bargaining for things I only wanted to glance at... Children walking by but finding it difficult to look away from the western dark skinned Farang..... I think of only having to pay about $200.00 to get first class seating from Chiang Mai to Phuket on a direct flight. I think about walking down the hall of my hotel only to have a Thai quickly duck back into their room for a moment and returning with one or two others to witness this strange looking guy....

Yes I think of the guys also but they are never at the front of my thoughts or the reason I come to thailand....

But you did not ask me any of that and I don't know why I told you all that.....

So forget all that :D
Smiles
January 6th, 2006, 07:32
Smiles, Interesting pictures but you didn't tell us where they were taken.
Bodine,
Sorry . . . those photos were taken at Prasat Phra Khaeo Wihan located in the far south east corner of Isaan, directly on the Thai-Cambodian border. In fact the main part of the temples/ruins of Phra Wihan are actually inside Cambodia (no visa needed).
It's well worth a visit for those interested in such things.

Here's a good map showing the location:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/Images/Thailand-NE-PhraWihan.jpg

Cheers ...
January 6th, 2006, 08:01
Are the blue box/white number legends miles/kms distance?
Smiles
January 6th, 2006, 08:13
Are the blue box/white number legends miles/kms distance?
Highway numbers.

A reasonable guess would be about 150 kms from Surin to Phra Wihan.

( Interactive mileage distance map of Thailand at: Mileage distances (http://www.huahin-tourist-information.com/map-thailand-distance-major-thai-cities.htm) )

Cheers ...
January 6th, 2006, 08:55
I was trying to calculate Udon Thani to Yasothon (don't ask!) - and found the answer is "undefined". How very Zen
January 6th, 2006, 10:06
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January 6th, 2006, 10:54
I'm afraid your post provides yet more evidence of the desperate need for an irony button, John. As for karma - beating you already :?
Smiles
January 6th, 2006, 12:01
" ... See my Karma is on the slide. Thats good news, means I'm having an effect ... "

There's no one left with a (+) Karma anymore!! :lol: Is this what ElephantSpike had in mind?
By the way, one can't get tagged with a (-) Karma on The Bog. H-dd- won't let it happen.

Cheers ...
January 6th, 2006, 14:11
There's no one left with a (+) Karma anymore!!
Written by someone whose karma is positive 4 (at the time of posting)
January 6th, 2006, 22:08
I thought the pic with the steps was taken at Phanom Rung which is an old Hindu temple in Buri Ram...

I also thought my last boyfriend was a virgin...fooled again! :ohttp://img2.postimage.org/198171/templehindu.jpg (http://img2.postimage.org/forums/sawatdee_gay_thailand/198171/templehindu.html)
Smiles
January 6th, 2006, 22:27
" ... I thought the pic with the steps was taken at Phanom Rung which is an old Hindu temple in Buri Ram ... "
Hi xuanloc,
Both Phanom Rung and Phra Wihan have quite impressive set of steps up to their main temples, but Wihan's staircase(s) are much longer, much heavier going (in the heat), and in a series of steps: One thinks they've come to the summit? No no no ... there's lots more to go!! :twisted: It's a challenge.

It's my understanding that Phanom Rung is Khymer in origin, not Indian. But there was a lot of inter-travel and cultural mixin' back in those days, so it wouldn't surprise me if the temple has multiple influences. Definitely there is much evidence of phallic worship in Phanom Rung: There's a huge, fat, quite unsubtle stone dildo in the middle of the main temple ( well-fingered ... it's smothed over beautifuly from many loving hands :shock: ) ... and I think that's Hindu influence.

Cheers ...


PS ... just did a googling of Phanom Rung to refresh my memory, and in fact it seems that we are both correct . . . Hindu and Khymer influences. http://www.sundial.thai-isan-lao.com/phanom_rung.html

This is a (rather poor) photo of Phanom Rung's starircase (looking down from the top). It's much better preserved than at Phra Wihan, which in places is a very difficult climb.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v18/sawatdeephotos/Images/phanomrun1.jpg
January 6th, 2006, 22:57
Smiles, put some snow over your picture , we love ski-ing !