Sand Temples

The Songkran Festival celebrating the Thai New Year is not just a one day event, it lasts nearly an entire week. If you don't like getting wet, you won't like Songkran. Everywhere you go, I mean everywhere you go, people will douse you, and your scooter or car, with water. From high powered squirt-guns to full garbage cans, the various modes of drenching spares nobody.

Songkran is also a festive event at the temple. Many, like this one in rural Northeast Thailand, have "sand temple" competitions. The temple parties last most of the day and well into the night. Oh yea... you may get wet.

Thammasat Rangsit University

Thammast University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Thailand, smartly purchased the entire site of the 1998 ASEAN Games. The large campus sits on the northern outskirts of Bangkok adjacent to the main highway which runs north to Chiang Mai. This is my 125cc Honda Wave in front of the main football (soccer) and track and field stadium.



Two of the nicer buildings at Thammasat Rangsit University.




To deal with the searing sun and tropical rains, covered walkways connect almost the entire campus. One side is a walking lane and the other a bike lane.



These twin indoor stadiums held several events such as badminton, volleyball, basketball and ping pong. Students now mainly use them for badminton and ping pong.

Ordinary Average Guy

Why do so many guys wait anxiously for the yearly Bangkok International Motor Show? To see all the latest models, of course.

Sky Train

How does a foreigner get around in a city estimated over ten million people? Mass transit. The BTS, or "Sky Train", can take you to most of the key centers around Bangkok, Thailand's capitol city. The Sky Train links to many of the major subway and bus stations. With a good map and an adventurous spirit you can explore a concrete culture that is unique to the world. A city where you can experience world class shopping and dining in a modern high-rise, and just around the corner see tin shacks littering the banks of the many canals. You can meditate in a ancient Buddhist temple, and then walk down the street to a brothel touted as a Karaoke Bar. Ahhhh... Bangkok!