TBM - More Fun from Thailand !!

Hello Family and Friends, Today I'm going to share some more 'local flavor' from this wonderful country that's so endearing to us.  We're growing to love it here more and more each day. If you think it's hot where you are, notice the three vehicles on the right shown parked in the picture below.  Each one has it's wipers extended to keep the rubber from melting onto the glass - and they're parked in the shade! The truck that's parked blocking them is another great Thai tradition.  When ever there isn't anymore room in a parking lot, it's perfectly acceptable to block other cars as long as you leave your car in neutral so it can be pushed out of the way.  It happens everywhere. It's considered 'chic' to use English in advertising.  Thais love to learn and use English and our weekly classes are very popular all over Thailand.  Here's an advertising slogan that didn't translate too well.  I think they were trying to say 'GO BANANAS!' We visited the Grand Palace on one of our recent outings.  Here is a shot of one of the scenes painted on the walls.  These hand painted murals line the walkway around the perimeter of the grounds.  They depict various historical events, do not duplicate each other and stretch for over a thousand yards.  The detail is amazing. Here I am with a couple of new friends I met at the Palace. We also visited the Elephant Museum.  It's hard to capture in a picture how large this structure is.  Visitors get to go up inside the elephant. The next pictures are taken inside the BASE of the structure.  They didn't allow photography inside the Elephant, but there is an elevator that runs up and down one leg and stairways that run in the other legs. That's about all I can show you, but inside the belly of the beast, there's a large room with constellations painted on the ceiling like you might see in the night sky.  Very amazing.  We went up the elevator and down a spiral stairwell inside the back leg.  The walls are all hand painted murals.  Sorry I couldn't take pictures of them. This dragon is on the grounds at the same site.  That's one way to get more water into the air! This next picture you'll recognize, I think!  This is my favorite attraction in Thailand. Have a great week! Elder & Sister Lindorf