Vendor on Saturday Walking Street
There is an audio file with sounds from the market attached to this post. Click on the player icon under the photo to listen to it. В этом посте есть аудио запись с рынка. Нажмите на кнопку плейера под фотографией, чтобы eё послушать. Every Saturday Wualai street, south of the Chiang Mai old city, turns into [...]
Beginning of Songkran Festival at Wat Phra Singh
There is an audio file with sounds from the temple attached to this post. Click on the player icon under the photo to listen to it. В этом посте есть аудио запись с места событий. Нажмите на кнопку плейера под фотографией, чтобы eё послушать. Early morning at Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai. It is not a crazy water battle [...]
Singing Policeman from Pai on Chiang Mai Saturday Night Market
I have seen this policeman with guitar on the night market in Pai for the first time. I was very surprised because Royal Thai Police officers look very serious. I was not able to imagine policeman in the uniform with guitar singing songs. Впервые я увидел этого полицейского на ночном рынке в Пае, где он играл на гитаре. Меня это очень удивило, потому что полицейские в Таиланде выглядят [...]
Food Vendors on Friday Morning Market
On the first photo you can see vendor cooking chestnuts. It is a very popular street food in Asia, especially China. Chestnuts are scored (or they would explode during heating) and roasted in a bowl with coal pebbles. На первой фотографии продавец жарит каштаны, которые очень популярны как уличная еда в Азии, особенно в Китае. Каштаны надрезают (чтобы они не взорвались при нагревании) и жарят в углях. On the [...]
Chiang Mai Sunday Evening Market
One of the biggest tourist attractions in Chiang Mai is Sunday Evening Market. It takes place in the heart of the old city. In the middle of the day police closes central streets and vendors from Chiang Mai and neighborhood villages start to unwrap their goods right on the roads. Вечерний воскресный рынок Чианг Мая привлекает множество туристов. Каждое воскресенье с 2 часов дня торговцы из Чианг Мая [...]
Porter on Muang Mai Market
One of the most popular markets among locals in Chiang Mai is Muang Mai where all local restaurants buy fruits and vegetables for the day. It is a big market spread around several block on the streets and in the special buildings where farmers park pickup trucks and sell their goods. Один из самых популярных [...]
Chiang Mai Friday Morning Market
Chiang Mai is full of markets from the big and famous Night Bazaar to small local markets working only for a few hours a day. One of my favorites is a small market near Baan Haw Mosque which is only works on friday mornings. There you can buy almost anything useful in household from the [...]
Akha Craftsman
I am preparing a big post about coffee production so today there is only a photo without comments. Я готовлю к публикации большой пост о производстве кофе, поэтому сегодня еще одна фотографии без комментариев.
Akha Agriculture
Probably you are interested in what Akhas do in their remote villages. Akhas are good farmers so they grow tea, coffee, vegetables, rice and Ar-Gong (plant used to make fibers for brooms). Early in the morning people bring all the fibers they collected to the villagers who have a car. They go to the city [...]
Akha protection sign
This sign is called Da-le, Akhas mark places they want to protect with them. For example you can see them on the gate of the village. If you see this sign somewhere you should not cut down trees there or damage the area, respect traditions of these people. Это знак называется Да Лэ, Акха обозначают [...]
Akha Village Gate
Every Akha village starts with a gate. As we build the huge fences and gates to mark our property and protect it from the thieves Akha build gates to mark the place where they live and protect it from the spirits of the forest. Деревня народа Акха начинается и заканчивается воротами. Мы строим заборы и [...]
Meet the Akha people
Akha are one of the 6 main hill tribes of Northern Thailand, but they also leave in south parts of China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Burma. You can easily tell Akha women from other hill tribes by their beautiful headdresses. There are 6-7 sub-groups of Akha and they speak different dialects of the Akha language [...]
Old Photos of Wat Chedi Luang from a Photo Exhibition in Chiang Mai
Courtesy of Mr. Boonserm Satrabhayaa This is how Wat Chedi Luang looked like in 1967. Look in how bad conditions stupa of the temple was. All covered in vegetation and falling apart. Так выглядел в 1967 храм Чеди Луанг, который я вам недавно показывал. Обратите внимание на то, в каком плохом состоянии была ступа до [...]
Lion-Guardian of Wat Ho Phra Keo in Vientiane
Today I invite you to follow the footprints of Emerald Buddha and move to Vientiane, his next home after Wat Chedi Luang. Сегодня я приглашаю вас пойти по следам Изумрудного Будды во Вьентьяне, его следующее пристанище после храма Чеди Луанг. After the death of King Photisarath and collapse of Wat Chedi Luang the Emerald Buddha [...]
Wat Chedi Luang
This is remains of the big stupa from Wat Chedi Luang (lit. temple of big stupa). You can see this massive building from the distance in the old part of Chiang Mai. But when you get closer it is hidden by the big viharn (worship hall) of the wat. Эти развалины большой ступы храма Чеди [...]