The Suvarnabhumi airport feels like a giant glass atrium, filled with the soft babble of a dozen different languages, circulating people from Copenhagen to Colombo. At the juncture of each terminal stand a pair guardian Buddhist deities, each snarling fiercely in colorful armor and wielding a massive poleaxe. After clearing customs and immigration, it is a short domestic flight from Bangkok to Phuket, the largest island-province of Thailand. We hire a driver from the airport to Patong beach. He has coffee-bean colored skin and knows no English beside “tip-tip” and “same-same,” repeating each as he guns it down an empty expressway at midnight. Over each road are decorated gateways commemorating King Bhumibol Adulyadej's sixth decade since having ascended the Thai throne, and his decisive military victories over the Burmese.
The below photos were taken across a period of seven days, from the seedy backstreets of Bangkok and Phuket, to the shores of Koh Phi Phi and the Andaman Gulf.
Koh Phi Phi Don.
Sunrise at Phi Phi Leh.
Transvestite alley.
Extracting cobra venom.
Guardsmen at the Royal Palace, Bangkok
Wat Arun, Temple of the Sun
Lodgings in Phi Phi.
1 comment:
hey alex!!
these pictures are soo cool, this is the first time I have seen this, because my dad took forever to send me the website. We'll I can't wait to see you and I hope you are having a great time.
~Kelsey
P.S. Your hair is looking very good by the way. haha
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