standing on the original city wall located within the underground library at Thammasat University
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students in the relatively standard-looking library
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scan to file? one of my colleagues checked and it was too good to be true ...
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the student cafeteria on the banks of the river
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those cool traffic lights that count down the seconds you have left
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outside the Grand Palace
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some colleagues taking photos of the buildings
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the central pagoda, Phra Sri Rattana Chedi, which is claimed to contain the ashes of Buddha
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one of the shrines to
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entrance to temple - we were not allowed in
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model of Angkor Wat in Cambodia
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pagodas held up by demons and monkeys from the Ramayana
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kinaree - half bird, half woman ... yikes
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pillars of the main temple
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...all the way long the sides of the hall
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... with intricate carvings at the roof edges
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a demon guard in the courtyard
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a residence of the king used for visitors
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entrance to the royal palace
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handy pictures for foreigners to know what not to do
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a monk tourist busy checking his digital camera ... at least before he turned away from me
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hair cuts and some other dubious stuff ?
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fruit carving and traditional music every evening in my hotel foyer
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the view of the city and monorail from the hotel room
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traditional dancers at the conference banquet
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cables suspended above the roads ... seems a tad on the unsafe side :)
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