Friday, April 29, 2011

Misc. photos from Bangkok

Now some miscellaneous pix from my recent trip to Bangkok.

Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit













Little India, with the domes of the Sikh temple
Gurdwara Siri Guru Singh Sabha visible












Video: entering Saphan Han Market



Red Shirt rally












Riverboat approaching. This is a part of Bangkok's
public transportation system.














On the river boat



Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), floating down the Chao
Phraya river. It's a problematic invasive species.





Wat Ratcha Orasaram, final resting place of King Rama III













Same temple. Note the Chinese influence.













Oleander (Nerium oleander)

















Bangkok Protestant Cemetery













Shell of the Channeled Apple Snail (Pomacea canaliculata),
another invasive species.