Wat Khao Wong Buddhist temple, Chanthaburi, Thailand
Wat Khao Wongkot Ruchirawongsaram
Buddhist temple in Khao Wongkot, Thailand
Address: Moo 6, Tambon Khao Wongkot, Amphoe Kaeng Hang Maeo, Chanthaburi, 22160
Check out this local Buddhist Wat. Thai Buddhist temples are great places to visit. They often provide some peace and tranquility in what can sometimes be a noisy and crowded country. I also really like Thai temples because they're unique places where you can come to experience and combine a religious, spiritual atmosphere, with some local, natural wildlife. Sit back and enjoy these monkeys.
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Places to Visit in Pattaya, Thailand
Places Visited:
1. Silverlake Vineyard
Address: 31/62 Moo 7 Na-Jomthian, Sattahip, Chon Buri 20250, Thailand
Silverlake Vineyard Hours:
Vineyard: Open daily 09.00-18.00 (M-F) , 08.30-19.00 (Sat-Sun,Public Holiday)
Restaurant: Open daily 11.00 – 21.00 (M-F), 10.30-22.00 (Sat-Sun,Public Holiday)
Rates:
Wine Tasting: THB 250
Entrance for Adult: THB 100, Child Rate: THB 70
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2. Buddha Mountain - Free entrance
Address: Soi Khao Chi Chan, Tambon Na Chom Thian, Amphoe Sattahip, Chang Wat Chon Buri 20250, Thailand
3. Upside Down
Address: 19/32 Moo 7, Najomtien, Sattahip, Chon Buri 20250, Thailand
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4. Cartoon Network Amazone
Address: หมู่ที่ 8 888 Sukhumvit Rd, Na Chom Thian, Sattahip District, Chon Buri 20250, Thailand
Operating Hours: 10am to 6pm
Reminders:
- Food and drinks are prohibited inside.
- There are secure lockers in all the changing rooms which are operated by RFID wristbands.
Website:
Note: I highly suggest to just rent a car or a van going to Pattaya especially if you're in a large group.
Nakhon Ratchasima Province, the journey to Wat Pa Lak Roi Temple, Thailand. ( 37 )
My visit to Korat in June , 2014, brought back many memory’s for me. It was some 6 years before I visited this province before. One stop I made was at Wat Pa Lak Roi in Nonthai, about 25 kilometres outside Korat. It is not an easy temple to find, lucky I had a friend who drove me there. On arriving at this temple you may imagine you are entering a fun park with all the statues / models about the place. It may seem very strange to see because they are very graphic and some may say not suitable for children. You wonder why a temple would depict scenes like this until you evaluate the depiction.
This is my view only as I saw it. Picture the Temple raised above all these grounds, this depicts heaven and all below depicted hell and all the bad things associated with hell. You can see the same pictures in books whenever hell is shown, pain , suffering, torture. Its always the same. The statues here are graphic showing genitalia and scenes of a disturbing nature. But remember, Buddhist monks placed these here to show the bad and good of society. They are shown in a funny way by extending the models arms and legs to be taken as a symbolic way and not meant to hurt or harm the viewer. I found them amusing, even when you found some with coin slots you could feed 5 or 10 Baht into to here the moans / groans / wailing / of the tortured souls.
You could spend all day at this temple it is a very large site covering 77,000 sq. metres.. It is said it depicts the Laotian invasion of 1826 when the Korat women’s defence fought under Thao Suranaree, her statue can be seen in the centre of Korat. There are various stalls around this temple you can buy food and drink at. Along with the usual items associated with Thailand. Not many people were there on the day I visited so it was a welcome change to wander about without the usual crowds standing in front of items you want to photograph. There are plenty of parking spaces available due to the size of the grounds.
One thing I did find amusing and refreshing, was how friendly the monks were at this temple. Inviting people to check all parts of the temple and laughing and joking with me when I entered a solemn part of the temple. It made the day more interesting.
The province is located on the western end of the Korat Plateau, separated from the Chao Phraya river valley by the Phetchabun and Dong Phaya Yen mountain ranges. Two national parks are in the province - the Khao Yai in the west and the Thap Lan in the south. Both parks are in the forested mountains of the Sankamphaeng Range, the southern prolongation of the Dong Phaya Yen mountains. Nakhon Ratchasima, or Korat, is a large province on the north eastern plateau and acts as a gateway to other provinces in the Northeast. It is 259 kilometres ( 161 miles ) from Bangkok and has an area of around 20,494 square kilometres (7,913 sq mi), making it the biggest Thai province. The province is rich in Khmer culture and has a long history.
The area around Khorat was already an important centre in the times of the Khmer empire in the 11th century, as can be seen by the temple ruins in the Phimai historical park. Still, Nakhon Ratchasima Province is one province where there is a sizable Northern Khmer population. A new walled city with a surrounding moat, designated as Nakhon Ratchasima, was built in the seventeenth century by order of the King Narai, as the easternmost command post, guarding the Kingdom's border and supervising its Lao and Cambodian vassals. It continued this duty during the Bangkok Period, although it was seized by deceit during Chao Anuwong of Vientiane's 1826 revolt against the King Rama III of Siam.
Nakhon Ratchasima has long been the most important political and economic centre in the northeastern region. In the late nineteenth century, the railroad reached Khorat became the junction of two main rail lines in the Northeastern, Issan, region. In 1933 it was the stronghold of the royalist troops in the Boworadej Revolt, as they fought the new democratic government in Bangkok. In the 1950's, the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base was built in Nakhon Ratchasima; from 1961 until 26 February 1976, this facility was also used as a base by the United States Air Force.
Pattaya View [ Thailand ]
Phatthaya, Thai pronunciation: is a resort city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 100 kilometres south-east of Bangkok, within, but not part of, Amphoe Bang Lamung in the province of Chonburi. The Pattaya City is a self-governing municipal area which covers the whole tambon Nong Prue and Na Klua and parts of Huai Yai and Nong Pla Lai. Pattaya was a fishing village until the 1960s. Then, during the Vietnam War, American servicemen stationed at nearby U-Tapao or other US bases in Thailand began visiting Pattaya. Pattaya has derived part of its reputation as a tourist destination due to the sex industry and the resulting nightlife, and this notoriety has influenced the city's evolution in many ways. Prostitution in Thailand is technically illegal but tolerated in most cities, including Pattaya.The city's vast numbers of host bars, gogo bars, massage parlours, saunas, and hourly hotels, serve foreign tourists as well as locals. This is especially prominent on Walking Street as well as other areas around the city. Popular activities include golf go-kart racing, and visiting different theme parks and zoos such as the Elephant Village, where demonstrations of training methods and ancient ceremonial re-enactments are performed daily. The private Sri Racha Tiger Zoo features tigers, crocodiles, and other animals in daily shows. The Vimantaitalay tourist submarine offers 30-minute trips underwater to see corals and marine life just a few kilometres offshore. Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, about 15 kilometres south of Pattaya, is a 500-acre botanical garden and orchid nursery where cultural shows with trained chimpanzees and elephants are presented. The park also keeps several tigers and an assortment of birds. Best Places to Visit in Pattaya; Sanctuary of Truth (Prasat Sut Ja-Tum), Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden, Big Buddha, Million Years Stone Park & Pattaya Crocodile Farm, Scuba & Snorkeling, Walking Street Pattaya, Lanpho Nakluea Market, etc;;;;
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Top 10 Tai Chi Moves for Beginners
Top 10 Tai Chi Moves for Beginners. Enjoy my favorite 10 Tai Chi Movements for Warmup, Cool Down, and Daily Tai Ji Quan practice! This is a great video for Tai Chi Chuan Beginners and also for Advanced Tai Ji Students! Here are the Tai Chi posture names:
Tai Chi Posture #1: Rising and Sinking
Tai Chi Posture #2: Buddha Asks Heaven for Forgiveness
Tai Chi Posture #3: Withdraw and Push
Tai Chi Posture #4: Holding Ball
Tai Chi Posture #5: Rising and Sinking (Chen Style)
Tai Chi Posture #6: Golden Rooster Stands on One Leg
Tai Chi Posture #7: Embrace the Circle
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Thai Cuisine | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Thai Cuisine
00:01:14 1 Regional cuisines and historical influences
00:05:55 2 Serving
00:10:30 3 Ingredients
00:13:05 3.1 Rice, noodles and starches
00:16:54 3.2 Pastes and sauces
00:20:36 3.3 Vegetables, herbs and spices
00:25:37 3.4 Fruits
00:29:29 3.5 Food controversies
00:29:38 3.5.1 Agricultural chemicals
00:31:58 3.5.2 Misrepresentation
00:33:13 4 Representative dishes
00:33:57 4.1 Breakfast dishes
00:35:17 4.2 Individual dishes
00:40:24 4.3 Central Thai shared dishes
00:44:02 4.4 Northeastern shared dishes
00:49:48 4.5 Northern shared dishes
00:52:27 4.6 Southern shared dishes
00:54:27 5 Desserts and sweets
00:54:37 5.1 Khong wan
00:58:16 5.2 Ice cream
01:00:19 6 Beverages
01:01:15 7 Insects
01:02:49 8 Street food, food courts, and market food
01:07:03 9 Vegetarianism in Thailand
01:08:58 10 Thai royal cuisine
01:10:30 11 Culinary diplomacy
01:15:00 12 Awards
01:15:53 12.1 Michelin stars
01:16:30 13 Culinary tours and cooking courses
01:17:01 14 Threats to Thai cuisine
01:18:05 14.1 Thai Delicious project
01:21:17 15 See also
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Thai cuisine (Thai: อาหารไทย, RTGS: ahan thai, pronounced [ʔāː.hǎːn tʰāj]) is the national cuisine of Thailand.
Thai cooking places emphasis on lightly prepared dishes with strong aromatic components and a spicy edge. Thai chef McDang characterises Thai food as demonstrating intricacy; attention to detail; texture; color; taste; and the use of ingredients with medicinal benefits, as well as good flavor, as well as care being given to the food's appearance, smell and context. Australian chef David Thompson, an expert on Thai food, observes that unlike many other cuisines, Thai cooking rejects simplicity and is about the juggling of disparate elements to create a harmonious finish.
In 2017, seven Thai dishes appeared on a list of the World's 50 Best Foods— an online poll of 35,000 people worldwide by CNN Travel. Thailand had more dishes on the list than any other country. They were: tom yam goong (4th), pad Thai (5th), som tam (6th), massaman curry (10th), green curry (19th), Thai fried rice (24th) and mu nam tok (36th).
The Great Gildersleeve: Labor Trouble / New Secretary / An Evening with a Good Book
The Great Gildersleeve (1941--1957), initially written by Leonard Lewis Levinson, was one of broadcast history's earliest spin-off programs. Built around Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a character who had been a staple on the classic radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly, first introduced on Oct. 3, 1939, ep. #216. The Great Gildersleeve enjoyed its greatest success in the 1940s. Actor Harold Peary played the character during its transition from the parent show into the spin-off and later in a quartet of feature films released at the height of the show's popularity.
On Fibber McGee and Molly, Peary's Gildersleeve was a pompous windbag who became a consistent McGee nemesis. You're a haa-aa-aa-aard man, McGee! became a Gildersleeve catchphrase. The character was given several conflicting first names on Fibber McGee and Molly, and on one episode his middle name was revealed as Philharmonic. Gildy admits as much at the end of Gildersleeve's Diary on the Fibber McGee and Molly series (Oct. 22, 1940).
He soon became so popular that Kraft Foods—looking primarily to promote its Parkay margarine spread — sponsored a new series with Peary's Gildersleeve as the central, slightly softened and slightly befuddled focus of a lively new family.
Premiering on August 31, 1941, The Great Gildersleeve moved the title character from the McGees' Wistful Vista to Summerfield, where Gildersleeve now oversaw his late brother-in-law's estate and took on the rearing of his orphaned niece and nephew, Marjorie (originally played by Lurene Tuttle and followed by Louise Erickson and Mary Lee Robb) and Leroy Forester (Walter Tetley). The household also included a cook named Birdie. Curiously, while Gildersleeve had occasionally spoken of his (never-present) wife in some Fibber episodes, in his own series the character was a confirmed bachelor.
In a striking forerunner to such later television hits as Bachelor Father and Family Affair, both of which are centered on well-to-do uncles taking in their deceased siblings' children, Gildersleeve was a bachelor raising two children while, at first, administering a girdle manufacturing company (If you want a better corset, of course, it's a Gildersleeve) and then for the bulk of the show's run, serving as Summerfield's water commissioner, between time with the ladies and nights with the boys. The Great Gildersleeve may have been the first broadcast show to be centered on a single parent balancing child-rearing, work, and a social life, done with taste and genuine wit, often at the expense of Gildersleeve's now slightly understated pomposity.
Many of the original episodes were co-written by John Whedon, father of Tom Whedon (who wrote The Golden Girls), and grandfather of Deadwood scripter Zack Whedon and Joss Whedon (creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog).
The key to the show was Peary, whose booming voice and facility with moans, groans, laughs, shudders and inflection was as close to body language and facial suggestion as a voice could get. Peary was so effective, and Gildersleeve became so familiar a character, that he was referenced and satirized periodically in other comedies and in a few cartoons.