ColumnistsPeter Nelson's TravelsPeter Nelson's travels - Back to Bangkok Peter Nelson’s travels – Back to Bangkok July 23, 2014 by Peter Nelson After a week or so, we headed back to the city. More shopping, more temples. Here’s a shop that specializes in handpainted umbrellas. And we visited a weaving studio. A monk in his golden robe. A nun arranging some flowers. These are the quarters where the apprentice monks stay while they are in training. It’s a fairly spartan life, of course. The elephant has been a major work animal in Thailand for eons, and it also figures prominently in temple architecture. Bangkok was getting hot and crowded, so we went down to the island of Phuket for a rest from the rigors of this extended vacation! An uncrowded beach on Phuket. The footprints are mine. It’s a rough life in the tropics … Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email Related Peter Nelson’s travels – more from Australia December 23, 2015 Peter Nelson’s travels – Australian photos December 23, 2015 Peter Nelson’s travels – The end at Land’s End January 1, 2016 FOLLOW US FacebookTwitter Latest “Signs of the Time” by Egils Rozenbergs exhibiting at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum January 16, 2025 For Sale: Pacsafe EXP45 Anti-Theft Carry-on Travel Pack January 16, 2025 Judy MacDonald — obituary January 16, 2025 Home Hospice North Lanark announces part-time new executive director January 16, 2025 Almonte Community Friendship Luncheon, January 21 January 15, 2025 Parmesan-Crusted Chicken January 13, 2025 From the Archives Almonte hosts first farm gate tour for cyclists Al Seaman rebuts Mayor Levi’s wetlands stance Gardening in Almonte: Scapes, Suckers & Succession Planting Gardening in Almonte: A tad more patience required! Musings about Trees and Elections Almonte General Hospital welcomes two new family physicians Mayor Lowry is now also warden of Lanark County Sharing the Wild Life: A recap of the Festival of the Wild Child at High Lonesome Nature Reserve