Taken on September 13, 2015 at Jatujak Market
DAILY PHOTO: The Labyrinthine Chatuchak Market
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DAILY PHOTO: Topiary Skills at JJ Park
Taken on September 13, 2014 at Jatujak Park
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DAILY PHOTO: Jatujak Clock Tower
Taken on Sunday September 13, 2015 at Jatujak Market (a.k.a. Chatuchak, JJ Market, or the Weekend Market.)
I got outside the immediate environs of the Muay Thai Institute (MTI) for the first time during this visit. I spent the morning at the weekend market and strolling Jatujak Park. Which are relatively close and easy to get to from MTI . They’ll be fights this afternoon at the Rangsit Boxing Stadium, and then rest day will be over and it’ll back to the gym starting tomorrow at 7am.
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DAILY PHOTO: Trainer Stretches Fighter
Taken September 6, 2015 at Rangsit International Boxing Stadium
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DAILY-ish PHOTO: Fight’s End
Taken September 6, 2015 in Rangsit, Thailand
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DAILY PHOTO: 1300 & Out
Taken in September of 2014 in Bangkok
“The title of this post doesn’t make a lick of sense?” you say.
But it does. This is my 1,300th post, and I’m going on travel for a few weeks to train muaythai at the Muay Thai Institute in Rangsit, Thailand. I may or may not post during the next three weeks depending upon what kind of pummeling I sustain to the brain-pan region.
The photo above as taken about a year ago on the Chao Phraya in Bangkok.
I’ll leave you with a thought for the day: If everybody around you holds the same beliefs as you, you’re not a member of a community, you’re a member of a cult.
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DAILY PHOTO: Wat Arun’s Saffron Banner
Taken in September of 2014 at Wat Arun
When I visited Wat Arun last year, this banner was wrapped around one of the upper tiers of the temple. It contained messages from around the world in various languages. It functioned like the prayer boards that one sees at Shinto shrines in Japan. One can’t really see it from ground level.
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DAILY PHOTO: Tai Chi in a Natural Setting
DAILY PHOTO: Stupa Row in Wat Po
Taken in September of 2014 at Wat Pho in Thailand
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DAILY PHOTO: Golden Nai Khanomtom
Taken in August of 2014 at the Muay Thai Institute in Rangsit, Thailand.
As the placard states, Nai Khanomtom is considered the father of muaythai (Thai boxing.) He lived during the 18th century, and is most famous for his defeat of between 9 and 12 Burmese Lethwei (or Let Whay, the Burmese style of boxing) fighters–depending upon the retelling of the story.
One account states that the Burmese king had Nai Khanomtom kidnapped after watching from afar as the Thai legend devastated one Burmese soldier after another in close quarters combat. Other accounts hold Nai Khanomtom was one of many Thai prisoners captured. By all accounts, Nai Khanomtom was pitted against multiple Burmese opponents–some of the best the country had to offer–in a boxing match and defeated them one after another without [significant] rest periods.
I probably should have posted this on March 17th, which is Thailand’s “Boxer’s Day” (not to be confused with the post-Christmas Boxing Day recognized in much of the Western world.)
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