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Chiang Mai: Charming Hidden Cafe & Singapore’s Arab Street
I walked along a busy street when I wandered into a side alley. I discovered hidden treasures tucked inside. It opened into a sidewalk restaurant. The photo above is looking into the street with a red songthaew driving past. Opposite the restaurant, a stylish cafe. Tucked at the end of the alley, this lush cafe
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A Dog Walks into a 7-11: Chiang Mai
And luxuriates in the air-conditioned store. No, the title wasn’t a set-up to a joke. This lil’ fella was overheating one morning and trotted into 7-11 and splayed himself on the tile floor in an amazing hip opening pose (my youngest sister would call this “pancake butt” and I can’t refute her.) The best part
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The Coldest Favor
Photo courtesy HUUM via Unsplash One Saturday, I decided to treat myself to a spa visit. I sought mind-body purification by plunging into cold pools, then sweating out toxins in the steaming sauna. I arrived early in the morning. Upon paying for day-use, the receptionist handed me towels and a locker key. After a couple
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Bananas for Banana Trees: Chiang Mai
Look, it’s a banana tree! I love the rustic fence, the tree with red flowers, the sky stretching to infinity. I love how this is an uncomposed composition. Banana trees, lush leaves hanging over fences bursting through fence slats like eager dogs trying to make a get away with green bunches of bananas dangling down
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Cartwheels Under a Munich Moon
Photo courtesy Brooke Balentine via Unsplash I learned to cartwheel in gymnastics class. I was five years old. Raise the arms overhead, right foot step forward, right hand down, hurl body into the air, stick the landing. Cartwheel! The joy of spinning like a wheel across the gym juiced every cell of my body like
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Photo Essay: Chiang Mai
All photos courtesy Ayoung Kim 7:00AM I took some photos on local streets. Morning rush with people buying breakfast and/or lunch packed to-go which they’ll eat at home or at work. The streets are lined with vendors offering different items: fried Chinese donuts, Thai curries, vegetables, rice + meat combinations. The young man above waits
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The Product Launch
Photo courtesy: Ayoung Kim New Products That Promise to Do Harm, With Dr. Hippo Cratez Thank you for attending our product launch press conference. Our spokesperson will answer a couple of your questions. (A bald man with a white beard, bearing the nametag “Dr. Hippo Cratez” sits at the table in front of a microphone.)
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Chiang Mai: Local Scenes
I love this composition. All photos by Ayoung Kim Local scenes, spontaneous snapshots Photo essay that shows a local neighborhood, their activities, Buddhist and spiritual traditions, Thai aesthetics, and of course, some “only in Thailand” shots. 6am: Monks on “pindabhat” or going on alms rounds. They will receive food donations into their bowls. In the
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Chiang Mai: Natural Beauty
Chiang Mai photo essay I love the photo of the sky right after it opened up and unleashed a furious storm. Moody and gorgeous. It’s been awhile since I shared some favorite photos, so here we go. Yellow Below: photo of the outside of a motorbike repair shop’s yellow wall with green shrubs facing a
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Cookie Manager: Flash
Photo courtesy Shakti Rajpurohit via Unsplash The day after New Year’s, I entered a neighborhood pharmacy. I lived in a Thai neighborhood far from the tourist sector, so the chances that the staff spoke English were low-to-zero. Therefore, I had preprogrammed my translator app. Although I studied Thai, I wasn’t polished enough to explain my