Prayer Time

I love the spirituality of the Thai people. I also love all the ceremony involved with their prayers.  Flowers, incense and offerings all are a feast for the senses.

To answer the questions from yesterdays posts.  The ladies were actually bagging dried fruit, it was the angle that made it look different.  One lady was resting and the other was filling bags with dried plums.

Thai People

I find the Thai people so fascinating - they are such a contradiction between old and new. 

They are a mixture of so many cultures and influences.

Thailand-again

I have just come back from a week in Chinag Mai in Thailand. I honestly thought I wouldn't get anytime to take some photographs, but thankfully I was wrong. I got to spend an afternoon exploring Chinag Mai. These shots are at a temple I visited.

More Olympics

I have been MIA as I have been in Thailand for Professional Development for a week, I will load my photos from there soon. This is the last of my Olympic shots - theses are a very random selection.

Inside the Bird's Nest

At the Olympic Park you are able to go inside the Bird's Nest. This was such an experience. I have to be honest I had goose bumps up my arms as we walked in. We were able to go down onto the running track and look around. There were so many fantastic shots - the thing that really caught my eye was the rows and rows of red seats and the guards- I am sorry if I bore you with all the shots, it seemed that every angle I looked at them, I saw something visually pleasing.

Generation Gap

I fell in love with this old man the minute I saw him. He was visiting the Bird's Nest.  His clothes tell me he is from the country (he is still wearing the traditional dress from the Cultural Revolution days) and so did his responses - he kept walking around looking and touching everything.  He was so amazed by the cameras and he kept looking at my camera and wanting to see what it did, to be more specific what the digital screen on the back did.


 This shot below is my favourite one, he just could not stop watching anyone take photos.

  He is looking at a stranger here.

Olympic Fever

After living in Beijing for almost a year, we thought we should at least try to get to the Olympic Park once.  I have to say I was completely blown away - the buildings were amazing, but it was the emotion there that touched me.  I look at the work and the organisation that had to happen for the Olympics to be a success and you can almost touch the pride of the Chinese people as you walk around this place.

 I have to say this was one of the best days I have had in China so far.