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Kogs:
--- Quote from: puddin on December 18, 2005, 05:09:00 PM ---oh its so christmasie here :santaC:
( Kogs im getting red x's try attaching )
( oh wait thats you avatar ..something is funky wrong )
Once a Hindu Shrine, this is the landmark of Lopburi. As it is only some 200m (ca. 200yds) from the railway station, it's a place often visited first by tourists arriving by train. The shrine was constructed in Lopburi style from laterite (a reddish ferruginous soil formed in tropical regions by the decomposition of the underlying rocks) and sandstone and decorated with stucco. The adjoining Prangs (Khmer-style pagodas) signify the Hindu Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. In the reign of King Narai, the shrine was converted into a Buddhist temple. Some Buddhist designs can still be seen on it
http://www.asiatour.com/thailand/e-04cent/et-cen94.htm
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i dont have a avatar. i think its the detective magnafying glasses lol
puddin:
:smileC: so it is :lolCX: ..oh Rob.................
Kogs:
some info on the elephants in Ayutthaya
--- Quote --- Elephant Kraal Pavilion
The Pavilion, utilized as the royal seat to witness the elephant round up, is situated north of the city island. In the past wild elephants would be trained here to become war or transport animals. It is thought that in the Ayutthaya period the stockade was inside the city wall, but this one was built later and was used up until the Bangkok period. In the middle of the stockade is a shrine where the elephant guardian is supposed to reside. Posts made of whole timbers form the fence where elephants were tied up during the training. An elephant round-up was demonstrated here in 1890, during the reign of King Rama V, for the benefit of the Tsarevitch, who later became Nicholas II of Russia, during his visit to Siam.
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puddin:
Raise your hand if you used Google Earth to find this railing ]][
Where oh where can it be |(
Slowhatch:
Here's a photo (source) of an area near Alexander Park with similar railing and a some stairs leading down (notice the foreground soldier in the cap, who seems to be standing on some stairs). The trouble is, there might be similar construction all over Moscow, so it's not at all conclusive.
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