Photos by MJ Klein, & Andres Yu UPDATE: This is Andres' article.

I had an idea a couple of weeks ago.  I talked with my friend Oath who owns a store on the other side of our town of Hukou, and explained the concept of a block party to he and some other Thai friends.  They loved the idea, so we set a date and, well this is the story of what happened:

I invited my good friend Andres Yu to join us for this experimental party.  Not really knowing how well... Read More

Photos by MJ Klein & Hui-chen, including FOOD PHOTOS!

There were still other things to be seen at the temple ("wat" in Thai language).

After checking out the inside of the temple, we walked down to the lake.  On the way we passed this Buddha with a parasol.

Even more bizarre is this paper-mache white elephant, complete with functioning trunk and penis. There are water outlets at both those locations (please I don't want to use that word mo... Read More

Photos by MJ Klein - with a few food photos....

On our first night back in Thailand, Hui-chen and I took a walk around at night and I took some night shots - my favorite photographic work (besides shooting models).

This is Namuang Road, just outside of The #1 Bar, previously blogged about.  We're going to take a walk down that side road with the blue light.

Which leads us to the famous Chaipat Hotel - a place where we've stayed many times... Read More

Photos by MJ Klein

This is part one of the series Thailand, Fall 2008.  See also our series on Ubon Ratchathani.

We went back to Thailand after being away for one year, seven months!  It was a nice reunion with old friends, and an opportunity to meet new friends too.

We took a KLM flight out of Taoyuan International Airport in the evening.

Taoyuan International is truly a beautiful, world-class airport.  Hui-chen and I love shopping and we en... Read More

Well finally the Florida judicial system got it right. They indited Casey Anthony today for murder concerning her beautiful daughter Caylee. As a former resident of the state of Florida, I have seen all to many times how the system there is in need of some desperate help. Thank god a grand jury knew how to do the right thing.