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Greetings
from Thailand
Eurodressage in Thailand - February 11, 2005
The Horse in Chinese and Thai Art
 After
six days of walking the cultural scene of Bangkok
(visiting a dozen wats [Buddhist temples],
national museum, Jim Thompson house, Ayutthaya, etc.),
Eurodressage travelled to Pattaya, Thailand, to relax.
Known as
the sex capital
of the
world, Pattaya is small city where go go bars are the
cement that holds it together. Sleezy hotels, bars
and brothels next to one another with a gorgeous beach
and a turquoise blue ocean at its edge.
Of course seeing
underage Thai girls twirl around a pole in a go go
bar is not the goal of my trip. I'm here to visit
a relative, who moved to Pattaya six years ago. Today,
I went to Viharnra Sien, a Thai/Chinese museum on the
outskirts of Pattaya. It holds an amazing collection
of Chinese bronzes, paintings and Buddhist statues.
For the Eurodressage audience, I photographed some
of the wonderful horse sculptures to be seen there.
Enjoy
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Related Link: Museum of Viharnra Sien
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