Archive | April 2014

Happy Easter …..

…. From Bangkok, to all my blogging friends wherever you are in the world.

Paschal Lamb . as seen in Florence/Italy

The blessed palm leaf (from the Assumption Cathedral, Bangkok)

White stone egg from Burma (can you make out the carved details on it?)

White KPM Rabbit with Quails eggs in our house

China Easter eggs on display in Florence/Italy

Easter bunny in our house – what a load to carry

Carina

Sawatdi pi Mai ….

Apr15

…. This is the traditional greeting in Thai for “Happy New Year”.

Today is the second day of Songkran (to read all about this festival go to Jo’s own website http://manningtreearchive.com/2014/04/14/songkran-the-spirit-of-the-moment/) which we spent largely at the Worldtrade Center. After some shopping, a relaxing footmassage and a light lunch, we went outside to watch the merryment and good-natured waterfights of hundreds of people, getting splashed with water occasionally as well.

What a nice fun day this was.

Carina
(© All photos: Carina-Joseph Sebastine/Manningtree Archive)

HAPPY NEW YEAR, THAILAND

Apr12

It is a very enjoyable time to be back in Bangkok right now. With the Thai New Year starting tomorrow and Songkran (The Water Festival) as well, the country is geared for a few days of festivities. We too joined some of our friends in the celebrations with a most sumptuous lunch at the famous “Lord Jim’s’ Restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Hotel. More about this in my next post.

Returning back to our home-from-home The Atrium Bangkok Hotel, we walked into our suite adorned with beautiful pink and white roses – courtesy “of the Management” Thank you, Khun Miguel.