Sunset at Jomtien

A dancer from the Alcazar nightclub.

Another.

And yet another. They are all men!

Kissing a cobra at the snake farm in Pattaya. There are some pretty good snakes there, including a king cobra that is about 10 feet, and a krait. But the snake show does not have the charm of the Indian/Pakistani shows. In 2004 you could get a cooked cobra meal for 3000 baht - about $80.

The snake handler's hand were deformed by three cobra bites.

A man places his head inside a crocodile's mouth at the Rose Garden crocodile show just outside Bangkok.

This lady, at the Sriracha tiger farm, spends her days with scorpions all over her. They are real!

Pantip Plaza in Bangkok. It is full of computer hardware, software, DVDs and CDs. Including the pirated kind.

A view of the ground (first) floor of Pantip Plaza.

The Sofitel hotel on the banks of the Chao Praya River in Bangkok. According to a guide it was finished about 1994, but then found to be leaning ... and has remained unoccupied since then.

A few of Bangkok's buildings viewed from the river. Some of Bangkok's world famous hotels, including the Oriental, are in this group of buildings.

Homes lining one of Bangkok's canals.

The mix of old and new that is present-day Bangkok. Here a modern building towers over an old temple, sometimes there are shacks next to such buildings.

A Bangkok meal, usually found in areas frequented by tourists.

Japan's Mt. Fuji, from the airplane.

The four-faced Buddha in Bangkok. Hindus consider him to be Brahma, and people from all over Asia come to pray here.

Another of  Bangkok's buildings.

At the Pattaya beach.

Royal Palace (former), Bangkok