Wat a Day – Chiang Mai, Thailand
The original Wat Chedi Luang was built six centuries ago, so it looks a bit battered and falling down. It has big elephants on it. It’s like a giant birthday cake after the kids grabbed fistfuls of it…
Plastic Monks – Ayuthaya, Thailand
Facing each other across the Chao Phraya River, in Ayuthaya, Thailand, two temples present a stark historical contrast. Wat Tha Ka Rong is a bustling modern complex, something between a strip mall and a church. A stone’s throw away is Wat Chaiwattanarm, a crumbling ruin dating from the early 17th century. (Top photo: what…
Tied Together – Vientiane, Laos
She twists and struggles, but he pulls her hair several times before releasing it and steers her into the foyer of the hotel…