タイ人は信心深い国民だ。小乗仏教はタイの生活に馴染んでいる。バンコクは高層ビルやホテルが聳え、高架電車(Sky Train)が走る現代的な大都市である。しかし、一方で一つ路地を入ると、昔ながらの田舎っぽい空気のあるところも多い。仏様との距離も近い。
このシリーズでは、バンコクの 昔ながらの古き良き都市の面影を取り上げてみたい。
Thai are religious, and Buddhism is very close to their lives. Bangkok is a modern metropolis with skyscrapers and hotels rising up, and the Sky Train, the elevated city train, running through. But once you step in to a byroad, you find atmosphere of old, country-side communities, where Buddha is close by.
In this series, I would like to focus on the good, old Bangkok.
Data <All images are degitized by Kodak Photo CD service>4-1 Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III
4-2 Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III
4-3 Wat Arun, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III
4-4 Bangkok, Thailand, October 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-5 Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-6 Silom Road, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III
4-7 Bangkok, Thailand, October 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-8 Wat Prak Keo, Bangkok, Thailand, September 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-9 Near Wat Prak Keo, Bangkok, Thailand, December 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III
4-10 Silom Road, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-11 Bangkok, Thailand, October 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Kodak EBX
4-12 Weekend Market, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2002/ Bessa R 25mm Fuji RDP III