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The following are some pictures that I took on my last visit to Surin, Thailand.  This is in the northeast area of Thailand more commonly known as Isan.  Isan is basically the heart and soul of Thailand.  It’s main industry is farming of grains, namely rice which is a staple of Asian food.

In these pristine rice paddies I found total, absolute solace and relaxation.  It’s a far cry from the hustle and bustle of the big city, Bangkok where I lived for many years.  Out in the rice paddies of Isaan (alternative spelling and one that I had originally thought was proper but good ole Wikipedia tells me otherwise), all I heard was birds, crickets and frogs.  I gazed upon the paddies that seemed to go on forever and even when a random farmer traversing his paddy caught my eye it was as if they part of the whole heavenly scene before me.

Alas, it was time to start up my motorbike and sputter back to the village where the elders were waiting for some ceremonious activities for our family. (yep, they have village elders who bless you with little strings they tie around your wrists for good luck and such and yes, a walk through the paddies would have been much more pure but I simply couldn’t bear to walk that far in the heat.  Ok, fine, I was lazy.  But in my defense I wanted to get to the promised land of docility post haste!)

Below are the thumbnail previews that are web optimized.

If you click on them you will get the full sized, 1920×1200 resolution images.  They’re almost 6mb big and will look good on even the largest monitors!

If you liked these photos as much as I did, pass them around to your friends.  It’s always good to be at work with a desktop that ‘takes you away’ I say