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Thailand

December 2005 and September 2006
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Close-up of the central structure of the Democracy Monument, central Bangkok. A copy of the country's first constitution is housed within.
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Close-up of the central structure of the Democracy Monument, central Bangkok. A copy of the country's first constitution is housed within.

  • Colossal standing Buddha at Wat Intharawihan, Bangkok.
  • Lilypond reflections at the Grand Palace, Bangkok.
  • Gilded bronze kinnari figure from the Grand Palace, Bangkok.
  • One of the four "wings" from the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok. The height of each wing is 24 metres, signifying the date of June 24, when the country's first constitution was signed.
  • Built in 1940, the Democracy Monument in central Bangkok was designed Corrado Feroci, who spent much of the 1920s designing monuments for Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. It commemorates the 1932 revolution which ended the absolute monarchy and established Thailand's first constitution.
  • Close-up of the central structure of the Democracy Monument, central Bangkok. A copy of the country's first constitution is housed within.
  • Glimpse of the giant reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok.
  • Hair of Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok.
  • Detail of gigantic reclining Buddha, Wat Pho, Bangkok.
  • Corridor of Buddha figures, Wat Arun, Bangkok.
  • Giant reclining Buddha at Wat Pho, Bangkok.
  • Buddha figures, Wat Arun, Bangkok.
  • Lord Vishnu, Sri Mariamman Temple, Silom Road, Bangkok.
  • Guardian figure, Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok.
  • Guardian figure, Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok.
  • Making merit (with Louis Vuitton handbag); women pray and make offerings at Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok.
  • More than two metres tall and weighing over three tonnes, the world's largest solid gold statue sits in all its shimmering, eye-popping glory, in Wat Taimit - a small unremarkable temple at the unfashionable end of Chinatown, Bangkok.
  • Mother and child on the move, Hualamphong railway station, Bangkok.
  • Muslim woman at Hualamphong railway station, Bangkok.
  • Going places. Scene from Hualamphong railway station, Bangkok.
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