A Photo Trip At Last

After the first fail attempt to go on a photo outing with some friends, I had a chance to try one more time. It was not that bad! Saniwan, my IT head girl, Sameojai, a journalist gal and myself were going to our boss's dad funeral in Chacheangsao, a charming province not so far from Bangkok. We went to the service on Friday and staying over the weekend to wait for the cremation on Suday.

The plan was to visit the '100 years markets' which have been shown in many media and also the famous 'Wat Sothorn' the landmark of the province.

Saniwan took care of booking our room and once there drove us every where (my car though) since her mother is actually from there (we didn't know it until then). From our room, we could see the illuminated 'Wat Sothorn' hence our attempt for the night shot of the white marble temple. It made me realise the virtue of HDI (High Dynamic Imaging) technique that Gordon has been telling me about :)

Our visit to the old market was a delightful walk down a memory lane. We saw many things we used to see in our childhood like the sweet we used to enjoy as a child for example the gum shaped as cigarette under the 'Black Cat' brand or some food we don't normally find in the city! The market itself still as it was a century ago. Thanks to the digital technology we simply click click and were pleased with what were recorded on our cameras.

Saniwan pampered us even further by driving us away from the now 'tourist' market for a late lunch in a raft eatery in a local temple where food was really good and cheap too. Our lunch was shrimp fried with garlic and pepper for herself, shrimp fried with basil leaves and chillies for Sameojai and shrimp fried with curry paste for myself. Yum yum!

The funny thing about this trip was that each of us spent our evening doing our own things with our gadget....Saniwan surfing the net with her mobile, Sameojai playing with photoshop on her laptop and me watching a movie with my laptop with TV on as background noise. In the morning, Saniwan and Sameojai teamed up to watch a Thai and Korean series, refusing to leave until they all ended and me getting frustrated and finally went down to a cafe to enjoy my cappa. We joked that the trip was just a change of location to enjoy our routine! Well, that's the main reason for going away isn't it...to enjoy ourselves!

The trip worked well photographic wise and a prove that we could go on more trip together. In fact, we kinda agreed to go up north to stay at the railway bungalow round the coming new year when Gordon would come to join us too.