Photos with captions including (*) are taken by Brigitta & Josef Koller.
A man cleaning his paddle powered 3 wheeler taxi in Udon Thani
Udon Thani, once one of the bases used by US military forces during Indochina wars in the 1960's and 1970's, is an important trading center between north-eastern Thailand, Laos and the rest of Thailand. Nowadays the city houses a sizable number of expats. The city central area offers bars and restaurants, Internet shops, and night entertainment salons. However for this old man the life seemed to be unchanged - the same as probably 10 years ago when he bought his first perhaps second handpaddle-powered tricycle taxi out of a borrowed money.
Ban Chiang (*)
The wooden houses in Ban Chiang villages are quite unique, different from the houses in buildings in the other villages and districts of Udon Thani province. Ban Chiang archaeological site admininters a museum there.
A display in Ban Chiang Archaeological museum
It is said to be one of the oldest prehistoric archaeological sites dating back 5600 years. Fine Arts Department started exploration in 1987 finding pottery vessels, bronze and iron artifacts along with many skeletons. Later excavations, extended research and preservation works by Thai and International organizations led to the creation of current national museum.
Ban Chiang National Museum
Nong Han district, Udon Thani province 41320
Phone: 042-208 340
Udom Somporn Forest Temple, Panna Nikhom district
A forest temple (Wat) in Sakhon Nakhon province where a higherly revered senior monk used to live and developed the temple until his death.
Ho Chi Minh house in Nakhon Phanom
The place where Ho Chi Minh stayed in 1928 and 1929 during the early days of revolutionary struggle for national independence and freedom. It is located in Ban Nachok village in Nakhon Phanom city area; also nearby is museum-like Thai-Vietnamese friendship (village) information center.
Display of old materials in Ho Chi Minh house in Nakhon Phanom
The utensils and are said to be the same as they were when (president) Ho Chi Minh was living there in 1928 to 1929.
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