Improvised sun blockers at a street market, Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand

Street scene, Nakhon Phanom

Street-lamp fixture in the shape of Supphanahongsa, golden hamsa—goose or swan—traditional mount of Brahma and an emblem of Thai royalty, Nakhon Phanom

Restaurant, Nakhon Phanom. The sign on the window reads, 'Tukta [a woman’s name] Karaoke.'

Traditional Thai building, Nakhon Phanom, northeasr Isaan

Street scene with pickup truck, tuk-tuk, motorbikes. Nakhon Phanom

Bountiful fresh-fruit store on a downtown street in Nakhon Phanom

Street scene with convenience store, Nakhon Phanom

Tuk-tuk with passenger zipping along a downtown street, Nakhon Phanom

Dwellings, Nakhon Phanom

Women's clothing shop, Nakhon Phanom

Beauty parlor, Nakhon Phanom

Shop front, cigarette wholesaler, Nakhon Phanom

A glimpse of the Mekong and Laos from a Nakhon Phanom street with mailbox

Street-lamp fixture in Lopburi, central Thailand

Longtail boats at Ranong’s Saphan Pla port, southern Thailand. The boats are used to ferry passengers across the Pak Chan Estuary to the Burmese town of Victoria Point and to a nearby island that features a gambling casino/resort and an 18-hole golf course.

Colorful entrance to a small temple in Ban Chiang, northern Isaan

Main thoroughfare in Ban Chiang, northern Isaan

Sidewalk store selling souvenir and merit-making items, Ban Chiang. In 1967 an initial excavation of a burial site at Ban Chiang revealed artifacts from a Bronze Age culture dating back at least 4,000 years, making it the oldest such culture in Southeast Asia.

One never knows whom one might bump into on the street. This fellow was just outside the grounds of the Suan Mokh temple and Buddhist retreat in Surat Thani, southern Thailand.

Throughout Thailand incongruous visual juxtapositions abound. This is a street scene in Pattaya, on the Gulf of Thailand.

A walking conglomeration of beach balls and related paraphernalia. Ao Nang, southern Thailand

Beachgoer, Ao Nang

View from a speedboat to a tourist-filled ferry and to some of the limestone cliffs that line the Andaman Sea coast, southern Thailand

Muslim mosque meets laundry service and the ubiquitous overhead wires. Ao Nang, southern Thailand

Seafood restaurant, Ao Nang

Floating home on the mangrove-lined river at Krabi, southern Thailand

Delivering what looks to be a painter's canvas or sign, just outside Al-Aman Mosque, Ao Nang

Wrapped Buddha images at Wat Phra That Rueang Rong, Sisaket Province