A decidedly mixed bag of scenes encountered on streets and byways while traveling around Thailand, all of which may serve to convey something of the variety of flavors and lifestyles of places and people found outside of Bangkok and Chiang Mai.
In the village of Rasi Salai, Sisaket Province, a couple selling meatballs made with fish, pork, or beef—as well as sausages—the latter known as 'Thai hot dogs'
Boats on the Nakhon Chaisri River at Don Wai Market, Nakhon Pathom Province, near Bangkok
Packaging some manner of bugs to eat at Don Wai Market. Among the other items shown are ginger, pickled cabbage, tamarind, and garlic.
Fruit for sale at Don Wai Market
Deep-fried fish at Don Wai Market. In the back row are striped or common snakehead (Channa striata)—pla chon in Thai. Those in front are tilapia, pla nil.
Duck eggs, which would have been soaked in brine for two or three weeks before being boiled. Don Wai Market
Woman separating and bagging pomelo sections at Don Wai Market
Whole pomelos for sale, Don Wai Market
Local transportation in Sisaket via samlor: literally, 'three wheels'
Costume-rental shophouse, Sisaket, before officially opening for business in the morning
Colorful tuk-tuk in Nakhon Phanom, northeast Thailand
Roadside stand with garlic and watermelons, Sisaket Province
Hill tribe dolls and Chinese-style fans in a shop window at Santichon, near Pai, Chiang Mai Province
Colorful floral rooftop on a roadside restaurant outside of Pai, northern Thailand
Alleyway in late-afternoon sun, Krabi, southern Thailand
This guy became my instant pal, faithfully following me around while I photographed the 13th-century Mon temple structures at Wat Chama Thewi in Lamphun, northern Thailand.
Relaxing at Muang Boran, the Ancient City, Samut Prakan
Lottery-ticket seller outside a convenience store, Damnoen Saduak
View looking out from within Wat Phra That Phanom, Nakhon Phanom, northeast Isaan
Orchid sellers setting up shop along the sidewalk at Mukdahan, northeast Thailand