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Abandoned Buildings, Thailand.
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 lens.

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Staircase leading up to the 4th floor, which has no roof or walls.
This is how the dogs get to their observation point and wait patiently for Mr Jon to arrive in the early morning.
Lil Monster is bringing me a piece of paper, her way of saying thank you for a big breakfast..;-)

As you can see in the previous photo it is raining cats and dogs plus thunder and lightning. Today I just stayed right here for a couple of hours. Didn't even attempt to cross over to the other side and shoot monkeys and or tourists.They never showed anyway. We are in the middle of a monsoon down pour.

So at one point I just took a deep breath, mounted the scooter and took off for home.
Thank you one and all for stopping by and for your on going support .....;-)

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Rural Thailand, Temple..
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Sigma 10-20 f4 5.6 Lens.

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5:55 AM I mounted the scooter and left for the temple to feed the dogs.
It was raining hard ! Rained harder while in route. Thunder and lightning
started while at the temple. It was a monsoon down pour on the ride home !

75 minutes round trip, I made it,.............. ....................;-)

ps: this is taken from the 3rd floor
standing inside Mamas humble home.

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Abandoned Abused Street Dogs.
Nikon D300 DX Camera..
Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6 Lens.

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Yesterday the lightning woke me up around 4AM. Nasty wind, rain, thunder and lightning continued even as I left at 6AM on my motor scooter to feed the temple dogs.
Bike was hydroplaning badly on the roads so I kept the speed real low for safety reasons. Seem to take for ever as the rain pounded me relentlessly and the wind pushed from all four corners. Flimsy plastic poncho was useless in this type of tropical storm, even had to remove my glasses and go into the fetal position while driving.
Actually no big deal cuz I did make it there in one piece.
Glanced up at the roof when pulling in and there was no dogs waiting. Figured they wouldn't be there due to the weather !
Pulled up under a overhang, dismounted, removed the soaking wet poncho and got myself sorted out.
Surprised the dogs hadn't showed up yet but the thunder/lightning was still pretty loud, felt like Beirut Lebanon early 80's !
So here I go with a big bag of food working my way up to the 3rd floor and as of yet not a sound from the dogs which was highly unusual.
Walked into their humble living space and spotted both Mama and Monster curled up with their eyes shut real tight.Carefully set the big bag down and inched up to within a meter of them. Just stood there watching, within a minute Mamas nose twitched and an eye opened, a second later I had two very happy dogs jumping and licking my old bones ..;-)

Ride back was slightly better as the rain was slowing down. By 12 o'clock noon the temp was already 100F and humidity just as bad.
Mr WeeNee and The Worm were patiently waiting for my arrival and after thoroughly inspecting my body and bike they too were yahooing and licking my toes.
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Another storm is going on right now and another is coming in tomorrow morning.Same Same but Different....;-)

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Asian Street Photography.
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Nikkor 17-55 2.8 Lens.

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Laos Street Market...........

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Asian Wildlife Photography.
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Nikkor 70-300 VR Lens.

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Mini Monkeys Making Out ....;-)~

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