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Snake swallows a toad. See the full video below.
I saw something rather unusual
The grass snake and the toad
Why doesn't the toad fight back or at least try to escape?
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Invited to my friends boat for breakfast
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I bought breakfast at 7/11 and back at the hotel I got a hungry bystander
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A forest park in the central of Bangkok? Yes, the Benjakitti Forest Park! A must visit!
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Roben Tira
What could possibly go wrong?
Walking to his village
Pitch black when going back
Three lions, then problem Mr Patrik!
The rungo
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This is the Swedes favourite
Many Swedes all time favourite
Miss Zane is kind of hesitating here...?
Will they like it? See their reaction!
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A day in Bangkok
The Grand Palace is a must to visit! The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782 and it consists of not only royal and throne halls, but also a number of government offices as well as the renowned Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
At the Grand Palace you can see these amazing monkey warriors. It was the King Rama who had a monkey army under his command. Imagine to meet one these bad boys in a dark alley in the middle of the night!
Someone is busy with her phone and some other is taking a nap... on his duty!
Peace to everybody... from the mysterious girl in the escalator
There are street markets everywhere in Bangkok. You can really find whatever you are craving for. This girl is obviously in for some delicious sushi!
If you belong to the more brave, why don’t you try your taste buds with this? Here is some mouth watering barbecued croc. The taste is a little bit like chicken and surely it melts in your mouth.
The BTS Skytrain is the best way to go around in Bangkok. It’s clean and efficient but can be crowded in the rush hours. But people are very disciplined and fall in line when entering the train.
Siam BTS station, around here is the main shopping heaven in Bangkok. Ranging from the fashionable Central Plaza and Siam Paragon to the more modest MBK.
Around the Patpong area it’s always a busy street life day and night with lot’s of everything. The girls in the face masks look very determined on their way to something. The signage “The Lovers” hmm... I wonder what that is?
What a slim Asian beauty! At the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute you can watch her doing pole dancing (around a branch though).
A snake handler in deep concentration fighting with the longest venomous snake in the world, the King Cobra. Aside from the shows at Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute they also do extraction and research of snake venom, and vaccines, especially rabies vaccine.
When the day turns into evening it gets quiet here in the park... in other places the evening has just begun. The eternal cycle of a city that never sleeps.
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View over Cebu city
Street photographing
This time when I was in Cebu I stayed at the RedDoorz on Climaco Street. The hotel was relatively ok but the neighborhood was a little bit rough.
The legendary jeepney which is the very foundation of the commuter system in the Philippines. By the way, can you spot Rodrigo Duterte here? (The President of the Philippines) He is on a poster near the underpants which is on drying...
The area around the Colon street is extremely busy. So I deviated on one of the side streets where it was much quieter but still with some market stands and Habal Habal (motorcycle taxis) waiting for customers.
I always get fascinated to see those wires and also by the fact that it actually works. The maintenance to keep the wire network updated must be extensive though. I like the guy’s red shoes, look really smart.
Obviously you can get a room here for just PHP 155 which is around 30 SKr. I wonder how those rooms look like but at least there is a coffee shop next to the entrance. Nice car to the right though.
A jeepney is loading in the area of Colon street.
Actually this was the view from the RedDoorz hotel at Climaco Street. I would say it looks a little bit rough but interesting in a way. I wonder if people lives in that building...?
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I guess it’s roughly 30 years between these pictures
And off she went to a better universe!
At the time when she was young it wasn’t that common for girls to strive for a proper education. But she did. She realized in order to be independent she needed to educate herself. So she went to Anders Beckman’s school and became a fashion illustrator.
In the end of the 40:es and beginning of the 50:es it wasn’t that common to travel abroad. Probably under wild and loudly protests from her parents she did travel in early age. One of the first trips she did was hitchhiking from Sweden to France, through a war-torn Europe.
By this time the ideal here in Sweden was to have a secure source of income at a good stable employer. But not my mom. Once again she chose her independence over a stable and secure life. She became her own boss in the competitive and tough but on the other hand, highly creative fashion industry.
Mother and son
An unusual mom compared to others...
In later years she was diagnosed with the Alzheimer’s disease. She really hated what that this terrible sickness did to her independence and integrity. When the years passed by and the sickness relentlessly got worse she got more and more dependent of help. She hated it by all her heart.
She made the life a hell for all the helpers including her only spoiled son (me) who was coming there trying to do their best helping her. It was not that she was evil but she wanted her independency back and to take control of her own life again.
Fuck this world!
Good bye mom
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A walk in the park
This leaf is already brown, soon it will fall and will be released into the soil, where it can be taken up again by plants to foster new growth. The eternal lifecycle...
These leafs shines like fire in the sunshine
This day was a nice day, the sun was shining and the temperature was around 18 degrees. So it was perfect for a walk in the park!
This sunflower is still proudly standing
A nicely painted fence
New meets old. Stockholm is a city in a constant change.
The view here is from Tantolunden which is a large park by Årstaviken on the island of Södermalm.
Old and new. 1929 vs 2005. The two bridges which connect Södermalm with the southern suburbs.
