Our contributor, Kelly, has taken this photo of an interesting shopfront in Bangkok, Thailand called Fire Killer Engineering. Fire killing? I guess that one good way to put it!
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Picture Postcards: Funny photo from Bangkok, Thailand
Breakfast Around the World
Back to Bangsaen
The occasional need to get to a certain room quickly is universal, so we thought this photo of a Bangkok toilet sign was quite funny. It was sent in my our contributor Kelly Pohorelic in Canada.
It is almost May and so we are getting ready for the next Picture Postcard topic which is going to be…Street Scenes Around the World! So, if you have any photos you want to contribute, as always, please just pop them in our Flickr group with a good decription on them. If you are not on Flickr, you can still contribute. Just leave a comment on this post and someone will get in touch with you.
Do you want to see more funny photos?
Channel Islands
Jersey (also Channel Islands)
Spain
The cultural expertise quiz is back, after a break last week to make room for our weddings around the word series.
This week, we’re talking about Thailand. Here’s the question:
Thailand is one place in the world where you can truly say that “work is play.”
True or False?
Food preparation items are a favourite buy at markets around the world, it seems. Photos this week show steaming baskets on sale at Yaowarat, Bangkok, Thailand’s Chinatown and handcrafted pots and utensils in Bucharest, Romania at the Folk Festival & Traditional Handmade Fair in Cismigiu Park in June 2010.
by gnarlykitty
What’s for breakfast where you are? In some countries, sweet foods are the norm. In others, breakfast is always savoury. Sometimes it’s a light meal, other times it’s a filling dish that will keep you going for many hours.
Selected from our previous posts and photos posted in our Picture Postcards photo group, here’s what PocketCultures readers and contributors around the world are eating for breakfast.
Photo by Marcello
We’d like to say goodbye to 2010 wıth a world tour of favourite posts from each of our contributors. Here they are, in the order in which each one celebrates midnight. Happy New Year!
Marie (New Zealand): The New Zealand Dairy
“Where would Kiwis be without the local dairy? Certainly situations such as running out of the milk needed for the perfect cup of tea or not having enough snacks to share while watching a film on TV could get quite hairy.”
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Picture Postcards: Colours of Argentina
The Netherlands – a country of many names
Cape Verde: Encouraging Storytelling and Creative Writing
From our contributors: week of May 13
Familiarizing the World with Assam.
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