This is the local ice house. They break the large blocks and then crush it in the machine in front of the guy in the green T shirt. Sanitation is not a big concern here, as you can see by the blocks sitting in the sidewalk, those are concrete pavers not ceramic tile so the absorbancy is great.

Again sanitation is not a big concern. The meat, pork and chicken, will stay there all day unrefrigerated. However, the turn over is fast. Thais are big meat eaters. This shop is part of a very large open market with veggies, eggs, live, dried and salt cured fish and some things which may be edible but completely unrecognizable to me. Most all of the local street vendors by their daily supplies here and the street food is quite tasty and safe.

The dog is sitting on a roadside restaurant table where they serve customers. There are so many dogs and cats running loose and most are scruffy street animals. They all leave you alone but they tend to let you know where they have been, if you know what I mean. Step high and carefully.

At about six in the morning the monks come to the streets with their begging bowls. They recieve food not money and in return, as in this picture, give a blessing. There are about ten or twelve monks that walk the couple of blocks in the neighborhood. Some do so well that they have a believer with them to carry a large bag of food which they have collected. Every morning they walk the streets from about 6 to 7:30 AM.

This is the street to Blue Fin Guesthouse. Very narrow but adequately wide for two small cars to pass carefully. Notice the wiring, those are telephone wires probably about 6 inches in diameter. That blue door is the entrance to a home. This area, Dusit, is kept very clean. Not much in the way of debris on the streets. Everyone pitches in and sweeps their area daily, imagine that ever happening in the states.