Pyae Sone Aung

The archive · 75 frames

Field notes,
in colour.

Temples, roadside food, mountain roads, cherry blossoms, a white Lady Buddha, a cloud sea and the light at either end of the day. Photographed on a small camera and a phone, catalogued so the good ones do not disappear into a hard drive.

75 photographs 2 countries Digital

75 photographs

The sign outside a khao soi shop in Nan Khao soi, Nan Nan town, Thailand A large golden Buddha statue inside a richly decorated temple The golden hall Wat Phra That Chae Haeng, Nan A man sitting on a wooden viewpoint deck above a mountain valley Above Piang So Piang So, Nan A red songthaew parked beside a large Lam Pai sign Lam Pai Pai, Mae Hong Son An ornate white temple facade with serpent stairways Wat Ming Muang Nan town, Thailand A timber house with a red roof perched on a green hillside The academy building The First Valley, Mae Rim Da Nang Bay seen from the Hai Van Pass The bay from the pass Hai Van Pass, Da Nang A tall white Lady Buddha statue standing above the trees, with mountains behind The Lady Buddha Linh Ung Pagoda, Son Tra Layered mountain ridges under dramatic clouds and sunbeams The ridge from the deck Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai Pink cherry blossoms against a blue sky above a hillside village Wild Himalayan cherry Khun Chang Khian, Chiang Mai A stone gateway and steps lined with potted plants The gate Linh Ung Pagoda, Son Tra A wooden coffee bar with espresso machines, shelves and framed pictures The coffee bar The First Valley, Mae Rim A rider sitting on a wooden chair overlooking the sea A chair with a view Hai Van Pass, Da Nang A circular sculpture spelling Da Nang on a wide beach The Da Nang sign Da Nang Bay, Da Nang A coffee cup on a tiled table beside a railing, with mountains beyond Coffee on the terrace The First Valley, Mae Rim A wooden farm sign surrounded by trees and flowers Pang Wua Farm Nan province, Thailand A stone courtyard with clipped bonsai trees and a pagoda roof The courtyard Linh Ung Pagoda, Son Tra A rider standing beside a loaded motorcycle in front of the Khun Nan National Park sign Khun Nan National Park Khun Nan National Park, Nan White fox statues with red bibs set into stone niches and on gravel below The kitsune wall Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang A gilded Buddha statue surrounded by flowers inside a temple hall Inside the hall Linh Ung Pagoda, Son Tra A temple courtyard at night filled with blue and gold lights reflected in water Lights on the water Nan town, Thailand Layered mountain ridges disappearing into cloud The ridge line Piang So, Nan A traveller standing beside a road sign reading The Highest Spot in Thailand The road to the top Doi Inthanon summit, Chiang Mai A wooden gate with red lanterns framing a view of the mountains The gate at Yun Lai Yun Lai, Pai A tall patterned tower rising above the beach The tower by the bay Da Nang Bay, Da Nang A woman standing in a meadow looking at a mountain valley The first view Nan province, Thailand An empty asphalt road leading toward layered forested mountains The Piang So sky road Piang So, Nan Green terraced rice fields surrounded by forested mountains Rice fields below Piang So Ban Piang So, Nan A traveller standing by a wooden sign above a valley filled with mist At the Khun Chang Khian sign Khun Chang Khian, Chiang Mai Green mountain ridges and valleys under a cloudy sky Doi Phu Kha Doi Phu Kha, Nan A large teal seated Buddha with a gold-capped head against an overcast sky The Daibutsu Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang A low angle up the teal Buddha's shoulder and face above a stone base Looking up Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang Mist hanging over a mountain village in the early morning Morning in Sapan Sapan, Nan The sun low over a misty valley with green fields and trees Last light of 2025 Pai valley, Mae Hong Son A beach at night with the lights of Da Nang behind it My Khe after dark My Khe Beach, Da Nang A coffee cup and a small tripod on a wooden terrace overlooking green fields Coffee and a tripod Pai valley, Mae Hong Son A traveller standing beneath a wooden sign reading The Highest Spot in Thailand The highest spot in Thailand Doi Inthanon summit, Chiang Mai A wide view of the coast and mountains from the pass The view north Hai Van Pass, Da Nang The teal Buddha rising above trees beside a white stone pillar with Chinese characters Above the trees Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang A café counter filled with plants, coffee equipment and small objects Pangwua Farm Pangwua Farm Cafe, Nan A paved road curving through green hills beneath a cloudy sky The climb Street Number 3, Nan A traveller sitting on a wooden deck with a mountain valley behind him At the viewpoint Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai A rider standing beside a large viewpoint sign at 1,715 metres Viewpoint 1,715 Doi Phu Kha, Nan An old stone wall and railing above a green valley The old wall Hai Van Pass, Da Nang Forested mountains with scattered pink blossoms under a blue sky, seen from a hillside cafe The valley from the academy The First Valley, Mae Rim Layered green mountains under a bright sky, seen from the First Valley coffee academy Morning at First Valley The First Valley, Mae Rim A hairpin bend on the Hai Van Pass with a yellow centre line The climb Hai Van Pass, Da Nang A man in a dark shirt photographing a mountain valley Making a photograph Nan province, Thailand Two people standing on a ridge road beside their motorcycles Two riders, one ridge Piang So, Nan A narrow road winding along a green mountain valley Tortuous road Tortuous Road Viewpoint, Nan A stone fireplace decorated with Christmas garlands beneath a mounted deer head Fire in the room The First Valley, Mae Rim An AirAsia passenger plane at the airport at night Back to Bangkok Nan Nakhon Airport, Nan A crowd of small white kitsune statues with red bibs on grey gravel A thousand foxes Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang A hilltop sign reading 100 years above a mountain valley A hundred years, more or less Yun Lai, Pai A wooden house framed by a flowering pink cherry tree The house under the blossom Khun Chang Khian, Chiang Mai A museum display case holding small artefacts and labels National Museum Nan old town, Thailand A small forest shrine surrounded by statues, flowers and golden offering bowls The summit shrine Doi Inthanon summit, Chiang Mai A park sign with a notebook of stamps and handwritten notes Park register Khun Nan National Park, Nan Two dark Buddha statues seated in a decorated temple hall Black Buddhas Nan town, Thailand A notebook of passport stamps and travel notes Stamps and notes Pua, Nan A royal pagoda rising above flower beds in thick fog The royal pagodas in cloud Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai Pink blossoms scattered across forested mountains in the afternoon light Blossom on the ridge The First Valley, Mae Rim Sun rays breaking through heavy clouds over a dark mountain ridge Clouds over Chiang Dao Chiang Dao, Chiang Mai A village in a green valley beneath cloud-covered mountains Sapan, late afternoon Sapan, Nan A visitor standing beside a museum display case Inside the museum Nan old town, Thailand An ornate golden gate opening onto a green valley under heavy cloud The golden gate Wat Phra That Doi Phra Chan, Lampang A rider standing on a concrete bridge beneath a large sign The bridge at Sapan Sapan, Nan A colourful high-rise skyline lit up at night The city at night Da Nang Thatched-roof huts around a green lawn under a clear blue sky The village above Pai Yun Lai, Pai A wooden table and chairs beside a window framing green mountains A table with a view The First Valley, Mae Rim Goats and a wooden shack on a rocky hillside A stop before the climb Hai Van Pass, Da Nang A tree hung with thousands of colourful ribbons above a hedge Ribbons on the love tree Yun Lai, Pai A woven tray of northern Thai dishes with noodles, vegetables and dipping sauces Khao soi, Pai Pai town, Mae Hong Son A traveller standing above a valley filled with cloud at sunrise Above the cloud sea Doi Inthanon, Chiang Mai A green headland dropping into a blue sea under a wide sky The Son Tra coast Son Tra Peninsula, Da Nang

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