A charming Thai Moslem lady at a coffee station near the JEATH war museum
On my way from the JEATH war museum to the bridge on the river Kwai in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, I decided it was time for a coffee, and I had one at this stand manned by this positively charming Thai Moslem lady. It's rather unusual to see Thais wearing head scarves- you tend to associate hear scarf wearing SE Asian ladies with Malaysia, Indonesia or Brunei. Most of the Islamic Thais are in the South of Thailand, near a place called Yala. Due to militancy which rears it's ugly head off and on, most tourists to Thailand do not venture far too deep south, limiting themselves to say Phuket or other popular places in the south. The coffee this lovely lady served me was typically Malaysian style: sweet, creamy and with plenty of sweet condensed milk. In fact, she is wearing an apron with the name Carnation boldly displayed on it- Carnation is a very popular brand of condensed milk in SE Asia. Indeed, Thailand is truly the land of smiles, and the kind lady was only happy to oblige when I asked to photograph her! I am in Kanchanaburi to check out the horrors pertaining to construction of the Death Railway by the Japanese between Thailand and Burma under inhuman conditions which led to thousands of deaths due to disease, accident, malnourishment or ill treatment. Detailed notes about the Death Railway appear throughout this album. (see subsequent and previous pictures). (Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Oct. 2008)
A charming Thai Moslem lady at a coffee station near the JEATH war museum
On my way from the JEATH war museum to the bridge on the river Kwai in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, I decided it was time for a coffee, and I had one at this stand manned by this positively charming Thai Moslem lady. It's rather unusual to see Thais wearing head scarves- you tend to associate hear scarf wearing SE Asian ladies with Malaysia, Indonesia or Brunei. Most of the Islamic Thais are in the South of Thailand, near a place called Yala. Due to militancy which rears it's ugly head off and on, most tourists to Thailand do not venture far too deep south, limiting themselves to say Phuket or other popular places in the south. The coffee this lovely lady served me was typically Malaysian style: sweet, creamy and with plenty of sweet condensed milk. In fact, she is wearing an apron with the name Carnation boldly displayed on it- Carnation is a very popular brand of condensed milk in SE Asia. Indeed, Thailand is truly the land of smiles, and the kind lady was only happy to oblige when I asked to photograph her! I am in Kanchanaburi to check out the horrors pertaining to construction of the Death Railway by the Japanese between Thailand and Burma under inhuman conditions which led to thousands of deaths due to disease, accident, malnourishment or ill treatment. Detailed notes about the Death Railway appear throughout this album. (see subsequent and previous pictures). (Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Oct. 2008)