An empty swing at the waterline as the sky turns deep pink and purple over a quiet bay.

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Thailand

A wider loop than planned — Pattaya's carved Sanctuary of Truth, a sea cave and a quiet beach on the coast, and Chiang Rai's white temple in the north. Less a single throughline than a set of very different light: warm wood at night, open ocean at dusk, a clear sky over white stone.

Looking up at the carved spires of the Sanctuary of Truth at dusk, the sea just visible beyond. — Sanctuary of Truth

Wading into a narrow sea cave toward a waterfall cutting through the rock.

Two empty beach chairs face a burnt-orange sunset over a calm sea.

Walking the shoreline at sunset, a hammock frame standing in the shallows ahead.

Wat Rong Khun's white spires mirrored in the temple's reflecting pool under a clear sky. — Wat Rong Khun, Chiang Rai

A rice terrace catching full sun below a hillside pagoda and distant mountains.

The Sanctuary of Truth's carved spire lit warm against the night sky.

Close on the wooden carving of the Sanctuary of Truth, figures layered into the spire against a black sky.