© Angela M. Lobefaro
sunrise, taken in our beautiful resort, in Koh Yao, Thailand. June 2008
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Ko Yao (Thai: เกาะยาว) is a district (Amphoe)
Ko Yao (เกาะยาว), sometimes written Koyao, is a group of islands between Phuket and Krabi. There are two main islands, Ko Yao Noi ("Small Long Island") and Ko Yao Yai, with Noi being the more developed of the two.
Ko Yao Noi remains a beautiful island, where most people still believe that the island should be preserved from human degradation.
Sea Gypsies (Moken people) were inhabiting the Bay before anybody else, except maybe other nomadic people like forest hunters and collectors (Sakai, Negritos). The 3,500 or so inhabitants of Koh Yao Noi are thought to be recent migrants from the Malay Peninsula (Satun, Trang).
The Mon population, linguistically and culturally belonging to the Khmer ethnolinguistic group, did settled in peninsular Thailand since ever, ruling maritime states like the one of Ligor (Nakhon Si Thammarat). They melt continuously with Southern migrants from Malaysia and with Northern rulers (Thai), over centuries of commercial exchanges and political conflicts. Most probably the Mon stock remains prevalent for most of the people living nowadays in Southern Thailand, including people of Koh Yao.
Numerous cave paintings hidden in the many islands of the bay, extending from 2000 years ago to last century, attest the influence of distinct communities in the emergence of a mixed origin population, living now in the provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi and Satun.
The most recent migrations (17th-18th century) from Satun and Trang to Ko Yao Yai and Koh Yao Noi is attested by the fact that the particular dialect spoken on the island still bear obvious Malaysian lexical traces, particularely regarding toponyms and vernacular names of the flora species.
The main industries on the island are fishing and rubber planting. A little rice farming and some fruit, palm and coconut plantations are evident. Boat building and farming techniques here have been passed from father to son and, while some of the youngsters leave Ko Yao to seek the bright lights of Phuket, most return to their tight knit community
From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoe_Ko_Yao
30 September, 2008
There is Life before Breakfast
29 September, 2008
27 September, 2008
Palio di Asti: gruppo ASTA
They are truly a fantastic group to view and shoot
www.gruppoasta.com/eng/
25 September, 2008
Nine Years Old
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Since 1876, Casa Contratto has had its home in the heart of Canelli. Its buildings are in elegant Liberty Style, the architectural period between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, when the name Contratto first became famous throughout the world.
Casa Contratto was the first Italian producer to specify the date on the label for Metodo Classico, with its Extra Dry-Brut Riserva Speciale 1917.
www.contratto.it/homepage.htm
23 September, 2008
Wine Archives
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Since 1876, Casa Contratto has had its home in the heart of Canelli. Its buildings are in elegant Liberty Style, the architectural period between the late 1800s and the early 1900s, when the name Contratto first became famous throughout the world.
Casa Contratto was the first Italian producer to specify the date on the label for Metodo Classico, with its Extra Dry-Brut Riserva Speciale 1917.
www.contratto.it/homepage.htm
19 September, 2008
17 September, 2008
Shaolin Soccer
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Railay beach, Thailand
June 2008
A vey different setting for a soccer tournament ;-)
Ciao
12 September, 2008
A Boy Dream
© Angela M. Lobefaro
When Max was very young he used the paint the sky like this, and the teacher told him "sky like this dont exist", but him continued to paint because boy dreams dont die so easily.
Sunset - No Photoshop.
taken in Koh Phi Phi Don, Thailand. June 2008
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