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..there be dragons<br>Chiang Mai, Thailand: Various Chiang Mai Wats, Chiang Mai, Thailand
: Statues; Temples.


Note the small figure clasping the dragon's breast. Now take a close look at this image to the left (the thumbnail for the preceding image in this series) and notice that it also protectively clutches a small figure (infant dragon?). I don't know if whether this symbolizes anything, but the dragons guard buildings at two different Wats so I'm presuming it's no coincidence.

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Your comment suspected as spam."; mysql_query("INSERT INTO {$COM_CONF['dbjunktable']} VALUES (NULL, NOW(), '{$_REQUEST['href']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_body']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_name']}', '{$_REQUEST['disc_email']}', '$dont_show', '{$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}')", $comments_db_link); } if ($spam_check_result == 2) { $error_message .= "
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