A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH (photos): 10/17/03

Yahoo.com, Whitehouse.gov | 10/17/03 | ohioWfan

[ohioWfan]

President Bush and First Lady, Laura left California yesterday, and arrived at Tokyo’s Haneda airport (at around 3:00 am, Pacific time), where they were greeted by U.S. Ambassador Howard Baker. The President met with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi for talks on subjects such as international trade and the reconstruction of Iraq. The President and First Lady were dinner guests at the Akasaka State Guest House, where they dined on Japanese steak and Yakatori chicken, sitting on the floor, but were allowed to dangle their legs through a hole in the floor!

Japan is only the first stop in a whirlwind 9 day tour of 6 Asian countries and Australia, and including the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday. There are LOTS of pictures, many of which could have been selected as the “best,” (and which I have tried to assemble in some sort of orderly fashion), so enjoy your Daily Dose of Dubya!!

[ohioWfan]

Thanks for the Sunday pics, Gretchen!

(Why do the songs from The King and I keep running through my head?? ;o)

[prairiebreeze]

The King and I! Yes! Good association Ohio.

Prairie

[ohioWfan]

Oh, dear.......looks like I left out (photos) in the title, didn't I??

Humblest apologies..... Make sure you see all the great pics from yesterday too!

[GretchenEE]

Sharing a toast with Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a State Dinner at the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok, October 19

Rice looks back as she reaches the end of a receiving line with the Thai royal family and Bush and first lady Laura Bush at the Grand Palace in Bangkok October 19, 2003. Making his way along the receiving line behind Rice is U.S. Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin

[GretchenEE]

Yes, I've had the same thoughts .. Yul Brynner and all!

[ohioWfan]

Wasn't the Crown Prince's named 'Chulalongkorn' in The King and I (or Anna and the King)?

Looks like the names are still similar now, 150 years later.......

[GretchenEE]

Yesterday's photos were pretty self-explanatory, especially since you put an overview in the lead-in. Today's, well, they are another story!

Meeting with Thai troops. At Bush's left is Thai Minister of Defense General Thammarak Isarangura.

Being received by Thailand's King Bhumiphol, left, for a state dinner at the Grand Palace in Bangkok, Oct. 19, 2003. At far right is Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn with Queen Sirikit.

[ohioWfan]

I can hear the music of the"March of the Siamese Children" running through my head.

I LOVE that part, when the children are all meeting and bowing in front of Anna, with that great Richard Rodger's music accompanying them! One of my favorite moments of the musical!

[Fawnn]

LOL!!! Hasn't she though. ;)

Condi looks fantastic, too, don't you think!? (She sure knows how to dress, imo!!!)

[GretchenEE]

Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn adjusts the tie of the King of Thailand (Nice to see such a human moment!)

Thailand's Commander in Chief of the Army Gen. Somdhat Attanand bows before a receiving line made up of the Thai royal family, U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush

(If there were no other reason to be glad that we Americans dropped the bowing habit, I'd have to say, Thank God none of our military commanders had to bow to blubba)

[GretchenEE]

Accepting a gift as he and first lady Laura Bush tour the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok

There is a Scripture in the Old Testament that came to my mind while posting this Buddhist temple photo, which I can't recall well enough to find to post at the moment, but it concerned a non-Israelite whom God healed, who had to return to serve his master (he was a military leader, under orders), and his master served another god, not the Lord. The newly-healed man asked the prophet to secure God's forgiveness for him when he had to go into the temple of his master's god and be the one on whom his master leaned.

Laura Bush is escorted into the Grand Palace with the Queen of Thailand in Bangkok

[GretchenEE]

There isn't so much jollity as he is able to feel and express as when he is among English-speaking people ...

Closer view
Received by Thailand's King Bhumiphol for a state dinner at the Grand Palace in Bangkok

[GretchenEE]

I cleaned out my cache midway through posting and that was a mistake because I have to reload all the photos to compare them to the next ones available at Yahoo (they often post very similar photos, not adjacent) ... hence the delay, but more are on the way.

With Thailand's king

With Chinese President Hu Jintao in Bangkok, October 19

[GretchenEE]

Our First Lady, looking very statuesque!

Touring the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok

Addressing Thai troops at the Thai military HQ in Bangkok

[GretchenEE]

Pausing in front of the Royal Pantheon as they view a Kinaree, a mythical half-human half-bird, while touring the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and the Grand Palace Sunday

Bush waits for reporters to leave the room during his meeting with China's President Hu Jintao in Bangkok

[Lucy Lake]

Thank you for the ping and your time to post these great pictures.

[GretchenEE]

Bush praised the Thai military for its help in the war on terrorism and thanked them for their service in Afghanistan. He is accompanied by Thailand's Defense Minister Thammarak Isarangura at right

Being saluted by a Thai soldier

[GretchenEE]

Walking along the base of the golden stupa, Phra Siratana Chedi, as they tour the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha Sunday

[GretchenEE]

Bush listens as he is introduced by Thailand's Defense Minister Gen. Thammarak Isarangura before making remarks to Thai troops regarding the war on terror at the Royal Thai Army Headquarters Sunday

[Lucy Lake]

Thanks Gretchen, for your ping and great pix.