the last handful of thai pix
lovely lazy leopard, just hanging around. monks on vacation at wat chedi luang! stone dragon, wat chedi luang: custom headlights on metallic pink scooter, bangkok:
reserved for monks sign on the chao praya river express ferry. particularly ornate buddhist temple, chiang mai. random wall decoration (all painted by hand) at wat po: fish seller at wet markets in hong kong.
market silks: the pink tea house, chiang mai: the charming gardens at the pink tea house, on the river ping: delicious little cakie things at the pink tea house: a colourful thai spirit house:
markets, hong kong and chiang mai
tables of trash and treasures in cat st, hong kong. little dancing hilltribe girl, sunday night markets near thapae gate, chiang mai. food at the night markets, chiang mai: butcher at a wet market in hong kong: more stuff in cat street, hong kong.
the last handful of thai pix
lovely lazy leopard, just hanging around. monks on vacation at wat chedi luang! stone dragon, wat chedi luang: custom headlights on metallic pink scooter, bangkok:
some photos
a little boy from bangkok, checking out two little northern hilltribe boys….who had been fighting over sweets! we went hysterical when we spotted the “airconditioning” that this innovative driver had installed into his tuktuk in chiang mai! the beautiful reclining buddha at wat po, in bangkok. photos do not do him justice. of course, i [...]
reserved for monks sign on the chao praya river express ferry. particularly ornate buddhist temple, chiang mai. random wall decoration (all painted by hand) at wat po: fish seller at wet markets in hong kong.
market silks: the pink tea house, chiang mai: the charming gardens at the pink tea house, on the river ping: delicious little cakie things at the pink tea house: a colourful thai spirit house:
markets, hong kong and chiang mai
tables of trash and treasures in cat st, hong kong. little dancing hilltribe girl, sunday night markets near thapae gate, chiang mai. food at the night markets, chiang mai: butcher at a wet market in hong kong: more stuff in cat street, hong kong.
some photos
a little boy from bangkok, checking out two little northern hilltribe boys….who had been fighting over sweets! we went hysterical when we spotted the “airconditioning” that this innovative driver had installed into his tuktuk in chiang mai! the beautiful reclining buddha at wat po, in bangkok. photos do not do him justice. of course, i [...]
elephants and cookery
yesterday, we went back to the mae sa elephant camp, about 40 mins out of chiang mai.we visited there 6 years ago and could hardly believe how the place has changed.the first indication was the piles of enormous chinese tourist buses lined up outside…. six years ago, it was a rough little camp with maybe [...]
elephants and cookery
yesterday, we went back to the mae sa elephant camp, about 40 mins out of chiang mai.we visited there 6 years ago and could hardly believe how the place has changed.the first indication was the piles of enormous chinese tourist buses lined up outside…. six years ago, it was a rough little camp with maybe [...]
vieng joom on,…the pink tea house
today we visited the warorot market…a typical bustling thai market with about fifty million vendors on four or five huge floors housed in and all around an enormous concrete building.underwear! shoes! bags! cosmetics! strange dried things! luridly coloured sweets!below all this, on the basement level….the wet market, with all the fresh food and lots of [...]
vieng joom on,…the pink tea house
today we visited the warorot market…a typical bustling thai market with about fifty million vendors on four or five huge floors housed in and all around an enormous concrete building.underwear! shoes! bags! cosmetics! strange dried things! luridly coloured sweets!below all this, on the basement level….the wet market, with all the fresh food and lots of [...]
test pic upload
husband in bangkok, using laptop to phone home: this is the magnificent tiger who posed for us at the dusit zoo in bangkok:
test pic upload
husband in bangkok, using laptop to phone home: this is the magnificent tiger who posed for us at the dusit zoo in bangkok:
eating like kings in chiang mai
the food has been fantastic, wherever we have ventured.we’ve had lovely pastries at the bake and bite, just off kotchasarn rd…..excellent coffee at wawee coffee (chiangmai’s answer to starbucks), the outlet on the river ping….really tasty mexican food at art cafe , opposite thapae gate…….scrumptious banana rotis everywhere…….and tonight, a magnificent dinner in the anusarn [...]
ramblings in chiang mai
random notes in chiang mai this is a really strange little city.it’s not “beautiful” in any recognisable way.sure, it has a lovely moat and remnants of a huge brick wall that once circled the old city…..but the rest of it is chaotic and flat and haphazard.and yet there is a real charm here. tonight we [...]
eating like kings in chiang mai
the food has been fantastic, wherever we have ventured.we’ve had lovely pastries at the bake and bite, just off kotchasarn rd…..excellent coffee at wawee coffee (chiangmai’s answer to starbucks), the outlet on the river ping….really tasty mexican food at art cafe , opposite thapae gate…….scrumptious banana rotis everywhere…….and tonight, a magnificent dinner in the anusarn [...]
ramblings in chiang mai
random notes in chiang mai this is a really strange little city.it’s not “beautiful” in any recognisable way.sure, it has a lovely moat and remnants of a huge brick wall that once circled the old city…..but the rest of it is chaotic and flat and haphazard.and yet there is a real charm here. tonight we [...]
trains and chiang mai
train to chiangmai it is chinese new year tonight; the year of the rat begins at midnight.we are on the overnight train to chiangmai and right now are stopped at the old capital of ayutthaya….about 100 minutes from bangkok. leaving bangkok on the train is always somewhat of any eye-opener. you pass by some indescribable [...]
bangkok notes
breakfast at the shangri la we went to sleep with the curtains open, so we could lie in bed and see the lights of bangkok, and the non-stop activity on the chao praya river.our room is wonderfully located on a slight bend of the river,so we have a sweeping view down the river as well [...]
trains and chiang mai
train to chiangmai it is chinese new year tonight; the year of the rat begins at midnight.we are on the overnight train to chiangmai and right now are stopped at the old capital of ayutthaya….about 100 minutes from bangkok. leaving bangkok on the train is always somewhat of any eye-opener. you pass by some indescribable [...]
bangkok notes
breakfast at the shangri la we went to sleep with the curtains open, so we could lie in bed and see the lights of bangkok, and the non-stop activity on the chao praya river.our room is wonderfully located on a slight bend of the river,so we have a sweeping view down the river as well [...]
