Waiting for breakfast in Chiang Mai (and then to the market to buy yummy Jackfruit for 15 baht) |
Lots of different types of rice for sale at a market |
Pig heads? |
Frogs |
Coconut Milk machine. Pieces of coconut are ground up with hot water to produce milk from this machine |
Lots of sauces for sale |
Little cigars for sale and quite cheap too! |
Various types of seafood |
And lots of veggies! |
Fresh baby corn (and not in a can) |
Eggs come in brown (lower left), white, or pink? |
Garlic |
Baby bananas -- so tasty! |
Catfish |
The inside of our Thai kitchen for a cooking class |
Outside the kitchen with a view of the organic garden |
Ingredients for the Thai curry paste |
Yummy Jackfruit. The largest fruit in the world, growing up to 50 Kg!! Tastes sort of like a dry mango crossed with a peach. It is a member of the evil Durian fruit family (see the Malaysia page) |
They forced me to wear it!! |
The curry paste, don't get it in your eyes! |
Lunch, and oh so good it was |
Flowers in the garden |
Long red beans |
Lemon grass and pineapples |
Pad Thai in a banana leaf for a later snack. Does an hour count as later? |
Is this bridge safe to cross? |
No, no run faster, jump more and sway side to side to test the limits! |
A hilltribe village |
Well that is an interesting tree in the village. Perhaps a closer look is required? |
I wonder if they sell the dried cuttings off this at the gift shop?! |
Coffee |
Cute puppies |
Some of the hilltribe kids |
Off to the elephant riding camp. These are retired working elephants that once worked in logging operations |
The novelty of riding an elephant wears off after about 5 minutes |
But I bought the bananas for my lunch! |
Okay okay, I will buy some bananas at the gift shop to feed the elephants. I think I can afford 30¢ for a bunch of bananas |
The town of Baan Tai has tons of furniture stores. These are some solid teak rocking horses with an asking price of $80 |
Rocking tractors, pigs, and airplanes |
Carved elephants, $1-$20 |
Various stands and tables |
Teak table with inlay and chairs |
Unfinished bench |
Cashews, both shelled and unshelled and a deshelling machine |
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Bye bye Thailand and on to Laos |
Tuk-tuk outside the train station while we waited for the train to depart back to Bangkok |
An interesting assortment of things in the Bangkok hotel minibar (2 packs of smokes and a 3 pack of condoms!) |
