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10/6/2001 |
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| DCP00884.jpg Me, ready to leave |
DCP00887.jpg My friend Marsha |
DCP00889.jpg Terry Fox monument in Thunder Bay |
DCP00892.jpg The huge jade statue by Bill Reid at the Vancouver Airport |
DCP00895.jpg Melody at the KT Guesthouse, Bangkok |
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| DCP00896.jpg At Wat Chedi Hoy outside of Bangkok |
DCP00897.jpg At Wat Chedi Hoy outside of Bangkok |
DCP00898.jpg Melody at a milling display at a crafts show in Bangkok |
DCP00900.jpg Bamboo water wheel at crafts show |
DCP00901.jpg Me, on the overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai |
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| DCP00902.jpg My badly scraped elbow from falling off the sidewalk in Bangkok |
DCP00905.jpg Melody in the top bunk on the overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai |
DCP00906.jpg Sunrise on the mountain, from the train window |
DCP00908.jpg Melody at a small outside historic display, Chiang Mai |
DCP00911.jpg Chiang Mai from the air. Plane going to Mae Hong Son. |
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| DCP00917.jpg Clouds from the plane, Chiang Mai (CM) to Mae Hong Son (MHS) |
DCP00919.jpg Clouds, plane from CM to MHS |
DCP00920.jpg Clouds, plane from CM to MHS |
DCP00921.jpg Clouds, plane from CM to MHS |
DCP00922.jpg MHS airport |
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| DCP00924.jpg Me and Melody at the Johnnie Guesthouse, MHS |
DCP00927.jpg MHS market |
DCP00928.jpg MHS market |
DCP00934.jpg Wat at night. MHS |
DCP00936.jpg Wat at night, MHS |
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| DCP00937.jpg Little kitten behind wat sculpture |
DCP00938.jpg Street scene, MHS |
DCP00939.jpg Entrance to market, MHS |
DCP00940.jpg Buying food, MHS market |
DCP00941.jpg Beautiful flower display, MHS market |
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| DCP00942.jpg More food buying, Melody is sooo good at this! |
DCP00945.jpg Spirit house, MHS |
DCP00946.jpg Beautiful town scene, MHS |
DCP00948.jpg On the road up to the Agricultural Extension centre |
DCP00950.jpg Beautiful waterfall on the road to the centre. The songtauw driver stopped for Melody and me to see it. |
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| DCP00951.jpg The waterfall again |
DCP00952.jpg Melody and the songtauw driver |
DCP00954.jpg The Agricultural Extension centre where Melody works. Note the red dirt which is everywhere in Thailand.0 |
DCP00955.jpg Melody's living room / kitchen |
DCP00956.jpg Melody and her boss, Kuhn Amporn |
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| DCP00959.jpg Hand laundry -- I'm not very good at it |
DCP00960.jpg Hand laundry -- Melody is a pro |
DCP00961.jpg Melody at her kitchen table, note the chickens outside the door |
DCP00963.jpg Pee Jep in Kuhn Amporn's outdoor kitchen |
DCP00965.jpg The kitchen, with the gas stove, a very unusual item for Thai kitchens |
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| DCP00967.jpg Melody working with a pineapple for the pizza I made for Kuhn Amporn |
DCP00972.jpg An evening walk to Na Pa Paag |
DCP00974.jpg Beautiful landscape with village houses near the centre |
DCP00975.jpg Another view of the landscape |
DCP00977.jpg At the top of a hill near the centre, an outdoor pavilion |
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| DCP00979.jpg Some handcrafted items, a yam, and two bamboo drinking cups |
DCP00980.jpg Melody's bathroom with squat toilet |
DCP00981.jpg Scenes from Melody's home |
DCP00982.jpg Scenes from Melody's home |
DCP00985.jpg Beautiful green landscape, rice growing |
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| DCP00988.jpg steep, twisting roads |
DCP00989.jpg Group of Chinese tourists at Mae Aw, small Chinese village near the Burma border. The conversation was English, Thai and Chinese. Great fun |
DCP00991.jpg Satellite dish in Mae Aw. Always the modern and the ancient so close together in Thailand. |
DCP00994.jpg Street Scene, Mae Aw |
DCP00997.jpg Street Scene, Mae Aw |
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| DCP01005.jpg More steep roads in the rain |
DCP01006.jpg Melody on her motorbike |
DCP01010.jpg Melody on her motorbike |
DCP01013.jpg Village scene near centre |
DCP01016.jpg On the way to Ruk Thai, up very steep roads |
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| DCP01018.jpg Wet, red mud on the way to Rak Thai |
DCP01019.jpg Entrance to Rak Thai, a very pretty village at the end of the road. Next stop Myanmar. |
DCP01020.jpg Silhouette of a bamboo tree |
DCP01021.jpg Beautiful flowers everywhere in Thailand |
DCP01023.jpg Women weaving traditional cloth designs, Rak Thai. |
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| DCP01026.jpg Beautiful mist-shrouded lake just past Rak Thai |
DCP01028.jpg Melody and a friend. We had tea at this government forestry office, just past Rak Thai |
DCP01035.jpg Melody and me in her house. Aren't camera timers wonderful? |
DCP01037.jpg "Eat your face" bug. Very noisy but harmless cicada. |
DCP01038.jpg A group of beauracrats from Bangkok visiting the Ag. Ext. Centre. A big dinner that Melody and I were summoned to. |
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| DCP01042.jpg Wet, red mud, very reminiscent of Atikokan. |
DCP01043.jpg Waiting for the songtauw to take us back to MHS. Rungsan, a friend of Melody's0 |
DCP01045.jpg View from the top of the hill, at the centre. |
DCP01049.jpg Melody at the restaurant in MHS, waiting for coffee yeun (iced coffee) -- yummy |
DCP01061.jpg Entrance to the Forest Wat (Wat Tam Wua) (after a crazy bus ride from MHS) |
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| DCP01063.jpg The mountain near the forest wat |
DCP01064.jpg Central eating area, forest wat |
DCP01065.jpg A passing monk |
DCP01067.jpg Melody in our dormitory, Forest wat |
DCP01069.jpg Scenery, forest wat |
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| DCP01070.jpg Scenery, forest wat |
DCP01071.jpg Cooking area, mechees (Buddhist nuns) preparing food |
DCP01073.jpg Scenery, forest wat |
DCP01074.jpg Scenery, forest wat |
DCP01076.jpg Scenery, forest wat |
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| DCP01078.jpg Great green foliage |
DCP01079.jpg Peaceful stream, forest wat |
DCP01081.jpg Staghorn ferns attached to trees |
DCP01084.jpg Morning ritual, giving the monks food |
DCP01087.jpg Melody helping prepare the food. Her nickname is Peacock, Mae yuree |
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| DCP01088.jpg Mid-day meal with the monks |
DCP01090.jpg Hibiscus growing as a shrub |
DCP01093.jpg More staghorn fern |
DCP01097.jpg Signs to Meditation Cave |
DCP01098.jpg Bridge to Dhamma Hall |
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| DCP01104.jpg Buddha statue, outdoor grotto, at base of mountain |
DCP01105.jpg Another view of outdoor grotto |
DCP01106.jpg Melody taking picture |
DCP01108.jpg Base of stalagmite, outdoor grotto, forest wat |
DCP01109.jpg At base of mountain, forest wat |
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| DCP01110.jpg Outdoor meditation area, base of mountain, forest wat |
DCP01112.jpg Melody at entrance to meditation cave |
DCP01115.jpg Buddha inside the cave |
DCP01116.jpg new bamboo shoot |
DCP01119.jpg Monk's quarters and Dhamma Hall, forest wat |
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| DCP01120.jpg Bridge to the Dhamma Hall, forest wat |
DCP01121.jpg View from the central eating hall, forest wat |
DCP01125.jpg Melody talking with Din, a young boy who lives at the wat |
DCP01126.jpg Beautiful view, forest wat |
DCP01127.jpg Mountain near the forest wat |
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| DCP01129.jpg Fish pond and fountain, forest wat |
DCP01131.jpg Sunset on the mountain, forest wat |
DCP01133.jpg Dhamma Hall and monk's office, forest wat |
DCP01134.jpg Meditation hall. forest wat |
DCP01138.jpg Mist-shrouded mountain, early morning, forest wat |
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| DCP01139.jpg Our dormitory, forest wat |
DCP01140.jpg Sleeping on the floor, forest wat |
DCP01143.jpg Little old man who lives at the wat |
DCP01144.jpg Monks at the wat |
DCP01145.jpg Mid-day meal for the monks |
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| DCP01146.jpg Head monk, Leung Da receiving food |
DCP01148.jpg Mechees at mid-day meal for monks |
DCP01149.jpg Melody in meditation hall |
DCP01150.jpg Two really neat monks, forest wat |
DCP01153.jpg Swiss Chalet, MHS |
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| DCP01154.jpg Wat across the lake, MHS |
DCP01155.jpg View from our window, Panorama Hotel, MHS |
DCP01158.jpg Sculpture being readied for wat day, MHS |
DCP01159.jpg The sculptor and his work |
DCP01160.jpg Melody attempting to work monk's robe from bedsheet, MHS |
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| DCP01162.jpg Wararot market, Chiang Mai (CM) |
DCP01164.jpg Wararot market, CM |
DCP01166.jpg Beautiful wat, CM |
DCP01167.jpg Wat, CM |
DCP01168.jpg Wat doors, CM |
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| DCP01169.jpg Buddha, Wat, CM |
DCP01170.jpg Elephants at the Lampang Elephant Conservation Centre |
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DCP01172.jpg Elephant bathing, Lampang |
DCP01174.jpg Elephant parade, playing drums, Lampang |
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| DCP01175.jpg Elephant parade |
DCP01180.jpg Elephants demonstrating logging techniques |
DCP01181.jpg Elephants' artistry |
DCP01183.jpg View from the back of an elephant. That's my foot in the picture, proof that I did, indeed, ride an elephant |
DCP01185.jpg Me and Melody on the back of the elephant. I look more relaxed that I actually was. |
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| DCP01186.jpg Rules about interacting with elephants |
DCP01187.jpg Wat That Luang Lampang, very old wat |
DCP01191.jpg Statues, wat Lampang |
DCP01192.jpg Buildings, wat, Lampang |
DCP01194.jpg Buildings, wat, Lampang |
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| DCP01196.jpg Buddha statues, wat, Lampang |
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DCP01198.jpg Gate to wat, Lampang |
DCP01199.jpg Rain clouds gathering |
DCP01200.jpg Tuk tuk, CM |
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| DCP01201.jpg Ban Kwai Thai, outside of CM. A historical demonstration of how water buffalo (kwai) helped with traditional rice growing |
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DCP01207.jpg Melody driving the water buffalo with a plough, in the mud |
DCP01208.jpg Melody planting rice |
DCP01209.jpg Melody winnowing rice |
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| DCP01210.jpg Traditional rice farming techniques |
DCP01212.jpg Traditional rice farming techniques |
DCP01214.jpg Playing with traditional toys |
DCP01215.jpg Display of traditional Thai toys, Ban Kwai Thai |
DCP01216.jpg Melody's mud covered feet |
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| DCP01219.jpg Feeding the water buffalo after race |
DCP01220.jpg Melody riding the water buffalo |
DCP01223.jpg Wat Phra Sing, CM |
DCP01224.jpg Wat Phra Sing |
DCP01225.jpg Wat Phra Sing |
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| DCP01227.jpg Wat Phra Sing, CM |
DCP01228.jpg Gate, Old City, CM |
DCP01229.jpg Spirit House, CM |
DCP01232.jpg Small teapot display, vegetarian restaurant, across from train station, CM. We took the train from CM to Bangkok, overnight sleeper |
DCP01233.jpg Outside the vegetarian restaurant. |
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| DCP01236.jpg Crazy traffic, Bangkok |
DCP01237.jpg Pool area, Atlanta Hotel, Bangkok |
DCP01239.jpg Lobby of the Atlanta. very nice hotel, strong odor of cat pee after a rain. |
DCP01240.jpg Our room, Atlanta, Bangkok |
DCP01241.jpg Paula, another CUSO co-operant and Melody, Atlanta, Bangkok |
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| DCP01242.jpg Looking at pictures I brought from Canada |
DCP01243.jpg Burmese refugee, now a Canadian citizen, VSO party, Bangkok |
DCP01244.jpg Alec and his wife, CUSO, and me at party in Bangkok |
DCP01245.jpg A friend of Melody's at VSO party |
DCP01246.jpg Paula and Melody, Atlanta, Bangkok |
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| DCP01248.jpg Spirit house ritual, Bangkok |
DCP01249.jpg Spirit house, Bangkok |
DCP01250.jpg Bangkok skyline, from sky train station |
DCP01252.jpg Paula and Melody, our last night in Bangkok |
DCP01253.jpg Me and Melody, our last night in Bangkok |
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| DCP01254.jpg Concrete fence with broken glass along the top, very common in Bangkok |
DCP01255.jpg Me, waiting for the skytrain to take us to the bus station on our way to Ko Chang |
DCP01258.jpg Beach, Ko Chang |
DCP01260.jpg Beach huts, Ko Chang |
DCP01262.jpg Beach, Ko Chang |
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| DCP01264.jpg Beach, Ko Chang |
DCP01266.jpg Melody with a nam manua, lime juice and ice, very refreshing |
DCP01269.jpg Beach, Ko Chang |
DCP01270.jpg Ko Chang sunset |
DCP01272.jpg Ko Chang sunset |
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| DCP01275.jpg Beach, Ko Chang |
DCP01277.jpg Melody test driving the hammock |
DCP01280.jpg The newly purchased hammock now installed at our beach hut |
DCP01281.jpg Very comfy, with a drink |
DCP01282.jpg Spirit houses on Ko Chang |
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| DCP01283.jpg Beach hut at a resort down the road from Siam resort where we were |
DCP01284.jpg Relaxing in hammock |
DCP01285.jpg Very funky hilltop bar near resort |
DCP01291.jpg Ko Chang sunset |
DCP01293.jpg More hammock relaxing |
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| DCP01295.jpg Very nice American young man we met on the way to Ko Chang. He had just finished a Thai foot massage course and practiced on me and Melody. His name is Michael. |
DCP01296.jpg Michael giving me a foot massage |
DCP01297.jpg Our beach home, Ko Chang |
DCP01304.jpg Me and Melody on the beach, Ko Chang |
DCP01305.jpg Melody in the hammock again |
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| DCP01307.jpg Me and Melody on the beach |
DCP01308.jpg Our footsteps in the sand, Ko Chang |
DCP01309.jpg Our footsteps washed by the tide |
DCP01310.jpg Funky stump where we put our things when we went swimming, Ko Chang beach |
DCP01311.jpg Melody on the beach |
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| DCP01312.jpg Melody going into the beach restaurant, Ko Chang |
DCP01316.jpg Cook at the beach restaurant, Siam Resort, Ko Chang |
DCP01314.jpg Bathroom gecko, our beach hut, Ko Chang |
DCP01320.jpg Me and Melody, Ko Chang |
DCP01321.jpg Out of sequence. Melody riding water buffalo, Ban Kwai Thai, outside of Chiang Mai |
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| DCP01322.jpg Out of sequence. Melody ploughing with water buffalo |
DCP01323.jpg Melody on her motorbike |
DCP01324.jpg A great bicycle made of wood and vines, vegetarian restaurant, CM |
DCP01325.jpg Me at the KT Guesthouse, Bangkok |
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