Last Waterfall

The last photo stop we made in the forest as we came down the mountain was at this waterfall. Judy didn't want to stop actually and she was very hesitent about the narrow road that went off the highway; it was steep and twisting and only room for one car; no passing. What if we met someone coming up?

But I was on a mission, and we carried on.

Boy was it worth it. The water fall was majestic and in the late afternoon the light was fantastic.

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Chiang Mai Punk

Chaing Mai should be a good place for music we thought so on Saturday night we went out to find some. Several bars on the Ping River were rocking but most of the music didn't appeal to our tastes. Finally we found this young punk band really enjoying themselves at the Riverside Bar.

They awere having so much fun we decided to join in.

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Chiang Mai Punk



We crowded up to the stage with our glasses of Thai whisky and rocked out to this terrific band (sorry, no name on this band?). When they played "Take Me Out", the great Franz Ferdinand anthem, the whole place started to jump, including us. Great night out. (This music is FF, not the Chiang Mai band)

Let me know if you know the name of this band

Doi Sutep-Temple of Gold

On another day we drove up to Doi Sutep, a temple on a mountain on the outskirts of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

We got there in late afternoon, our arrival timed to catch the best light for photos, and we faced these stairs which had to be climbed to get to the temple.

Daunting, but up we went.

At the top we found a temple of gold and many wonderous sights.

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Stairs Going Up

Doi Sutep

Temple of Gold

Worshippers circle the temple

The Chedi



Images of Buddha




Photo Day Over

Stairs Going Down

Lotus Flower Vendor

Young Thai Girl with pink umbrella

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There was a group of young girls at the temple performing music and dancing for coins for the crowd and we asked one of them to pose for us.

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Boat Trip on Ping River, Chiang Mai

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We found our way down to the boat pier on the Ping River and caught a riverboat up river.

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Ping River

Riverboat

Ping River

Fisherman

Herb garden by the river

House

Pig

We stopped for some refreshment and met some interesting characters here.

Rooster

Cow


Rice


Fishtrap

Big Tree

Temple

Tuk Tuks waiting

Bor Sang Umbrella Factory, Chiang Mai

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Bor Sang

The Bor Sang umbrella factory is near Chang Mai, Northern Thailand

Phang Nga Town in the Rain

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Road to Phang Nga

Phang Nga Town
Big doings tonight

Back Drop

Round-about

Main Square

It was raining and we were on the way home to Phuket when we came to this intersection. Phuket was left, Phang Nga was right. We decided a short detour might be worth it so we turned right.

Phang Nga Bay town was fabulous! it is a small, authentic, Thai town, no foreigners, and it has a back drop second to none. In this town you would always be conscious of the mountains around you.

Only El Nido in the Philippines or maybe one of the towns in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State have given me this feeling before.

We decided to come back here again someday in good weather to take more photos.