Temples of Chiang Mai

Thailand is not lacking in beautiful Buddhist temples.  We were in awe of all their temples, old and new.

  

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Since we don't sit still for too long, we went to Thailand!

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Our first stop was to the island of Koh Chang for some relaxation.

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Then we headed north to Chiang Mai which was a good mix of city and nature.

The city was bustling.  

We had fun exploring markets and eating street food.

Chiang Mai is surrounded by national parks.  We appreciated the outdoors by going on a hike to find a tribal village which provides produce for the citye. 


 And of course we desert dwellers were ecstatic about finding waterfalls during the hike.

Apparently Thailand doesn't just let people wearing fishing shirts tromp around the jungle, so meet our guide.  He didn't know much English, but we pointed out the snakes so I was happy.

We really enjoyed the food in Thailand (shocking!) so we attended a cooking class to recreate dishes in our own kitchen.

Are you still reading? This is a really long post, so I will end here and return later with temple photos.

January Wrap-Up

The month of January kept us busy and finished with a bang celebrating Jonathon's birthday.  So what has been keeping us so busy?

Just the normal activities like hanging out with a co-workers pet lion cub.

Work brought Jonathon's Dad back to the area so we all got to attend the European Open. The top photo is Ernie Els.

I made a work trip to Oman and got invited to a Bedouin family's home for dinner.  We sat on the floor and I learned to eat with only my right hand: