Dog in a box!Chilln’ in the hutOn the way to Tham Lot. Taking a beak from the winding roadTuesday hill tribe marketTuesday marketmachete man!The spiders here are enormous!Cave lodgeOur hut houseSling shot at the elephant sanctuaryWalk across the river to find the elephantsMama elephantMama and baby bondingbath time2 baths a day to keep infection awayHaving fun in the riverThese guys never get full!Teak wood hutSo different from our hydrangeaPen Cave homestayChar and Mole becoming friendsHappy New Year!New Year’s Eve gift exchangeLunch in Chiang Mai…we’re the only ones who don’t speak Thai!Our neighborhoodWalk to the cavesEntrance to Lod CaveThe “crystal water fall”lantern-lit cave tourCave fishBamboo raft ride through the caveBat cavesBridge to the cave exit where birds enter each evening and bats fly outMillions of birds spend at least a half and hour systematically pouring into the caveSomewhere between Tham Lot and PaiNever did figure out how to get all four of us on!Traditional New Year’s costume for the hill tribe villagersThe daughter elephant is TWO months over due…she’s been pregnant for over two years!Sling shot academyTrevor reading while playing cardsTheir idea of a two lane highway. 2 cars cannot fit on this road!“Yep, I’m pretty sure we’re going the right way”Visiting the nearby hill tribe villagesvillage schoolWandered out to this Buddha on the Myanmar borderBig BuddhaCame across a family of pigletsPreparing a New Year’s feast on the roof as the sun goes downKids are getting excited for New Year’sGift exchangeNew Year’s bon fire
Flower ShowMissed the OC Fair but hit the Chiang Rai one!Shrine to whiskey at the White Temple??Pin HeadFreddy Kruger and a Mutant Ninja turtle!Good luck charmOne day will decorate a walkway at the White Temple…or may bedazzle a tree statue?For now he’ll live on a wall and wait for his destinyBathroom sign/artCreepy! Can you find the decorated middle finger?Date day to the White TempleWhich way should we go? both?Khun Korn waterfallHike through the bamboo forest to the fallsThe New Year is over and the tourist have gone home so we can enjoy all by ourselvesYahoo!The duck who thinks he’s a chickenOur home in Chiang RaiDinner overlooking the pondPizza and beer at Singha ParkWhen it’s raining and you’re traveling by truck bedIn the US when you have two kids you get a minivan!Nee, our lovely hostCharlotte feeding the duck/chicken who ate too much bread and now he can’t fly!Sunrise walk in the tea plantationSunrise over Chiang RaiOur gorgeous view!Singha ParkVery hungry Koi, Catfish and Goldie we get to feed every morning at breakfastLotus pond off our patioSchool kids ducked onto our porch to escape the rainWeird seeing pay phones aroundPet stores in Thailand sell chickens! Found an entire street of pet stores selling all kinds of animalsLove all the bird cages hanging with the clothesGoogle maps said this is a road??Blind musicians playing at the Sunday night marketOur favorite digs in Chiang MaiFound a German Beer Garden in the center of Chiang MaiNew luggage from the night bizarreAll Asian Ronalds bow at the enteranceInteresting place to dry nuts and beansMassage ally at the Sunday Night MarketFish face!
