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Mr. Martinez hulas outside his classroom during lunch. As usual. - IMG 4793
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Two 8th grade girls request their picture be taken. [The one on the left is in my class; she was suspended for gang fighting two days later.] - IMG 6213
Watching people carve teak was fascinating. - IMG 6214
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a really old teak tree - IMG 6217
inlay - IMG 6220
Right on, umbrella factory. Kudos. - IMG 6221
Tee shows us the sa paper, made from mulberry trees. - IMG 6222
A lot more work goes into those paper umbrellas than I ever really considered. - IMG 6223
gluing paper to the skeleton - IMG 6224
the silk factory - IMG 6225
boiling silkworm cocoons - IMG 6226
spinning thread - IMG 6228
loom-weaving - IMG 6230
That evening: northern Thai dinner - IMG 6231
Catie has a right to hate me for this one. - IMG 6237
Dancers - IMG 6245
Small hilltribe children perform Madonna's Vogue. - IMG 6248
Can you spot Albert Einstein? - IMG 6258
flower necklace at night's end - IMG 6259
Catie finally manages to try some durian, the most disgusting fruit imaginable. - IMG 6262
yummm - IMG 6264
Catie and Tim hang their heads out the window to catch the scenery (and air their mouths out after the durian). - IMG 6265
the scenery - IMG 6267
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bryan's gutted server gains several hard drives - IMG_7027.JPG
afternoon visit to the Berkeley Botanical Garden - IMG_7028.JPG
in the Arid House - IMG_7029.JPG
interesting prickly plants