- IMG 6504
the bus to the Golden Triangle - IMG 6521
gate, dragon - IMG 6531
more out the bus window (I was done with my book and trying to amuse myself with my camera.) - IMG 6146
Level 4 (of 7)--we were swimming in level 3. - IMG 6581
parting dinner - 35 G
We took a piece of Hwy 1 on our way home. - IMG 5977
still with the bowtie. - IMG 6179
- IMG 6526
Tee looks at Burma. - IMG 6442
No one was looking anyway: we were out at the ladyboy show. - IMG 6499
our hotel - IMG 6517
STOP (in Thai) - IMG 6312
Day 2 starts with water buffalo. - IMG 6215
a really old teak tree - IMG 6515
Various heroin logos - IMG_2215
sunset in the sky - IMG 6533
- 34 G
Mom's Cali souvenier: bark curls. - IMG 6514
weights for measuring opium - IMG_6882.JPG
- IMG_2216
one of many more... - IMG 5965
At the reception--so hot people were rolling up anything they could. - IMG 6129
- IMG 6177
Budda with gold leaf on face - IMG 6528
giant catfish, Laos - IMG 6130
I had never heard a word of this, but evidently during WW2, the Japanese (who had taken over Thailand and basically everywhere else in Asia) decided they needed a railroad to Burma, so they took some western POWs and a whole lot of Asian laborers and basically worked them to death building the thing. They hacked out this pass with hand drills in something like three weeks. - IMG 6189
And finally, on our way to the train station, the answer to the age-old question: do they have Dairy Queens in Thailand? Yes, of course they do. - IMG 6524
- 49 G
Finished! And with curtains hung. - IMG_6876.JPG