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Some giant gate thing that means: "Look, over there, it's 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 6358
I quickly overcame my reluctance for stepping on heads. Her neck made an excellent footrest. - IMG 6311
Catie in her smoking hot headlamp - IMG 6380
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Giant vats of grape juice, yeast, and sugar, on its way to being wine. - IMG 1968
Leslie and Bryan leave early on Sunday. - IMG 6520
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Leslie and Emily practice gracefully dabbing their eyes. - IMG 6146
Level 4 (of 7)--we were swimming in level 3. - IMG 6562
Leslie's feet, in bedchamber - IMG 6673
Delia returns from the race. - IMG 6354
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Tee cooks us lunch. - IMG_7080.JPG
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So many monkeys. - IMG 6384
What a fat pig! There must be a girl of marriagable age in that house! - IMG 6526
Tee looks at Burma. - IMG 6550
Botox? - IMG 6676
You know I just took these pictures for Bryan. - IMG 6176
The Buddha surveys his money tree. - IMG 6214
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We went to the Coppola winery, a strange collection of wine products, the history of film, nautical memorabilia, and large displays from several Coppola films (here: Apocalypse Now). - IMG 5977
still with the bowtie. - IMG 6158
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I photograph the stove while trespassing in someone else's house. - IMG 6403
Quincy! our adopted bug - IMG 6426
The set-up was nice: everyone got their own little stove and workspace. The only thing left to desire was air conditioning.