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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 6415
Our Thai cooking class started at the market. - IMG 6416
Lessons in 7 kinds of basil. - IMG 6417
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(This is our teacher.) - IMG 6423
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A woman scrapes scales off a fish in the market. Yum. - IMG 6425
Leslie samples her soup, the first dish. - IMG 6426
The set-up was nice: everyone got their own little stove and workspace. The only thing left to desire was air conditioning. - IMG 6427
The stir-fry was an adventure. - IMG 6428
Notice how no one wants to get too close to their pan. - IMG 6429
That's why. - IMG 6431
Ingredients. I would cook Thai food all the time if I had a staff bustling around to prep everything for me.