2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
All
- IMG 6272
looking up - IMG 6271
looking down - IMG 6270
I hold the camera over my head and take a picture behind me. - IMG 6269
The trek begins, Tee in the lead. - IMG 6268
leaf-thatched roof where we ate lunch - IMG 6267
- IMG 6265
the scenery - IMG 6264
Catie and Tim hang their heads out the window to catch the scenery (and air their mouths out after the durian). - IMG 6262
yummm - IMG 6259
Catie finally manages to try some durian, the most disgusting fruit imaginable. - IMG 6258
flower necklace at night's end - IMG 6248
Can you spot Albert Einstein? - IMG 6245
Small hilltribe children perform Madonna's Vogue. - IMG 6237
Dancers - IMG 6231
Catie has a right to hate me for this one. - IMG 6230
That evening: northern Thai dinner - IMG 6228
loom-weaving - IMG 6226
spinning thread - IMG 6225
boiling silkworm cocoons - IMG 6224
the silk factory - IMG 6223
gluing paper to the skeleton - IMG 6222
A lot more work goes into those paper umbrellas than I ever really considered. - IMG 6221
Tee shows us the sa paper, made from mulberry trees. - IMG 6220
Right on, umbrella factory. Kudos. - IMG 6217
inlay - IMG 6215
a really old teak tree - IMG 6214
- IMG 6213
Watching people carve teak was fascinating. - IMG 6212
The next portion of our tour: factories. Leslie bangs on some silver at the silver factory. - IMG 6211
souvenier stands, always at the ready