- IMG 6031
a gate - IMG 6206
Leslie's thoughts turn homeward. - IMG 6024
- IMG 6452
Leslie communes. - IMG 6104
walking across the bridge - IMG 6592
Nansi and Catie - IMG 6033
candles in front of (who else) the Buddha - IMG 6038
roof detail - IMG 6017
Can you spot the monk on a cell phone? - IMG 6077
- IMG 6191
After an overnight train ride, we arrived in Chiang Mai, the center of northern Thailand. - IMG 6068
Think the owners are from Texas? - IMG 6073
our hotel, view from our boat - IMG 6265
the scenery - IMG 6042
view of Bangkok from the top - IMG 6101
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The other tour group romps with naked village children. - IMG 6102
our first elephant sighting - IMG 6091
More Buddha. - IMG 6064
more - IMG 6192
Our first visit was, of course, a wat. - IMG 6076
- IMG 6084
Tee, our fearless leader, resting by a Chinese-style Buddha - IMG 6193
Tee starts a "long time ago, in Thailand" story. - IMG 6593
It took me a couple of minutes to remember what the hell we were doing here. It's the Steven Hawking dance move, where you spin back and forth on your bar stool with your head cocked and your poor gimp arm on your imaginary controller. After a couple of those buckets, it was the funniest thing in the world. - IMG 6046
looking up at the Golden Mount - IMG 6100
more bridge - IMG 6105
Leslie on the bridge - IMG 6099
Catie on a boat - IMG 6059
the ceiling