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Pad thai, omlet style - IMG 6442
No one was looking anyway: we were out at the ladyboy show. - IMG 6415
Our Thai cooking class started at the market. - IMG 6237
Dancers - IMG 6224
the silk factory - IMG 6225
boiling silkworm cocoons - IMG 6434
Our instructor jokes that "Pad Thai" means "fried Thai people." - IMG 6222
A lot more work goes into those paper umbrellas than I ever really considered. - IMG 6439
It's fruit! - IMG 6213
Watching people carve teak was fascinating. - IMG 6221
Tee shows us the sa paper, made from mulberry trees. - IMG 6427
The stir-fry was an adventure. - IMG 6210
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souvenier stands, always at the ready - IMG 6217
inlay - IMG 6212
The next portion of our tour: factories. Leslie bangs on some silver at the silver factory. - IMG 6223
gluing paper to the skeleton - IMG 6195
This is a jackfruit tree. - IMG 6209
walking down the steps - IMG 6198
A cicada perches on a wooden elephant. - IMG 6200
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View of Chiang Mai - IMG 6199
Buddha prepares to give Buddha a backrub. - IMG 6204
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For Peanut: I just didn't have any other shoes. - IMG 6197
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Lotus blossoms, laid in reverence. - IMG 6207
More buildings in the temple complex. - IMG 6203
People line up for blessings and white string for luck. - IMG 6205
Just don't do it.