- IMG 6224
the silk factory - IMG 6237
Dancers - IMG 6415
Our Thai cooking class started at the market. - IMG 6436
Pad thai, omlet style - IMG 6442
No one was looking anyway: we were out at the ladyboy show. - IMG 6220
Right on, umbrella factory. Kudos. - IMG 6226
spinning thread - IMG 6425
Leslie samples her soup, the first dish. - IMG 6420
(This is our teacher.) - IMG 6438
Rambutan - IMG 6214
- IMG 6417
- 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 6258
flower necklace at night's end - IMG 6228
loom-weaving - IMG 6432
Curry-making - IMG 6215
a really old teak tree - IMG 6429
That's why. - IMG 6416
Lessons in 7 kinds of basil. - IMG 6431
Ingredients. I would cook Thai food all the time if I had a staff bustling around to prep everything for me. - IMG 6433
Catie and Leslie - IMG 6428
Notice how no one wants to get too close to their pan. - IMG 6445
The clowns... - IMG 6248
Can you spot Albert Einstein? - IMG 6450
- IMG 6449
Again, so skinny! - IMG 6230
That evening: northern Thai dinner - IMG 6423
- IMG 6444
Thai drag queens are freakishly feminine. Well, really they're just freakishly skinny. Arm muscles don't give them away. - IMG 6437
We each eat three of our dishes for lunch.