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Looking up through Bodhi tree leaves: how could you hang out here and not reach enlightenment? - IMG 6137
And for the less depressing part of the day: waterfall swimming in Erwan National Park. - IMG 6106
blurry picture of us about to get a massage in a rather sketchy place - IMG 6165
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Who else would it be? - IMG 6164
venerated roots - IMG 6155
more Buddha - IMG 6182
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A tour group that's way bigger than ours. - IMG 6156
Buddhas with missing pieces - IMG 6147
The fish that would come and nibble you if you stood still. Catie loved them. - IMG 6116
That's right, monkeys. - IMG 6127
Our first taste of jungle-walking. - IMG 6154
some ruined temple action - IMG 6150
A day trip to Ayuttaya: who's that hiding in the roots of the Bodhi tree? - IMG 6115
We stop to photograph some monkeys. - IMG 6123
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river crossing - IMG 6169
a Buddha looking a little more put-together - IMG 6184
Catie and Leslie in front of reclining Buddha - IMG 6161
towers of various sorts - IMG 6189
And finally, on our way to the train station, the answer to the age-old question: do they have Dairy Queens in Thailand? Yes, of course they do. - IMG 6181
Women add to (or steal from--I wasn't watching that closely) money tree. - IMG 6138
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The Buddha surveys his money tree. - IMG 6117
So many monkeys. - IMG 6146
Level 4 (of 7)--we were swimming in level 3. - IMG 6130
I had never heard a word of this, but evidently during WW2, the Japanese (who had taken over Thailand and basically everywhere else in Asia) decided they needed a railroad to Burma, so they took some western POWs and a whole lot of Asian laborers and basically worked them to death building the thing. They hacked out this pass with hand drills in something like three weeks.