An empty pan.
Craig at Karon Beach
Head first
Taking the ferry
A BABY ELEPHANT!
Fish Spa
An Oasis of calm
The End result
Bang Pae Waterfall
They sure do have a sense of humor!
The rather large lunch we lovingly prepared for ourselves.
Kata Beach, Phuket
Our perfect Pandanus Parcels
Bang Pae Waterfall
The gorgeous baby elephant
The tangy and colourful sweet and sour Vegetables
The Vet visits and looks after a wound
Old Customs House
Hanging Duck
Yay, it’s an elephant and I am feeding her ! WOW!
Feeding a beautiful Elephant
Elephants are free to Roam and enjoy their oasis
Sitting in a restaurant on the food tour
Taking a photo
The raw ingredients
Temple at the Grand Palace
The View
There goes the water!
The Temple
Chicken with house roasted Cashew Nuts
Infused with Pandanus leaf, these sweet steamed banans and creamy coconut, topped off our meal perfectly.
Tofu in Chiang Mai Market
The Butterfly
The oldest Elephant in the Park – 80 years old!
Prawn salad prior to the mouth burning incident.
Introducing Gilbert de Stigter, our adopted Gibbon.
Entranceway to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
Look who we found enjoying the sun!
Bangkok Food Tour
My attempt at a Carrot Fern
Asiatique by night
Giant Golden Buddha
Pork and Cabbage Leaf soup
Orchid Farm
Karon beach
The Sea Eagle
Wat Arun Temple
I can smell those bananas in your bag 🙂
We are washing an elephant
Deep fried white fish with Chili and Basil topping
All gone, and it was delicious!
Wat Arun Temple
Spicy Glass Noodle Salad
Pad Thai from the Queen of Curries
Walking around the Palace Terraces
Glass noodle Salad a la Craig
Craig fits right in
Offering to Buddha
The entrance to Jim Thomson’s home
Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai
Assumption Cathedral
Kata Beach
That’s right – they are eating my feet
The Garden
Gai Pad Khing
Pork Sausages
The Restaurant
Freshly chopped and ready for the coating our fried fish
Held together only by two toothpicks, our fish parcels steamed for 30 minutes.
Thai Curry Paste – the core ingredients.
At the top of the waterfall
Those things are Elephant Ear Mushrooms – can you guess why?
Angry Birds Chips
Bring me the food!
The fountains
A Lizard
My decorative delight
Gibbon Rehabilitation Project
The Grand Palace
Flower Market
Wat Chalong Temple
A scooter for surf boards
Our Kitten friend
Penang Curry made fresh
A huge Spider
Asiatique
Part of the Wat Chalong temple grounds
Look who’s coming for breakfast!
Yes I am cycling on the same road as that big truck!
Board, Knife and remnants of the tomato I carved
Tomato Rose
A huge trail of ants at Bang Pae Waterfall
Pointing us in the right direction
Yellow Curry – Thai Style
Third generation recipe Duck
Craig enjoys the pool
The Mahout
Pon holds my Spring Roll Creation
The Steps
Muddy Elephants
Pad Siew, a popular Thai noodle dish
Buddha Bell
That’s right I did climb up these steps
Craig grinds and punds his way to curry paste
Early in the morning at Kata Beach
Mango and Sticky Rice a la Ginga musings
Red, green, big or small here there were chillies galore
The top of Wat Chalong Temple
Ta Da! Spicy Fish parcel
Big Buddha
Our Host hard at work
Curried Noodles
The stunning Waterfall
The group as we set off
Craig feeds one of the Elephants affected by blindness
Standing near one of the Ponds at Jim Thomson’s house
Spring Rolls
Fried Bananas?
Our roasted cashew nuts – cooked fresh in front of us by Pon
Green Curry and Roti
Steamed, Sticky? I bet I was about to find out.
A collection of photos from our trip to Thailand.
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Ginga Musings, complete.
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Love the photo story of your Thailand adventure! Looks like you had so much fun!!
Thanks we sure did! It’s a bit hard coming home 🙂