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