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