thailand...part ii

day 5:  Chiangmai

All of us looking tired at the Natural Hot Spring

Derek sleeping at the springs

Me taking in the sights around the springs

On the taxi truck curving up the mountains

the other taxi truck

the two kids looking so cute...until they turn and asked for 10 bahts for the pics!

Kevin and Me with a traditionally dressed couple

another shot of their hut

the long necks karen tribe: girls as little as 5 start putting gold rings on their necks

another long neck pic

team 'orange' at the golden triangle

Queen's girls!!!

Us on the way to smuggling into Laos

Welcome to Laos!

Me and Rosa waving the Laos flag

On the border to Burma: the union of Myanmar

Day 6:  Chiangmai

Elaine, Derek, and me at a hotel after a yummy breakfast

Diane and me in the field of poppy flowers. aka. opium

Me, Jo, and Rosa enjoying the view at the top of the dragon temple

Michael, Elaine, Kevin, and Noha

Jo and I with the traditional Thai dresses at the dragon temple

Rosa and me (the two 'Canadians') getting blessed from a monk

The rest of the group at the temple: check out the formal thai wear by the guys

Day 7:  back to bangkok

all of us chilling on the bus before bedtime

random restaurant...yummy lunch

Me and the four faced buddha at Bangkok

Shruti, Noha, Michael, and Lin on the tut-tut

Me, Janice, and Rosa in our own tut-tut trying to not breathe in the thick layer of pollution

Last night of the tour: Cabaret show!

the girls!

our sorta front row seat at the show

A much better view: Shruti, Kevin, Me, Rosa

Me and Kevin at a pub in Bangkok

Kevin, me, and Noha

day 8: bangkok to singapore

all 19 of us at the thailand airport

one last pic before we jet off

so that was our 8 days of wonder in Thailand...yay reading week!

 

 

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