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    You can see the owner cares, look at how clean the place is.

    There's a place we go to regularly; a noodle shop which has now moved from the old teak shophouse but the family are chinese and the husband makes his own pork broth for the noodles (not the shite powder a lot use), been doing it 45 years and he's got a permanent bent back from all the constant heavy pots he's handled over the years - son and daughter through uni and they are really proud but of course both work in the shop. They also make their own crispy wontons which we buy and they are the best i've had - part of me feels a little sad that the siblings can't/won't get a job using their degrees and part of me is happy that a quality resto will continue for another generation - not easy work and some fade away....

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    Took the family to Chiang Mai for the weekend. Stopped at this temple on the way.

    I was a bit slow with the camera if your into that sort of thing.

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    It was a cool temple. Chock full of school kids.

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    Cool goat carving.
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    great timing with sun behind the chedi


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    I always go for a look around the back while the family is inside doing their thing. Usually turns up something interesting.

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    I always wondered what they do with the old candles.

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    Some forgotten old relics.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    great timing with sun behind the chedi

    Thanks I had to move around a bit. My eyes still hurt ha.

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    No real reason for this one but thought it was cool.

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    My wife overheard some of these children asking how much longer they had to go around.

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    Don't have to worry about any branches falling off.

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    Some were really cool. I'm guessing the one with the biggest stick is more lucky.

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    Yes.

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    It is cool to see some of the old shops in the village that have been there for such a long time. Sad to that some will die off as the kids have moved out to some city to escape the village and go for a different life.

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    One last stop at the mountain market.

    Not sure what this was. Still had a bit of fur on it though.

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    Nice colorful display.

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    Family where pretty excited about these. I took a pass.

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    BBQ sun-dried buffalo skin (wife's translation)


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    Quote Originally Posted by naptownmike View Post
    I always go for a look around the back while the family is inside doing their thing. Usually turns up something interesting.

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    Very cute ...

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    That noodle soup looks nice.

    & some cats on your land is always a good thing to keep the mice/rats away to keep the rat snakes away to keep the big cobras who eat the rat snakes away...

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    Absolute burster of a thread betty. Brings back a lot of memories from when i first went there as an 19 year old. Got my first case of gonaareah there. Never mind. A few antibiotics and back in action. Lesson learnt. Tarp up..

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    After all the stop offs we finally made it to the hotel. Which was a bit of a dissapointment other than the location.

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    City view and the hotel I was hoping to stay in but it was full.

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    I saw these cool creepy carved coconut heads in the market. I asked my brother if he wanted one it was a definite no.

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    Not sure why he declined my offer.

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    It's funny to see all this MG stuff around and the new cars. My dad had a 68' and worked on them too so the new take on them seems to be in name only.

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    I think I found the last internet shop in Thailand and there were actually people in there a real flashback.

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    I always wanted to try one of these but was put off by the traffic.

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    My 165 baht cappuccino I have been spoiled in the village these used to seem perfectly normal in Pattaya. No wonder I was the only one there.

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    The obligatory trip to Doi Suthep.

    Me ready to fly out of the back and my niece wondering why someone would walk up the mountain.

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    Waiting in line for the elevator. I felt like this dog looked.

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    Not to much of a view this time but it was nice up there.

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    Bit of detail work around the back.

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    Taking in some morning sun.

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    The cute kids posing for pictures.

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    While their moms wait behind the walls to collect the dough.

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    Some more attentive than others.

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    Ha looks just like my post card.

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    Interesting sculpture. Maybe it was supposed to be a coffee pot.

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    [QUOTE=happynz;3900741]BBQ sun-dried buffalo skin (wife's translation)

    Thanks for the translation. Looks yummy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bettyboo View Post
    That noodle soup looks nice.

    & some cats on your land is always a good thing to keep the mice/rats away to keep the rat snakes away to keep the big cobras who eat the rat snakes away...
    Snakes? we don't have any.

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    I shouldn't have showed these to my wife.


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    I hate snakes...

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    ^So does my wife. Can't even stand a picture of one. That's why I assured her that i'd seen that snake in the wooded lot next door the following day. Good thing she didn't ask how it got over the wall

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    After leaving Doi Suthep we were off some Mountain village not sure where but the drive up was cool and so was the stop off. Mostly Thai tourist.

    Saw these two on the way in. Making one hell of a mess.

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    You could take your chances coming down the hill on one of these. Just hope it stopped before ramming the crowd of onlookers.

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    This guy refitting a wheel after it sheared off someones ankle.

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    The views were great. I see that "camping" has caught on. Funny to think about the guy who did it first.

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    I didn't scare the child I promise.

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    If you're looking for strawberries this is the place to be.

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    On the way back down we stopped off at one of the restaurants on the mountain stream.

    Cool location but not the best dining experience.

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    It was fun watching the workers going up and down with the food though. Very agile.

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    Watch your step on the blue pipe.

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    I'm always curious how these shirts and stuff end up out in these remote areas. Maybe on of those donation boxes or they made them with the wrong phone number or something.

    I think this company is in Minnesota or someplace like that.

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    I think these dogs were trying to hide from Chinese tourist at a temple. I was here about 4 years ago and it was deserted this time crammed with Chinese so I only took a few pictures.

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    A weird bee nest.

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    Great report, cheers Mike. The pics of Doi Suthep and CM are top notch.

    That village is probably Doi Pui, I first went there around 2007 and was a bit surprised as they were putting on the whole poor hiltribe thing while every house had a True satellite dish and Vigo.

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    ^ Ha like going to the Indian reservations in South Florida when I was a kid. Just behind the trees was their house with aircon and cable tv.

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    After returning to the village an evening walk out on the sand bar.

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    Their efforts to save it from erosion.
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    Feeding the fish. Might have to sneak down there with a fishing rod sometime.

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    This place is a few miles down river from us called the Tak Riverside Resort. It's in such a great location but I've never seen anyone around.

    Some huge trees along the river.



    Looks like the place is for sale 45 rai can only imagine the asking price. It goes from the river to the highway 1.



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