Thailand Photos: Katie and Alex bravely feed bananas to the elephants- Chiang Mai, Thailand Patty feeding elephants - Chiang Mai, Thailand Elephant Soccer - It is amazing to see how well they can aim and the power behind their kick. The size of the ball was quite something, too. - Chiang Mai, Thailand Example of how elephants are used in the logging industryá working as a team they use their strength and dexterity to push, pull, drag and stack logs- Chiang Mai, Thailand Butterfly in Thailandá feel like we are back in Costa Rica - Chiang Mai, Thailand Giant black scorpions - Chiang Mai, Thailand Family at Snake Farm with a "friendly boa" - Chiang Mai, Thailand Our traveling friends - the Hawkins family from Atlanta, Georgia. They spent eighteen months living in New Zealand. We traveled with them in Thailand and Laos. Had a great time! Chiang Mai, Thailand The kids were quite impressed by the size and strength of a hippo's mouth (as Alex noted - no tongue!) - Chiang Mai Zoo (Dick and I had been there 15 years ago - fun to go back with the kids) Thailand Kids tentatively feeding hippos greens and carrots - note the scale of hippo's mouth to child - they certainly did! Chiang Mai, Thailand Lots of hungry alligators waiting for 3 little children from Cabot School - Chiang Mai, Thailand Bears at the zoo stand up to be fed by the kids - Chiang Mai, Thailand Thai Spirit House - used in every shack, home, roadside store or fancy shopping mall - offerings of food and flowers are placed at the shrine everyday to draw off evil spirits from real house - Thailand The elephant trek with the Hawkins family - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Elephants with baby crossing river - lots of fun - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Another butterfly found on our trek - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Ben and Mom stay clear of a water buffalo in a rice paddy field on our trek - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Visiting a Karen tribe village on our trek - We are watching the wife separating rice from the shell after it is pounded by the husband. She did this with extraordinary precision in the way she threw the rice up in the air. Fascinating to watch. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Karen tribe husband using bare feet to step on paddle up and down to break shell (husk) from each grain of rice. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Karen tribe woman's dress. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Patty playing with adorable Karen Tribe baby (That is the "thirty-something grandmother", by the way). Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand 'Grandmother' and baby - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Karen tribe house made of natural materials - Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Kids around the campfire. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Sleeping on straw mats in stilt longhouse with wool blankets. It got very cold! Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Patty saying goodbye to villagers the next morning. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand A big spider along the trail. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Dick crossing the river. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Ben lost his first tooth on the trek. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Dick poling with bamboo on raft with Ben and Aileen, the Hawkins New Zealand friend. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Patty, Alex and Katie with Sarah Hawkins on raft. Got a little wet! Great fun. Chiang Mai Trek, Thailand Our favorite mode of transportationá the Tuk Tuká found under a range of names (auto-rickshaw, etc) throughout Asia. (Lets not talk about thick black lead laden emissions or safety standards - they are FUN to ride around in!!) Thailand
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