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10/16/06: Wat Doi Suthep Buddhist temple |
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10/16/06: The Chiang Mai skyline |
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10/16/06: Wat Doi Suthep Buddhist temple |
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10/16/06: Wat Doi Suthep Buddhist temple |
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10/16/06: Wat Doi Suthep Buddhist temple |
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10/16/06: Nico, Jerry, and I spent an afternoon in a lakeside cabana eating Thai food, drinking beer, and philosophizing. |
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10/18/06: Jerry's new plot of land |
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10/18/06: Rice paddy & countryside. |
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10/18/06: Mae Sa waterfalls. |
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10/18/06: Mae Sa waterfalls. |
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10/18/06: Mae Sa waterfalls. |
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10/18/06: Two elephants bathing in a river. |
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10/18/06: An ancient temple in Chiang Mai. |
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10/19/06: An ancient temple in Chiang Dao. |
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10/19/06: Temple in Chiang Dao. |
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10/19/06: A substantial river emerges here from the ground. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Jerry & Nico in Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: Chiang Dao cave. This formation looks like a chicken facing the left! |
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10/19/06: Bats on the ceiling of Chiang Dao cave. |
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10/19/06: The 4-lane paved freeway we were on suddenly ended and led us to this detour! |
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10/19/06: A wild elephant on the roadside. |
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10/20/06: Riding a "songtail" (a cross between a taxi and a bus) to the airport. |
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10/20/06: Patong Beach in Phuket. |
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10/20/06: Patong Beach in Phuket. |
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10/20/06: Patong Beach in Phuket. |
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10/20/06: Our dive boat anchored offshore. |
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10/20/06: The cabins on the Vilai Samut were spartan, but clean. |
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10/21/06: Clownfish and anemone |
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10/21/06: Can you spot the stonefish? |
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10/21/06: A clam with attached soft coral. |
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10/21/06: Diving amongst building-sized boulders. |
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10/21/06: Beautiful shell. |
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10/22/06: Juvenile rockmover |
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10/22/06: Coral with featherduster worms. |
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10/22/06: Honeycomb something-or-other. |
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10/22/06: There were vast quantities of fish on the reefs. |
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10/22/06: Clownfish in a sea anemone |
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10/22/06: A huge bed of coral |
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10/22/06: Big thunderstorm brewing over the mainland |
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10/22/06: A pair of starfish |
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10/23/06: Juvenile trunkfish |
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10/23/06: A collection of shrimp |
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10/23/06: Mating cuttlefish |
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10/23/06: A school of batfish |
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10/24/06: Koh Bon pinnacle |
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10/24/06: Unidentified crustacean. Anyone? |
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10/25/06: Waterfront living! |
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10/25/06: Koh Phanak - where we went sea kayaking. |
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10/25/06: Some wild monkeys eating on the beach. |
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10/25/06: Kayaking through a cave |
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10/25/06: A lagoon in the middle of the island. |
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10/25/06: An inaccessible lagoon viewed from an elevated cave opening. |
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10/26/06: Patong Beach in Phuket |
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10/26/06: The pool at our hotel (Bura Sari) |
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10/27/06: Bangkok: A canal near the Jim Thompson house |
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10/28/06: The Reclining Buddha at Wat Pho |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace - a stone model of Angkor Wat |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: The Grand Palace |
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10/28/06: Riding a tuk-tuk in Bangkok |
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10/28/06: Waterfront property in Bangkok |
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