Buddhist statues on the mountain

Kids play at temple

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Kids playing around large concrete elephants at a temple.

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Me and my friend Sue at the lake.

Me and my friend Sue at the lake. She is the owner of Ahchi the toy shiatsu.

Designs on the bus

I seems they spare no expense on the art work on some of these buses.

making sugar cane juice

I had seen this guy drive by a few times and saw the crushing machine in the back of his truck but was not sure what it was for.  I saw him working it a few mornings ago. He is crushing sugar cane.  The juice is strained and then put into small bottles.  Maybe they sell it at a market or something.  Raw sugar cane juice. Yum.  He had 2 young girls helping him with the straining and bottling.  They were still in their jammies and a bit shy so no pictures of them.

Scorpion tries to eat my phone

This was a huge scorpion but it looked like its stinger was broke off.  It got run over by a car later.

Christmas in Thailand

Here we have a picture of my little friend Ahchi dressed up like Santa and pictures of a security guard dressed like Santa in front of a big hospital and a display at a local mall.

Lazy?

I knew that the time would come that everything I see here seems NORMAL.  It is not.  I have been working on getting my Visa set up for another year here.  I spent a day in Bangkok last week getting one paper signed at the US embassy.  Last year they charged me $35 for the document.  This year the price went up to $50.  I paid it in Thai money and the dollar has been plunging against the baht so it really cost me about $60.  I understand when foreigners use the US Embassy that they should pay for services but I paid about $11,000 in taxes last year!  And the price goes up.  I consider that a tax hike.  I Should continue this bog but right now I need a break. If I get a picture of something truely unusual I will put it out here.

Bread truck? No Bread bike.

This guy is running around town between the convenient stores selling packages of bread treats.  Most times the bread is toasted and has some sweet spread in between a few slices.  See the fancy safety shoes he wears while riding the bike.  We call those safety sandals. (flip flops)  Most Thais can only afford flip flops to wear.  They cost about a buck. Remember the temp today is probably in the 80's and he is wearing a jacket.