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Roy waiving with the commuter ring of Martin. Time to go.
On the road with the car. |
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First stop was a national park, Coi Inthanon National Park.
The Malaysian woman sitting next to Martin is going back to our bus. |
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The working people behind the
scenes. The place is run by the air-force. Some
of the soldiers up the road. |
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Sirithan Waterfalls is the next
stop. Here is the waterfall itself. Watch the
video.
Then off to a Chinese village up in the mountains. Here is on of the old
style huts. |
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Our group taking photos.
One of the old shacks. |
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Dried up rice fields. It was an
interesting lecture our tour guide Tea gave us.
Making scarfs. |
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The finished product.
Making coffee from local crops.
The tools of the traditional farmer. |
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Wachirathan Waterfalls.
The concrete steps down to the waterfall itself. |
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Not much of a waterfall in
Norwegian terms, but cute. The official sign at
the falls. |
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Very big tree at the
site. Bamboo tree at the site. |
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The undergrowth.
Martin having a beer. They sell beer, but not openly. It is under the
counter kind of an affair. |
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Martin with Nancy's
brother. Martin and his beer. |
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Roy and Nancy.
She was a very sweet thing and just back from
Australia where she had studied English. |
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Back to our wan.
The Thais think 18 degree Centigrade is freezing. |
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For Norwegians, that is
just a nice summer temperature. The shrine on
top of the hill.
Chao Dao Rasmi died in March 1915 and he was buried here on the hill. His
ashes are in the shrine. |
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The highest spot in
Thailand, 2565,3342 meters above the sea level.
Martin at the spot. Why so many decimals? |
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. The pagoda for the
Queen on the hill. Erected in 1992. The Queen's is 55 meters tall. The
King's is 60 meters. Why?
The King's was erected in 1987, 5 years before
the Queen's. Since the Queen is 5 years younger than the King.
The details of the pagodas. |
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The royal couple.
The steps up to the King's pagoda. |
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Martin didn't walk he
took the escalator. The garden of the King's
pagoda. |
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Fantastic garden. See the
video. |
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Panoramic view of the mountains.
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The King's pagoda. The inside.
Flowers inside. |
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Some wisdom words from Buddha. There are 4
placards like these two. |
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The Queen's pagoda in the distance. The King's
pagoda in the distance. The can be distinguished by their colors. |
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Flowers inside. Phra Maha Dhatu Napabol
Bhumisiri Chedi, whatever that is.
The men's toilet. |
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Then of to a royal project. A couple got married here.
The Royal Project to grow flowers instead of opium. |
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Overview of the landscape. Some flowers. |
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The flowers. Roy Martin. |
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Roy Martin. At a local restaurant next to the hotel.
Roy Martin at the end of a nice, long day. |
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