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Thailand – January 1999
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At the Grand Palace
in Bankok
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Inside the Grand
Palace
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Chiang Mai
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At a sit down Khan Toke
dinner in Chiang Mai (in
Northern Thailand) where
they had traditional Thai
dancing as we ate.
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From Chiang Mai we
hiked for 3 days up into
the mountains and stayed
with different hill tribes
called the Karen. We
slept on straw mats in
their huts.
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Here is woman
crushing wheat kernels.
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Here are some Karen
children holding the
pencils and paper we
brought them for their
schoolwork.
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Some of our group
joined the villagers for a
game where they hit a
rattan ball back and forth
over a net without using
their hands.
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Our hiking group
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On the third day after
trekking, we were taken
down a river on bamboo
rafts led by Thai guides
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After rafting, our
trekking group went
for an elephant ride
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After northern Thailand,
my friends and I flew
down to the southern
islands and stayed on
Koh Pha-ngan for about a
week.
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Koh Pha-ngan Island.
I
stayed in the bungalow in
the background which
cost 100 baht per night
(or $2.80 U.S.).
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