August 2007

Three weeks with Amporn and Jenny in Thailand. We spent two weeks up north in Isaan. The last week we were in Bangkok eating and shopping.

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We took a short drive in to Nong Bua Lam Phu which is the nearest major town from our place

Minh, Jenny, Nang and Amporn

A puppy for sale

Minh and Nang

We are having lunch

The kids are having fun at me

Taking a stroll in Nong Bua Lam Phu

Amporn fixing new earrings

We are buying exotic fruits

I am relaxing in the heat

Suwankhuha is also a little town nearby where we live

The two sisters

Amporn with two of her sisters and their mum

Amporn’s new house

Happy children at school

Jenny and Nang, best friends!

We made a day trip to Erawan cave

You can actually see the cave on the hillside >

> there is also a temple here

According to ancient believes there was an elephant and >

> this woman living here in the cave

The girls taking their prayers

Soon we will begin climb the stairs

But first we buy necessary sticks which we will light at the mighty Buddha

The girls before climbing all the stairs up to the cave

Me

Beautiful view over the surrounding landscape

The mighty Buddha in his cave

The girls taking their prayers again and light their sticks

Doing this will bring us extra luck

The cave is very big

The entrance from down under

Daylight!

We are coming up on the other side of the cave

The girls

View from the top of the hill

We are all hungry after visiting the Erawan cave

Nang

Amporn and Nang

To enter the Internet café you have the pass this dog

The market in Kut Din Ki

We are buying some fresh seafood

This is giant shrimps, in thai you say ”kung”

We also needed a chicken for the dinner this evening

Always friendly >

> and smiling

The market in Kut Din Ki

Here I am working at home

View from my window

Our house

On our way out inspecting the rice fields

This is a typical rice field

The farmers country

Someone was not really equipped for walking in the fields

That’s not applying for me, I am always equipped

Here I am posing and even smiling a little bit

For the cows

This is a typical cow

The farm

Amporn posing

A shed for the farmers to get away from the burning sun

Rice field >

> three months left for harvest

Papaya trees

Amporn

This day he was helping Amporn’s sister >

> watching the cows.

Banana tree

This is very delicious Amporn explains.

All this land is mine!

A grasshopper >

> on a banana leaf

Amporn is inspecting the Papaya tree

Relaxing after lunch and having a Pepsi

We are buying fruits

Mankut, very delicious

Amporn’s older sister

Time for relaxing >

> and for working

Mother and daughter

Jenny is learning how to drive a motorbike

Nang is showing off!

A whole family bike!

Yes, Amporn has a driving license for this one >

> and she actually have a license for the car as well!

Some of the children

Sunset >

> a view from our window