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Mom’s photos from Thailand – 2

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

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December 24, 2009
It’s cold and there’s snow on the ground in Montreal. I’m going through a job change and haven’t had time to go on any trips or fool around with photography – so I’m posting my mother’s recent trip to Chiang Dao in Northern Thailand (my mom is retired and spends 8 months of the year in Thailand – so she’s become a bit of a Thai expert).

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(note: that’s not my mom)

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Mom’s pics from Thailand

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

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Montreal, March 2, 2009 – It’s another cold crappy day here; -10C, windy, and grey. The TSX is down 5.5% as I write this. Depressing.

So I decided to break the monotony of my winter pictures with some of my mom’s photos from the tropics; 5 years ago she packed it in and started travelling through Asia. In the last few she’s settled in Chiang Mai (Thailand) and she seems to be truly happy. She’s met some really interesting people along the way and has recently started learning Thai. She loves the markets, the food, and especially the Thai people. Last year she was diagnosed with breast cancer and decided to stay there to have her operation instead of coming back to Canada. My mom has many good things to say about the treatment she received in Thailand (my mom below on the left).

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I won’t say too much more because my mom is a pretty private person and doesn’t really believe in “blogging”. But I figure that if I don’t record these moments then nobody else will. A blog is like a scrapbook and I’ve always been a bit anal about scrapbooks and photo albums and all that stuff – because who knows what happens in life? My son may think I’m a bit of dweeb now but if I’m gone tomorrow or the next day maybe he’ll look at this blog and remember that I enjoyed travelling and photography and hiking. And maybe he’ll want to do the same. Or maybe he’ll just say “screw that” and go back to playing Xbox.

Anyway, here are some of my mom’s photos from Thailand. I hope I can inspire her to take more!

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Above: view from her guest house. Below: a really cool flower

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Above: I guess that’s the bike she likes to rent. Below: storm coming in

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Below: Thai park

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Sun coming in my mom’s room:

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Elephant Nature Park, Thailand – Photos

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
el91.jpg http://www.elephantnaturepark.org/ The Elephant Nature Park was started up in 1999 by a woman named Lek who made it her life's work to rescue and take care abused elephants. The success of the park can be attributed ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hotel Review – Chiang Dao Nest (and a little bit about Chiang Dao)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
cdn1.jpg http://nest.chiangdao.com/ A beautiful spot with clean and modern bungalows - we had some of our best sleeps in Thailand here! Nights actually get cold here and we appreciated the shower (which generates very hot water ... [Continue reading this entry]

Chiang Mai (and its dogs) – Photos

Monday, March 10th, 2008
cm1.jpg We weren't in Chiang Mai very long (about 24 hours) but we were quite impressed - the weather is cooler and the city much cleaner than Bangkok. It has a more provincial feel - people ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ko Yao Noi, Thailand – Photos

Friday, March 7th, 2008
ky1.jpg Ko Yao Noi was the highlight of our trip to Thailand - we absolutely loved it. It's not as spectacular physically as Phi Phi and the beaches are not as nice (the picture ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hotel Review – Lom’Lae Beach Resort (Ko Yao Noi)

Friday, March 7th, 2008
lom3.jpg We ended up loving this place; http://www.lomlae.com/index.htm Firstly, this is not a luxury resort; the wooden bungalows are rustic with large windows. Bugs can get in (for those that are squeamish). I killed a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Seaplane in the Andaman, Thailand – Photos

Friday, March 7th, 2008
s3.jpg One of the highlights of our recent trip to Thailand was flying by seaplane from Ko Phi Phi Don to Ko Yai Noi with Destination Air http://www.destinationair.com/ The flight took a total of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ko Phi Phi, Thailand – Photos

Thursday, March 6th, 2008
pp1.jpg  It is incredible how this place has changed since the Tsunami. When I last came here in 2002, all hotels were bungalow-type operations on the strip of sand that makes up Tonsai village. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Ayutthaya, Thailand – Photos

Thursday, March 6th, 2008
ayu1.jpg Ayutthaya was the capital of the Kingdom of Siam between 1350 and 1767, when the city was sacked by the Burmese (after which the capital became Bangkok). It's a nice day trip by ... [Continue reading this entry]