Thailand, what a fun place to visit with wonderful friends, and a couple of great field trips. This trip was in February. Enjoy the pictures. Sorry the pictures are not in order, I just wanted to get them posted

Very colorful tourist buses, didn't take one, but they

look fun.

Ride up the mountains outside Chang Mai

Beautiful trees in bloom

Elephants on the road, fun to watch

Elephants

Motorcycle with side car, taking their goods

somewhere

Samoeg, we are lost on our drive, but had a

good time.  It was the strawberry festival. A great

little shop that sold strawberries in many different

forms. Very good!!!

Water buffalo calf maybe? At the strawberry shop

Flowering trees, before we got lost.

Back to the fancy tourist bus at the hotel where

friends were staying.

The strawberry shop, still lost

A friend at the strawberry shop

Got instructions at 7-11, went right, right, right, right 

ended up back at 7 - 11. still lost

Decided while we were lost to visit the Strawberry

Festival.  A pose of a dear friend

The Strawberry Festival that we were detoured around,

and around and around.

Children singing at Strawberry Festival, still lost

Found our way out, and back on main road, very

hazy and couldn't see much

Picture of the Strawberry shop owner giving us a taste

of Strawberry Wine. When we were lost.

7-11 in the community my friends live.  7-11's are all

over Thailand and very much like the ones in

the states, but very little English

Back to the calf

Now the tourist trip to ride in an ox cart, ride an 

elephant, and bamboo river raft ride.  These 

pictures were painted by the elephants.

Elephant ride, friends in front

Elephant paintings

A friend and me on a VERY BIG

ELEPHANT!!

Out guide on the river, very pleasant

Riding elephants

My big elephant again

Same

At one of many outdoor eateries close to where 

my friends live.  Cheaper to go out and eat

than to cook.

Friend at the outdoor eatery

Guide on left of our tourist trip.  She did a great job.

My friend's house.  They moved a week later to a 

nicer place a little bit more rural.

House I walked by on my morning walks

Outdoor market.  They get started very early in the morning

close in the afternoon and open again in the evening

Same market

Downtown Chang Mai, the night bazaar

Orchid Farm, part of the tourist trip

Real cat at the cash register at the Orchid Farm

never moved

Friends new house

Ox cart ride on the tourist trip

raft float

Ox cart ride, friends

River raft ride

Same

Guide

Looked like huge Shredded Wheat Biscuits

(Elephant, you know what, floating down the river)

River ride, elephants

Same

Same

Sales clerk in national dress at the top of the

elephant ride.  many little stands with fun trinkets

On the river, a friend takes over.

Same

On my morning walk, across from the big house

Looks like "Out of Africa"

Tree house on river ride

Same

TukTuk, the group taxi of Thailand

The back of the TukTuk