Wednesday, September 13, 2006




i went to the bird park great bird bad photo of me and a scary cobra!






my try at batik







this was a cremation ceramony i went to , first the body is put in the tower and carried to the cematery, then it is moved into the big bull and all of it is set on fire! it was amazing and beautiful






this is a buautiful mosaic in the subway in singapore, tile tile tile some please show margaret






this was at the zoo in singapore and this was the best kiss ive had in a lomg time!


i found this hindu temple in little india singapore and would go there every day, it was an amazing place!







i was in singapore and there was a stage set uo in the street and every night there was this show in chinese, very funny



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beautiful rice terraces and a volcano



these are real rocks carved into sinks, pretty cool



there are little statues every where big mean fish!




i spent 2 hours waiting for the parade to start, so i had to take some photos of the men




this was at a kite festival in sanur, the kites were huge and took as many as 50 men to hold them in the sky



sleeping cat at the library


there are shrines everywhere and people make beautiful offerings and leave them on the streets or on my door step , every where! every day!



natural spring near my house on bali





this is my house!

Sunday, July 02, 2006

the monks get board so they teach the cats to jump thru the hoop!





market on inle lake, these are pa o women



tea time with hashim, the tea is so good its hot with sweet milk, ill miss it. nice bra!



nice

this picture cost me a dollar and well worth it!


wash day




luch in silence at the monistary





these women sit in a very hot and humid room beatting bamboo for paper for the gold leaf, it is so loud and hot i couldnt stand it! how do they?



this is hashim my trishaw driver, he took me all over mandalay and to great places to eat! and hes cute!





making gold leaf






view from open train window on my way from yangon to mandalay





these are for the day you were born on , i dont know if im a rat or a cat but they look wonderful!






huge reclining buddah in an other pagoda in yangon




monks out for morning rounds collecting rice, view from my window in yangon

woman selling lotus, the yellow on her cheeks is very common on all women






shawdegon paya in yangon myanmar

Saturday, June 10, 2006

last night in portland............





dinner at dung and mais




my friends mai and dung hoi an vietnam, morning coffee



me on beach in hoi an vietnam , beer and clams!



this is a tomb in hue great turtle



oops! on the road from hoi to hue. i was on the back of a motor bike for over 3 hours.....






making shoes!






a cool temple in hoi an






dinner at phungs house



here i am having morning coffee with some of my friends



i look like a giant! this table can read your mind, just think of a direction you want it to turn and it will slowly go that way!



here i am with dung and his friend hung, we had beers and clams and fish! it was my last night in hoi an vietnam



this was a market on the way to mae sot in thailand








  1. this is in sukothai, thailand it was beautiful and very big







larry and monkeys at hua hin on the beach thailand

Friday, March 17, 2006


a wonderful dinner with wonderful people!
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dung, me, dave over looking hoi an beach
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andy i wanted to get this for you!
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mai and me after a massage
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this is one of my favorite pictures
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wow
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yes another cooking class
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incense drying in hoi an
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cool squat toilet
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time for hair cut 2.00
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weird mushroom on phu quoc
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off we go
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fish sauce not wine
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dave and bridgid make it to phu quoc
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cows like phu quoc too
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aaahhhh
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the famous painting monk in dalat vietnam
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cathlic church in dalat
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cute?!
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fried bananas!
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.seeds and beans
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my friends juliet and deborah in dalat
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cool! snails!
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my favorite place to eat in saigon
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my family in hoi an
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pagoda in saigon
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wonderful
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on motor bike in saigon!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this wat was my favorite!
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female monk
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amazing carvinds
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jungle wat
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this is the oldest wat, i cant remember the name
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angkor wat
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turn head to right
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angkor wat
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cambodia wedding
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dinner
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cambodia
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laos arent we pretty?
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pagoda saigon
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Monday, February 13, 2006


me
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pop overs
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this goes with us bomb picture 1
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sugar cane juice
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cooked with coals on top
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i was just about to fall over
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morning coffee
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he would fix dinner
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traveling friend juliet
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cute huh?
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monkey trying to eat my night guard!
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bath time
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my room on the floating raft
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the floating hotel
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on the way to paradise
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my view!!!
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giant buddha
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now you can tell the size of the buddha
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out of sequence, they are in pakse laos after the island
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same same
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this was our driver, isnt he cute!
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how could i resist all these pretty fabrics
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same
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thjis is what i was in and on top of
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see
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this place was cool
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the only way to see this is to photograph it
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as seen from above
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same same but different
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open wide. this is the buddha garden in vientiane
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can you find me in this photo?
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cooling off
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looking good in vientiane laos
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Tuesday, January 24, 2006


me on the makong
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caves
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nice photo
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thousands of these every where
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yum yum
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they beat this drum at 4 am and 4 pm!!!!!!!!!!
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yet another cooking class, notice i have not lost any weight?
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another cooking class
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monks
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more weaving
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she took 8 months to make this and i bought it!
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buddha
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wat
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baskets
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love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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beautiful
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pounding curry paste
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yum frogs
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pam and larry and lisa
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dying my favorite color
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market shopping for class
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this is for nancy
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cooking class #1
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making fish balls
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sundat walking market chiang mai
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eating as always
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Friday, January 06, 2006


feeding the elephant!
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here we go!
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jimmy and lamai
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here we go
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this is cool
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here is an ikat being woven, it takes three months from start to finish
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jimmy and lamai
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she is making me a skirt, see her feet on the pedal?
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this is khan, she loves my butt!
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noodles
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dough for rice noodles
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ribbons of dough put into hot water
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lizi and her dad jimmy
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me trying my hand at it
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lizis birthday lunch, good food!
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silk worm coccon
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dyed thread for weaving ikat
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weaving cotton
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she is tying off parts before dying
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beetle for lunch?
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this is natural silk thread
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check out the skull
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a wat in pia mai
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this is a huge banyon tree with ribbons for budda
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condom xmas tree
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me flying the plane!
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this is an amazing street in bangkok, no one knows about personal space!
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here i am with wallace in business class!
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a chinese lunch with naree and my friend pam
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