Saturday, April 4, 2009
I wanna be like you ... ooo ... oooo
This is a town a couple of hours from us - famous for its monkeys. They are honored and allowed to literally run all over the town!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Ko Kret - an island for pottery
Ko Kret is a little island very close to our home. We take a 10 minute taxi ride and a 5 minute boat ride. In January, we made our first visit. When we stepped off of the simple pier, we were in another time in history. As we walked around the island, we felt like we were in a story of Thai life - without complications, noise and materialism. The villages were full of fruit trees, flowers, very basic thai homes, bicycles, and spirit houses. The Mon people have been on this island for generations - making earthenware pots. They remain famous pot makers. There are no cars on the island, and many, many smiles. We hope you can get a sense of what this special place is like as you browse through the photos. The bird houses and wats (buddhist temples) are incredible. Some of our favorite spirit house photos are here. Spirit houses are fascinating - full of offerings and food to the spirits. Many have plastic figures (many times with missing limbs). We love all of the varieties of drinks offered to the spirits, complete with straws. I wonder if the spirits get thirsty......
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Silk worms
Silkworm cocoons - they are collected and boiled. They then pull strands (a single strand can be 3-miles long!). They dye the strands beautiful colours and weave the famous, gorgeous Thai Silk!
C J was not happy to see one of his creatures being harmed.... at least they eat the worms for snacks after they are boiled!
Always learning something new ........
1. Loy Krathong celebration
2. International Day at school
3. C J with friend, Seb
4. Snacks at a local market ... can you figure out what they are? yummmy!
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