Pork Belly Tour 2008



Live long and prosper at the flower garden



Taking a stroll down Pattaya beach road around Christmas.



Mr Paul in a rare smiling mood on Christmas day. Sitting around Sutus Court Hotel poolside



Mr Jack from Kiwiland. Purveyor of fine wines and international man
of something or other, no one really knows.



Jason O'Donnell, aka Jason Daniels. Indonesia film star and aspiring wine critic



Jason and paul on the bus. Jason in acting mode



Jason took this picture of someone hanging their dog out. Where is Michael Jackson?



Just after sundown on beach road



Mr Jack and Mr Ed, my what a fashionable shirt!



New Years Eve, follow that hat!



Jason taking pictures of himself



Many fireworks on the beach. Pattaya 2008/9



Outside Soi Chiayapoon



Ann and Eddy at the aunt's place



Didi Guga



Leaving for LAX on Amtrak, wait ...



Anns big brother and family at the Isaan restaurant



The niece, Ean



Thumbs up on the Chao Praya in Krungtep



Ann (Pose 1) on the Chao Praya



Mr Paul from Australia, "Crikey mate, wheres me beer"



The sun going on the Chao Praya



Action Pose 1



Ann and Auntie



Ann outside the national palace



Posing on the street, lights near the national palace



More lights on the street



Koh Tao, sitting at my hotel, doing much of nothing



Very empty hotel at the beach thanks to PAD



Another vacant hotel shot of Koh Tao



Another shot of the vacant hotel on Koh Tao. The menu seems to contain mostly cocktails



Mr Paul lounging about the hotel, "crikey mate, wheres me beer"



Another crikey mate



A view up the beach going towards the pier.



Looking down the beach. There was one more bungalow and then you couldn't walk along the beach any further.



Paul hiding his face with a "pa yen"



My foot in all its glory in front of the beach. I need a pedicure



An ants perspective on the beach



From our hotel to the beach



Live long and prosper on the beach. Dig those crazy shorts.



Walking towards the Chumpon train station.



Ann posing at Pranthip Plaza. Lots of floors of computer stuff, but of course too much phone stuff as well



Paul its the buffet beer. "Crikey mate, theres beer"



Ann, unknown pose someplace



Nice lights in front of some wat.



The pink Christmas Tree, very traditional



Ann Pose 395 in front of the traditional tree



Pose 459



More traditional Christmas shots in Bangkok near Siam Square



At a mall in Chaing Mai



Flower garden Grit Sada Doi



Pose on the path



Posing with dok mai



Ann and Mona posing



Ann posing with more dok mai



Ann pose #3924 with more dok mai



Ann pose #3925 with more dok mai



Ann and Mona with the flowers



Ann Pose #3392



Ann in traditional dress pose


Ann and Mona in traditional dress



Ann pose with traditional dress



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Ann and Mona in Chaing Mai



Mr Ed and Mr Paul in a tender moment



Edward and Ann



Chinese vegetables, hao cher!



Going across the river in Chaing Mai



Ann posing on the bridge



Ann in from of the waterfall (nam tok)



more nam tok



Eddy and Paul, live long and prosper



More waterfall shots



Coffee house at the nam tok



Ann, Mona and our tour guide



More waterfalls



Ann and mona awaiting the bus



Ann and Eddy with the red and yellow shirts



Thailands radar station, oops, don't take a picture of this



Chaing Mai, on tour near the top of mountain



Ann and Mona



Again, Ann and Mona



The highest point in Thailand



Ann and Mona



Live long and prosper at the hightest point in Thailand



Ann studying how to avoid 'Attitude sickness'



Paul and the tour guide, 'Crikey, wheres the beer'



The tour guides head and a shot of the Wat



Paul, there is no beer down there!



Crikey mate, there is no beer here!



Looking for beer



One of the two spatula (yes, i know thats not the right word)



Pose on top of the spatula



Pose in front of a glyph



Another pose



Mona posing, notice how everyone is wearing jackets in Thailand, a bit cool



Looking down the steps



Ann in front of another glyph



Mr Ed with his babe



Mr Big Head and wife



Looking up towards the one stupa



Ann posing on the grounds



The King



Another shot of the king



Paul and Eddy relaxing after a vigorous tourist session



A not so tender moment



Ann pose #2283



Pose #4495



What a manly chest!



a non manly chest



Action Pose: 'but Spock, there's no intelligent life here'



I have no idea what this is



Yet another garden



Yet another nam tok, isn't it time for lunch



more waterfalls, its defintely lunch time



plants, yawn, i'm hungry



Dinner in a traditional Chaing Mai restaurant



Crikey mate, whats this poofta drink anyways



Down by the river: Loey



The river behind the houses



The moat in the center of town



The bog near the moat in the center of Loey



Promenade of Loey



Crikey mate, that moat could hold heaps of beer!



On the bikes in Nong Kai



Our old hotel in Nong Kai with a new waterfront



Suave and debonair on the waterfront of Nong Kai



Mr paul waxing poetic



At the 4th floor bar in Vientienne and the Mighty Mekong



The sun also sets on Laos



The Mighty Mekong



Our old River view hotel revamped



The new Mongkol hotel



The BBQ pork belly restaurant for the night



The street from out seats



Crikey mate, more BBQ!



Mr Paul contemplating the Laos soup, thumbs up!



The bog on the river, used to be just the river



Mr Ed in Karoake mode



What a voice



Like an angel



The crowd is going into a frenzy



Fans of the artist, "sorry no autographs at this time"



Back in Nong Kai awaiting the rot fai



Train train! Sixteen coaches long!



The conductor, obviously a big Star Trek fan



Paul in a respectful moment on the train.



Our Thai and Irish colleagues on the train



Ann and Jenny on walking street



More christmas poses



Ronya in front of Royal Garden



Ronya riding the sleigh



Feliz Navidad



Hey, make that reindeer let me go



dok mai garden



More dok mai



The girls



Eddy and Ronya aka Jenny