We're just back from a week in Thailand and, despite the usual travel hassles (I hate you Air Asia, you deceptive, money-grubbing, runway-hugging, hard-seated excuse for a business), the rest of the trip was a respite, a rest, and a revelation.
The sensory delights of Thailand will linger in my head: the careful and graceful way an elephant will grasp a bunch of bananas in her trunk and toss them carefully into her mouth. The look in an ellie's eyes when I scratch her behind the ears. The guttural crunching of a small watermelon as an elephant chews.
The array of colors in Chiangmai's wats, dragons made from tile, and Buddhas covered in gold. The smell of incense.
The soft sand on Railie beach, against the volcanic rock that juts from the earth, the same mountain range we've marveled at in Guilin, Halong Bay, El Nido, and now Thailand, those karsts that seem to be made simply to make you smile. The blue-green water that is so warm your body enters almost without noticing the transition from dry to wet.
The curries and noodles and spices that make Thai food the world's comfort food. The welcoming warmth of Thai people. The blue skies.
Here is a rather long photo record of the trip. I've done enough on Facebook.
The sensory delights of Thailand will linger in my head: the careful and graceful way an elephant will grasp a bunch of bananas in her trunk and toss them carefully into her mouth. The look in an ellie's eyes when I scratch her behind the ears. The guttural crunching of a small watermelon as an elephant chews.
The array of colors in Chiangmai's wats, dragons made from tile, and Buddhas covered in gold. The smell of incense.
The soft sand on Railie beach, against the volcanic rock that juts from the earth, the same mountain range we've marveled at in Guilin, Halong Bay, El Nido, and now Thailand, those karsts that seem to be made simply to make you smile. The blue-green water that is so warm your body enters almost without noticing the transition from dry to wet.
The curries and noodles and spices that make Thai food the world's comfort food. The welcoming warmth of Thai people. The blue skies.
Here is a rather long photo record of the trip. I've done enough on Facebook.
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| First night at Puripunn hotel in Chiang Mai |
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| One of Chiang Mai's many, many wats. |
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| Ancient wat, blue skies |
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| Blue skies, white wat |
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| Leaving Chiang Mai: comfortable seating for monks only. |
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| A beautiful day for elephants |
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| How to water an elephant. |
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| Mud baby |
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| Elephant on the right is saying, On Wisconsin! |
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| Our cottage at Railie Beach |
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| Railie Beach |
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| Railie sunset |
I want to go there
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