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Painted paper umbrellas dry in the sun at a local shop

Scenes from an Elephant ride and Chiang Mai, the old capitol

Click thumbnails for larger image. Photos taken by Jack Dodge on Overseas Adventure Tours Discover Thailand trip in November 2002. 

Our guide Kat knows what the elephants like. Bananas, of course.	We're off on an elephant trek, which included, of course, shopping opportunities	Then, to river in a raft.	But we missed traveling by water buffalo.
The novice monks came down from the temple at Chiang Mai with begging bowls before dawn.		The view of Chiang Mai from the hilltop temple.
The golden pagoda at the temple.	Details of temple buildings	A temple door	The stairs leading from the temple to market.
Our guide Kat, bus driver Lek and his ever-smiling aide Pe	With time to ourselves, we visited the Bangkok zoo, where they were preparing for the Loy Krathong, a major festival honoring water. In the  A beautiful Bengal tiger. The building in the background at the right in the middle photo is national parliament.

Want to learn more about this tour of Thailand and Cambodia? Read the comprehensive  journal, with photos, by Ruth Marie Lyons, who made the same trip in 2001.

Cambodia   Bangkok  River Kwai  Sukothai Chang Mai, elephants, Bangkok