Thailand - My Chiang Mai Life

Had a great trip back to Florida and the Bahamas. Did not take many pics while there but here are a few of Charlie's new house... He has almost completed the garage and studio apartment over the garage. After these are finished, he starts on the main house! Also pics of Jonathan and Matt. Charlie and I planned a trip to the island of Koh Tao for some scuba diving, But we never made it as the weather did not cooperate and got stuck in Koh Samui for 5 nights. 2 feet of water in the streets, heavy rains everyday, tremendous waves canceled the ferry boat, and electricity off a lot of the time! Here are a few street scenes in Koh Samui (Koh is Thai word for island). Next are pics in and around Chiang Mai. Charlie and I had lunch with our friend Di and her son Joe. She took us to a nice small resort just outside the city. There are literally dozens of small resort/spas located in the "jungle" around the city. Old Wats in Lamphun south of C.M.

Here are a few pics and "tings" I did in September. The fashion show was to raise money to buy an e-ray machine for the Elephant Camp Hospital. Then pics of around the house during a heavy rain storm. Plus pics of the famous "one eyed cat" that has taken over my deck. The D2 Hotel hosted the show. Really nice "up-scale" hotel by the Night Market Hooray, the food arrives! 1600/e+food+trays.JPG"> The designs on the clothes were painted by the elephants at the Elephant Camp! Dancing Chef from the hotel..... Entertainment by the Playhouse dinner theater! Sunday I visited the "700 Year Old Stadium"!!! No, it is not really 700 years old. The stadium was built to celebrate the 700the anniversary of Chiang Mai...... It is a great facility with over 24 tennis courts, big track and soccer field, huge pool, shooting range 4 smaller enclosed gymnasiums, a velodrome track for bike racing, all kinds of exercise equipment,etc and all of this sits empty ...