my little adventures.

Alright, here's where the adventures begin...
Jason and I planned a 2 week trip to Thailand and Cambodia over the holidays, which was a ton of fun. So here is a small sampling of our pictures and fun.

We started in Bangkok, Thailand...

...and tried some of the local cuisine. You'd make those faces too, if you were eating a bug. That was an experience we didn't feel the need to try again, strange.

Gold. I think that might be a favorite color there. Here's a few of the places we saw: the road decorated in gold; a giant gold reclining buddha; a gold Wat at the Grand Palace; and a Wat with lots of gold on and in it.

We found lots of animals in Bangkok - some alive, some pretty stiff. The birds were nice and very excited about dried corn. Jason found a new pet that didn't bite at him, like all the dogs we saw. And who doesn't love balancing elephants and stone animals with lots of teeth.

Part of the fun of traveling is trying different food, some turns out to be good, some not so good. The fresh pineapple was always a delight, the fruit smoothies became a daily addiction, while the barbecued squid did not. And who wouldn't want to drink cream soda from a bag?

Amidst our wanderings (we NEVER got lost) we found the flower market, which was quite a site. Like a little flower packing and shipping factory up and down the street. It was bright and beautiful and you could even find turtles made out of flowers.

All countries have their quirks and oddities.. so here's a few from Thailand. From top around (clockwise):
a) It's a country full of gents, but apparently you need a small mustache to qualify.
b) Who needs to spend lots of money on dentures when you can bargain on the street... I bet you could find a set for 30 baht ($1).
c) Money fish. That's gotta be worth a lot.
d) Scooters everywhere, and he makes riding a scooter look so good.
e) Tuk tuks... a good way to get around, one would think, turns out if you're white, you get to pay much more (unless you have good bartering skills and the driver's in a good mood).
f) So this little boy wasn't the best musician I've heard, but he got some money for effort.

Temples and religion seemed to be everywhere. Here are just a few of the things we saw dealing with that; some beautiful, some ironic.

A few more of the sites around Bangkok. These were taken at a variety of Wats and other buildings.

Monk bowls. The monks carry bowls to receive alms in each morning. They used to be handmade, but its cheaper to buy them from China (what a surprise...), but we decided to check out the old school way. This man and his family made bowls and he was extremely excited about Canada. He even gave us a "special price" just because I was Canadian... I bet lots of people got that special price too.

Just a few shots from one of our last nights in Bangkok. The city is beautiful at night. It's a pity though we don't have a picture of our dinner from that night. We grabbed some curry from a street vendor... it contained some very questionable meat. I'm not sure what most of it was, but what we did recognize were the chicken feet that not even the street dogs would eat. We also decided to check out some Thai kick boxing. It was just as entertaining to watch the crowd as it was the fights.