Comments on the photos, January 30, 2015

In Asia, people sell everything imaginable, often by carrying the product, or by pushing or pulling a small cart. Some people sell from their motorbike, and it is hard to understand how they can balance the bike. They make it look easy.
The first photo is of three ladies selling hats and ladies blouses. They walk the beach area, and you will notice each has at least seven hats on their head. I just have to say this;...there is no Overhead in this operation.
There were places where Christmas was evident, such as this tall tree outside a mall. It is decorated with Snoopys, and you will note a Santa two thirds of the way up the tree. The next photo is looking down on the tree from inside the mall, about four floors up, with a view of the Gulf of Thailand in the distance.
This photo is of our Thai guide and one of the Long Neck women, with a view of the Long Neck village next. These people live in sparse conditions, and where the temperature is a bit cooler...down to 16 at night at that time...December. It is in the mountains of Northern Thailand.
The English name for these fruit is "Nipple Fruit".
The next photo is of me relaxing in The Kings Garden at Doi Thung, which is at the top end of Thailand, on the border with Myanmar. (Burma). The place was at one time a summer residence for the Thai King. The gardens are pictured in one of my previous blogs.
The last photo is of tourists buying a "well balanced meal", from a vendor on a motor bike, also at the Doi Thung resort.

On this recent trip, I took about 720 photos, and will do some more random shots as time permits. I leave you with the photo of another tour guide;

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