Explanation of The Previous Two Pages; January 31, 2015

The Golden Triangle is where Myanmar, Laos and Thailand join. The River to the right is the famous Mekong. It flows through about eight countries, forming some boundaries. It is very muddy, or silt laden. All boats here are long and shallow...the water being only a meter in places.
A bike parking lot. With millions of these on the road, parking is a problem.
Two prize fighting roosters. This so called "sport", is legal in Thailand.
Most of the furniture is made of horns, from cattle, water buffalo, and any other such beast.
 A Buddah  at the Golden Triangle city of Mae Sai
Rings as worn by the Long Neck ladies...brass.
Hot Springs about 60 kilometers north of Chiang Mai. The baskets contain eggs from different fowl, and these are being cooked to sell to tourists. The larger brown eggs are duck eggs. (You may wish to stop here). A duck egg takes, on average about 28 days to hatch. Within each of these duck eggs is a 24 day old duckling, which, under normal circumstances would hatch in about four days. When nicely cooked, ie boiled, these become a delicacy in this part of the world. I have not tried them. To me, they are right up there with squid. Not for human consumption. I just about got sick in Tokyo airport while waiting for connecting flight to Chicago on way home. A number of Vietnamese had arrived from Saigon, and were going on my flight to Chicago, then Washington. They sat beside me, and unpacked a large buffet lunch. They had these eggs, and I happened to look over once, and saw the feathers, and all in half of an egg. I moved to another location.
The food photos are mostly self identifying. The sea food and noodle dish has a large lump of a brown substance on the left side. This is blood, another item enjoyed by some here.....same category as squid, for me anyway.
The small birds are BBQ Pigeons. Gac fruit is supposed to be a cure all for almost everything.
The BBQ fist is good, but is coated with sea salt to cook. The huge mass is a pan of Pad Thai, ready for customers. It will not last long. Sushi is plentiful here, and one of my favorite dinner dishes, with the Wasabi of course.
Some of the photos here may have been in other pages, but that is bound to happen, as I do not remember every photo posted, and did not take the time to look.
At minus 25 outside, it is nice to review these memories.