A Trip To Thailand

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I took advantage of the patches of sun between the clouds and the rain and took some photos to add to my blog.
Jules and I booked a last minute trip to thailand. We will be leaving next week for ten days.
We plan to visit Bangkok and Northern Thailand.
We booked a small cycling adventure into the mountains to visit the hill tribes and we hope that it will be a fun and exciting break.

We have not been to Thailand before and I was always curious to meet the tribal people.
Many years ago I painted some of the "long neck Karen" tribal people from photos I have found in the National Geographic Magazine.

I am adding images of these old painting here.

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