LadyBoy Contest – Night Bazaar

I almost forgot – here are some shots from the “LadyBoy” Contest held last Saturday night near the Friendship Bar in the Night Bazaar. Nui’s place — I didn’t stay to see who won , it was very late and I find I cannot stay up like I used to and function the next day. It’s hard to believe these are boys – or were boys in the beginning. Ladyboys are very accepted in Thailand and there is no discrimination – you see them working everywhere, some, like the girls here, are very, very beautiful while others just honor their female side. Several of the contestants were from Simon’s. Anyway

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Frank

Doi Inthanon Nat. Park

DoiInthanonKingPagodaSM8670 feet high (2650 km) is the King’s Pagoda at Doi Inthanon mountain and National park. What a sight, we got there in the afternoon just before the clouds engulfed the mountain – you can see the foggy clouds moving in. Not many tourist – actually just 6 there today including us, but a lot of tribal workers planting new flowers and park rangers working on the facilities. It was 35 C (95F) degrees in Chiang Mai and here it was 18 (64F) degrees C. quite a difference but not as cold a SF. Very comfortable for me but cold for Tasanai and all the workers were in jackets and extra clothing – Before you get to the top of the mountain there are 2 major waterfalls – Maeya and Wachirathan Falls —– I didn’t have the wide angle lens with me so these shots don’t rally show the size – but they are both big and beautiful – there are really spectacular during the rainy season, but I don’t think you can get very close at that time —– If you come to visit we will make sure a side trip to the park is in your itinerary.

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I’ll try to add more pictures in the Gallery – I hope to have it set up before the first of the year – but I am working on the AsianCoOp Shopping Cart store software first and this seems like a major project – cutting into my travels.

Ciao Frank