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We are definitively starting summer here – the temp’s climbing every day now – today it’s 35 C — 95 F  [but a dry heat – ha ha]  getting HOT — but thank God there nothing for me to do –  being retired.     

 Important tasks today:

What for breakfast   Appointment to get my beard trimmed – badly needed.  Post something on the Blog    Relax – stay out of the sun, nice breeze  

Maybe this evening, when it cools down, go to get a massage. – nice way to end a hectic day. 

Ciao

Frank

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Here’s another You-Tube video I liked so I d/l'ed it and have it here:  Really funny, and well done

[flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/DearPenis.flv 400 300]

 

Hope you agree:

 

Ciao

Frank

 This is a test to embed a You-Tube Video in the Posts. - revised it to have a copy posted here, no more links to You-Tube. This is by Basement Jaxx from the UK - check them out and get their DVD - it's great.

Here’s my favorite, thanks to seeing it on a blog of a friend (Kot), remember he was on the boat trip with Brian and myself to the Mae Tang area in a past post –

Check into Kot’s blog at   Kot's Blog

 

[flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/TakeMeBack.flv 400 300]

Thanks David for the great graphic for the LadyBoy – “Miss Queen Chiang Mai Contest”. I used a “widget” to install it – looks great. So far, I see there are 13 votes and Miss # 9 “Mareaschanok” – has 61% of the votes. Good going – hope she holds the lead. It’s been 4 days since the start of the polling – word is getting out now and we expect the race to heat up. Good luck Girls ! You can check out David’s blog at Dee-John Hey David - I was just checking your visitor count - over 8000 - Wow keep it climbing Ciao Frank

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Hey, are you planning a trip, perhaps to Thailand – maybe Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai ???  

Then

Check out our Asian Travel "Bird" tours . He has some really great tours set up just waiting for you.  ‘Bird’ will be your tour guide, and he’s excellent at it.  Choose from one of the many tours offered or design your own – either way make your trip a real vacation, let ‘Bird’ take over the arrangements – relax and enjoy.  Guide excellence

Looking for SPECIAL evening entertainment   – Just let him know what you are looking for  – he has great connections in the Chiang Mai area and I am sure he can make your every desire come true – email him and see for yourself.

Come and see Thailand – we are at the end of the busy season, prices will go down – tourist will less and you can have the place to yourself.

Try it, You’ll like it

Ciao

Frank

 

 

Sawadee Khrap I have just added a page with pictures so you can make your vote for:

Vote for Miss Queen Chiang Mai 2007 Poll

The free GoDaddy poll does have some limits so I am just showing the “Top” 22 Ladies as chosen by the Official Judges at the event, however the "Other" selection will allow you to vote for any Lady. The page has images of each of the 44 contestants, in both sports wear and evening gowns (some only entered in one outfit) so you can decided which is YOUR favourite. If their not listed in the "Top" 22 - just enter their number into the "Other" selection and give them credit. I find them all beautiful - it's hard to decide who should be called number one. It also lists the Official Winners – but don’t let that distract you from voting for your choice – let’s see if the viewers get the same result. Sorry, I don’t have all the names and I hope we got the spelling right – we wrote them down watching the full video so mistakes may be there – if you find an error , if you know the Lady, maybe you can have her contact us and we will make any corrections. Here is the final lineup picture ( Judge's Top 22) : Enjoy Ciao

Sawadee Khrap Here are some snippets from the video Tasanai took of the LadyBoy Beauty Contest at "The Peak" in the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar. I thought it appropriate that "Let's hear it for the boys" was playing on my computer while I was preparing this clip - so I hope no one gets mad because I left it in the sound track. I just picked some highlights and hope I got every lady covered. We are just starting the work on preparing a full spread page showing each Ladyboy in sports wear and their evening dresses so you can view and choose your winner. We will try to have a poll available where you can place your vote and the following month we will post the actual winners as chosen by the contest judges - Let's see if you choose the same beauties. [flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/Ladyboy07.flv 400 300]

Sawadee Khrap Last night was the “ladyboy Beauty Contest” at the “Peak” in the Night Bazaar. 44 constastants, sports wear and evening gowns. First some shots of the area and crowds. Great attendance, over 500 there. The Friendship Bar was our favorite – The staff was in full dress But back to the show —— First they had the “Blue Diamond Cabaret” Ladies perform several pieces The Judges: and the MTV Bar next door was also a good place to see the show. Here are some shots of the Ladies ——– I am preparing a full page with shots of each of the ladies and a poll so that you can vote on your favorite and next month I will publish the pictures of the winner (picked by the local judges) so you can see if you chose the same ones – Man, it was difficult choosing the winners – they are all very beautiful – and none are cut ...

Here are some shots we took on our last visit to Nan.  This was a side trip to the “Unseen” village of the Mlabri nomadic tribes people or “Yellow Leaf” .  They are found only in the northern provinces of Nan and Phrae. A total of 145 now live in the village we visited – Ban Huay Yauk. 

   

Their actual name is  Phi Tong Lueang  – which translates to “spirits of the yellow banana leaf” because they use banana leaves to cover their shelters and when the leaves turn yellow they move to new sites for their hunter-gathering existence.  They don’t like to be called spirits but they do like yellow-leaf, but more important to them is that they like pig meat. We gave the “headsman” money so we could take some pictures and I am sure the whole tribe celebrated with a full-course pig dinner.

Over the years the encroachment by agriculture and logging has destroyed much of the forest that is their natural habitat.  Now they have been forced to work in the fields of other hill-tribes in exchange for daily food and old clothes. Their nomadic life style is over.

Mlabri, meaning “forest people” in the tribe’s language, are a ethnic group of people from early Thailand and Laos.  The men used to wear only loin-cloth as demonstrated by the Headsman in the picture with me – he was very happy

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Today we took a short photo trip to Mae Ngad Dam in Sri Lanna National Park . Along the way were rice fields and a dragonfly nymph fisherman.

  

Then at Mae Ngad Dam we took a 10 min. long-boat ride to the back of the dam and the Eakchai House Boat clusters. What a great place for a photo shoot – next time I plan on bringing a small group of boys and have a photo party – swimming, restaurant, and private accommodations.

 

That’s Brian and Kot  – next time the whole gang. While we were going a fellow guest passed us on the Dam lake – looks like fun.

 

 

Pristine views, excellent lunch (both Thai and Farang tastes – fully stocked bar), and besides the karaoke coming from the units down the mooring – it was extremely peaceful.  We just got a few snapshots and it was time to continue on the Bua Tong Waterfall.  Next time I really want to spend at least a day here – maybe exploring some of the side coves for real private photo shoots, if you get my

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Sawadee Khrap This will be the last video post for a while - it's a long one and will take a long time to load so bear with us. Next Tue there will be a LadyBoy contest at the Night Bazaar and we will get video and stills - stay tuned for some great shots and LADYBOYS. a third gender here in Thailand. When Tin & Dana and later John & Roy visited us we took them to see Simon's Cabaret. Here is a snippet of the final curtain call from one of last year performances - It's hard to believe that there is NOT a natural girl in the cast. When you come to Thailand, make sure that you don't miss Simon's of Chiang Mai - you won't be disappointed. It's a 1 1/2 hour show that will amaze you - we have been several times and each time there is completely different show - unique and reasonable 400 Baht or $12.50 each -- try and find that elsewhere - and of course your Thai friend will get in for 150 Baht or $4.00 - what a inexpensive evening. [flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/Simons06.flv 400 300]

Sawadee Khrap Continuing with some videos - here is one we got when Tin and Dana visited us last year. We went to the Lampang Elephant Camp and Hospital and part of the show consisted of this elephant painting - Tin liked the picture so well he bought it before we left. You can see Tin in the video - he's the one with the white tee shirt with the brown stripes - sorry he wasn't more in the video but I know he will recognize the scene. [flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/ElephantPainting.flv 400 300]

In a previous post I talked about Tasanai's Uncle's Cremation. A service similar to a Irish wake - first the party with the deceased and then the Cremation ceremony. Here is a short (6 MB so it will still take awhile to load ) video on the final cremation - I'll let it speak for itself. Then everyone leaves so the spirit of the departed can leave this place. [flv:http://asiancoop.com/videos/LightFire2.flv 400 300]

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I though I’d post a couple of shots of the beautiful waterfalls at Doi Inthanon National Park – first  Mae Klang — That’s Tasanai in the water.

And then Vachirathan waterfall —– How are these for settings !!!

Now wouldn’t it be nice to see a cute naked model posed at these sites – what eye candy that would be — maybe next time.

Ciao

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