I’d like to do a series of posts displaying photographs I’ve taken of children in other countries. I’ll start with Children in Thailand and Laos. I visited in December of 2009 for a couple of weeks. Some of the children … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading along…you know that in 2009 I did a lot of travel. It began with Egypt and Jordan in March–followed by Peru for three weeks in May, and now in December, another G Adventures trip to Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
So…for the story–
After checking into my hotel in Bangkok, Thailand…having just traveled 33 hours from the Midwest, I needed a massage. Although it was 3:30am in the morning, I was able to get a massage in my room for $5.00 (from a girl). It was the first of four massages I would enjoy while in Southeast Asia. After sleeping for a few hours I briefly explored Bangkok prior to attending a “get acquainted” meeting with the other tour attendees, who turned out to be a married couple from England on their honeymoon and four women from Germany, California, England, and Canada.
The following day we took a boat ride on the famous canals aka Klongs of Bangkok and visited a Buddhist Temple…one of many to come!
I took some video footage from my trip and made a few movies (for the first time) with my Mac…so if you’d like to see some very aggressive catfish, watch this.
I loved taking photos of the monks…
I didn’t partake of any fried bugs…but if I hosted a travel show like Andrew Zimmern…I would!
We went to the Wat Pho temple where the largest “reclining buddha” is housed!
Riding in a “tuk-tuk” is a fun experience!
Later that evening we took a night train to Chiang Mai, Thailand, where I rode an elephant the next day…
And took a half-day cooking class…
For Sale: Painting by an Elephant…
more of the World’s beautiful children…
I have a treat for tomorrow…the dazzling White Temple!
As promised, another video from my trip to SE Asia in December 2009, through GAP Adventures. Our first day in Bangkok, Thailand we took a long tail boat tour of the Canals aka Khlongs. One of the highlights was the feeding frenzy we observed of hungry…aggressive catfish. It was quite impressive. The first person you see on the video is Claire…from the UK. We maintained our friendship after the trip and she came to America…specifically Cincinnati, Ohio…to visit me this summer. Hope you enjoy the video!
Yesterday, I spent hours taking the footage I shot from my trip to Thailand, Laos & Vietnam back in December 09`, and making videos using iMovie on my new Mac computer. It was fun to learn something new and to use my creativity searching for songs that seemed to go with each video.
First, I had to download a free software program called MPEG Streamclip to convert my MPEG videos from my Canon F200 camcorder to a version that iMovie accepts. Then, I had to purchase a $20 software program called “Quicktime MPEG2″ from Apple to make it work. Next, I had to download it to You Tube, which I’ve never done, and then load it here. And they say when you’re over 50 and female…you’re technically challenged…I don’t think so!
The videos aren’t perfect, but I’m learning! Here’s one of them…
Hope you enj0yed…they’ll be more to come!
