Wednesday February 23
No WiFi connection last night. It's 6 a.m. on the 24th at Mr Deang's, high up the mountain of Doi Inthanon . Breakfast is due in 10 minutes.......Despite its rather rural appearance and facilities, Neil stays here as it avoids a 40 minute morning drive-in from the nearest resort.
Pam and I didn't go out for the pre breakfast walk yesterday. We had some extra sleep. I photographed the female Purple Sunbird building her nest and Pam read.
After another fresh bread and English breakfast, J and Pam photographed some of the orchids and flowering shrubs at this lovely resort, before we set off for a full day's driving to Mr Dheong's. All the flower photos are Pam's.
The break for lunch was beside a tilapia fishery with a parallel lake, where Neil found a Green Peafowl. Distant and hidden by grass, it showed well enough in the scope.
The break for lunch was beside a tilapia fishery with a parallel lake, where Neil found a Green Peafowl. Distant and hidden by grass, it showed well enough in the scope.
The journey was broken by a visit to the White Temple in Chiang Rai. The other women all went to photograph. I viewed from afar. A crystal embedded vision of gleaming silver, very extensive too. (Pam was upset at apparently losing all her temple photos. All is well, when we got home, she found them amongst the 1,000+ she had to sort.)
The architect is still working on the building, subsidised by selling tiles etc to the public.
We'd been warned that Mr Dheong's is basic and it is. Friendly welcome, quick baggage dump and supper followed by a chat before sorting our freezing cold room. Two beds, loads of extra blankets, two chairs, a fan and a small folding table.
A newly installed flush loo, much to Pen's delight - and ours.
The beds are famously hard, breeze blocks are softer according to Neil. Yes, they are very hard, a wafer thin mattress on a low concrete base.
Supper was Thai green curry, cooked by Pen. I enjoyed it. Still very early so we sat and chatted for a while before braving the legendary beds and a very breezy bedroom. All the windows behind the beds were open, the beds seemed immoveable.
A newly installed flush loo, much to Pen's delight - and ours.
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| Nowhere to store anything! What a mess. |
Supper was Thai green curry, cooked by Pen. I enjoyed it. Still very early so we sat and chatted for a while before braving the legendary beds and a very breezy bedroom. All the windows behind the beds were open, the beds seemed immoveable.
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