29 Jan. and Morning Jan. 30

Stop for an elephant ride. Our Mahout |

trains Nok and Heather to feed the animal.
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Only Henry wants a ride. Price is same for two as one so Nok is coerced into riding. She’s terrified!!!
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In the jungle, nearby, is a Hill Tribe Village. This girl, a university graduate, speaks perfect English.
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A typical villager.
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She brings in money too, distilling "illicit" whisky the traditional way,
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starting with rice grain
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Another of her village team, is in charge of fuelling the stills.
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Heather volunteers on the Cross-saw.
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Other interesting money - spinners are the Poultry, hatched the traditional way
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and the black pigs; liked by Churchill because they looked him straight in the eye. [Dogs looked up and cats down].
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What’s this? (Sorry, I wasn’t listening).
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But the girl failed with the children’s toys which, by popular demand, had to be 21st Century
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Farmers trying to catch fish, apparently without much success.
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But fish were stumbling over themselves at the nearby Fish Temple.
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At 6.10am: a commercialised "giving of alms"
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Heather is deeply concerned to see boys, so young, entrapped in a religious order.
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It is in a busy market.
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A hugely popular stall, selling orchid plants, has the ladies all but fighting.
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Morning mist at the Temple.
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Nok purchases an attractive, ready-made display, for the Monks.
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Tree laden with golden leaves. Put your name on a leaf, it may be drawn in the lottery for eternal life.
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