Bangkok Week 89 March 11, 2010 The last week of civility in Thailand. At least it was spent with family. View fullsize Another weekend with Mr Goofyface. View fullsize Using the hairbrush for what it's intended. View fullsize These rose apples (chompoo) are from a tree next to the house! View fullsize Pretty rose apple ear enhancements. View fullsize Everyone enjoys the home-grown fruit! View fullsize Checking out a photo of us that was published in our favourite Friday magazine. View fullsize Saturday afternoon: extraordinarily hot. Too hot to move. View fullsize These flowers are usually a key ingredient in orange curry. I'd never seen them "fresh" like this. View fullsize Some of the not-fully-pigmented chompoo, almost ready to be picked. View fullsize Matching some of the riper ones. View fullsize The banana trees behind the house have gotten so huge! Look at the progress since Week 72. View fullsize Their leaves can be used as bed sheets. View fullsize This is how the big, biting ants make their nests in the trees. Creepy. View fullsize The most effective way to transport a bamboo forest and its farmers. View fullsize Marouy's new neighbor -- a teacup chihuahua -- comes over to play! View fullsize Creepily small with budgy eyeballs, but somehow adorable nonetheless. View fullsize Marouy turned instantly into the protective big brother. View fullsize He really wanted to play with the puppy, but didn't know how! View fullsize Finally, they can see eye-to-eye. View fullsize Just hanging out around the table. View fullsize Marouy thinks he's a chihuahua, too. View fullsize A stunned bird sits on a plant near the front door. View fullsize A delicious home-made dinner. View fullsize It's not suki, for once. View fullsize Sunday morning: equally lazy as the day before. View fullsize Beautiful orchids hang from a tamarind tree. View fullsize My apprenticeship: how to make a chili dipping sauce. View fullsize Cutting up the fake veggie cutlets for dinner. View fullsize Holy smokes! Our old clunker of a bus has been replaced with a beautiful new double-decker. View fullsize A stairwell! (Now we travel in class.)
