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The upper berth on our overnight sleeper train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai
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Breakfast the next morning on the train
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Breakfast on the train
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Views from the train ride north through Thailand
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More views from the train
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Northern Thailand countryside
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Interestingly, some parts of the world call a baked potato with toppings a "jacket potato"
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Oddly I felt like I was back in Indiana seeing this restaurant in Chiang Mai
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The central square in old Chiang Mai city
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The 1st annual Chiang Mai Food and Entertainment Festival
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The fair was a family event sponsored by Chang beer
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An odd plate of beef, fried egg, vegetables and mashed potatoes!
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The mall at the airport, decorated for Christmas!
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Swiss demonstrating the other Thai pose next to a sign that looks vaguely to say "Swiss"
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Swiss attempts to pump out the boat on this bike
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This shop has the most un-PC name I've ever seen!
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The food market we stopped at, bags of MSG on the left
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About to make my own curry paste
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My own red curry paste (with a few too many peppers in it! :)
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Steaming some sticky rice!
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That hard work yielded a nice red curry
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The ingredients to make a shrimp hot & sour Tom Yam Soup
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Lunch: Red curry and shrimp Tom Yam Soup
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Mango and Sticky rice...I made it! :)
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My cooking class
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This tray was magically transformed into Tofu Pad Thai
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Swiss's trek stopped at a butterfly garden
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His trek also stopped to see some orchids
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The treks trusty ride
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The trek stopped at a longneck village
