2020 so far.....
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2020 life goes on inspite of the coronavirus.Just stay safe.
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First some catch up from 2019 and a visit to Danang, Vietnam. The plane landed, we checked in and immediately the ladies needed the market to be fitted for the Vietnam national dresses. |
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| Tee's cousin Pai with father KumJai.... |  |
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| ...and then with mother Kea and sister Pun. |  |
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| Tee with good friends Oy and Al. |  |
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| Sexy Asian lady in the alley needed a photo. |  |
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Gonul and Fred with new grandson Lachlan. Fred and Gonul are now in Turkey. |
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| Lachlan with mom and dad. |  |
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| I have a chance to help with pruning at the family home. |  |
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| Tee in the morning beside a papaya tree in the yard at family home. |  |
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Tee helping her mother learn to use her new mobile telephone. It was challenging. It was her mother's first telephone without push buttons. |
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'Thai style' eating always includes many shared dishes. It challenges western sensitivities with many hands in the dishes. |
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Linda and David Hartley visited Cambodia and Thailand in January. Luckily they were back in Canada before a forced quarantine. |
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The ancient Chiangmai temples are appealing. Most were built during the Lanna empire. |
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| This is one of many temples in Chiangmai often funded and dedicated to ancient kings. |  |
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| Lunch in the mountains at a friend of Tee's restaurant . |  |
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| The western mountain range are also the origin of irritating forest fire smoke. |  |
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| A family event allowed the ladies to wear their Vietnam dresses. |  |
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| A family dinner fare....with many Thai and Chinese dishes. |  |
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| Tee found a flower farm not far from our house. |  |
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It's hard to resist including many photos of the Toronto family. They are all so photogenic. |
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| Lachlan has apparently three states .....sleeping, crying and smiling broadly. |  |
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| Aaron has been great to send weekly appreciated barrages of photos and videos. |  |
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| Levon's third birthday party was in February. |  |
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The party was a great success judging from the sleep on the ride home. Well done Stevie and Aaron. |
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We moved into a new house in April. It has four bedrooms. A ground floor bedroom (now my office) may be perfect for me when the stairs are too challenging. |
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Tee’s father insisted on sleeping in the empty house to check on the spirits. Tee’s explanation was, 'it's cultural’. In the morning he reported the house is free of bad spirits. |
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| Tee's father also provided the Buddha for our upper hallway. |  |
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| Pun is a regular visitor. |  |
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She is five and a very active young lady. She learns yoga at her school. |
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The new house gives Tee hours of gardening pleasure. A garden was one of the major reasons for the move to the new house. |
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| Tee beside the same papaya tree with fruit almost ready to harvest. |  |
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| Mu ka ta (pork pan) is very common Thai favorite combining roast pork with vegetable soup. |  |
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