Group of people in the village collecting coconuts and cutting them open for the white flesh amongst the leaves of the tree
A festival float in our village of Ban Pho in NE Thailand
My sister-in-law cooking outside our shop in the village in NE Thailand
My wife Waree in her parents village shop in NE Thailand
Songkran is the Thai New Year's national holiday. Songkran is on the 13 April every year, it is the hottest most humid time of the year before the rains come. Everybody celebrates by throwing water over each other. It is a wonderful fun time.
Before the rains come when the river is low, people in NE Thailand flock for shallow water areas on the river to play in the water and as always buy food and eat
Painting
Old lady in Thai village holding a bunch of flowers
Motorbike with sidecar with child facing backwards. Thailand.
Wat Phu Tok The cliff temple in NE Thailand where we take our guests from Thailand Painting Holidays. The walkways are rickety and scary over a sheer cliff but the views are amazing
A view of the Thailand landscape where princes, kings and evil spirits used to roam. For rural Thai people the spirits are still there in lakes, trees and rocks
The amazing Kanchanapisek Pagoda, Khao Kho - Dekho Thailand
The amazing Kanchanapisek Pagoda, Khao Kho - Dekho Thailand
Rayong seafood village market on the Gulf of Thailand
Bringing the fishing boats to shore at the fish market at Rayong, Thailand
Waree, my wife looking glum in black and white on the kerb of a fish market in Thailand
My wife Waree working in the rice fields
Longing, pain, love what is her life?
Vendor in Walking Street Night Market, Chiang Khan, NE Thailand
At Chiang Khan the view across the Mekong to the mountains of Laos
The Thai/Laos border follows the Mekong River in NE Thailand. Here at the ancient town of Chiang Khan the view across the river is magical
We take our guests here from https://www.painting-holiday.net/
A large container of water
A poor lady from Laos as the Loa market near our arts guesthouse in NE Thailand
The street next to our arts guesthouse on the banks of the Mekong River in NE Thailand
One day each year they open this stretch of river in NE Thailand for fishing. You pay a small fee and set up your nets. Many of the villagers we know go there. The guy in the middle on a small platform is Adt my sister-in-law's husband
Patterns of yellow fruit
Crazy old log road to the lake surrounded by sunk boats
Golden Buddha at our local wat in NE Thailand. It's New Year's Eve and people have come on their bikes to pray
Aftermath
A Thai village in Isaan near the Laos border
A memory of a wild evening in a Karaoke bar in Phuket, Thailand. I remember hitting the bell frequently at the behest of my companions only to find out at the end of the evening that it meant I was paying for a round of drinks
