Pictures Finally

First of all, let me say thank you to all our friends and family for the patience you have given us while we get adjusted. We really, really, really, reeeeaaalllyyyy appreciate all the nice notes of encouragement and support that everyone has so readily given us. Special thanks from Chloe to aunt Debbie and cousin Zachy for the car seat that is on the way. You should see how these people drive. Maybe I'll get tech savy enough to add a video.

Anyways, the moment you have all been waiting for---PICTURES!!!!


This is Chloe in the Hong Kong airport. She had been awake for almost 30hours at this point. The poor child was so tired she was almost delirious. Except for about a 4 hour nap, she had been awake almost the entire trip. When we finally got settled into our apartment, we had been traveling for about 40 hours. I gave her a bath and she went to sleep. When I say sleep, I mean SLEEP. We absolutely could not get her to wake up despite all our attempts.



This is the lovely view from our apartment. I will take some more pics of our apt later but it's really not too interesting. Just your typical 2-bedroom apt. It's nicer than some of the places we have lived. We are on the 10th floor and the building has a pool. It gets quite expensive to run the AC and use the dryer but they're both available for those days I really need them.

As you can see from the pic., a storm is building and we can see the mountain called "Doi Suthep." We are just entering the monsoon season so it rains here a little each day. The temps are in the 80s and 90s but once you get used to the humidity it is surprisingly pleasant weather. I like the rain.

We went shopping at a store kind of like a Super Target (this one was much nicer than the Wal-Martesque store we went to last week). This store had a McDonald's inside with Ronald giving a Wai. Jeff decided to show his respect and Wai back. I felt a little silly taking the picture in the middle of everyone but Jeff insisted and it is a funny pic. By the way, the employees were the nicest EVER.

For my birthday, we decided to drive up Doi Suthep (the mountain you can see from our window). This is a lookout spot where you can see all of Chiang Mai.

They really like Elephants here. I think they hold some religious meaning but I am still checking on that. There is a (wat) almost at the top of the mountain. The legend is that some Monks decided to build a temple wherever some certain elephant laid down. It laid down almost near the top of the mountain. This pic shows a pretty statue that I think gives to tribute to the elephant that decided where the temple should be built. There are all kinds of shops and restaurants at the base of the temple. They sell all kinds of touristy items.

More pics of the temple next...