Dec-Jan Family Gathering

All ready for the Xmas gathering at our house

Gift exchanges for the kids

Their presents!!

Cannot wait to start on his present!

Star War movies

Dong at our place

Fun with the cousins after eating Tang Yuan

Cousin bonding!

BBQ at 3rd Gu ma's house

BBQ

Sending Big Gu Ma to the airport

Goodbye and already looking forward to the next meet up!

National gallery

Brian made a cute card for Mr Chew

Lou Hei and a yummy dinner at Diamond Kitchen

The Cousins united!

Sending Ben and Joyce off at the aiport
Time flies!

cannot bear to let go...

Chiang Mai D4 and D5

The start of D4

Elephant riding which we did not take part it
I believe it is not quite ethical to let the elephants take the weight of a human on its back

All prepared for the bamboo rafting

All ready to set off

Getting a go at it

Brian's turn

Quite an interesting experience!

Catching up with us!

Proud of what he has got

Lunchtime

Strawberry farm
When we reached, we were not able to pluck strawberries!
Apparently this is not the season and it has been harvested!
Would have given it a miss if we had known

Having a rest since we cannot pick strawberries

having an early dinner/snack in the Old City

Nice ice cream flavour!!

At the begninning of the night market
All prepared for shopping!
Despite the crowd and the heat, the kids were really cooperative and we managed to shop!!

Last day in Chiangmai
On the way back
The boys spoke to random pple and made a friend at the airport who is a teacher going to vietnam to teach children
Interesting to know about pple's life

Stop over at bangkok
Ben's last chance to eat pineapple rice in a real pineapple!

Finally reached home
Dinner at Paula's house.. so nice to have home cooked food.. tks!!
And not forgetting durians

Chiang Mai D3

Coffee while looking for breakfast

Local breakfast

Mae Ping River

After quite a bit of walking, we finally reached the Elephant parade house!

The cousins who bonded very well during the trip!

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With the big cousins!

The boys..

Started to paint their own elephant

patiently painting and drying and painting again

Brandon took pride in decorating his elephant
Turned out better than i expected when i see him paint with no planning!

Everyone gets to do it!

Brian and Brandon's masterpeice!

The other side

First Tuk Tuk experience and they loved it!

macdonald.. late lunch

took a walk in the old city
view of Wat Chedi Luang

Too hot at the night market
Bought new clothes and changed on the spot

Brian's first massage and he loved it!

at the end of the massage..
So shiok!