Morning Offering Video

Snake Show Video

Here is a short video clip of the snake show that we went to see in Chiang Mai with the Colonial team. Viewer discretion is advised...just kidding.

When Lions Attack

You've seen us post pictures of it, but watch it live now! At the zoo in China you could pay to throw a live bird in with the lions. This clip is fast so pay attention.

A Video for the Grandparents

Hey Guys! This video is probably pretty boring for most of you, but I know the grandparents want to see Eliana in action...so here it is. She is not really 'in action' as much as 'live.'

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Eliana's First Food Video

Here is a video of Eliana taking her first bites of food. This is from a few weeks ago right when we got back from China. The video is 15 megs so it might take a little while to download. Thanks again David for all the web space!!!

6 Months Old

Day at the Waterfall

We travelled about an hour outside of Chiang Mai to spend the day at a nice park with a beautiful waterfall. We had a great time and Eliana really enjoyed dipping her feet in the water.

5 1/2 Months

Thanks for the dress Grandmom Blau. I am finally big enough to wear it, and don't I look pretty!

The Rocket Scientist

Solving the world's most difficult problems before naptime.

My First Runny Nose

So Eliana got her first really runny nose when we were in China and here is the face that she kept making for three straight days. We couldn't tell if she was making the face because of her runny nose or because daddy didn't smell very good?

Angela's dream...to ride off into the sunset

Tibetan People

Mountains Continued...

Fairly spectacular

This is the city of Kangding where we stayed for two days during our trip to China. The city is about 60 percent Tibetan and 40 percent Chinese. This picture was taken from a cable car that they have that takes you to the top of the mountain.

Here is our trusty little van that we rode in for 6 hours one day over the roughest roads we have ever been on. It is hard to tell in the picture, but the van is about 1/4 the size of a mini-van in the US. The word for these vans in Chinese is literally translated "Bread Box". We took this thing over mountain passes and dirt roads. It was a lot of fun, but we were happy to get back and a little sore the next day.

Another shot of downtown Kangding. Kangding was a 6 hour bus ride west from the huge city of Chengdu (11 Million People).

Mountains

Here are some more pictures of our recent trip to China. We were able to travel out into some amazing areas. The scenery was so beautiful and the people were really fun. Chinese people are a lot different than Thai people in many ways. Chinese culture is a lot more agressive than Thai culture. You almost never hear Thai people honking their horns when they are driving and they almost never show that they are angry. This was definitely not true of Chinese people. Although they are a lot more agressive and show their emotions more freely, they were really friendly and helpful. We got back from our 2 1/2 weeks in China on Sunday and are still recovering from all the travelling that we have done. It is great to be back home in Thailand again, but are also sad that our time in China is over. We will post more pictures in the next few days.

The mountain in the background is over 22,000 feet tall. The town that we were visiting was at 12,000 feet.

This is the top of a mountain pass that we went over that was over 14,000 feet.

Eliana the Traveller

Hey I finally found my toes! These are cool!

I'm soooo cute!


Everywhere we went on our trip, Eliana was the star attraction.

Engrish: The Universal Language

Someone at the zoo thought that it was pretty important to translate all the Chinese signs into English, but didn't think that it was important for someone who actually spoke English to look at them before sending them off to be made. It is funny to see things translated into English in Asia. I guess most people don't really feel it is important to use English well. Even some of the bigger companies will have billboards and signs with English translations that are totally wrong. These are just a few examples at the zoo.

It is definitely a safety problem when people get alarmed and turn into wild animals.

None for me.

Did they mean electric or eclectic tourist car? Eclectic would be pretty cool, but I couldn't find the boarding cocation though.

Is there any other way to meet?