My brother has returned from his trip to Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand and so my mom had us all over for dinner so we could have a little slide show and see his travel pictures, and, inevitably, have one last belated "Christmas" gift-exchange.
He brought me a notebook filled with luscious mulberry-bark paper from a "paper-making" village near Luaug Prabang, Lao Por, a wine-coloured silk scarf from Cambodia, and a Thai wall-hanging with an elephant motif.
I gave him the Masai painting I picked out for him in Tanzania, an abstract of three local women carrying baskets and bundles on their head, swathed in traditional red.
This was my brother's first trip with a digital camera and I think he may be a convert. He took some beautiful photos and has given me two discs of them so I'll probably be posting some soon.
He and Kira never spent more than ten dollars for a night's accomodation. I think I may seriously have to consider travelling to more third-world countries.
They also travelled around by rented bicycles and hired tuk-tuk for a lot of the time which sounds very appealing.
7 comments:
Wow! Glad he's home safe and sound:)
HEY! Your brother has a BEARD!!!! (I think the last time I saw him was 1990, so I hope he'll forgive me if I'm a bit wonderstruck by his appearance...)
I'm glad he's home safe, too, and it sounds like they had a remarkable time!
Oh my word! Does your brother have a brother!! He is Handsome! (and it's hot in here) :))))))))))))
Where's that picture taken? Is that their house?
Oh I'm so envious! Sounds like he/they had an amazing time.
Deisis, I can only say for the last twenty yrears my brother has always had something on his head.
We are both hat and bandanna people, what can I say.
Well, I CAN'T say anything anyway because he sometimes reads my blog. :)
And yes, Tai, that's my parents' house.
Heh heh, skyeblue2u, just one brother. :)
And so travel runs in the family! ;-)
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