I’m now traveling around Thailand by car. As my internet connections are often slow in rural Thailand, and I’m busy all day, I’m mostly putting up pictures with a few terse labels. I’m not going to try to make this a Thailand travel guide, but just share the atmosphere.
You get a lot for your travel dollar in Thailand, and can easily eat and sleep very well for a fraction of the costs in the USA or Europe.
Chiang Rai area, far northern Thailand. Higher altitude, more rain, cooler, lush. I like this area a lot.
Hillside tree plantation 
Many beautiful waterfalls 
Giant bamboo. I want some! 
Water buffalo 
Classic shelter in the field 
Rice fields or paddies 
Massive forest trees 
Rain forest vines 
Chiang Rai pineapple field 
Huge tea plantation 
Chinese female Buddha image 
Flower power 
In Bangkok park 
One of my favorite Wats 
Chiang Rai has a multitude of Buddhist temples 
Our house gecko
Next stop: Ayutthaya, the old historic capital of Thailand. Located on the same river that flows down to Bangkok. A water destination, so we stayed in a traditional rustic wood room on a small island.
Taking a boat out to the island 
Our home on the island for two nights 
Delicious breakfast. The mango was SO good! 
Water buffalo at work 
Historic park in the center of Ayutthaya 
An elephant statue made from teak tree roots 
This Buddha is about 30′ tall 
Don’t mess with this bull elephant
Then we headed east to the Saraburi area, and Khao Yai Park.
Limestone karst typical of this area 
Many quarries in this area 
A visit to a sunflower farm 
And then to a farm growing an amazing variety of flowers 
More to come, including Phuket