Tuesday, 26 April 2011

The White Temple: to heaven through hell

+ According to the artist of the White Temple "Wat Rong Khun", one has to go through hell to reach heaven.













+  Mr. Chalermchai Kositpipat's masterpiece:









+And here the toilets.... in GOLD!!! Someone asked him why he didn't build the whole temple in gold... he answered that he just wanted to relate richness and gold with shit... well, we had a golden royal piss :)


 
+ One of the pictures in the exhibition of the artist

Chiang Rai: on the road again

+ The most shiny round-about we have ever seen...


 +  Taking the motorbike (well, scooter, actually) and discovering the surroundings of Chiang Rai, as a floating restaurant on a small river in the woods. Amazing!!



+ Searching for the big waterfall.









+ And finally the cheeeesy picture at the waterfall!!!







+ We have found some weired stones on the way:


Learing the amazing Thai cuisine: how to become a professional cook!

+  Arriving early in the morning to a organic farm after shopping all the necessary ingredients in the local market.





+ Before starting to cook  7 different dishes, we learnt how to cook the most important element in the Thai cuisine: THE CURRY PASTE!!! But of course, a hat, an apron,  a big knife and smile are the first indispensable tools :)  !!  

 

+Kinga making wonderful noodles!! What an artist!



 + As our cook professor said: "No money, No honey; no honey, no funny!"  

+ He tought us how to make spring rolls. And the best were from.........

  

........... Dani!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!