Jack

Dear sees Jack, his Dulwich friend, off at Don Muang Airport, before Jack goes to his home in Had Yai. Jack stayed at our house for a night after returning from USA.

Khun Sonie's

We have lunch at Khun Sonie's Restaurant at Playground, Soi Thonglor. This is the famous Sonie's pizza, made from sushi rice, shrimp roe, tempura flour, and sea weed.

Yang Deow

My family and I have lunch at "Yang Deow" at Bang-Pa-In. The restaurant is just beside the Bang-Pa-In Palace and adjacent to the river.

"Pla-Kung Luak"

River Prawns

"Shoo Shee Pla- Nua-On", highly recommended.

Shrimp Omelette, funny looking but very delicious

Siam Paragon

Dear and I visit the brand new Siam Paragon shopping mall, located beside Siam Centre and opposite to the Siam Square.

Decorated trees and mirror with running water are displayed in front of the mall.

Taking a photo of myself and Dear in the mirror.

A number of expensive sports cars are displayed at the mall. In this picture is Euro Ferrari.

Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder

Dear Returns

Dear returns home for a winter vacation. He now weighs 65 kgs. comparing to 80 kgs in July this year. Click here for photo comparison. http://anbunnag.blogspot.com/2005/07/fatman-returns.html

Madison, Wisconsin

Dear goes to Madison, Wisconsin to visit his friend and take a campus tour.

The lake is beautiful and the weather is getting cold.

Huay Sai Wildlife Center

Khun Sivaporn takes us to Huay Sai Wildlife Center, located near Hua-Hin airport. He is looking for some animals to be relocated to the Sublangka Wildlife Sanctuary. There are various kinds of wild animals at the Center such as deer, phesants, gibbons, etc.

Hog Deer (Nua Sai)

Eld's Deer (La-Ong & La- Mang)

Sambar Deer (Kwang Pa)

Every deer has a microchip planted on its ear.

Silver Phesant (Kai Fa Lang Khao)

Golden Phesant (Kai Fa Si Thong)

Phesants (Nok Yoong)

A gibbon and her baby

A black gibbon is posing for us.

Tum and Khun Sivaporn at the Center.

Lunch at Zanotti

P' Rochana treats us to her Birthday lunch at Zanotti.

Dinner at Sorrento

My friends treat a birthday party for Thanom (born Oct.17), me (born Oct.18), and Chua (born Nov.1) at Sorrento Restaurant. In the picture, P' Rochana and P' Dang are seen giving Thanom and me the birthday presents. It is a pity Chua is busy and he cannot attend the party.

My birthday present is this! Guess what it is.

Thanom gets what he wants, golf shoes.

Lunch at Rengaya

Having lunch with former colleagues at Rengaya, a Yakiniku restaurant, Thaniya Plaza.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area

During October 21-28 my friends and I went to Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area, China. Located in the north of Sichuan Province, Jiuzhaigou is a national park of China and has been declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1992. Our group consists of 19 people. We flew to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, and rode a tour bus to Jiuzhaigou, which took about 10 hours. Along the way we visited many interesting places, such as temples, dam, panda reserve center, etc.

Group photo at Sword Cliff.

P' Rochana and Khun Sivaporn are posing in front of Wuhou Ci (Three Kingdoms) Temple.

Liu Bei, the Emperor of Shu

Red-faced Guanyu, one of sworn brothers of Liu Bei.

Black-faced Zhangfei (Tiew Hui)

Zhuge Liang (Khong Beng), Advisor of Liu Bei.

A lot of carp fish at the temple.

Giant panda at the Wolong Panda Reserve Center.

Giant pandas happily lie eating bamboo trees.

Beautiful walkway

Red Panda, one of Panda species.

Chao Mae Guan-Im at Pao-Urn Temple

Baoguang Temple

Jiuzhaigoa Valley is over 3,000 metres in elevation height.

"Mirror Lake"- The lake looks exactly like a mirror, still and smooth, reflecting its surroundings; blue sky, white clouds, distant mountains and trees nearby.

The water is crystal clear at Mirror Lake.

"Long Lake" - a stunningly beautiful lake.

Posing at the Long Lake.

Most of the mountains are covered with snow.

Multi-Color Lake (Benjarong Lake) where water is bright blue and green.