thailand biennial 2012

[Jeff Searle]

ugh!

[paulgila]

and the mirth continues unabated at the PRA table.

don martin from socal joins the fun.

jes was having a wonderful time.

wal & rafael enjoying the lovely night.

next morning just after breakfast bob took a moment to get some pix.

our 1st bus tour started with some of the growing areas around nongnooch.

[paulgila]

carpoxylon.

we aussies 3.

directing traffic.

next stop was the upper part of the garden,with great views of pattaya.

endless palms.what more could you ask for?

awesome arenga.

[paulgila]

arenga again.

amazing.

hyphaene fruit. this palm was definitely well-represented at nongnooch.

arenga pinnata,it looks like.

love the hairy trunk.on the palm,i mean.

possibly orania palindan? seems like a long time ago,now.

[paulgila]

something else cool.

back to this one.

it was crowded like times square.

the palm that crowded itself out.

corypha.

"ok,everyone with a red shirt climb a palm!"

[paulgila]

clumping syagrus.

sometimes i remembered to take a pic of the id tag. sometimes not.

another long shot of the ocean & pattaya.

bob avails himself of the cool towels they had for us at every stop.

something i liked. a palm,maybe.

[paulgila]

awesome copernicia.

strange arenga.

friendly staff member.

looking up-slope.

the man they call "watty o'diamond." or something.

[bgl]

Paul,

Great coverage and looking forward to the rest!

Bo-Göran

[paulgila]

more amazing copernicia.

super-incredible compact form of a dwarf areca.

"pirate" moment.

stonehenge. where are the dancing little people?

thai house.

i was traumatized by the movie "them" (about giants radioactive ants) as a child.

[Rafael]

These are VERY good memorys

[BS Man about Palms]

YES they are Rafael!GREAT times!

Alas.. way too short