Ayudiyah

We just returned from a weekend in Ayudiyah, which is the old capitol of Thailand. There is a beautiful lake there, and a gorgeous resort, and lots and lots of water-centric activities. We mostly sat in the shade and drank, and we had a marvelous time!

Barry wore his blue and gold tourist shirt -- it makes his eyes look like lapis lazuli.

We were drinking Scotch as we waited for the resort shuttle, and this being Thailand it was late -- you can imagine what happened! And that is the only explanation I have for this pink picture that must have been taken in the shuttle.

The resort had a beautiful pool surrounded by a virtual jungle of greenery.

Here is a great shot of the curtains in our room. The hows and whys of this particular view can also be attributed to the Scotch!

We went to a party on the lake that evening. This blurry picture of Barry pretty much sums up how I was feeling by the time I took it -- double vision-ed. I must have fiddled with the camera somehow to make the party look all pink, but again -- no idea, so giving credit to Scotch.

The party was for our friends Laura and Brock, who will be moving to Portland in September. Please watch for them!

While we were carousing at the lake a tremendous thunderstorm blew up -- apparently I tried to record it, because I found this movie the next day. It's not terribly exciting, but you can see the lightning. It rained so hard the lawn turned into a rice paddy and we nearly had to swim out of there. I was wearing silver shoes, so you can imagine I wasn't extra happy about the mud. Fortunately, a long shower later my shoes were returned to their original shiny glory so nobody had to cry. xo