Pakistan

In early October, Sally had a last minute, but too-good-to-refuse chance to attend a good friend's wedding in Pakistan. The wedding was beautiful, fascinating and colorful, and full of laughter, songs and food! It went over several days.

"Twins" Marziyya and Sarah were extremely helpful from the moment we arrived.




Fozia Mami (on the right) and Chanda Mamoo put us up for the night and looked after us very well during our time there. Thank you!



After the first day, we stayed with Asrar's family for the rest of the trip. It was wonderful staying with Uncle Muhammad and Aunty Zahida, who are excellent hosts, and their children Mahwash + Ammar, Hassaan, Maaz, and Peelala : ) The gorgeous grandchildren are Zenab and Hashim.





Here is one of many outfits provided by Aunty Zahida and Aunty Fozia. Shukria!!

sightseeing in Islamabad

We spent the next few days sightseeing around Islamabad, which was fun: the Twelve Door Temple, the National Monument, and the largest mosque in Islamabad.





After our jewellery making session a few weeks ago, Peik Fei, Janette and I are now truly hooked on all things beads! Here we are checking out the local selection of beads.



Beautiful sunset at the mountain bordering Islamabad. The models are Hassaan and Marziyya.

Misc

The orange beard is from henna!!






At a Chinese restaurant, the choice was between mild chilli, pickled chilli or chilli garlic!!

A few months late - Thailand photos

Sorry about the delay in putting these photos up.

It was great to see Mum and Dad Lau in Thailand. We got to spend about 10 days with them, one week in Chiang Rai, where they're based, and another few days in Chiang Mai. Here Mum Lau can be seen trying on a local tribal headgear in northern Thailand.






































Tea plantations in northern Thailand. It was definitely strange for us to see such abundance of water and crops in Asia, coming from drought-ridden Australia.































Sight-seeing: Out of respect for the royal family, when visiting royalty-related sites, males have to wear long pants (I was given these trendy pants to wear), and females at least 3 quarter length skirts/pants.
Two famous architects built these fascinating temples, one is called the White Temple, and the other, Black Temple. The Black Temple was pretty freaky, with skulls, skeletons, insects everywhere.

No visit to Northern Thailand would be complete without a visit to the Golden Triangle, the border points between Thailand, Burma and Laos.

Thailand - misc photos

What more can I fit on the bike??































































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