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That looks amazing.
4 years agoLooks like giant milkweed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis_gigantea
I would miss the temples if they weren’t there. They are so often a fine place to stop and get some shade under a rustling bodhi tree. And use the toilet, of course.
4 years agoHa, ha, I decided to leave this photo uncommented, Bill, hoping you would be helping me out again.... Unfortunately the photo doesn´t really show the beauty of this pretty flower, as I couldn´t get close enough. But I can´t afford getting my cycle boots soaking wet.
4 years agoMight be blue water lilies
http://pza.sanbi.org/nymphaea-nouchali-var-caerulea
I'm surprised that you dont have one of those $4000 made in Italy Simonelli coffee machines in your panniers Frank.
Back to earth, I usually carry a small immersion heater for boiling water. Just a steel coil attached to a wire that you plug into a socket. Low tech but does the job.
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My auntie does live in France but I wasnt even aware of this, Steve. And believe me I spent a lot of money on buying drinking water while cycling there...
4 years agoThank you again for your research, Bill
4 years agoA similarly useful tip to the one about drinking water generally being available in cemeteries in France. (The water spigot is there to provide people with water for the grave flowers)
4 years agoI saw that tree with the magnificent blooms and had to dig around and find what it is... An orchid tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhinia_%C3%97_blakeana
Why am I not surprised hearing that, Andrea! Have you and Bruce made any plans on your time Thailand yet? You may have answered that question in your journal but - mea culpa! - I have been busy rolling over the ubiquitous undulations of Northern Thailand.... Tomorrow I want to have a look at it while roaming through the Historic Park of Sukhothai though! Would love to meet before I leave towards New Zealand on Dec 29
4 years agoHa! We did too!
4 years agoThank you, Bill. Very interesting! I did some cycling along the German-Polish border in August and there were signs everywhere warning of the oak processionary caterpillars.... I am glad I didn´t touch the little creature!
4 years agoAnd the adult moths range from spectacular to nondescript.
4 years ago
The true Malaysian ones are fried with lard, shrimp and cockles. Sometimes you can get a side order of fresh, raw cockles.
4 years agoVampire food for Frank the connoisseur.