We had to cross the stream many times either over fallen trees like this one or on rocks.
The trees are very tall...
We have a long history of trips to Petchabun and hiking up here in the mountains. My very first trip to Asia was to Petchabun. A friend of ours that is from this area, runs one of her businesses here, and as of this year she has become an appointed Senator of Thailand. She has done so much for this province, she has written many books about women's health and eating organic foods, another business she has started is an organic foods store. We visited and bought organic brown rice, a mushroom based stock to put in soups, noodles, etc., macadamia nuts and tamarind. Petchabun is the capital of Tamarind. They have a statue of the Tamarind in the middle of town. Tamarind is a fruit kind of like a date or a prune. They make all kinds of things out of Tamarind in Thailand. It's a bit of an acquired taste, but I've grown to love it. Petchabun is a great province-it's clean, organized, the air is clean, it's all farming and open land and the city itself is small compared to Bangkok. Anyway, our friend is always promoting healthful programs for her employees like exercise classes on-site and this time when we were visiting all the employees were learning to make their own organic soaps and shampoos as most of the people there are poor and this can save them a lot of money for their families. OK, now I've realized that I am going to have to take a lot of time to talk about Petchaboon! I will continue tomorrow!
We had to cross the stream many times either over fallen trees like this one or on rocks.
The trees are very tall...
We have a long history of trips to Petchabun and hiking up here in the mountains. My very first trip to Asia was to Petchabun. A friend of ours that is from this area, runs one of her businesses here, and as of this year she has become an appointed Senator of Thailand. She has done so much for this province, she has written many books about women's health and eating organic foods, another business she has started is an organic foods store. We visited and bought organic brown rice, a mushroom based stock to put in soups, noodles, etc., macadamia nuts and tamarind. Petchabun is the capital of Tamarind. They have a statue of the Tamarind in the middle of town. Tamarind is a fruit kind of like a date or a prune. They make all kinds of things out of Tamarind in Thailand. It's a bit of an acquired taste, but I've grown to love it. Petchabun is a great province-it's clean, organized, the air is clean, it's all farming and open land and the city itself is small compared to Bangkok. Anyway, our friend is always promoting healthful programs for her employees like exercise classes on-site and this time when we were visiting all the employees were learning to make their own organic soaps and shampoos as most of the people there are poor and this can save them a lot of money for their families. OK, now I've realized that I am going to have to take a lot of time to talk about Petchaboon! I will continue tomorrow!
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