Originally uploaded by dbillian

The panda bears at the Chiang Mai Zoo recently gave a rare birth, if memory serves me correctly.

The Chiang Mai Zoo was much better than the zoo located outside of Bangkok. To give you an idea as to how bad the zoo is in Bangkok, the polar bear exhibit was all outside; the poor polar bear was roasting to death in the tropical heat.

Hill tribe Girl

Originally uploaded by dbillian

This is a photo I took on my first trip to Thailand, before I started getting moderately interested in photography again (I hadn’t picked up a camera in probably pretty close to ten years).

The primary reason I enjoy this picture, which was taken with a fairly crappy HP point & shoot camera, is the intense look in the girl’s eyes. I can imagine it can be a little uncomfortable being on parade for tourists most of the year.