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Asian Bazaar Fruit Carvings at Central Festival Pattaya



Recently, before I left Thailand, I was at the mall called Central Festival in Pattaya. This was a Thai fruit and vegetable carving display at the Asian Bazaar. Carving is very popular as a part of traditional culture, and can be…

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Colourful Fruit and Vegetable Carving Inspirations from Laos

Laos eggplant

I was recently in Laos, and spent a couple of weeks traveling from Vientiane, the capital city, up by road to the beautiful scenery within Vang Vieng, and then a final stop in northern Luang Prabang. While I’ve been to…

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Pumpkin Rose Carving Birthday Cake

Pumpkin Carving Birthday Cake

Last week, it was my niece’s birthday, and to celebrate the occasion, we had a big meal and gathering with the family in Thailand. For dessert, I put together a decorated pumpkin cake, and carved some additional raw pumpkin into roses…

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Celebrating Loi Krathong in Thailand



As you may now, I’m spending the winter months in Thailand, and have been here for a couple of months now. At the end of November, I celebrated this annual festival with my family in Pattaya, after helping to create…

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Fruit and Vegetable Market in Pattaya, Thailand

Thailand Fruit and Vegetable Market

At this time of year in Thailand, there are so many fruit and vegetable varieties in season that get my creative juices flowing on what I could possibly carve! From pineapples, to star fruit, mangos to guava, coconuts, bananas and…

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