Making the next Generation

Starting to make the next Rock-Line for the Christmas Jewellery Show

Bangkok, Thailand

BANGKOK, THAILAND

A return visit for me. I wanted to go for a few days to expand my horizons. I revisited the Jatujak Market, but then we found China Town and local markets for some new things near Pratunam Markets in the Siam area of Bangkok.

 

Sawadee ka (Hello). Even Ronald is proper in Thailand.

 Finding things here can be really tricky...

 Markets are so robust here

 One of my favorite places I found was hidden in the middle of China Town...I found Pyrite beads!

 Discussing with these two fellows about the discounts I was looking for

 Thousands and Thousands of these halls for various goods. Jatujuak Market.

 Inside the display showcases

 Returning to see my pal at one of the stalls....

And some new stores

Lets just say that my husband and I ended up carrying almost 50lbs of stones home from these adventures!!

 clay/stone carved

Black Quartz leafs

Labradorite

 Green Garnet

Wavy clear Quartz

 Dalmation Quartz

 Aquamarine

 Quartz

 Unakite Chunks

Pyrite

Siem Reap, Cambodia

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA

We decided to do a quick four days in Cambodia to see what temples we could visit, along with a bit of local crafts and rocks if we could find any....we ended up finding Cambodian Teak-redwood beads ! Plus an extra find of this incredible raw jade from Burma/northern Cambodia, which were hand carved pieces from this little old man at an out of the way shop. Luv those!

 Instant hospitality in one of the kindest places we have visited....

 

Our Hotel

 

Daily walking in the streets in Siem Reap      

     Dancing over dinner

 Angkor Thom

 

 Carved Dino's in ancient Sandstone rocks of Bayon

 Bayon Temple is one of my favorites, where they filmed Tomb Raider! All the original trees that were growing throughout the temple. Most other temples had had them removed. Cool

 Lions at Angkor Wat

 Angkor Wat

 

Shopping time for me....local markets in Central Market

 

 Cambodian Prayer Beads with local Teak wood. I got a number of them...and plan to build some great pieces from them.

 This was the rarest find in Cambodia. I found a local merchant who carved and made each piece individually. This is northern Cambodian mined jade. You can see the imperfections with the altered white bits.