Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

Continuing from my previous post , the lunch we had was good but not great. Very mild dishes in a nice restaurant setting. Somehow I didn't take any pictures. The next on our itinerary was the Bo Sang Handicraft Centre. Here they displayed how they made paper from tree barks and turned them into their famous paper umbrellas.  Here they had a souvenir shop where you can buy your own paper umbrellas, handmade papers, as well as other handicrafts. You can choose to buy an already painted umbrella or fan, or buy a plain one and either paint it yourself or have one of the artists there paint something for you for a small fee. Of course, Miss Kiki opted to paint something herself. She chose an off white paper umbrella and started painting. She took what seemed like forever to paint the thing I had to join in and paint the other half of the umbrella or we would have to wait all day! :D Next, we went to the fruit market. Thailand ...

After our visit to Doi Suthep Wat , we drove to the Royal Flora Rajapruek Garden. The sun came out and it became very hot and bright. At the garden, there were several options to go around. On foot, by shuttle, bicycle, Segway, or private buggy. We got ourselves tickets for hop-on-and-off shuttle bus and hopped on. Miss Kiki got a chance to test the Segway while waiting for the tickets. The Royal Garden had many stops and it would take a whole day to explore each and every one of them. Some are themed by the plant type, like Orchid Park, Butterfly and insect park, Herb garden; and others have country themes like Japan, Cambodia, China, and so on. Our first visit was to the Orchid Park, They had different types of orchids and other flowers there. All pretty, but nothing I've never seen before. One interesting flower though, is called Fuchsia. I think this is how the colour Fuchsia got its name. The girl who likes to read ...