This is the hotel (Krisdadoi Chiangmai Aprime Resort) which we stayed for the first 2 days. The restaurant served very nice food. It's recommended for couples seeking to spend some time together without any interruption or distraction. You can't stay too long though, cos may get bored.
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This is a bedroom view of our room in the hotel - nice and neat. Thai people like to keep their surrounds clean and neat.
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Beautifully designed garden spans across our eyes as we sit at the restaurant's al-fresco area in the morning.
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Another sight of a hanging basket and amazing red flower beds in the background, all thanks to the hardworking gardeners tending to the plants.
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Yes, in the wildness, it is difficult not to bump into friendly (although not necessary desired) friend - Mr. Green-Snake-found-on-a-shrub.
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Nice flowers opening up to the bright sunlight of the Chiangmai countryside.
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This plant look somewhat like lavender, but it does not have the smell of the lavender. Nevertheless, the whole bed of purple flowers does conjure the image of lavender field no unlike those found in Australia.
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1 is lonely, 2 is a pair, 3 is company!
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Nice little arch over the "stream", complete with little plants with amazing brightly coloured flowers and petals.
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How can the butterfly resist such beautiful paradise of flowers of all colors, sorts, shapes and sizes?
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Pei among the beautiful yellow flowers. Be not fooled though. Pei did not "bash through" the bed and killed the plants. She merely walked into a small path between two beds. Due to camera angle, it appears she is "surrounded" :)
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The fakey lavendar bed with the main hotel reception building in the distance.
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Night scene of the Hotel's restaurant. Nicely lit with pretty good ambience. The cool evenings made this place even more comfortable to hang out.
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Breakfast is eaten with the cheery sunshine of the morning.
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We hired a driver, Sak, to drive us around town to visit the various ceramic, silk, lacquerware, umbrella, jewellery and other establishments around. This is the central airport plaza where we will shop in the last 2 days of our trip.
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Umbrellas in the umbrella factory, out in the sun in order for it to dry quickly.
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These are colorful version with special painting on them. Thus, the price is also higher! :)
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This man is apply motifs and paintings onto the surface of the umbrella. This is a labour intensive industry, employing both general labour to prepare materials, as well as craftsmen to add designs to these umbrellas.
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This is a scene from the umbrella factory; I had a hard time shooting these folks because lighting was a problem, plus there were a lot of visitors and tourists crowding around each "station" which processes a part of the umbrella before it is completed.
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Makan place near the Baan Tawai area, where handicrafts, bags, decorative stuff are at low, wholesale price. Be prepared to walk around and you could still bargain, but not too much.
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A typical store selling various mango wood, monkey wood and teak wood stuff.
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The next morning, after breakfast, we took a tripod out and took some couple shots. In many trips, Henry is not in the picture as he is busy shooting photos; so it is good to take some photos together. :)
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More photos! Too bad the sun light is getting a little harshly bright, so we have shadows on the right side of our faces.
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Yes, this is the famous yellow flower bed. This time, not just Pei but together.
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