I saw this beautiful flower in the garden of The Grand Palace in Bangkok Thailand. The second I saw it, I fell in love with it but due to the fact that the Grand Palace was already the 4th tourist spot we hit that day and I was becoming pretty tired, I forgot to ask our tour guide about this flower. I really really want to find out where I can get hold of this flower, probably to take to Holland and breed for our garden.
I tell you it’s unbelievably B E A U T I F U L and unique!
To make my search a bit interesting, for that someone who could give me the correct information and possibly an online link about this flower, I will send you one of these smilies I bought in Thailand (just click the thumbnail for a bigger image), just choose the one you fancy
it’s made of wood.
Thanks,
Thess
NOTE: I am also holding this search on my other blog so this is a first correct info- first served basis.
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ADDED NOTE: someone has already identified the flower for me, it’s a flower from Cannon-Ball tree …Sofie was really fast!
I have seen and visited numerous temples now that I lost count of their names and even where I photographed them, But I particularly like this female buddha ( I was told by our tour guide) because of the flower the statue was holding and it also has a friendly smiling face.
I wish I could remember them all…but maybe, just maybe I might…once back in The Netherlands I could organize my notes.
For few years back in the 90’s, I would only watch this ice carving (done by the hotel’s thai cooks on weekends, a special show for hotel guests) from the side since I was a hotel employee then and quite shy to mingle with the guests. But last night I was at the front row watching every cuts and chops done to one block of ice…and of course armed with my camera, I can now enjoy these frozen moments.
It all started out with this block, at 6 pm Sofitel Hotel’s lobby garden
with ease and accuracy, a truly experienced bloke
admiring him and his sharp tools..getting darker by the way…sun’s setting at the east side…straight ahead is the Hua Hin beach
almost there.….but he was interrupted (and irritated) a few times by a little thai boy who was picking up chunks of ice beside him and just running around, the boy’s father was there but couldn’t do much (to gently put it -the boy’s like, chuckie’s son!) spectators were also irritated, especially me because I didn’t want the boy in my shots *lol* but it was also too dangerous to be around the carver and his tools, that was the main concern
and there she was…a cold cold art. What a 30mins. show became almost an hour because of interruptions..but it was all worth it!
Usually they’d use the finished ice work as display for one of the hotel’s restaurants.
isn’t she a beauty?!
The Lying buddha at Pranon Wat Pho, Bangkok Thailand
Taken from the 83rd floor of Thailand’s tallest hotel, Baiyoke Sky Hotel.
I consider this a lucky shot since the floor I was standing on was shaky because it’s revolving 360 degrees.
click the photo for a larger view.
However the photo below came out blurred but I still posted it here. Because I saw something weird. Click the thumbnail so you might see it too. Tell me what you see? Remember that I used my photoshop software to only resize the image.
Hey guys! I’m directly posting this (and future) entry from Thailand, on a short vacation. Thank you so very much for your visits but my apology for not returning the visit for now as I’ll be doing just a quick entry each time.
We’ve visited three temples yesterday and in one of those I took this photo. I couldn’t remember which temple it was so please, I hope you like this.
Hello from The Land of Smiles!
Magdala
