Chiang Mai Flower Show

Thailand - as I see it.

The Chiang Mai Flower Show comes once a year and is a big extravaganza.  The floats, flower arrangements, booths selling plants and flowers, and booths selling anything else you could imagine.  We had fresh fruit all ready to eat, fried goodies, meat and roties, as well as many different kinds of smoothies.  People come from all over the world for this wonderful experience.  The streets were only for walking and there were hundreds of viewers walking alongside the moat and enjoying the spectacle.

The floats were all built on top of cars and driven to the show site.  They were covered with thousands of flowers.  Pictures and figures of Buddhas and the King were made out of many different kinds of flowers.  There were seats and areas to take pictures near each float and exhibition.

Pictures tell a lot more than words, so I am going to put in my blog some of the pictures we took.

A picture of the King and his wife above the array of flowers.

On's sister and baby, Samuel, Marcia Weis, On  Rob's wife, Willi Weis and On's brother.

Toilets in Thailand

Thailand - as I see it.

Toilets in Thailand

We have seen some very elegant toilets in hotels and restaurants.  They have basins and toilet bowls with covers.

But most anywhere you go in Thailand, the toilets have no toilet paper.  You can buy it at some public toilets.  The toilet paper is not thrown in the toilet, it is put in the waste basket.  

We went to a typical public toilet and they have no seats.  You stand up and then when you are done, you pour water from a container on the floor with a bucket into the toilet to flush it.  The wash basins are outside the toilet area and usually there is no paper for drying your hands.

Wash Basins Outside

A Park Outside the Toilet

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Unusual and Tasty Fruits of Thailand

Thailand - as I see it

Pineapples   Tiny pineapples the size of  apricots were cut into spirals so that all the eyes were removed.  They lefton t a little stem so you can hold them.   They are exceptionally sweet and yellow.

Ba Ah    Little nuts the size of cashews but very crispy.  They come in a shiny wooden like shell and when heated the shell opens and they look like lips.  They are delicious.

Top Tim   A fruit the size of a big apple has hundreds of little seeds inside and you eat around the seeds and spit out the seeds..  They are very moist and flavorful.  They are sweet and tangy.

Pusa    This is a fruit like a small apple.  It is crisper than an apple, flavorful, sweet and sour at the same time.

Top Tim

Little Pineapples

Ba Ah

Pusa