Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Posted by roma on November 21, 2014 in Asia, Attractions, Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai Thailand, Road Travels, Thailand, travel,

There are several private tour packages that could be availed in Chiang Mai, Thailand, these tours could be studied once you arrive at the Chiang Mai Train Station. There is a reception-type counter, with a helpful staff that could show you different tour packages for private cars - ranging from half a day to a full-day tour around Chiang Mai.

We took a private car to take us to different Chiang Mai attractions and one of our stops was the Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm.

Once you have paid for the entrance fee, an orchid will be pinned on your shirt, which I think helps you attract the butterflies.

A visit would not take you more than an hour and a half, so if you're already in Chiang Mai, a 12-hour sleeper train ride, and you love beautiful flowers and butterflies, stop by and be one with these beautiful creations of Mother Nature.

This is not an orchid, it's a lotus flower!

Orchid jewelry sold at the shop

Oh look at those lovely orchids! It's like they were dyed with watercolors!
And that's me when I had my hair dyed blonde (and I was several pounds lighter!)

Entrance to the Butterfly farm

Cocoons first, before butterflies, yes?

Cocoons!

Right on my fingertips...

Visiting hours: 8 AM to 5 PM

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Why I Love Road Travels

Why I Love Road Travels

Posted by roma on September 07, 2014 in Road Travels, Scenes on the Road,

I love road travels. Especially to a foreign land or another country, even if air travel is available.
I have four good reasons:

1. I can see the environment, the landmarks, the architecture, the natural surroundings, the modes of land transportation, and the people, sometimes even some surprising events, like a feast of a diety with a street parade, or a street dance by kids in a sidewalk. Or the rising or setting sun by the far horizon.

A shot from the car, Manila to Zambales, via SCTEX

2. I love sightseeing. And the best way to see the sights is by traveling by land.

3. It gives me time to think - about a lot of things - in a relaxed way. Even when I am just in the city, in a cab or a bus, my mind drifts away. I get to think of the things that I need to do, or remember what I should be doing when I get back home. Sometimes I ever remember where some of my lost things are. And this time to think is basically just passing time. Can't do much in a bus or a cab, or jeepney (as in the Philippines) and I get to think about things that I would not normally think about if I was at work, or at home doing...well, work.

4. The moment lasts. It is like when you eat alone and savour your food. In a road travel, I get to savour the moment, there is enough time for me to realise how beautiful a countryside is, how different a city is to another city, how awesome a night can be when all I see are lightly lit small houses by the sidewalk and the stars above it. Of course I also see the bad, which is not bad afterall. dirt and rocky roads in the countryside, cities with all kinds of traffics, poverty in the streets. But I appreciate the experience of seeing all these in my own eyes. Just by doing road travel.

5. It is much cheaper than air travel, with the added perks of 1, 2, 3 and 4.

See some scenes on the road here while I do road travels.

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