I think this one is from netherlands....
This is the front view...
Remember the phayanak I posted about???
Well its rivals with the mythical bird you'll see in the temple
We are at the highlight of the royal flora expo...I can't remember the last time I was this impressed by a piece of thai art....
The temple is not of any actuall style...
I looked at it and went: "Oh wait thats from ayutthaya, but thats Sukhothai, and huh??? do they usually use that kind of decoration or design, its thai but i've never seen it used before"
It just really amazed me!!!! They designed it really well
I bow down to the floor you stand on, oh GREAT ONE
The sun is starting to set the scenery is breath taking....I'm not kidding
View of the temple from above
They really put in a lot of detail
Love the bells/chimes it sounds pretty nice when the wind blows
The thai giant, protecter of the temple
I don't usually see them in white, they're usually painted really nicely
but the design is still unique
At the end out of view is the exit...thats how far I walked and will walk back
and its in a circle not straight up and straight back
I've probably lost a lot of weight today
The small garden still, with thai patterns
Another view of the temple
Thats the phayakrut...my favourite mythical creature's rival!!!
Hmmm...very hard to make
I wonder how long it took
Everything is so delicate and detailed....look at the doors
And the pillars
Then the window
IT'S SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Front view...thats a lot of people!!!
Walking away from the palace
Holly cow...Even the trash cans were designed
They're also environment friendly...
Man....I'm proud to call myself thai
My house at BKK has a lot of these flowers
They are called chuanchom meaning inviting to admire or look at
It was almost sunset at that time so I took some random pics of the view
I don't know I just like the sunset...a lot
Another weird piece of art...but I still like it
Look what I did to the piece of art
...closer...closer...yeah in its hands
I guess its suppose to look like a mother and son
Hey...its a boy right???
I wonder what it took to actually make these things....
people just walk by...
Do they eve care????
oooh art....
We went into this plant bio tech centre...talking about Dr.Dickinson and accuracy
So I found these rainbow coloured cactuses and asked Pat to take photos of them
(she hardly ever lets me handle the cam...most of the pics here, she took)
Anyway, Pat took this one and other unsatisfactory ones
So I took this one myself...don't you like it
I was inspired by the thought of "Honey I shrunk the kids"
Pink!!!
It was under the "cactus dome"...Its probably very distantly related
The cactus reminded me of a cake with white frost and cherry topping...*tummy growls..lol*
I think the cactus looks funny....orange pink and green, what a combination
Just (randomly) thought that the food court card looked nice
It makes me want to eat more....
Even the lamp post was designed realy well
Pleang, I took a pic of your Nong Mang kutt (Mangosteen)
Now this is art mr.sherratt!!!!
This too...I call art
Almost at the exit
Last Glance at Royal Flora Expo
PS. I wore the yellow shirt becuase the ROYAL flora expo was to celebrate his majesty the king of thailand's 80th birthday...yellow T-shirts are used to represent the love for his highness so yeah I decided to wear it. if you go to BKK you see peep wear it every monday...its all yellow I get dizzy!!!!
