Phra Meru
Copies from the exibition:
"Kinnaree is a mythical creature in the Himmapan forest. There are two types of Kinnaree. One is half woman half bird and the other is a woman-like creature with wings and tail to fly.
Kinnaree statues are located on the North where the loyal urn is transferred to Phra Meru. Each of the Kinnaree is holding a lotus for HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana to give them to the God in heaven."
Copies from the exibition:
Apsornsiha is a mythical creature with upper body of a human and a lower part of a Singh or a deer.
Apsornsiha are located on the West where their Majester the King, Queen and the Royal Family Members walk up Phra Meru to perform the religious ceremony. Each of the Apsornsiha is putting their hands together in “wai” gesture as if they are paying respect to the King, Queen and the Royal Family Members.
Mythical creatures
Some of the portraits of the late princess display at the temporary pavilion around the Phra Meru.
The Crematorium aglow with light in the evening.
We join tens of thousands of Thais claded in black and white to pay their last respects to HRH Princess Galyani Vadhanaat at Sanam Luang.
The Funeral Chariot
Royal guards march as part of the Royal Cremation procession
People line up to pay their last respects to the picture of the late princess.
Nong Pat and Khun Suriyon with their parents in the morning at Mandarin Oriental where the couple recive the lustral waters and well wishers from guests.
Preparing the procession.
Bridesmaids and the groom’s best men are ready for the procession.
Beautiful bridesmaids with her kind and devoted parents.
Receiving the memento for 20 service years from K. Pichai, COO of TISCO Bank Plc.
With the management of TISCO.
With our bosses: K. Suthas and K. Metha.
I and Lim work for 20 and 5 years, respectively at TISCO.
With Treasury Department.
(Note: Thanks. All pictures are taken by Pui and Note with their Nikon D80.)
Waiting for the flight in the afternoon, we visit the Temple of Literature. It was established by King Ly Thanh Tong. Names of successful examinees were engraved on stone steles at the back of the stone turtles.
We start walking down from that tower to the village below.
Dying the cotton with the natural plant.
View at Cat Cat Village.
We all contribute a small part to the well-being of the local hill tribe people by buying a lot of their products.
Bye Bye Sapa
We then board the train back to Hanoi in the evening. Thanks for the leader of the trip, Mer, who knows me enough to arrange the trip to be short, only 4 days trip. Because my legs do not support me anymore even after taking a ‘relieving pain’ medicine.
Start our day at the city market where the fresh products are sold on the ground floor and the handicraft on the second floor.
Our breakfast with the local food.
Mer is looking for the Hmong whom she took a picture in her earlier trip (January) and wants to give a photo to her.
Ethnic ladies from different tribes.
For the last one - Her very effective sale techniques in this competitive handicraft market is to invite tourists to try on her costumes and take a picture and then ask to buy her products for return. Salute for her non M.B.A.study.!!! 555
We buy the trekking tour to visit the hill tribe village. Our group consists of 6 ladies often take a break every 15 minutes (or shorter than that???) with the excuse to take some pictures or buy things from local. Of course I checked before that it would be downhill trekking, otherwise I would have waited for the gang at the hotel.
Although we start trekking early in the morning, groups after groups of tourist walk pass us.
The panoramic view of rice field in Sapa.
Another stunning vistas and impressive rice terraces.
Let me show - one last picture of today trekking for the worth of my sore legs.
Glad that finally the car comes to pick up us at the last village because I don’t think that I can climb up to the main road.
