Sabtu, 22 Ogos 2015. Hari terakhir di Chiang Rai..
Sebelah paginya, kami sewa teksi ke Rai Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park. Pukul 8.30 pagi bergerak dari hotel, lebih kurang 10 minit dah sampai. Entrance fee THB200. Janji dengan driver teksi, suruh dia tunggu selama satu jam.
Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park, is a 60-acre park proudly embraces Buddhist art
collections, antiquities and Thailand’s most valuable Lanna
architecture, which are all kept with constant care.
Ada lima kawasan pameran: the Botanical Gardens and Nature Park, the Haw
Kham (Golden Pavilion), the Haw Kham Noi (Small Golden Pavilion), Sala
Kaew (a ceremonial space for ritual) and Haw Kaew (Gallery of Lanna Cultural
Arts).
Chiang Rai dulunya ibu negeri untuk Lanna Kingdom yang diasaskan oleh King Mengrai pada tahun 1292. Bangunan-bangunan di Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park semuanya dibina mengikut senibina Lanna.
Luas kawasan ni, ada dua tasik. Kami akan berjalan selama satu jam berpandukan sebuah peta yang diberi di pintu masuk. Jom exercise pagi..
entrance
Haw Kham (Golden Pavilion)
teratai
Bangunan Golden Pavilion tu ialah hadiah dari rakyat Chiang Rai kepada HRH Princess Mother, patron Mae Fah Luang Foundation. Dalamnya ada koleksi bekas perasapan (incense burner) dari semua daerah di utara Thai. Menarik juga. Tapi dalam ni takleh ambik gambar. Tahun lepas diadakan Candle Light Museum di bangunan ni.
garden
Sala Kaew
Haw Kaew-Gallery of Lanna Cultural
Arts
Tak masuk ke gallery, terus jalan mengelilingi tasik, nak cari botanical garden.
sawah padi
pemandangan Golden Pavilion dari botanical garden
botanical garden
Botanical Garden ni lokasinya sebelah kiri entrance tadi, tapi sebab tak tahu, dalam peta pun tak tulis, terpaksa pusing satu tasik..fuhh..memang exercise betul. Tengok dalam gambar cantik sesangat garden ni, tapi bila pergi, macam ni je. Silap dong, rupanya yang saya tengok gambar Mae Fah Luang garden di Doi Tung, nama sama dengan cultural park ni..letihh..hahaha...
Mae Fah Luang garden di Doi Tung
source: Tourism Authority of Thailand
The
garden of Mae Fah Luang features more than 70 indigenous flora and wild
plants found in the Doi Tung area. It also includes the famous
sculpture “Continuity” by the late artist Misiem Yip-In-Soi in the
middle of the garden. There are also a fountain, a rock garden, a
section of ornamental flowers, and a palm garden. The garden has
different kinds of flowers in full bloom all year round. - See more at:
http://www.tatnews.org/mae-fah-luang-park-opens-candle-light-museum/#sthash.xRKmuuOn.dpuf
The
garden of Mae Fah Luang features more than 70 indigenous flora and wild
plants found in the Doi Tung area. It also includes the famous
sculpture “Continuity” by the late artist Misiem Yip-In-Soi in the
middle of the garden. There are also a fountain, a rock garden, a
section of ornamental flowers, and a palm garden. The garden has
different kinds of flowers in full bloom all year round. - See more at:
http://www.tatnews.org/mae-fah-luang-park-opens-candle-light-museum/#sthash.xRKmuuOn.dpuf
The
garden of Mae Fah Luang features more than 70 indigenous flora and wild
plants found in the Doi Tung area. It also includes the famous
sculpture “Continuity” by the late artist Misiem Yip-In-Soi in the
middle of the garden. There are also a fountain, a rock garden, a
section of ornamental flowers, and a palm garden. The garden has
different kinds of flowers in full bloom all year round. - See more at:
http://www.tatnews.org/mae-fah-luang-park-opens-candle-light-museum/#sthash.xRKmuuOn.dpuf
Doi Tung ni lokasinya di kawasan berbukit di utara Chiang Rai. Dulunya perkampungan kaum hilltribe Akha, yang menanam bunga popi untuk buat opium, tapi bila ada Doi Tung Development Project, mereka tanam pelbagai jenis bunga sebagai hasil pendapatan orang-orang kampung.
The
garden of Mae Fah Luang features more than 70 indigenous flora and wild
plants found in the Doi Tung area. It also includes the famous
sculpture “Continuity” by the late artist Misiem Yip-In-Soi in the
middle of the garden. There are also a fountain, a rock garden, a
section of ornamental flowers, and a palm garden. The garden has
different kinds of flowers in full bloom all year round. - See more at:
http://www.tatnews.org/mae-fah-luang-park-opens-candle-light-museum/#sthash.xRKmuuOn.dpuf
Overall, kawasan cultural park ni memang cantik, kalau buat photoshoot memang lawa. Historical and traditional. Kalau ada masa, boleh pergi gallery. Satu jam memang rushing.
Dah habis ambik gambar di botanical garden, kami pun balik, naik teksi yang sama. Driver taxi tu turunkan kami di masjid, sewa teksi THB300, termasuk harga menunggu. Ingatkan nak makan dulu, tengok time masih awal lagi. So, jalan kaki ke jalan besar, menuju ke arah clock tower dan masuk Jetyod Road.
Wat JetYod
Ambik gambar temple ni sebab cantik senibinanya, snap dari entrance je. Kebanyakan kuil-kuil di Chiang Rai dan Chiang Mai, bentuk bangunannya macam ni. Kemudian patah balik ke arah masjid, nampak bangunan ni - BAM.
home of love, condo of life, land of visions..perghh..
Mulanya nak try makan di Restoran Makan pulak. On the way nak masuk lorong kedai, terjumpa one lady pakai serkup kepala, orang Islam, tiba-tiba dia tanya. "nak ke mana?" wahh, cakap Melayu. Kami pun cakap nak pegi kedai Makan tu. Kemudian dia cakap ''hari ni saya tutup kedai'. Ohh..tuanpunya kedai rupanya. Dah tutup, kami pun terus jalan ke Rosprasert.
Lepas makan, balik hotel, lepak-lepak kat lounge, baca newspaper Bangkok Post..penuh dengan cerita pasal bombing di Erawan Temple. Pukul 12.30, bergerak ke stesen bas.
suasana di stesen bas Chiang Rai
nak ke Chiang Mai, boleh juga naik bas ni
boleh pergi banyak tempat, Lampang, Lamphun
ini bas kami ke Chiang Mai
driver bas di sebelah kiri tu, uniform macam pilot
OK, bas dah nak bergerak. Chiang Rai...we checked out.
salt chlorinator plunge pool di Level 3
ada colour
bilik air ok, ada separate shower
see through, glass wall..boleh nampak orang mandi
