Before we ended our first day, we stopped by the front desk to sign up for a half day tour on Sunday. The rates are very affordable: THB500 per person for a half day tour and THB1,000 for one whole day. Our tour itinerary: Orchid and Butterfly Farm + Maesa Elephant Camp; from 8:00am to 12:00nn.
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On Sunday -- our anniversary! Yey!! -- we woke up early, took a shower,
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packed Richard's new backpack -- purchase #2 from the Night Bazaar, and headed out to the hotel's restaurant for breakfast.
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We had to eat a full breakfast to give us enough energy for the tour.
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For the buffet spread, they had different kinds of bread and jam...
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...and an assortment of cereal.
They also had juice and fresh fruits.
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I wasn't expecting a huge buffet spread since it's a small hotel (41 rooms only), but aside from the buffet, you can also choose from set menus with spanish omelet, eggs benedict, sausage, bacon, etc. so it wasn't that bad.
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This is what I had: croissant with strawberry jam and coffee.
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Ready to hit the road!
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Here's to a wonderful year of wedded bliss and many more years to come -- and to a great day ahead! Cheers!
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After breakfast, we waited at the lobby for a few minutes, then our tour guide arrived. Her name is Kookie and with her is our driver, the Cobra Commander. Heehee! Ok, his name is not really Cobra Commander, but that idea stuck to my head because of...
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...his cobra stick shift. Asteeeg!! /m\
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The Orchid and Butterfly Farm is 20 minutes away from the city. When we arrived, we were welcomed by one of their staff by pinning an orchid on our shirts. Then, Kookie led us to a table where she explained to us how to grow an orchid from a seed. It takes years for an orchid to grow from a tiny seed to a full-blown flower so I will not bore you with the details. Instead, I will share with you the stuff that we saw at the farm.
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Before we explored the place on our own, Kookie took our photo with the beautiful flowers.
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This place reminded me of my Lola Nene's greenhouse in Tagig.
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Aly loves bridges and fountains.
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Lovely.
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This is funny: and bigotilyong bata.
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Gaya-gaya puto maya.
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Our guide said that there are over 25,000 orchid varieties in the world and this farm has only around 1,000 of them. I have zero knowledge about these flowers so let me just show some of them to you by color. Btw, the following photos were taken by Richard :)
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Violet
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White
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Orange
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Orange again.
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Pink
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Light orange
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Pink again.
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Peek-a-boo! I see you!
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Next, we are about to enter the the Butterfly Farm. The entrance is covered with a curtain of heavy chains and steel rods.
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Once inside, the first thing that you will notice is the mini waterfall on the left side...
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...and the dozens of cocoons hanging under the shed.
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Spotted: a black-gray butterfly...
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...a brown one...
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...black with white spots...
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...and a brown one with a broken wing.
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Face-to-face with the winged one.
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Feeding time! Here's a group of them having pineapple for snack.
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More butterfly farm pics.
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Before wrapping up our farm tour, Richard and I took more photos. Aly was starting to become restless so she didn't want to have her picture taken anymore.
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From the Orchid and Butterfly Farm, our next stop was Maesa Elephant Camp.
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