Royal Flora Ratchapruek

This year is a very special year for Thailand. Not only is it the 60th anniversary of the king’s accession to the throne, but last week it was also the king’s 80th birthday. In honor of his birthday they are having a flower show called Royal Flora Ratchapruek in Chiang Mai from November to January. If there is one thing that Thai people are really good at, it is flower arrangements and horticulture. This show is amazing! Everyone in Thailand is talking about it. Every school and office are organizing trips to Chiang Mai so their employees can go and see it. This past weekend was a three day weekend and more than 60,000 people went to Chiang Mai this weekend alone to see it. If any of you are from Columbus and can remember AmeriFlora, it is comprable to that only bigger. My father absolutly loved this show and must have taken hundreds of pictures here alone. My favorite part was the topiary winding purple dragons in the third picture. This flower show is a real life seussian world come to life.