A Wonderful Day of Exploring

We have had another incredible day of exploring. Today was technically our "day off."  We started our day at the base of the Doi Tung mountains. There we saw several factories (paper, ceramics and coffee) that the Queen started when opium trade became illegal. Rather than put manpower out of work, she created these factories for her people. You'll see pics of the coffee and paper making factories in this blog. In one of the pics, you'll see them sorting coffee beans. In the other, you'll see a snapshot of a woman making paper.  The finished product was beautiful. We also visited a textile factory where women were using looms to make all forms of fabric, however no pictures were allowed there. We were also able to tour a beautiful garden while in this area. From the factories and the gardens, we traveled north to a border town of Burma where we were able to shop.  Several incredible finds were made!  Now it's back to the hotel for dinner and a Thai massage!  I'm sure there will be stories about this coming up!