Chiang Mai Thailand Trip - Shinawatra Thai Silk, Thep Prasit Honey and Centara Khum Phaya Resort (Part 1)

Chiang Mai is Thailand's second largest city and located at north region of Thailand.
This trip to Chaing Mai will cover
Day 1 : Shinawatra Thai Silk , Thep Prasit Honey (The Biggest Tourist Bee farm of Thailand), night market
Day 2 : Mae Taeng Elephant Park, Elephant rides, Cow rides, Bungee Jump, ATV, Go Cart, Range Shooting, Loy Kratong Festival, Night market
Day 3 : Temple Wat Rongkhun, Hot spring, Golden Triangle where three countries Thailand, Burma and Loas (Measai Border).
Day 4 : Highest peak in Thailand, Doi Inthanon and waterfall
Day 5 : Back to Singapore

We depart from Changi Airport to Chiang Mai, Thailand by Silk Air and it is a nice weather.

Centara Khum Phaya Resort

Arrived Chiang Mai Airport around 10am. We check-in Centara Khum Phaya Resort.  This resort was beautiful, quiet and very well kept. This resort is value to stay.

Shinawatra Thai Silk

We proceed to Shinawatra Thai Silk after checked-in. It is located at 8 Huay Kaew Road, A.Muang, Chiang Mai 50000, Thailand. 

 
The process of producing Silk.


 A female Silk Worm after mating is capable of laying between 250 and 500 eggs, the number of eggs varied with each specific breed of the moths.
 Egg hatches into hungry tiny silkworms, that feeds on finely sliced mulberry leaves for 3 or 4 days before shedding its first mould. The enlarged silkworm lies stretched in hibernation for a day and a night, it then wakes up and continues feeding.
   After a few days the process is repeated, but now in it is no longer necessary to slice the mulberry leaves. Yet again the process is repeated and the silkworm is now in its fourth stage of rapid growth, which lasts for 3 or 4 days.
  

Finally, in the fifth stage, which lasts for 7 or 8 days, the worm is eating vigorously, becoming fat and full-grown. It is now some 10,000 times as heavy as when it was hatched. The adult silkworm has a gland, which produces enzyme that turns the whole body yellow - hence the color “ ripe – silk ”. In this last stage it stops eating, its body shrinks and becomes clearer in color. It raises and sways its head looking for a suitable nesting place.    The fully developed silkworms are now transferred to bamboo tray where they settles down and starts to discharge the fine filament that enmeshes their bodies into a cocoon from which derive heavenly silk fabrics.

 Silk Reeling Process

The Spinning Wheel is a wooden instrument used to transferring silk yarn onto small wooden bobbins.

Life Cycle of Silk Worm

100% Silk Shirt

After went through the process of Silk, there will be some silk products for sell and the end of the Silk production visit.

Thep Prasit Honey

Thep Prasit Honey located at 147/1-3 chiangmai-sankampaeng Rd. Sankampaeng Chiangmai 50200 Thailand. It is near to Shinawatra. Thep Prasit Honey is the largest bee farm at Thailand. We went i to the farm for a while and bought some honey and left afterward due to some of the members are not interested because most of them are get ready for night market, "Shopping Heaven".

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar

After night bazaar, we went back to resort to rest.

Night photos of  Centara Khum Phaya Resort

Mount Kota Kinabalu Sabah (4D4N) Part 2 - Kanukan and Sapi Island

The third day of our trip, 8.30am meet at hotel lobby and take cab to Jesselton Point Jetty heading to Island day Tour.
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The ticket for one person cost around RM40+ and it include life jacket and goggles for swimming and snorkeling. This is extremely cheap and worth to go. One ticket for two island which means one person only RM20+ per island. 

A boat ride less than half an hour takes us to Manukan Island just off Jesselton Point Jetty near Kinabalu City. Manukan and Sapi Island are ideal for swimming & snorkeling. Crystal clear water and beautiful beach. 

After visit these two island, we went back to city and see beautiful sunset. It is amazing.

Next day morning, we flight back to Singapore. 

And there is some nice and unique food for memory.

Many never seen these types of durian unless you are from the Borneo. 

Durian Isu / Isau

Sabah Cangkuk Manis