"Doi Inthanon National Park"

The last week of December we drove to the northwest of Thailand to attend a friend's wedding which was in a small rural village near the Myanmar border.

The "Doi Inthanon National Park" was along the way so we stopped for the afternoon to enjoy this area.

This is the highest mountain peak in Thailand

and is 2,142 meters above sea level.

The area is quite beautiful and is well known for the cool temperatures and the fog that settles in on the mountains. We enjoyed a pleasant and cool walk through the beautiful garden area near the stupas sitting high on the mountain.

These "trumpet" flowers are so cool.

This was the first time I had seen yellow ones.

These heart shaped flower beds had a well-worn path from people wanting their picture taken by them.

The flowers were so beautiful and I of course stopped to smell

and take way too many photographs.....

The whole upper part of this picture is white with fog....not the easist to photograph but was nice to see.

Even the stair steps throughout the garden area are quite unique

with a leaf pattern.

As we were driving out of the park area you could see across the country side and notice the stupas high on the mountain peak.   

We stayed here for the night and then drove about 6 miles in the morning to the village where the wedding was held.