Ordained Yang trees on Chiangmai-Lamphun Rd.

Over 1,000 Yang trees (Disterocapus Alatus) standing along both sides of Chiangmai-Lamphun road bacame a sign and attraction of Amphur Sarapi - a small peace district in Chiangmai. 

Any time, I and my friends drove along this road, we always looked up to see the trees with gigantic trunks and wondered how old they are? 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipterocarpus_alatus

They may be a hundred year old approximately. They were planted along the street for travelors and localors' shady covering. 

From the pictures, you will see they are wearing orange cloth. Not only foreigners but also some thai people don't know yet about this. As you can see the huge trunks of them and the timbers' price are costly so it's not strange if many people want to log them. The way to prevent logging is ordaination of trees - to tie the orange robes of a forest monk around the trunks. This cerymony can discourage loggers who might not want to make the bad kama because the trees  are already engaged to buddhism.

This ceremony is also done for the large and old trees in the forest. 

http://www.calpeacepower.org/0302/ordainingtrees.htm

The caremony is traditionally held every year on January 1st. Moreover, the Yang trees are also the border between Chiangmai and Lamphun areas. You would know you are already in Lamphun when you see the Cassia trees along both sides of the street instead.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senna_siamea

                

                

If you like how cheap it is!

If you like how cheap is it to live in Thailand, now I will make you more surprised by how cheaper it is. For the foreigners in Chiangmai, they may feel things including living costs here are so cheap that they can live their lives as kings.

I offer you new choice for the places to buy cheaper things but if you are already happy with your existing cost, well, it's

alright. You can take this as your amazing information.

Begin with where to buy appliances, the cheaper appliances with the same quality to the things bought from supermarket. :O 

     ( It's 20฿ hahaha :p)

As the vendors are no need to pay for high rent and employees, the things they sell are cheaper than supermarket. They buy things from the same factory and sell them with a bit higher price than their costs. When you come into their shop, you will see things arranged are not  nice and tidy like in supermarket because they don't hire employees to arrange them. They do every step themselves from buying to calculating. It's well-known for the localors.

    ( 119 ฿ for a tape measure)

     ( I paid only 10 ฿ for this cute basket.)

    (It's only 20 ฿ for a bear key ring but I did't take one.)

Next, where to buy the foodstuff, cheapest foodstuff I can say. It's a big wholesale market. You can buy tropical fruits and vegetables with very cheap price. 

This market open all day and night but I feel like it's vigorous in the evening. If you want to buy the freshest foodstuff, you can come around 10 pm. - 1 am. when farmers transport their fruits, vegetable and herbs from their farms. All the middlemans and cooks come at the time to buy fresh food.

    ( I got 5 kg. of Lanzones with paying only 100฿)

 

What I show you is just your other choice or your new information. You would prefer buying cheaper things, wouldn't you? Thailand is developing country. We were taught not to spend a lot of money that why we prefer to buy cheaper things. If your life are already quality and happy, able to afford luxury, don't forget sharing. Many people still starve.