Monday, March 17, 2008

Surin Silk Weaving Village and Elephant Village - Issan













This silk weaving village has made clothes for the Thai Royal family as well as politicians for APEC. It was outside town and difficult to find. The quality of hand made silk here was high but a bit pricey as it takes 2-3 months to make. The cheap silk you see in markets is machine made.

The elephant village was about 30 mins outside town and promises daily shows but we waited 1.5 hours and they never started so we left after feeding a few of them. One of them was clever enough to pick me up with ease. No other tourists were there.

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