My stay at the Dhara Devi resort has been like a dream. After my grand entrance (see previous blog), I stayed in my villa for at least a full day just taking it all in. Just my villa alone was breathtaking! Here is the view out my back door:
The property is huge, and you could spend weeks just wandering around and looking at everything. The architecture here is so detailed and beautiful.
There are fascinating statues everywhere
One of the highlights of my stay was a ride on a water buffalo and the opportunity to plant rice like the Thai do. That is backbreaking work, I only did about five minutes and I was over it. The mud is at least two feet deep and you get sucked down in it every time you step. So imagine spending your whole day having to lift your feet out of mud every time you step and bending over and planting individual rice plants by hand, one at a time. Wow!
Riding the water buffalo was so much fun! He was so sweet and just interested in eating his lunch, he hardly noticed us.
The last night I was there I got to see a traditional Thai dancing show. That was very nice!
I thought there was something different about their fingers and I probably would have just put it out of my mind if one of the girls' fingers were not bent so drastically I couldn't ignore it. When I got back to my room I looked it up and sure enough, from a young age, dancers bend their fingers back because it is considered beautiful. Fascinating.
I am so thankful I got to stay in this beautiful place. It was too expensive to stay there long term but definitely an experience I will remember forever!
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