A girly entry... (guest Blogger, Ros!)

Fireman Stu and Jane the ex-intrepid leader managed to get us motivated about more exercise, and while we were in Litang, we wandered up past the Monastery to a hill overlooking the town and mountains beyond. A few yaks and their seedy babysitter for company, plus an incredible array of mountain flowers, clinging to the steep slope, and no doubt hoping not to become yak dinner...

Flowers (2)

Kunming in China is known for it's amazing array of flowers (e.g. hosted the World Horticultural Expo in 1999), and is the home of the Azalea (with over 650 of the worlds 800 varieties native) mostly because of it's amazing climate. When walking up a mountain recently, I managed to capture most of these shots:

Massive sunflowers everywhere

Not too sure what this one is? (Jenn?) Like a Dahila, but maybe not?

Hydrangea (as usual, I had to learn the name of this from Ros)

Lotus's everywhere in Asia, with massive numbers in Kunming's Green Park

This plant wasn't actually flowering when I saw it. Any ideas what it is?

Let's face it, I didn't know anything about flowers before this trip (despite George's best efforts), so I can't actually claim to know all of these plants, but I'm trying. I mentioned the Azaleas in the into, but I don't have a clue what they look like...

Frangipani Series

Frangipani everywhere we go. These were taking in Battambang, Cambodia

Flowers

A simple pleasure that is easily shared over the web. Note that there are more flower photos in the texture entry below this also (both blog entries were done at the same time).

Droplet on a flower in one of Chiang Mai's many Wats. Northern Thailand

Frangipani in Phuket. Southern Thailand

Lotus buds for gifting to people or Buddha. Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand

I don't know what this one is, but many of these in different shades in Laos...

Okay - this isn't a flower, but the arrangement allowed me to include in this blog entry. This is a side salad, from a restaurant in Phuket, Southern Thailand