Today was another interactive day. It began with driving to the umbrella making shop. The first thing we saw was a factory line. One lady was making the paper from tree bark, other ladies were working on the skeleton of the umbrella by shaving and putting together pieces of bamboo, and stringing and putting them together. A few other ladies were attaching the handmade paper to the umbrella. There were multiple sizes and colors and designs and material. Some were made out of paper, some were made of cotton.
Next we drove to the zipline which was up in mountains of the jungle. The zipline wasn't just one it was 14 ziplines. On this tour we also saw Gibbons, which was appropriate since this zipline was called "Flight of the Gibbon." Gibbons aren't monkeys but small apes with long arms and no tail.
One of my favorite parts was ziplining to a tree house in the jungle and staying there for a little while we waited. The longest zipline was very fast and one girl in our group was so scared that she started crying! I have never had so many ziplines in a tour, it was fun!
On the way back to the Rimping Village, we stopped by the silk shop and silver shop. The silk shop showed us how they make silk. Silk comes from silk worms. When they make a cocoon the worker takes multiple cocoons in hot water which releases the silk string that is around the cocoon. These strings they thread through a hole where multiple threads go through and turns into a thicker silk thread. There are two natural colors of silk they have in Thailand: white and yellow. The more common color comes from the Thai silk worm eating the Mulberry leaves and the white one comes from the worms eating from the Tapioca leaf. The silk becomes soft when it is washed and dyed. Moving on we saw the weavers weaving silk fabric on the loom.
Next we traveled just down the street to the silver making store. The shop wasn't that cool but I had never seen people working with silver before.
We ate dinner and went shopping at the Night Market for one last time. I was looking for an artist to make a painting of a bird. We eventually decided on an artist that will paint me a picture of an Eclectus Parrot. Let's hope the painting will make it home :)
Next we drove to the zipline which was up in mountains of the jungle. The zipline wasn't just one it was 14 ziplines. On this tour we also saw Gibbons, which was appropriate since this zipline was called "Flight of the Gibbon." Gibbons aren't monkeys but small apes with long arms and no tail.
One of my favorite parts was ziplining to a tree house in the jungle and staying there for a little while we waited. The longest zipline was very fast and one girl in our group was so scared that she started crying! I have never had so many ziplines in a tour, it was fun!
On the way back to the Rimping Village, we stopped by the silk shop and silver shop. The silk shop showed us how they make silk. Silk comes from silk worms. When they make a cocoon the worker takes multiple cocoons in hot water which releases the silk string that is around the cocoon. These strings they thread through a hole where multiple threads go through and turns into a thicker silk thread. There are two natural colors of silk they have in Thailand: white and yellow. The more common color comes from the Thai silk worm eating the Mulberry leaves and the white one comes from the worms eating from the Tapioca leaf. The silk becomes soft when it is washed and dyed. Moving on we saw the weavers weaving silk fabric on the loom.
Next we traveled just down the street to the silver making store. The shop wasn't that cool but I had never seen people working with silver before.
We ate dinner and went shopping at the Night Market for one last time. I was looking for an artist to make a painting of a bird. We eventually decided on an artist that will paint me a picture of an Eclectus Parrot. Let's hope the painting will make it home :)
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