Shop til you drop

We spent the weekend shopping and traveling. First, on Saturday, Windy and I hired a tour guide to take us to Bor Sang- the umbrella making village and all shopping points in between. Bor Sang was, for me, Mecca! I got to see them actually hand crafting the umbrellas I am so wild about and of course I purchased a brand new one for myself, another as a gift for Jenni, and then figured there was no way I could fit more than two in my luggage. (sorry to ruin the surprise Jen but I also figure this way I won’t be tempted to keep it for myself!) It may seem extreme to hire a guide for shopping but we had two options: $8 to do it with a group or $10 to do it just the two of us and for an extra two bucks it seemed totally worth it. And it was! Bor Sang was the best thing we did all day! But we also went to a Celedon factory, a jade factory, a gem showroom, a laquer ware store, thai silk store, and wood carving- lots and lots of fun. Exhausting but fun and we bought lots of presents and Christmas presents (including hand carved sling shots for the kids :)