This story continues from Part 9 - The index of this series is here
**THE RETURN TRIP**
After spending half of the day at the royal research centre, the driver led our group back on the Thai-Myanmar border Road heading toward the 'Thanatorn' Orange farm. He stopped half way to let us enjoy the gorgeous cross-border scenaries, including the famous Thai military camp which is on the country border. Even though it's the military camp, it's also a tourist attraction. We took some good pictures in the camp. The one with the heavy machine gun here was not really allowed, actually. ;¬)
Spending a brief time @ the military camp, we headed back to our car (or the pick-up truck, to be more specific) to continue our journey to the Orange farm. Thanatorn Orange farm is famous for producing its own sweet and unique orange called Thanatorn Tangerine. In Thailand, tangerine is more of the local favourite than other kind of oranges. Thanatorn variety replaced the Bang Mod Tangerine which became distinguished since all the land in Bang Mod province was bought and developed to something else back in the days when Bangkok was expanding vigorously.
Thanatorn is never my favourite kind of orange, and never it will be. Its taste is too gentle, I thought to myself. However, the farm visit was fantastic. We went up and down the border road, headed back to the more safe lands in the country. After a while, the road was a slightly less rough and we could enjoy the scenery more than the rest of the day. The driver did a good job leading us to the spot where we can see the whole range of the farm.
The company arrived at the farm in the perfect timeing. The afternoon Sun was doing her job brilliantly against the evergreen trees and the reservoir which created the mirror image of the nearby farm. The stunning view relieved us a bit from the heat we're battling.
At the tourist-friendly Thanatorn Orange Farm, we enjoyed the shuttle connecting each attraction spot; from the orange farm of the spectacular size and varieties, to the gorgeous northern style wooden houses. More importantly, Green and Orange colour from Oranges on the trees is one of the most perfection for photo sessions, which, of course, we did click a lot of pictures here.
Even though, we enjoyed the farm a lot, we didn't have enough time to do all the things we wanted. We had to rush back to the town so that we didn't miss our coach. However, the whole trip was so immense and extraordinary. On the returning coach, I slept most of the way, holding the hand of the one I love. Such a beautiful trip it was...
Thus conclude my trip to DOI PHA HOM POK in 2006. The trip was so great that I made a return journey there a year later. This time with my parents and my younger brother. DOI PHA HOM POK, alone or together with DOI ANG KHANG, is a 5 stars trip. See you next time...
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One of the finest national parks in our area is near Faang. Formerly known as Mae Faang, the Doi Phahom Pok National Park bears its name after Doi Phahom Pok, which is the second highest mountain in the country (After Doi Inthanon). The Park is 524 square kilometres and received official status in September 2000. It's north and the west borders adjoin with Myanmar. To the south the park extends as far as Pha Daeng National Park. The east end covers 11 sub-districts (in districts of Chaipragarn, Faang and Mae Ai).
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