Last week here, so we are packing in all the things we didn’t do over the last 3 weeks (slugs!). Today, since it is going to be one of the hottest days yet, we are going to the Art in Paradise museum which is located just down the street a little bit. We’ve read about this place and it looks like fun – the entire museum and exhibit in 3-D illusion art. It’s pricey (for Thai standards), Foreigners cost 300b each (about $10). But as it turns out, it is so well worth it. The most amazing art – and you just can’t imagine that it is not real – but flat on the walls!
The museum has 3 floors of illusion art –starting with the outside entrance…
…the ornamentation is all painted – it’s not really concave! Once inside, we spend a couple of hours wandering around, just gawking at the different paintings and trying to figure out the best angles for photo taking!
Here are a few pictures at the start of the museum “tour” – they really are painted on the wall – there is no frame or anything!
Same with the underwater scenes – it’s all flat!
Feeding the dolphins and feeding the penguins!
Oh no! Jaws!
Sharing a coke with a polar bear and visiting with a giraffe.
No, don’t let the tiger get me! Phew, the elephant will save me!
Ed – look out!
More awesome paintings.
Ed’s painting too – such an artist.
Time for wine!
At the Trevi, in Japan, taking pearls from a Lady and the stairway to heaven?
Standing on my head, jumping for joy, Ed just hanging out!
Into the land of the Pharaohs we go….
Don’t let it get me! Oh, I guess it did…I’m an angel now…
Just a puppet on a string…better than being stepped on…
Catching a big one – fish and wave!
Ed – shame!
Look what I found…on the floor and, well….off the table…
Ancient Rome, and praying to the Buddha.
Ed the adventurer!
It’s Sochi!
We both love Chiang Mai! Even made the news.
Pitt stop – a BIG one. LOL
Wow – this was so totally unique and fun! And we timed it just right, as we were sitting in the café with the biggest cappuccino this side of Italy….(it’s real, not a painting)…
…two tour buses filled with Asians pull up. We’d have never been able to take the pictures we did with that many people around!
Back to the condo, relax, take our laundry in, hit the gym, then dinner.
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