Trip I - Buffalo, NY

Summer is almost over but it does not mean the holiday is over. Since my husband has to teach for 6 weeks in the summer, we only have less than 1 month holiday before he has to start teaching again. So going on a trip needs to be planned quickly.
For us, traveling is a big deal. We usually planned and organized places and routes we want to visit. However last week, we decided to have a spontaneous trip to Buffalo, NY; Dansville, NY and Elmira, NY.
Fortunately, we have some good friends who can provide us with lodging and food. The weather was on our side too, it was sunny all the way. Tuesday night, we were off to Buffalo and stayed a night before venturing Buffalo.

I have been reading about the Buffalo Botanical Gardens and have been wanting to visit it. The botanical garden is not big but it has variety of places from all over the world. Amanda was very happy to see koi fish, banana tress and some water fountains and a water fall. And the good news is this place is only a mile away from my friend's house.

Since the place was small, we let Amanda played by herself while we were clicking our camera to capture some exotic flowers.

I forgot to write down the name of the flowers. Anyone know the name of this flower?

This botanical garden also has many kind of orchids.

and water lily or lotus flower.


and a cactus

We stayed for a long while in the botanical garden and enjoying the tropical plants and flowers. I am so thrilled to see some of the tropical plants I used to see back in Indonesia. It was also a great adventure for Amanda to be able to view and learn about tropical and desert plants.

After a long walk, we took a rest under the tree.

Well, it is time to go and do you know what I find outside the botanical garden?



Sun flower!