Birds? In a Hotel??

Each morning the staff brought out four birds of paradise to the common area of the hotel. What was amazing about this space is that it was both open air, and in the hotel. The lobby was covered only along the halls and at the check-in desk. Otherwise it was a grand open space.

The gardening around the hotel contained the most spectacular flowers we saw the whole trip.

In fact, outside of the hotel we saw very few flowers. There was one truly spectacular wild orchid, but it was far to far to capture on 'film'

Upon exiting (or entering I guess) the hotel there was a giant koi pond with two black swans. When you walk up to the pond they immediately chase up to you, but when I took a picture instead of feeding them they quickly swam away.

jon