Mijn grote vriend Mike Newman en zijn vrouw Mam maakten na de kerstdagen (Het is er maar 1 in Thailand!!) die ze thuis vierden een prachtige trip Zie hier hun foto's van de kleine vakantie!
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Mike schrijft:
We decided to spend Christmas night in the vicinity of Khao Yai National Park.
The area is developing rapidly and offers many interesting dining and shopping
opportunities.
But, first, a little Christmas at home:
Miss Pim made this
great 3D Christmas card. Water color and ink.
iPhone!
Khao Yai National
Park is about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from our home. The area outside the park
to the north is full of commercial development including condominiums, resorts,
restaurants, wineries and shopping centers.
Our first stop was
at The Great Hornbill Grill at the PB Valley Khao Yai winery. The food is good
and there are nice views of the mountains and vineyards.
For dessert we
stopped at Terano, a nice little restaurant in the manner of a French Chalet.
Note the lovely Vanda orchids
Nice views of the
mountains from Terano.
And, yes, they had
a white Christmas tree.
Provence Khao Yai
is a new development which promoted itself this season with a "Provençal Flea
Market". Not much to buy when we stopped in, but the hay display was
amusing.
This is the main
Christmas tree at The Greenery resort. We just stopped in here to have a
look.
The Castle
restaurant at the new Thames Valley resort. The restaurant has just opened. The
resort will open early in 2014.
Guest rooms at
Thames Valley resort: "...an English-style countryside hotel. Inspired by the
charms of the green belt running west out of central London along the River
Thames corridor...."
Thames Valley
resort.
Finally, we check
in to our room at the Balios Hotel.
Next to our hotel
is the Palio shopping plaza.
Cafe Burgundy is a
new place in Palio that features a nice selection of imported beers.
I had a Delirium
Christmas beer from Belgium.
Palio
Palio
Fireplace room at
the Balios hotel.
Balios
hotel.
Christmas dinner at
The Castle, Thames Valley resort.
Yes, that's
Yorkshire Pudding.
Checking out of the
Balios hotel.
Primo Piazza,
another Italian-style shopping plaza. (This place was formerly known as Primo
Posto. It has been enlarged, remodeled and renamed. It just recently
reopened.)
Lovely view from
the piazza tower.
Not much open here
yet; just a few restaurants and a souvenir shop.
Lovely day for
cappuccino on the square.
The Grill House,
yet another Italian themed venue.
We finally made it
to The Chocolate Factory. Nice Christmas display of their wares.
The Chocolate
Factory
O ja, Mam heeft op een gegeven moment een jas aan en een sjaal om want het is op dat moment ''maar'' 18 garden, en als je tussen de 35 en 40 gewend bent is 18 graden vrij koel!!
