Pure Bandara, Pure Asian Hospitality

Welcome to Bandara Resort and Spa, Samui!
24-27.05.08
(First four photos were taken by Khun Jon from Luxury Magzine. Photo courtesy: Luxury Magazine)




Last week, I got a chance to go down south of Thailand to Koh Samui (Samui Island). Koh Samui is located in the Thai Gulf. I went there on business trip cus we invited some media to stay and experience our resort for advertorial writing in the magazines. Well I wont talk about work here. Just want to share some pictures. If you wanna go there, I will get you some discount :) This is my room. It's deluxs type. I got a king size bed, balcony with tropical garden view, bath tub, shower. I luv this bathroom cus I can have a long baht and watch TV in the same time :)
This is a beach dog that belongs to a pub next door.
Chom Dao restaurant.
A dessert made by super chef of Bandara.
At Chom Dao restaurant
This seems to be the only pic I could take of myself :) It's in a hotel room in Bangkok, a night before I flew to Samui.
View of some beach in Samui from a plane.Lovely sunny day
One of 4 pools. This is beach pool.
Private beach

Cool drink Mango Tango at Sunset

Thailand Summer Tour: Chiangrai 2008

After Pattaya, we spent a few days in Bangkok and then went up north to Chiangrai.

We went to Saxophone Jazz pub in Bangkok and I couldn't help laughing when seeing this, especiall when my German friend, Manuel was sitting next to me :p
This is the old fort in Bangkok. We dropped by here before walking to Khaosan Rd.
Then on Thursday we took a bus to Chiangrai. We arrived early in the morning. In the afternoon we visited a hill tribal village. We did some city tour too unfortunatly my camera's battery ran dead so that's why I dont have many pics from today :(On Saturday, we had a day trip to visity Chiangsaeng, the old city of in Chiangrai. Chiangsaeng is older than Ayuthaya.
Some ruins
Temple

We also visited some temples on the mountain too. We walked up there and from this temple you can see the Mae Khong river and Laos on another side.The famous golden triangle.
Here is Mae Sai, the most northern point in Thailand which shares the border to Myanmay. There is a small river which is a natural border between Thailand and Myanmar.
This is that river.

Songkran time! We sat in the back of a truck with a big jar that was full of water. Ready for water battle! After a long wet day, we went out to a small pub in Chiangrai. We came home very late and get some sleep before catching a flight to Chiangmai at 8.30 am.
This is our plane. It carries 12 passengers with two pilots but our flight had only 3 passengers! So it was like exclusive trip for us.
Our friendly pilots.
From the plane, we could see this dam. This means we are in Chiangmai already. I love this view.

Thailand Summer Tour: Chiangmai 2008

After Chiangrai, we flew to Chiangmai. There, we stayed with our friend, Aoum.

Our first day in Chiangmai, we explored the old city on foot and had fun watching people celebrating Songkran. We were so wet. After a fun, wet and hot day, we wentto the famous resturant, Riverside.
Manuel, me and my long long long old old old friend, Jek.
Next day we went to Doi Suthep.

Back to the old city again. Here you can see the old wall of Chiangmai.
With bustling busy people celebrating Songkran.

Dinner at Aoum's place. In this picture: Jerome from France (Iveper 05-06). He is serving in Thailand., me (Iveper 06-07), Manuel (Service worker 05-07), Kat (Aoum's wife) and Aoum (Iveper 05-06)
A game night, bringing old Mennonite memories- Dutch Blizt! The calculator was my big help :p

I sent Manuel, my travel partner off at Chiangmai train station. We said goodbye here. After Thailand, he is continuing his Asia trip to Cambodia. Thanks for visiting me, man!

After sending Manuel off, my long time friend, Nat picked me up. Nat was Iveper 04-05 in Regina, SK, Canada. It was good to spend a day with him cus I had not seen him for a long time. He is one of my close friends. I have known him since grade 9.

Sweet sunset in Chiangmai in a small remoted village in the mountain.