Yes I know it has been a fairly harsh winter, not that you haven't seen worse. Right?
Winter here is starting to get tough. The humidity is coming back and starting to make things a little uncomfortable again. Sticky like, you know, July and August sticky. Which of course means fewer open doors and windows at night and a lot more air conditioning.
Visitiors are great. Gets us out doing things. Testing new restaurants. Adventures.
We did a dinner cruise for my brother's birthday yesterday. First took him out to play a round of golf. Must say he did pretty well considering he hasn't swung a club since October. Hit lots of fairways. Putting was a little off but we have excuses. Like the rental clubs. HippoEx, or something. Not well known amongst the country club crowd I am sure.
So Jonas and I made it home around 5ish. Our round was a fivesome and took 5 1/2 hours to play. Here is the reason. Koreans.
Now wait before you go all "like at Streetsville Glen, wow man" on me. This is a little bit different. Some same same, but different. You see, attached to my golf club is a spa and resort hotel. The Korean government sends golfers to Thailand. Yes the government. Staying at BGC were 250 Korean juniors / amateurs. They fill the golf course. Practising, putting, playing. Just everywhere. So the course is booked solid from New Year thru the end of the month. I am told that there are about 4,000 golfers sent to Thailand every year by the Korean government. They literaly take over golf courses all over Thailand. So Kuhn Jerry's 2+2 says now you know why they have nearly cornered the LPGA game. And I might also suggest that you can anticipate what may be going to happen to the mens game in not very long. They are investing heavily in this sport!
As Jonas and I returned so did Diane and sister-in-law Shirley who had just gone out for a little spa treatment. A two hour Thai massage is the order of the day. They were well realxed and feeling good.
So out to the Skytrain we went and downtown to the Chao Praya river. We went to the Shangra La Hotel which is right on the river. We were out to for the river cruise / dinner to celebrate bro's b'day. A beautiful evening cruising on the river for two hours. See all the sites lite up at night. Many of the Wat that are the main attraction for Thais and tourists by day are all bathed in floodlights at night. Very nice.
You cruise down to the river to the Rama VIII bridge. You have seen this pic before in my Ayuthaya ruins tour but a night shot is worth a repeat performance. It is wonderful to cruise under this bridge and see it from both sides.
See the stuff you learn from Kuhn Jerry.
Bro and wife are off to Ayuthaya this morning, with another cruise down the river this afternoon. Tonight I think we all need to take it easy and just relax on the deck with a cold one.
Tomorrow we head off to the beach at Asiawan Pattaya for two days of relaxin. My highschool friend from Thunder Bay played golf with us yesterday and we plan on having a few cocktails at his place overlooking the Bay of Thailand on Saturday night. I'll take some picks with the BB to load here next week.
Deeds is doing good. Working as hard as ever but she has taken a few hours off here and there to try to get into the visitor mode. Can't leave all the guiding up to me or we will lose people for sure. I tell you right up front I am not the best tourist guide by a long shot. Deeds says "He has a tendancy to wing it". So make sure you know where it is you want to go, a reasonable idea of how to get there and a good exit and return plan in case things run amuck. Or else you will end up seeing something altogether different then you had intended!!
I also found out something about Thailand in the last 4 weeks. Everything takes longer in Thailand. Not necessarily longer than anyplace else. Just longer than you were told, or you think, or you planned. Keep that in mind as well.
Sawadee Krup
Go Pack Go
No comments:
Post a Comment