This trip we decided to stay in one place for the two weeks in Thailand so that we wouldn’t be packing and unpacking, wasting days in travelling. At this time of the year, Chiang Mai, in the mountains of Thailand, is meant to be cooler and we know it has a few golf courses for […]
Golf in Chiang Mai – November 2025
We are going to play several games in Chiang Mai, with courses we have played before and others that we are trying for the first time. Bruce booked the first game directly but then found the direct prices were higher than going through an agent. We booked the second game with Golfsavers, and their price […]
Day Trip from Chiang Mai to Lampang
Since neither of us like visiting most tourist attractions, especially temples, Bruce planned a day trip to a nearby town. We got up early, for us, and caught a Grab taxi (90 baht) to the train station to catch the #8 Special Train to Khun Tan (50 baht each). We had to ask for help […]
Stop Overs in Malaysia
Since Malaysian Airlines had such a good offer, we decided to fly them and do a stopover in Malaysia. The flight was ok, though the plane was so small that it didn’t have an entertainment system built into the seat. We connected up to their WiFi and eventually worked out that we could watch movies, […]
2025 Family Update
Bruce ordered some wine in June and this automatically entered him into a competition to go to an Eagles Big Lunch, just before the Derby, on 25th July. We decided to make it a two day event and went up on the Thursday to play golf at RFGC. When we arrived, we were told that […]
Bangpoo Golf and Sporting Club
Last time the Skillen’s and the Darby’s went on a golf tour, we got to the last game and the girls decided to go shopping, which left the boys to go play golf by themselves. We played Bangpoo that time and loved it. This time we were looking forward to seeing if the course was […]
Thana City Country Club
We played Thana City today since they have a special on Mondays. Being back in Bangkok meant that the course was very crowded. Since on Neil and Bruce played, they put another golfer with us, he was a very nice Japanese restaurant owner named Koji. The resort was a gated community and had the best […]
Phra Nakhon Si – Ayutthaya
One of the biggest Khmer Ruins in Thailand is in Ayutthaya, which is just a small diversion on the road from Pak Chong to Bangkok. Bruce wanted to see this last ruin, but the rest of the group wasn’t interested anymore, so while Bruce walked around it, they sat outside and read books. There loss. […]
Ban Mai Vintage
It is not often that I would do a post on a hotel we have stayed at, but this one was so quirky that it deserves a post. When we first arrived, we couldn’t find reception since there was so much clutter. When we were taken to our rooms, we weaved our way around clutter. […]
Kirimaya Golf Resort
We are now in Pak Chong, which is about 2 hours East of Bangkok. This town is a huge holiday destination for Thai people and have many tourist themed parks. We couldn’t really find much we wanted to do here, except play golf and use it as a staging point between golf games and Bruce’s […]