We left Korat this morning and travelled to Pak Chong. This is only a 1hour 40 minute drive so we stopped at Mountain Creek Golf Club on the way. The people we met at Korat Golf Club weren’t very impressed with this golf course, but their main complaint was the beer prices, so we weren’t […]
Korat Country Club
We had a game booked at Rooks Khorat Golf Club (note the spelling of Khorat varies, so both are acceptable). I read some reviews yesterday and they were not good. I looked at the map on Hole 19 (great program if you don’t already use it) and the course looked dubious. We drove down the […]
Phimai Historical Park – near Korat
We left Khon Kaen and were driven to Korat, via another Khmer ruin. This site contains the Prasat Hin Phimai (tower or temple), one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist temples in Thailand, dating back about 1000 years. On the drive we stopped at a service station for a stretch and bathroom break. We were […]
Singha Park Golf Club – Khon Kaen
A 20 minute drive from our hotel took us to SPGC. This is a course owned by Singha Brewery, which is situated next door. Rosie wasn’t feeling too well, she never copes with constant air-conditioning well and had a bit of a head cold and fever. She stayed home and slept all morning. Debbie decided […]
Ku Kaew Khmer Ruins
Today we went to see the first of our planned Khmer ruins, there are several on the Khmer Highway that went from Angkor in Cambodia, through Thailand and in to Lao. There wasn’t much left here, but apparently it was a type of medical facility and Wat. There were also the remains of a tower […]
Travelling from Lao to Thailand
Today we left Lao to go into Thailand. It was a bit confusing for us, but we thought we would muddle our way through. Neither taxi driver could take us over the bridge from the Lao checkpoint to the Thai checkpoint, so we were dropped off at the Lao checkpoint, walked with our luggage through […]
Golf at Lake View GC – Vientiane
We played Lake View twice, mainly since they are the only ones who responded to enquiries. We all agree that playing the same course twice is actually a good idea since you can plan out the second round better. The course is in very good condition and the facilities are excellent. They had a large […]
Walking around Vientiane
The weather has been beautiful during our stay in Vientiane, mid 20’s and very little humidity. We haven’t even been encouraged to go swimming. We went for a bit of a walk around on Tuesday but didn’t really see too much, we are terrible tourists since we don’t like museums or churches (Wats, Temple etc). […]
Trip to Vientiane
We left our luxury accommodation in Luang Prabang, the Lakhang Thong Hotel didn’t really live up to the reviews, but the room was nice and given the price it was very enjoyable. We set off at 7am for Vientiane, going via a really good coffee shop for breakfast. It had a very French influence. Then […]
Luang Prabang Golf Club 2
We played again at this course today and our scores improved as you would expect. It was nice to be able to plan your golf game a bit better. Our caddies were still pretty useless, not understanding any English and not really giving good information on the greens. They were busier today and ran out […]