After a pleasant 11 hours of flying (1 stop) we all arrived safely in Tokyo, some looking fresher than others. We then spent an hour at the airport getting ourselves ready to travel around Tokyo. Get money, get Pasmo card and buy a train ticket into town. Once on the platform this very nice train […]
Bangpoo Golf Club
After Chiang Mai, we flew back to Bangkok in preparation for flying home. Bruce allowed an extra day before leaving so we had one last game booked into Bangpoo Golf and Sports Club. We hadn’t played this course before and Bruce picked it since it was near the coast and should have been cooler than […]
Yi Peng Lantern Festival – China Mai
I planned this trip around returning to the Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai since last year it was a fluke that we arrived in time for the festival and thoroughly enjoyed it. When Debbie and Neil wanted to join us on a golf trip to Thailand, I thought this would be a great experience […]
Gassan Khuntan Golf Resort
This was an older course and the facilities were a bit rundown, but from the moment you stood on the first tee, you could see you were in for a treat. The first hole was a nice dogleg par four where you had to hit over 150m of water to reach the fairway, you then […]
Summit Green Valley GC – Chiang Mai
Since Rosie and Bruce have been to Chiang Mai a couple of time already, we decided to play golf on consecutive days rather than go site seeing. Summit is an older course and the greens are a bit strange, with two different varieties of grass on them. One type is much slower that the other […]
Chiang Mai Highlands Golf and Spa Resort
After our last game in Hua Hin, we took a taxi to Bangkok and then flew to Chiang Mai to stay in the Wealth Boutique Hotel again, which is situated inside the walled city. First night we walked up the street to Kat’s Kitchen to see if it was still just as good. It was […]
Springfield Royal Country Club
Our last game in Hua Hin was at Springfield. This course is not as pristine as the previous two, but was very enjoyable to play. As usual we all had a few blowouts but overall everyone played well. The most pleasing thing, from Bruce’s perspective was his consistency on the first nine. If his putting […]
Black Mountain GC – Hua Hin
Black Mountain is another popular course in Hua Hin that every golfer who visits here raves about. As such, it is also one of the more expensive courses. The clubhouse and facilities were immaculate and the infrastructure in great shape. As usual we were met by a group of caddies who took our clubs and […]
Phraya Nhakon Cave
Rosie and I don’t really like looking at temples and churches so Bruce thought that a trip to the countryside with a nice boat ride to a beach and then a strenuous climb up to a cave would be more fun. We enjoyed the experience a few years ago so I thought it would be […]
Banyan GC – Hua Hin
On Saturday we moved to Hua Hin, which is South of Bangkok and on the ocean. The weather has been cool and windy, which is very pleasant and much better than the usual hot and humid. First thing when we arrived was to change some money and Bruce was very surprised to be told that […]