Moving North

The Novotel at Bangkok was an excellent airport hotel, very large with a good selection of eating places. We went to the sports bar and opted for a change from Thai food and had burgers instead!
We had a leisurely morning for our flight north to Mai Hong Son was not until 13:05. We used the shuttle bus for the short distance over to the airport and check in for our Bangkok Air flight was very smooth.
The flight took off on time in a smaller aircraft than we have been used to and stopped at Lampang en route. This was only a thirty minute stop but we all had to get off the aircraft along with our hand luggage and then check back in, seemed a bit unnecessary. When we left the plane to walk to the terminal umbrellas were offered, not for rain but to protect from the sun. It was very hot.
Anyhow after about three hours after leaving Bangkok we arrived at Mai Hong Son which is a small town in north west Thailand close to the Myanmar border. The scenery coming into land looked very different to what we have encountered so far, quite mountainous and jungle.
We were met by our guide for this area Sak and our driver. The first two questions asked were which country do you come from and which football team do you support. For information Sak supports Man City and our driver Liverpool.
The drive from the airport to our hotel took about twenty minutes. The hotel, the Fern Resort, is a bit unique. It has about thirty chalet type buildings set in the jungle and rice fields. There are two swimming pools. The setting for this hotel is quite extraordinary. On checking in we were advised that there are municipal elections taking place tomorrow, Saturday, so no alcohol is to be served or consumed for twenty four hours commencing 6pm tonight.
On talking to the ladies at reception and seeing a couple of photos, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have stayed here three times since 2006.
Tomorrow we are being collected at 8:30 by Sak for a half day tour of the local area so looking forward to that. Czytaj więcej