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 […]
Kayaking on Nam Khan River
We decided to take a leisurely kayaking trip today to show that 70 year olds can still do this sort of thing. Our driver Mr Tot took us to meet our tour guide “Year” at the river where we could then paddle down with the current. We had double kayaks so that the girls could […]
Suwan Golf Club
We arrived in Bangkok around 11:30pm so didn’t do much except go to bed. Up early the next morning for breakfast and to catch up with Deb and Neil (our NSW friends that Bruce spent a year with in British Columbia in 1991). After breakfast we went off to Suwan Golf Club. This was about […]
Luang Prabang Golf Club 1
We left Bangkok on Wednesday and flew AirAsia to Luang Prabang. Had a couple of problems at checkin when they didn’t recognise our golf clubs as a piece of luggage, thought it was special sports equipment, but all was solved in the end. It was a nice flight and everything else went well, entry to […]
Mission Hills GC Last day in Phuket
After a pleasant late breakfast we left for golf at Mission Hills for 11am game. It was expected to rain all day and we were the last group to hit off. We were met by a young trainee learning English and she showed us where to go, took us to the locker room and escorted […]
Blue Canyon, Lake Course
We tried to play Blue Mountain four weeks ago, but got washed out after a few holes. In that time Rosie lost 3 balls and Bruce lost 2. We were fortunate enough to get a rain check. We had nothing planned for today so everything worked out well. Our caddies from our last trip raced […]