20/12/17-25/12/17 : Khao Yai Again! Phi 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say, Rejoice!
Photo by Dronnie from above!
It is about a year since I went to Khao Yai with loved ones (17pax) , leaving behind John who had to cancel that trip due to ailing dad. So this year , given a chance to go ahead upon the invite of his classmate KY & A , we joined the 18 pax group (9 couples) .
Most were from Malaysia and so we flew our way up to BKK airport to meet the pack.
There were several similar places of interest in this trip : Palio, Primo, Chokchai Farm, a different sunflower field, MidWinter Green, PB Valley... What was the difference were the Bloom, The Hobbit (where all the ladies relish their childhood dreams by dressing up in the fairy tale costumes and the hubbies turned official photographers! Kind of cute just watching them parade around!)
The group intended to stay 2 days in KY and proceed to BKK for another 3 nites. However, we prefered to linger in KY for another 2 days with a round of golf in mind before joining them back in BKK for Christmas.
One of the highlights in this trip was that our scheduled plan for the golf came to nought! Why? Simply because when we booked from Agoda, there was no mention of a golf tournament black out date for us! It was a learning lesson for us!
So we ended up biking around the golf course instead! LOL and planned for a day trip to Jim Thompson Farm (about 100km up north & then to Toscana). The hotel GM Yim was pretty helpful. He gave us a complimentary main course pizza upon hearing our disappointment of "No Golf" and also linked up up to a tour agent.
Jim Thompson - And they send to us a very young 21 year old guide- Banh!
Last year I did not manage to go into Toscana. The sunflowers field which we took our photos from directly opposite of this Toscana were completely barren this time:( This is a mini Italy!
Reflections
The sight of sunflowers brings great warm, cheer and joy. Indeed an awesome sight to rejoice. Hence I remember Phi 4:4. REJOICE!
Perhaps one of the most memorable part of this trip was the eye opener dinner on our Christmas eve dinner at Tawadang German Brewery! This dining place was huge with live band performances. Each table served by at least one waiter/waitress and they doubled to perform on stage towards the end! And Thais are generally good dancers. The meal for the 20 of us came up to about S$20 which was deemed reasonable as we stayed from 8pm till 12:30am.
Final Thoughts over Christmas in Thailand
We wanted to have a countdown to Christmas at this Brewery dining place. However, we only came to realise that Thais do not celebrate Christmas as it is still predominantly a Buddhist country. There was no public hol for them on 25/12.
As Christians, we have the Lord. His joy is our strength. The Thais in this place as I observed may not know HIm. However they seemed to be able to hang loose and enjoy themselves in songs and dance and movements. Perhaps it is the Thai culture of dancing as way of life?
The Thais are unified group in terms of cultural language. When it came to a band Performing "Sabai Sabai",meaning all is well or good in thai - many rose from the chairs and they sang and they danced. We did likewise. Cos it is crowd thing. LOL
And I fell in love with this song " Sabai Sabai"
As I look towards the closure of 2017, all is well all is well in Him. He is faithful always.
If those Thais can be so joyful, how much more should we not especially for us who knows Him. The joy of the Lord is our strength. He that made our hands and legs and body, let us all give praise unto Him with thanksgiving as we bade 2017 goodbye?
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