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We visited the beautiful Phu Chai Sai Resort on the upper
slopes of Doi Mae Salong mountain. It’s
less than an hour away from our Mae Fah Luang campus, but seems like another
world entirely – a jungle paradise of some 35 rooms each built almost entirely
of bamboo: bamboo beds, floors, walls,
tables, chairs, lamps, facilities. Our
room had a four-poster bed with mosquito net, separate large couch, and a fine
deck overlooking the hills in the distance.
The resort’s restaurants (one for breakfast and lunch, the other for
dinner), lobby, library, shops, pottery area, Thai cooking area – all are
primarily made of bamboo, too. Even the
electric carts to shuttle us around have bamboo siding all over them. See our photos above (once we can get them
posted through our sporadic and slow internet connection) and the resort’s own
website (www.phu-chaisai.com).
The owner (Khun Da) built this resort with ecological
sustainability in mind to honor her mother, who had bought the property. It turns out that she is good friends with
David’s close friend Chai-anan Samudavanija and with his friends Yongyut and Ao
Yuthawan who have a private house nearby).
So Khun Da and David “hit it off” and she has offered us a “locals” 30
percent discount any time that we return – which we intend to do frequently. |
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