Saturday, February 27, 2014
We left the Khao Yai NP and this time opted for ‘fastest route’ to our next destination, which put us on highways (with even more manic drivers, truck and others). Also, somehow we found this part of the country not as appealing as what we’ve been driving through till now. Not sure if that was solely due to the highways… but even the townships we drove through didn’t do anything for us. Stopped for coffee along the way.
Mid-afternoon we arrived in Pattaya and checked into the Amari Orchid Hotel. We were taken up to the Executive Lounge to check-in and then shown to our room…. well duplex suite actually! One level consisted of a living and dining room, with desk area, semi kitchen and powder room, the upstairs of a bedroom with sitting area and open bathroom with separate bath and shower…. You’d think I was personal friends with the GM 🙂 Thank you Brendan Daly!!!!
And basically Brendan and Sarah Daly are the reason we came to Pattaya. I’ve known them since my Sheraton days in Sydney and it was so good to see them both again. We had a lovely dinner on our second night here, and are planning a reprise in about 2 weeks.
Sterlin will stay here in the parking lot while we are off to Birma/Myanmar for 2 weeks on Feb 11th.
