The first golf game was to be played in the afternoon at Maejo Golf Club. This was to accomodate almost half of the contingent who flew in from KL early on Thursday morning. After breakfast at Estia Boutique Hotel - with some time to kill - pakdokter decided to take a walk in the Chiangmai Old Town.
Chiangmai Old Town was a fortified walled city surrounded by a moat. This was so to help it defend against the marauding Burmese forces that threatened to invade the Northern Kingdoms. Today most of the walls of the forts have been damaged. Some parts have been restored and small remnants of the old walls could be found in some corners of the city.
No highrise buildings have been built within the confines of the old town. Old buildings have been restored and rehabilitated and many bars, cafes, restaurants, boutique hotels and massage and reflexology centres occupy these buildings.
The Estia Boutique Hotel located off the main road
23 rooms in a 4-storey block
belongs to Kun Surapat, an ex-Vajiravudh College student
who played rugby and has made many Malaysian friends from his rugby days
he is an architect by training and now also operate a travel company
specialising in golf holidays
at 7 am the street was very deserted and quiet
impressed by how clean the street was
map of the old town
Estia Hotel is quite in the centre of the old town
another lovely hotel along
the main road of the old town
a cafe along the main road
a writers club and wine bar
an old building housing the Architects Association of Chiangmai ?
or an Architectural firm??
next to the Architect Association building
is entrance to Tamarind Village
another boutique hotel
central courtyard and pool of Tamarind Village
restored wall of the old town fort
at the Phae Gate
part of the moat surrounding the old town
this satay hawker was already operating that early outside a 'wat'
beef satay glazed with honey
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