Wednesday, November 29, 2023

We slept reasonably well at the Phu Wanalee Resort.
Breakfast is now in the form of a buffet because there are more guests, we like it better than yesterday.
After dinner, when we are back in our room, we see a white squirrel walking past the window.

Because we don't like the resort's coffee, we go for coffee at Café Amazon at a gas station. That coffee tastes a lot better.
We drive on to a viewpoint along a reservoir, the Lam Takhong Dam View Point, about 40 km away.
There are indeed beautiful views over the reservoir, but otherwise it is a bit messy. There are many dogs (especially young ones) and there are many restaurants, especially in the places with the most beautiful views. There is another viewpoint, the Lam Takhong Suan Na Chat Viewpoint, where we have also looked, but there is less to see there.

We drive back towards the resort and take a wrong turn. That takes us half an hour's detour.

Back in Moo Si we are looking for a place to eat, and we stop at ๑ ในอีสานไก่ย่างเขาสวนกวาง เขาใหญ่, an i-saan restaurant. It looks neat and it is busy. We're going to eat there, and it tastes good.

We drive on to the PB Winery, a half-hour drive where what is particularly striking is how beautiful the area is and how many hotels and resorts there are.
The wine farm looks neat and seems to be well organized. We are early and have to wait a while, then we take a tour of the farm in a large golf cart with about 25 people in it. Not only grapes are grown here, but also other types of fruit and even rice. Also look around under the netted grape plants.
This is followed by a tour of the building where the wine is made, up to 200,000 bottles per year, one type of rose, two types of white and three types of red.
Finally, there is a tasting, we get one glass of rose, one glass of white wine and one glass of red wine. Pia likes everything, Tom doesn't like the red wine.
At the end of the tour we can of course also buy wine in the farm shop, and we do, two bottles of rose, two bottles of white wine and a bottle of brandy.
During the entire tour there is explanation, in good English, by an employee.

We drive back to the resort, and on the way we see that Hop Beer House Khao Yai is still completely empty. That's why we just drink a glass of wine and beer in the room.
We really liked yesterday's restaurant, we will eat there again. On the way there we see that Hop Beer House Khao Yai is busy.
We have a tasty meal again and have a drink at Hop Beer House Khao Yai on the way back.
There Pia notices that she is missing her phone. Maybe it's still in the room, but maybe also at the restaurant where we ate, or maybe in the car.
Definitely not in the car, that's easy to see. We decide to first look at the room in the resort, that's the easiest. And luckily the phone is there.

Written on: 2023-11-30

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