The Imperial Phukaew Hill Resort

This weekend I visited a resort located in the hills of northern Thailand with the pharmacy department of Buddhachinaraj Hospital. Saturday was a day to relax. In the morning I strolled around the resort grounds taking in the scenery. I spent the afternoon being a photographer of all of the team-building activities for the pharmacy department. After dinner, we had a party at the resort with the popular Thai past-time of karaoke! Lucky for me it was all in Thai, so I had a good excuse not to sing.

Sunday I hiked around the hills with another Farang, Robert, who moved to Thailand from England. Of course, it was nice to talk with a westerner again! After lunch Apple and I headed to the top of the mountain, then stopped for ice cream right before the afternoon downpour started.

Overall it was a nice weekend to relax at resort.

Day Trip

Ba-Ouwan, P-Kik, P-Yoo, and I headed off to Petchaboon on Saturday. We visited The Imperial Phukaew Hill Resort; the pharmacy staff will come back to this resort in October for a weekend of relationship development. The resort was beautiful. I also partook in a ropes course and go carting down the mountain.



After lunch at the resort we visited a farm to buy fresh fruit. I bought dragon fruit (my favorite!), star fruit, and passion fruit. Next we visited a local palace of the King which was surrounded by a lush garden:

Then, we stopped by a memorial dedicated to Buddha. At this Buddha memorial there is a place to make a wish and your wish will come true if you can lift a large rock. I made my wish and I was able to lift the rock, so I guess it will come true! We also visited a memorial dedicated to the Thai citizen’s that died during a war that happened in the Thai mountains a few years ago.



Our last stop was at a local coffee shop located in the picturesque mountains in northern Thailand.

Me, Ba-Ouwan, & P-Kik: