Daily Archives: September 4, 2009

Sirindhorn Dam

A few weeks ago the Martin Mob and myself hit the road and went and checked out the beautiful Sirindhorn Dam. We had a good look around en route to Chong Mek and then decided to head back for Lunch.

Princess Sirindhorn is the second daughter of the King of Thailand and this place named in her honour is a regular ‘get a way’ for her.

It has a Hydro Power Station set up as well as accommodation and from what I have been told, the best golf course in north east Thailand. *Edit* I have done a golf course review here.

The gardens are beautiful and you could easily spend an hour just walking around them. You can also walk out onto the hydro dam wall if you like.

Free entry and well worth the drive from Ubon.

Nicholas checking out the Hydro scheme.

Sirindhorn 1

I think this is where the Princess stays.

Sirindhorn 2

And this is where us mere mortals can stay.

Sirindhorn 3

Yummy and very cheap lunch.

Sirindhorn 4

Bubba thought so as well!

Sirindhorn 5

Feeling better

The Dengue haze seems to have lifted. Apart from smashing your body from all directions it also seems to mess with your mind as the last 10 days really seems quite a blur.
It was so unfortunate that it happened while my sister and her boys were visiting but then on the other hand maybe it was a blessing that she was here as not having to worry about my kids well being while being sick was a very nice feeling indeed!
This morning I dropped them off at the airport and waved good bye as they flew off to Phuket for 4 days on the beach before heading back to Australia.
Although I felt I hardly spent anytime with them they said they had a fantastic time which is the main thing.
Hopefully now I will be able to get back to some more regular blogging as I still have about 4 or 5 trip reports to catch up on from when my last lot of visitors visited!