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Thailand: 500 Rai Floating Rafthouse, A Bungalow With A View

Posted on July 20, 2013 | Leave a comment

What a fantastic view

when I arrived by boat at the 500 Rai Floating Rafthouse, a small hotel with 11 floating bungalows in a remote cove nestled in a pristine nature! Unlikely oasis in the middle of nowhere (not exactly Mademoiselle Le K, we are in Chiewlarn Dam, in Khao Sok Natural Park, lol!). And you can not play the jaded!

I’m so excited, I’ve never slept on a floating hotel! The setting is awsome and I’m euphoric! Let’s face it, comfort is very basic, but in front of such a view how I couldn’t be charmed! The hotel serves a very good Thai food. The staff is nice and the owner is a former Buddhist monk turned into a successful business man.

I discover my bungalow after the distribution of the rooms. Naively, I chose a room without air conditioning. Which would perfectly suit me, if there were nets on the windows, especially in the shower and toilet half open to the outside and lined with insects at nightfall. For the evening the slightly cooler temperature is perfect to sleep without air con. But repeated attacks of my “buddies” mosquitoes quickly become unbearable!

Not to mention other insects, I had an invasion on my bed of insects that looked like “flies”. This is the name given in Hong Kong to these tiny insects like small black dots. Anyway I sprayed the repellent all over the room several times. As the product is super harmful, I went to dinner while it was indeed. 

And finally I slept in front of the fan in two super large and comfortable armchairs, with the windows closed (pictures 1 & 2). And guess what? I slept very well! The must is to watch the sunrise. I opened wide the windows and put my seats in front of the landscape! Just amazingly beautiful! Pictures 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5: the view from my bungalow. Pictures 7, 8, 9 & 10: the public areas of the 500 Rai Floating Rafthouse. Photo 10: pontoon where we dined by candlelight in the evening.

Photos : Mademoiselle Le K – copyright 2013, tous droits réservés.

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Thai Massage @ The Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa

Posted on June 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

After exercise

(or how to overcome the pervasive macaques of the Klongkone Mangrove Conservation Centre!), time to relax (lololol!). I try whenever I can different massages: I remain an absolute unconditional of intensive traditional Thai massage!

Especially without oil nor any wellness marketing blablabla! Therapeutic, it worked on stretching. Not always pleasant for and sometimes even really painful for those muscles that I never do work!

The next day, it is a bless, the body relaxes as relieved of its weight. Especially when you have back problem. Believe me, I have back problem, because of the heavy camera equipment … not to mention the laptop, jetlag, stress and all the rest! Modern life!

Impossible for me not to experience Thai massage in the nicely decorated spa of the Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa (pictures 1, 2 and 3). A charming hotel where we spend tonight (rooms need to be renovated, but lovely breakfast). Not necesseray to mention that in Amphawa, there is not a plethora of hotels!

Upon arrival at the spa, you will feel pampered. Immediately my masseuse leads me to a large room, with tobacco walls and comfortable dark wood floors, all is calm. Too bad that the air conditioning is too strong, as always in hot countries!

After worn an unmatched comfort Thai fisherman pants with a beige linen blouse, my masseuse magically reappears. And then we move on to serious business: THE massage!

After a painful intense work on muscle tensions, the massage becomes more fluid and I dozed. When a sweet voice wakes me up to offer me a cup of jasmine tea, it’s over!

The massage lasted an hour and I am completely woozy, ready to jump into my bed to sleep the next 48 hours! Back to reality Mademoiselle Le K! Forget it immediately: tonight is Visakha Bucha Day, the celebration of the birth, enlightenment and entry into Nirvana of Buddha.

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Massage thaï au Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa

Posted on June 19, 2013 | Leave a comment

Après l’effort

(ou comment vaincre d’envahissants macaques au Klongkone Mangrove Conservation Centre!), le réconfort (lololol!). J’ai beau essayer partout où j’en ai l’occasion, différents massages : je reste une absolue inconditionnelle du massage thaï traditionnel à forte intensité!

Surtout pas d’huile, surtout pas de fioritude! Thérapeutique, il travaille sur les étirements. Pas toujours agréable pendant, voir même vraiment douloureux par endroit, en général ces muscles que je ne fais jamais travailler!

Le lendemain, c’est une merveille, le corps est assouplit, comme délesté de sa pesanteur. Surtout lorsque l’on a des problèmes de dos. Et j’ai le dos en compote, à cause du matériel photo lourd… sans oublier le portable, le jetlag et tutti quanti!

Donc impossible ne pas expérimenter le massage thaï du spa joliment décoré, du Baan Amphawa Resort & Spa (photos 1, 2 et 3). Un hôtel de charme où nous passerons la nuit (chambres à rafraîchir, mais très bon petit déjeuner). Autant préciser qu’à Amphawa, il n’y a pas pléthore d’hôtels.

Dès mon arrivée au spa, je suis bichonnée.

Sans attendre, ma masseuse me dirige vers une vaste salle, murs tabac et confortable parquet sombre, l’ensemble est apaisant. Dommage que la clim soit trop forte, comme toujours dans les pays chauds!

Après avoir revêtue, un traditionnel pantalon de pêcheur thaï au confort inégalé et une blouse en lin beige, ma masseuse réapparaît comme par magie. Et là, nous passons au choses sérieuses : le massage!

Après un travail intense et douloureux sur des tensions musculaires, le massage devient plus fluide : je somnole. Lorsqu’une voix douce et suave me réveille pour me proposer une tasse de thé au jasmin, c’est déjà fini!

Le massage a duré une heure et je ressors complètement patraque, prête à sauter dans mon lit pour 48h de sommeil non stop! On s’active Mademoiselle Le K! Autant oublier tout de suite : ce soir c’est Visakha Bucha, la célébration de la naissance, l’illumination et l’entrée au Nirvana de Bouddha.

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