Meeting Point 12 — in the South of Chiang Mai on the Way to Hang Dong
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Route: From Chiang Mai to Tesco-Lotus (Hang Dong Highway)

1. You start in Chiang Mai near the Air­port Plaza (photo) at the inter­section 'Airport' (สี่แยกสนามบิน), which is where the Om Muang High­way (1141) crosses the Chiang Mai – Hang Dong High­way (108) (see Map: J3).
2. Head towards Hang Dong or Hot or Mae Hong Son onto High­way 108. Stay on this High­way for little more than one kilo­meter. — ไปทางหางดง
3. After that distance, just before a bridge for foot-passengers across the High­way (photo), you will see the exit for the car park­ing area in front of Tesco-Lotus depart­ment store.
4. Take this exit and enter the Tesco-Lotus car park­ing area. Ahead is the depart­ment store, with the main (left) customer entrance at its front. You have arrived at TESCO-LOTUS ON HANG DONG HIGH­WAY (Meet­ing Point 12) (photo).

Meeting Points 10–11 — in San Sai Noi
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Route: From Chiang Mai to San Sai Noi

1. You start in Chiang Mai at the inter­section 'San Dek' (สี่แยกศาลเด็ก), which is where the Super High­way (11) crosses the Chiang Mai – Doi Saket - Chiang Rai High­way (118) (see Map: G5-G6).
2. Head towards Doi Saket or Chiang Rai onto High­way 118. Stay on this High­way for one or three kilo­meters. — ไปทางดอยสะเก็ด
3. After 1 kilo­meter, just 100 meters before the inter­section with the inner bypass, you have arrived at the ESSO GASOLINE STATION (Meet­ing Point 10) (photo).
4. Pass by if you wish to head for the next meet­ing point. Cross the inter­section ahead, pass by the market of San Sai Noi (left hand side) and the next T-section.
After 1 kilo­meter further, you will see on the left hand side Petronas gasoline station, and again, after 1 kilo­meter further, you have arrived at the SHELL GASOLINE STATION (Meet­ing Point 11) (photo).

Meeting Point 9 — on the Way to Mae Cho
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Route: From Chiang Mai to San Sai (Mae Chok Market)

1. You start in Chiang Mai at the inter­section 'Mae Cho' (สามแยกแม่โจ้), which is where the Chiang Mai - Mae Cho - Phrao High­way (1001) runs into the Super High­way (11) (see Map: G5).
2. Head towards Mae Cho or Phrao onto High­way 1001. Stay on this High­way for one and a half kilo­meters to reach the inter­section with the inner by­pass. — ไปทางแม่โจ้
3. At the inter­section you will see ahead, beyond the by­pass on the left hand side, a shopping area called Mi Chok Plaza or Mi Chok Market (ตลาดมีโชค). Cross the inter­section and exit the High­way left for this market.
4. Follow the street and you will see, 100 meters off the High­way, on the left hand side a car park­ing area, and a major shopping hall (photo) with a branch of Bangkok Bank on its front.
5. You have arrived at RIM­PING SUPER­MARKET (MI CHOK BRANCH) (Meet­ing Point 9) (photo).

Meeting Point 7 — in Mae Rim
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Route: From Chiang Mai to Mae Rim (Snake Farm)

1. You start in Chiang Mai City from the inter­section of the Super Highway (11) with the Chiang Mai – Mae Rim Road (107: Chiang Mai – Mae Rim – Mae Taeng): Map G4.
2. Head towards Mae Rim, Mae Taeng, Chiang Dao, Fang, onto High­way 107. Stay on for 12 kilo­meters.
3. Enter Mae Rim (photo), stay on the Highway 107 straight­forward through­out,
pass through the center of Mae Rim (where you will see a bridge for foot-passengers over the High­way) (photo), pass through the inter­section ahead (which is equipped with traffic lights)
(photo), and leave the center onto the High­way after little more than 12 kilo­meters.
4. Having left the center of Mae Rim behind, you will see an exit sign-post ‘Sa­moeng’ and National Road
‘1096’ (photo).
5. Leave High­way 107 at this exit (turn left) onto National Road 1096; stay on for exactly 2.0 kilo­meters.
6. Slow down, just before the Road is gently bend­ing
left (photo).
7. You will see on the right hand side, maybe not at the first sight, the Snake Farm with a big park­ing area at its front (photo). Exit the Road there, turn right to the park­ing lots.
8. You have arrived at the SNAKE FARM (Meet­ing Point 7) (photo).

Meeting Point 6 — in Doi Saket
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Route: From Chiang Mai to Doi Saket

1. You start in Chiang Mai City at the intersection 'San Dek', which is where the Super Highway (11) crosses the Chiang Mai – Doi Saket Road (118: Chiang Mai – Doi Saket – Chiang Rai): Map G5-G6.
2. Head towards Doi Saket or Chiang Rai onto Highway 118. Stay on for 14 kilometers.
3. After little more than 14 kilometers drive you will see an exit sign-post ‘Doi Saket’ and National Road ‘1014’ (photo).
4. Leave Highway 118 at this exit (turn right), entering the center of Doi
Saket, onto National Road 1014, stay on for 500 meters.
5. After 500 meters you will reach the only intersection with traffic lights (photo) in the busy center of Doi Saket.
6. Cross this intersection straightforward, stay on the street for 50 meters (the street heads towards and ends at the entrance to the monastery area of Wat Doi Saket) (photo).
7. You will see an entrance of the market on the right hand side, and the canal on the left hand side where you can find parking lots, a row of public telephone boxes, and some seats under tall trees along the canal.
8. You have arrived at the DOI SAKET MARKET (Meeting Point 6). Car parking is possible on both sides of the canal, and, more convenient, on the parking lots behind the entrance to Wat Doi Saket.

Meeting Points 1–5 — in Doi Saket
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Route: From Chiang Mai to Baan Sammi

BS Route Map 2: Doi Saket − Meeting Points 1-5 and Route to Baan Sammi



The section numbers below correspond with the numbers shown in the BS Route Map 2 above.
1. You start in Chiang Mai at the inter­section 'San Dek' (สี่แยกศาลเด็ก), which is where the Super High­way (11) crosses the Chiang Mai – Doi Saket - Chiang Rai High­way (118) (see BS Route Map 1: G5-G6).
2. Head towards Doi Saket or Chiang Rai onto High­way 118. Stay on this High­way for several kilometers. — ไปทางดอยสะเก็ด
3. You will enter Bo Hin after 8 kilo­meters, a village with a bridge for foot-passengers across the High­way (photo above, right side), leave the village, and after about 1 kilo­meter you will see, on the left hand side, a Cosmo Oil gasoline station and, after further 400 meters, a second Cosmo Oil gasoline station (photo above, right side). — ผ่าน บ. บ่อหิน
4. Pass by the gasoline stations, then you will see, on the same side, an array of
tradit­ional Thai houses within a huge area en­closed by a low wall (photo above), and, beside the High­way, a tower (photo right side) with advertis­ing plates in Thai and Roman script: the main plates read ทวีชล (Thawi­chon) and Horizon Village & Resort.
5. A further 100 meters, you have arrived at the entrance of HORIZON VILLAGE & RESORT (Meet­ing Point 1) (photo below).
Just a few meters after the entrance on the side of the High­way, there is a car park­ing area in front of Wawee Coffee Shop (คาแฟวาวี) (photo right side) and, 50 meters ahead, a pavilion with a yellow roof.
6. Pass by if you wish to head for the next meet­ing points. 100 meters ahead, you will see two exit sign-posts บ. น้ำแพร่ (Ban Nam Phrae) and บ. ป่าดู่ (Ban Pa Du) (in black Thai script on white ground, the signs direct­ing to the right) (photo above, right side), and then cross a bridge over a small canal, คลองน้ำแพร่ (Klong Nam Phrae).
7. On the High­way, 500 m ahead, there is a U-turn (photo right side). Turn back at this U-turn and drive onto the High­way in the reverse direction (to Chiang Mai), stay on for a few hundred meters. — ที่กลับรถแรก
8. You will see an exit sign-post บ. น้ำแพร่ (Ban Nam Phrae) (the sign direct­ing to the left) (photo right side), and, a few meters there­after, the other exit sign-post บ. ป่าดู่ (Ban Pa Du).
9. You head towards the EXIT 'BAN NAM PHRAE' on High­way 118 (Meet­ing Point 2) (photo above), a country road on the left, just before the bridge. If you choose this exit as the meet­ing point, please, stop and wait next to it; the best spot to wait and to park a car is on the banquette of the High­way just some 15 meters before the exit.
10. Leave the High­way 118 at this exit (turn left) to head for the next meet­ing points. Follow the small sealed country road, onto which you will pass by Ban Nam Phrae (with monast­ery on the right side, 400 meters from the exit) (photo above, right side), and head to­wards the next village, Ban Pa Du. — ทางออกถนนไหญ่ที่ บ. น้ำแพร่ไป บ. ป่าดู่
11. Little less than 2 kilo­meters from the exit, or 400 meters before Ban Pa Du, the country road sharply turns left at a junction (photo above, right side); stay onto the country road.
12. Within the village, 600 meters past the left turn, the country road sharply turns right at a junction (photo right side), where a sign-post indicates direct­ions to the next villages. Stay onto the country road. — ผ่าน บ. ป่าดู่ ไปทาง บ. ป่าลาน
13. Just 100 meters past the right turn, you will see on the right hand side the monast­ery of Ban Pa Du: You have arrived at WAT SRI PRA DU (Meet­ing Point 3) (photo right side).
14. Pass by the monast­ery if you wish to head for the next meet­ing points. Follow­ing the country road a few hundred meters farther, you will reach the next village, Ban Pa Lan (บ. ป่าลาน), indicated by a village name-post (in black Thai script on white ground).
15. Stay on the country road for a further few hundred meters, you will see a cremation area with a tower-like build­ing on the left hand side (photo right side). Drive slowly!
16. Just behind this tower, turn left at the junction, which is almost in­visible. — เลี้ยวซ้ายสามแยกทางไปวัดป่าลาน
17. Stay on for 150 meters, you will see on the right hand side the monast­ery of Ban Pa Lan (วัดป่าลาน), hidden by a tall Bodhi tree (photo above). You have arrived at WAT PA LAN (Meet­ing Point 4).
18. Pass by the monast­ery if you wish to head for the last meet­ing point. Just a few meters past the monast­ery, the country road sharp­ly turns left and, again, sharp­ly right. Stay on the country road, head to­wards the next village, Ban Pa Yang Poi (บ. ป่ายางปอย).
19. On half way to the village, at a slight S-curve, you can see a wooden village name-plate of Ban Pa Yang Poi on the left side (photo above, right side).
20. Stay on the country road for a few hundred meters, you will enter the village where there is a second, metal village name-plate (in white Thai script on blue ground) for the same village on the right side (photo above, right side). Drive slowly! Danger­ous T-junction ahead!
21. Turn left at this junction and head straight­forward, and you will see a second T-junction in a few meters (photo right side). Pass by this junction straight­forward and slowly. — เลี้ยวซ้ายสามแยก บ. ป่ายางปอย หนึ่ง้อยเมตรถึง บ้านแซมมิ อยู่ข้างขวา
22. Just on the right hand side next to the junction corner, beyond a ditch and hidden by greenery but easy to recognize by the property's wooden fence, you will find the entrance (photo above) of Baan Sammi. You have arrived at BAAN SAMMI (Meet­ing Point 5). At the entrance gate you will see a wooden plate with the house number (photo above, right side). Please, ring the bell, and go to the office on the right hand side.



1. Kreuzung High­way 11 mit High­way 118.
2. Auf High­way 118 in Richtung Doi Saket oder Chiang Rai.
3. Nach 8 km passiert man Bo Hin, einen Ort mit einer Fuss­gänger­brücke, danach passiert man eine Cosmo Oil Tank­stelle.
4. Links erkennt man ein grosses Resort mit Häusern im traditio­nellen Thai-Stil, das Resort um­geben von einer niedri­gen Mauer, an der High­way ein Turm mit der Auf­schrift "Horizon".
5. Nach 100 m Eingang von HORIZON VILLAGE & RESORT (Treff­punkt 1), mit Park­platz und Wawee Coffee Shop an der High­way.
6. Nach weiteren 100 m erkennt man 2 rechts­weisende Richtungs­schilder in schwarzer Schrift in Thai auf weissem Grund, danach über­quert man eine kurze Brücke.
7. Ein Verkehrs­schild zeigt die nächte Wende­möglich­keit an, diese be­nutzen.
8. Man erkennt die glei­chen Verkehrs­schilder, diesmal links­weisend.
9. AUSFAHRT "BAN NAM PHRAE" (Treff­punkt 2).
10. Man nehme diese Ausfahrt, nach 400 m ein Kloster rechts.
11. Nach knapp 2 km scharfe Links­kurve.
12. Ort Ban Pa Du. Nach 600 m scharfe Rechts­kurve (die gerade­aus weiter­führende Strasse ist unter­ge­ordnet).
13. 100 m rechts ein Kloster, WAT SRI PRA DU (Treff­punkt 3).
14. Weiter zum nächsten Ort, Ban Pa Lan.
15. Man erkennt links einen Turm eines Krema­toriums.
16. Unmittelbar nach dem Turm eine Ab­zweigung nach links, diese nehmen.
17. 150 m rechts ein Kloster, WAT PA LAN (Treff­punkt 4).
18. Gleich nach dem Koster scharfe Links- und Rechts­kurve.
19. Danach eine leichte Rechts- und Links­kurve mit Orts­schild (Orts­schild z.Z. fehlend).
20. Orts­schild rechts, weisse Schrift in Thai auf blauem Grund, danach Ein­mündung.
21. Links abbiegen, sogleich erkennt man eine ein­mün­dende Strasse von rechts, gerade­aus weiter.
22. Unmittel­bar nach der Ein­mün­dung er­kennt man, hinter einem charakteristischen Holzzaun rechter Hand, BAAN SAMMI (Treffpunkt 5).




Contact:

Khun Sam
Baan Sammi Real Estate Service
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Address — ที่อยู่
Baan Sammi, 79 M. 6, Ban Pa Yang Poi, T. Pa Lan,
A. Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, 50220, Thailand
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Phones — โทรศัพท์
Land line phone: 053-868815, mobile: 089-6339517
Phone call reception time: from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Bangkok Time, any day (check time with DHL's World Clock)

Email — อีเมล์
baansammi@gmx.net , samnith@gmx.net