01 January 2011

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. Start the trip in Chiang Mai at the inter­section 'San Dek' (สี่แยกศาลเด็ก). This is the intersection of the Super High­way (11) and the Chiang Mai – Doi Saket - Chiang Rai High­way (118).
Location on BS Route Map 1: G5-G6.
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps.

2. Take Highway 118 towards Doi Saket or Chiang Rai. Stay on this High­way for several kilometers. — ไปทางดอยสะเก็ด
3. After 8 kilometers you will reach Bo Hin, a village which is easily recognized by its pedestrian bridge over the High­way (photo above, right side). Pass through the village, and after about 1 kilo­meter you will see, on the left side, a Cosmo Oil gasoline station and, 400 meters farther, a second Cosmo Oil gasoline station (photo above, right side). — ผ่าน บ. บ่อหิน
4. Pass by at 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, the Horizon Tower (photo right side) with an advertis­­ing sign in Thai script and Roman script; the main text reads ทวีชล (Thawi­chon) and Horizon Village & Resort.
5. One hundred meters farther, you will reach the entrance of HORIZON
VILLAGE & RESORT (Meet­ing Point 1) (photo below).
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps

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. Continue if you wish to head for the next meet­ing points. 100 meters ahead, you will see two road signs, บ. น้ำแพร่ (Ban Nam Phrae) and บ. ป่าดู่ (Ban Pa Du) (in black Thai script on white ground, the signs pointing 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). This is the first U-turn after Horizon. Turn back at this U-turn and drive onto the High­way in reverse direction (to Chiang Mai), stay on for a few hundred meters. — ที่กลับรถแรก
8. You will see the road sign, บ. น้ำแพร่ (Ban Nam Phrae) (the sign point­ing to the left) (photo right side), and, a few meters there­after, the other road sign, บ. ป่าดู่ (Ban Pa Du).
9. You will reach the EXIT 'BAN NAM PHRAE' on High­way 118 (Meet­ing Point 2) (photo above), which connects a narrow 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 continue. Follow the paved narrow country road, pass through the village, Ban Nam Phrae, and pass by at the monast­ery, Wat Nam Phrae (วัดน้ำแพร่) on the right side, 400 meters from the exit (photo above, right side).
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps.
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 turns sharply left at a junction (photo above, right side). Don't go straight! Follow the country road!
12. Within the village, 600 meters after the left turn, the country road turns sharply right at a junction (photo right side), where a road sign points to direct­ions of the next villages. Don't go straight! Follow the country road! — ผ่าน บ. ป่าดู่ ไปทาง บ. ป่าลาน
13. Just 100 meters after the right turn, you will see on the right side the monast­ery of Ban Pa Du: You have reached WAT SI PRA DU (Meet­ing Point 3) (photo right side).
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps.
14. Pass by at the monast­ery to continue. A few hundred meters farther, you will reach the next village, Ban Pa Lan (บ. ป่าลาน), indicated by a village sign (in black Thai script on white ground).
15. Stay on the country road for a further few hundred meters, then you will see a cremation area with a tower-like build­ing on the left side (photo right side). Drive slowly!
16. Just behind this tower, turn left at the junction, which is a
lmost in­visible. — เลี้ยวซ้ายสามแยกทางไปวัดป่าลาน
17. Stay on for 150 meters, then you will see on the right side the monast­ery of Ban Pa Lan (วัดป่าลาน), hidden by a tall Bodhi tree (photo above). You have reached WAT PA LAN (Meet­ing Point 4).
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps.
18. Pass by at the monast­ery to continue. Just a few meters after the monast­ery, the country road turns sharp­ly lef
t, then 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 sign of Ban Pa Yang Poi on the left side (photo above, right side).
20. Stay on the country road for a few hundred meters, then you will enter the village where there is a second, metal village sign (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, then heading straight­, and, after only a few meters, you will see a second T-junction (photo right side). Pass by at this junction, go straight­ and slow down! — เลี้ยวซ้ายสามแยก บ. ป่ายางปอย หนึ่ง้อยเมตรถึง บ้านแซมมี อยู่ข้างขวา
22. You will see on the right side, along the road and ditch, the typical wooden fence of the property, with the main entrance (photo above) of Baan Sammi, and a farther second entrance. You have arrived at BAAN SAMMI (Meet­ing Point 5).
Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps.
Next to the main entrance gate you will see a wooden name-plate above the entrance door, and a wooden house number plate left side of the door (photo above, right side). Please, park your car or motorbike off the road, just on the driveway in front of the entrance gate, ring the bell, enter and go to the office on the right side
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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 — คุณแซม

Real Estate Service — ขายอสังหาริมทรัพย์บ้านและที่ดิน
Nature Resort — รีสอร์ทในสวนธรรมชาติ
Chiang Mai Bamboo Nursery — สวนไผ่เชียงใหม่

Address — ที่อยู่
Baan Sammi, 79-79/3 M. 6, Ban Pa Yang Poi, T. Pa Lan,
A. Doi Saket, Chiang Mai, 50220, Thailand

บ้านแซมมี ๗๙ หมู่บ้าน ๖ บ้านป่ายางปอย ตำบลป่าลาน อำเภอดอยสะเก็ด จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ ๕๐๒๒๐

Phones — โทรศัพท์
Land line phone: 053-868815
Mobile: 089-6339517
Phone call reception time: from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Bangkok Time, any day (check time with World Clock).

Best time to reach us via the land line is from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m., and after dark, from about 6 to 8 p.m.

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

Location on Google Maps — สถานที่ตั้งบน Google Maps

View Baan Sammi in a larger map

Baan Sammi is the name of the property which includes the enterprises Baan Sammi Nature Resort, Baan Sammi Real Estate Service, and Chiang Mai Bamboo Nursery; all of them have the same address. On Google Maps, you will find each by searching "Baan Sammi", "Baan Sammi Nature Resort", or "Chiang Mai Bamboo Nursery", adding city name and country name in the search field,  "..., Chiang Mai, Thailand".

If you wish to approach Baan Sammi by using a GPS tracking system, then enter the following geographical coordinates in your system:
latitude 18.835668 North (+), longitude 99.107752 East (+).
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