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Anna and all of her family, guests on Thung Dong, recently celebrated her 11th birthday with us. We hope that she will remember her birthday on the farm!
Here’s wishing Anna many blessings today and always!
Here’s wishing Anna many blessings today and always!
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Happy Valentines to the ladies of Thung Dong!
Chocolate Roses all round!
(From the left : Banchop, Sai & Mai)
Chocolate Roses all round!
(From the left : Banchop, Sai & Mai)
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To all of our many Chinese friends and Guests
'Gong xi fa cai!' Happy New Year!
May the year of the Dog bring you good fortune,
much happiness and many blessings.
From Sam & Izzie and all of us here on the farm!
Thung Dong Farm, Thailand.
'Gong xi fa cai!' Happy New Year!
May the year of the Dog bring you good fortune,
much happiness and many blessings.
From Sam & Izzie and all of us here on the farm!
Thung Dong Farm, Thailand.
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Joanna (Jo) Lodge & Joel, (Seth, 12 years Martha, 3 years and one year old Bertie their three children ) came to stay with us on the farm over the New Year. It was a delightful stay from every angle!
Jo is a contributing columnist for BKK Kids publication - Making it easier to raise Children in Bangkok and has written a masterful piece about their farm Stay on Thung Dong.
Thank you very much Jo! You certainly have a way with words; we couldn't have put it better ourselves!!
http://www.bkkkids.com/blog/farmstays-chiang-mai-thailand/
Jo is a contributing columnist for BKK Kids publication - Making it easier to raise Children in Bangkok and has written a masterful piece about their farm Stay on Thung Dong.
Thank you very much Jo! You certainly have a way with words; we couldn't have put it better ourselves!!
http://www.bkkkids.com/blog/farmstays-chiang-mai-thailand/
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Thung Dong Farm – Stay & Leave Project!
We really enjoy the company of guests to Thung Dong and a chance to show them some real Thai hospitality!...but we are only a farm…not a resort, smart hotel, home-stay or guest house!...so we like to encourage our guests not only to dress very casually but please bring your very oldest clothes to wear around the farm, those clothes which you were about to throw out or give away; those with holes in them or gravy stains, we do not have a dress code so they would be very fine for the farm where you are bound to get a little grubby anyway!...after all we are just a farm!
Then when you leave us can you please leave these clothes as well? We will repair and clean them like new and then when we have a good size bundle we will take them high into the mountains to donate them to needy hill-tribe folks and if we have kids clothes we will do the same and give them to local children homes, orphanages and charities.
Now just think how much extra space and baggage allowance you will have (if you are flying!) to shop around the markets in town!
So please if you can help us to help some of those less fortunate by going ‘rural’ and dressing in your oldest, throw-away clothes when you come to stay with us (you can always dress more smart if you wish, of course!) that is much appreciated but not essential and please do not worry if you have no appropriate clothes to throw-out…so our pleasure when you come to stay and feel free to leave any unwanted, damaged or used clothes with us!
Thank you for your kindness in dressing down if you can!!
Best wishes. From Ae.
We really enjoy the company of guests to Thung Dong and a chance to show them some real Thai hospitality!...but we are only a farm…not a resort, smart hotel, home-stay or guest house!...so we like to encourage our guests not only to dress very casually but please bring your very oldest clothes to wear around the farm, those clothes which you were about to throw out or give away; those with holes in them or gravy stains, we do not have a dress code so they would be very fine for the farm where you are bound to get a little grubby anyway!...after all we are just a farm!
Then when you leave us can you please leave these clothes as well? We will repair and clean them like new and then when we have a good size bundle we will take them high into the mountains to donate them to needy hill-tribe folks and if we have kids clothes we will do the same and give them to local children homes, orphanages and charities.
Now just think how much extra space and baggage allowance you will have (if you are flying!) to shop around the markets in town!
So please if you can help us to help some of those less fortunate by going ‘rural’ and dressing in your oldest, throw-away clothes when you come to stay with us (you can always dress more smart if you wish, of course!) that is much appreciated but not essential and please do not worry if you have no appropriate clothes to throw-out…so our pleasure when you come to stay and feel free to leave any unwanted, damaged or used clothes with us!
Thank you for your kindness in dressing down if you can!!
Best wishes. From Ae.
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Today is almost the end of this year, 2017 and today is the day that our dearest Merry passed peacefully away.
Merry, (KCT name : Santa Belquest Paradise), the most perfect, endearing Labrador Retriever you could ever wish to know, was the daughter of the Thai Champion, Best of Breed, 'Belquest Braveheart'. She came to us from kennels in Ratchaburi, just outside of Bangkok, when she was 10 months old back in early 2006.
She was the most lovable girl from the moment she entered our lives.
Merry, (KCT name : Santa Belquest Paradise), the most perfect, endearing Labrador Retriever you could ever wish to know, was the daughter of the Thai Champion, Best of Breed, 'Belquest Braveheart'. She came to us from kennels in Ratchaburi, just outside of Bangkok, when she was 10 months old back in early 2006.
She was the most lovable girl from the moment she entered our lives.
We entered Merry for several shows in which she behaved well (after being bribed with her favourite snack!) and she won numerous awards and trophies.
She was the most amazing, loving companion with a wonderful temperament and never had growl or snarl for anyone or anything. With Bongo she had a total of 27 pups and who found homes not only in Thailand but in
The U.K., Australia, South Africa and even Ethiopia!
The U.K., Australia, South Africa and even Ethiopia!
She loved water so much and swam regularly with her friends, just like a typical Lab’, in one of the lakes on the farm whenever she had the opportunity.
She had regular ’holidays’ in town where she was pampered at the vet Spa and commanded the sofa to laze away her day but she missed the farm and her friends where she had such a wonderful life from the very beginning; she never wore a collar and had free range on the farm and to chase away any predators.
Her ashes will be interred and laid to rest beside those of her beloved Bongo on the hill overlooking her home, Thung Dong Farm.
Farewell our lovely girl we are going to miss you so much.
Her ashes will be interred and laid to rest beside those of her beloved Bongo on the hill overlooking her home, Thung Dong Farm.
Farewell our lovely girl we are going to miss you so much.
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This angelic, festive snap is courtesy of young Oscar
from Hong Kong a regular visitor on Thung Dong Farm!
Thanks Oscar!
from Hong Kong a regular visitor on Thung Dong Farm!
Thanks Oscar!
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Thung Dong Farm has again been featured in an airline in-flight magazine! We are honoured to be included in an Eco Friendly article in the November issue of KLM’s iFly Magazine. (it can be translated into English by clicking the second icon, next to the volume, top right, Taal, +).
The write-up and snaps give a brief glimpse of farm-life in the jungle – Thung Dong Thai-style!
Loosen your seat-belt, recline your seat and enjoy the read!
https://www.iflymagazine.com/nl_nl/november-2017/top5-eco-stays?utm_content=nl_nl&utm_campaign=ifly62&utm_medium=mail&utm_source=Initial_62&&WT.i_vid=176547247
The write-up and snaps give a brief glimpse of farm-life in the jungle – Thung Dong Thai-style!
Loosen your seat-belt, recline your seat and enjoy the read!
https://www.iflymagazine.com/nl_nl/november-2017/top5-eco-stays?utm_content=nl_nl&utm_campaign=ifly62&utm_medium=mail&utm_source=Initial_62&&WT.i_vid=176547247
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Not the novel by Tom Tryon but the gathering of the faithful of All Saints Church, Chiang Mai to celebrate all the wonderful bounties of nature and where better than Thung Dong Farm! We were delighted to host the congregation for their Harvest Festival service and afterwards an informal lunch and BBQ surrounded by glorious country-side! Harvest Home indeed!
