http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:45:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/worlds-highest-hotel-the-ritz-carlton-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/worlds-highest-hotel-the-ritz-carlton-hong-kong/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:00:19 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3147 Share|We were invited to visit the Club Lounge of the spanking new Ritz Carlton, Hong Kong for afternoon tea. When we arrived at the ground level entrance of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in West Kowloon, there must have been more than 20 people lining up just to get in. But with typical Ritz hospitality, [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/worlds-highest-hotel-the-ritz-carlton-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/valentines-chinese-new-year-at-le-manoir-aux-quat-saisons-oxford-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/valentines-chinese-new-year-at-le-manoir-aux-quat-saisons-oxford-england/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:39 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1762 Share|After a 45 minute drive from The Grove, we arrived safely at Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons, a very picturesque country house just outside Oxford, England. We decided to celebrate Valentines Day and the first day of Chinese New Year here so we checked into one of their 32 rooms for the night. Dinner was [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/valentines-chinese-new-year-at-le-manoir-aux-quat-saisons-oxford-england/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-grove-hertfordshire-england/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-grove-hertfordshire-england/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:00:04 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1711 Share|We stayed at this hotel, golf and spa resort as a middle stop before our drive up to Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons in Oxford. Having played the Old Course in Scotland, we had hopes of playing their championship golf course, The Grove, which was host to the WGC-American Express Championship in 2006 (won by [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-the-grove-hertfordshire-england/feed/ 5 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/#comments Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:00:40 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=1170 Share|The owner of this beautiful Putahracsa Hua Hin boutique resort, Velvadi Sritrairatana, is R’s buddy from university a long time ago (I won’t say how long). She inherited this property from her grandmother, Khun Ying Supatra Singholaka, who served in the Royal Court of His Magesty, King Rama VI. Velvadi transformed the land into a [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-putahracsa-hua-hin-thailand/feed/ 1