Day 3: Management Team Trip 2015

May 1, 2015

After staying two days at Pornping Tower hotel in Chiang Mai, we continue to trip to Chiang Rai. We got in a tour bus in the early morning when we finished breakfast at 7:30am. The tour guide told the about history of Chieang Rai particularly the Golden Triangle area. It is one of Asia's two main opium-producing areas. It is an area of around 367,000 square miles (950,000 square kilometers tat and there are three countries overlaps the mountains of three countries of South East Asia: Myanmar, Loas, and Thailand. The Golden Triangle designates the confluence of the Ruak River and the Mekong River, since the term has been appropriated by the Thai tourist industry to describe e nearby border tripoint (three countries) of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar.

On way from Chiang Rai, the bus stopped a few minutes at the boiled water area called ................ . The hot water is able to boil eggs. We, BELTEI Management Team, took a short time to take photo. I also helped Chinese tourists to take photos for them when I saw a girl standing to wait for someone to take photo for her. Then the bus was moving to Chiang Rai. The bus was moving around 3 hours, we arrived Thailand-White Temple called Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai province. It is owed by Chalermchai kosipipat, who designed, constructed, and opened it to visitors in 1997. It is opened all the year round and there is no charge for admission. The artist intends for the area adjacent to the temple to be a center of learning and meditation and for people to gain gain benefit from buddhist teachings. Kositpipat considers the temple to be an offering to Lord Buddha and believes the project will give him immortal life.

We arrived the Golden Triangle and have lunch at Rim Kong restaurant where is near the Mekong river. We took time for lunch about one hour Then we continued to visit the Golden Triangle area. When we arrived there, we were  waiting for the boats  to take us to visit that place on the Mekong River. Waiting around 5 minutes, the tour guide called us to get on the boats.  The tour boats took us  to visit it along the river. Then we visited Laos. We spent one and half hours to buy something's or go around to visit the small market of Laos. I bought scarves and bag for my wife and daughter. After that we continued to visit the supper market until 5:30p

THE HAPPY WEDDING OF MY ELDER SON

DAY 2: Management Team Trip 2015

Day 2: April 29, 2015

This morning the BELTEI Management Team went to MAETAENG Elephant Park to watch the elephants show. From the hotel to the park, we got on a bus. We were watching the view from the bus  and listening to a Thai guide to tell about Thai history in Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is the homeland of Mr. Thaksin Sinawatra, the former Thai Prime Minister. The guide said that the most beautiful girls or Thai Miss is coming from that location. Sin Sisamuth's song has also described about the beauty of Chiang Mai girl, too. The title of the song is (បុប្ផាឈៀងម៉ៃ). When we arrived the park, all the tourists got out of the bus and walked to the wooden gate with the hand writing scripts in Thai and English "WELCOME TO MAETAENG ELEPHANT PARK). On the right side of the gate is toilet. We walked straight on about 15 meters long, and we turned right where is a sitting hall to watch the elephants show.

Waiting around 10 minutes, we saw a couple men walked the elephants to show such as raising their legs to cross each other, carrying the flowers to welcome the audiences, raising the legs up to bow etc., then we saw the men brought the five painting desks with white papers to put on the ground with standing position. Next the men were walking the elephants to each painting desk with box of color for painting. After that the five elephants were using their trunks to hold on the painting sticks and started painting. One of the elephants were lazy, so a man standing near by hit him and pushed him to continue it.

30 minutes later, the beautiful flowers, trees, elephants symbols were appeared on the white papers which were on the painting desks to make the audiences surprisingly. For me, I didn't believe my eyes so that I wanted to make sure. I went to close to the painting to watch carefully. It seems the arts of human being made. They stood the five pieces of painting that had just painted and told the audiences the cost to be sold. Each piece is 1,000 Baht. Madam Ly Thida, the accountant manager and also a daughter of my boss, bought the most beautiful painting with 1,000 Badh.

Then we went to visit the Long Neck People. Because of the driving to the hill, the bus weren't able to suitable to drive. Therefore, the tour guide decided to use four small cars. We spent 22 minutes reach that place. Then we went around to visit the people there. I took two photos with the long neck people, and I also gave them some moneys (Baht currency). One of them can speak English to the foreigners. I asked her the reason why she is able to speak English because they are ethnic minority. She said, "I am living in Bangkok before and also learn English there."

Next we continued to the Orchid Restaurant to have buffet for lunch time. The food was delicious. I love one of them was fried noodle and Tum Yam soup (Thai sour soup). Most of the tourists who came to have lunch there are Chinese. They loved taking photo at the orchid garden.  About one and half hours after having lunch, we continued visit Chiang Mai zoo. For me the zoo wasn't interesting to me because most of animals have been watched many times. Hence, I just walked around and took some photos to kill the time.

On the bus, the tour guides said that we had one more interesting place this evening to visit. They added that it was The Showing Dancing Gay. I used to hear some friends said about that place, but I wasn't interested in. I really wanted to stay in the hotel to relax or posted some photos on Facebook to show my family or friends where I had been visited. But, the time wasn't allowed so that I had to accompany with them. In the show, I just sat about 18 minutes while the gay people were singing and dancing on the stage. Then I decided to leave it and walked around to see the night view. Then I ordered a bottle of Chang Beer (Thai product) to drink alone and listened to English song. Recently, Mr. Kane, a Thai guide came. I invited him to drink beer with me and asked a Thai girl serving beer. I questions about her study and the living style in Thailand. She was a university student. She graduated bachelor degree of accounting. I was sitting there until the show ended. I bought 13 keys chains for my staffs.

When we arrived the hotel, some of  my friends went out to visit the Night Market. For me I need to stay in the hotel room and chat with my family and friends on Viber or Facebook. They asked my trip in Thailand and the situation there, too. The second day of trip ended with safety and happiness.

Day 1: Management Team Trip 2015

Day 1: April 28 2015

I was in Sovannaphum Airport in Thailand.

Normally, H.E. Ly Chheng, a Director-General of BELTEI Group, a President of BELTEI International University, always leads BELTEI Management Team to trip oversea every year.

What different from last year is changing the schedule on Chinese New Year to May of the year because most of campus directors have suggested him to stay with their family during Chinese New Year. Hence, he decided to change to schedule to that time.

This year we visited Thailand. The schedule of our trip from April 28 2015 to May 3, 2015. So, our first day to visit Thailand was on April 28, 2015. According to the schedule, all the campus directors and his relatives had to arrive the Pochentong airport at 6:00am because the flights started at 6:15am.

To manage the time, I stayed at a guest house near the airport because I needed to get up early. For the other reason, I didn't have my relatives to take me there because I didn't want to bother their time.

I arrived the Pochentong airport at 5:35am. I was standing at the gate # 5 in order to get in the flight #  PG 938, seat # 16C. The flight took off at 6:20am and it arrived Sovannaphoum airport in Thailand at 7:09am so that we had breakfast on the plane.

We were waiting for the other flight to Chiang Mai until 10:45am. The flight was flying is high 45,000 feet, I asked the fight attendance. We arrived at Chiang Mai at 11:28am.

We were having dinner at Sip Song Phanna, the ancient restaurant, at 6:15pm. Then we continued to visit the King's garden. Next we went to the Night Market because some of us needed to buy Thai simcard.

Unluckily, the seller said Thai government took measure to the foreigners who use simcard because in Thailand there were some issues about suicide bombing at the South of Thailand. Hence, we couldn't buy Thai simcard at that time.

Entering Chiang Mai Airport in Thailand.

Having lunch at Chiang Mai restaurant in Thailand.

Khmer New Year 2015

April 18, 2015

In the morning, I was having breakfast and coffee at Theng Hai coffee shop near Psar Leu market at Sihanouk province.

I got a call from my wife to tell my that my elder son and his wife asked me to visit Koh Kong because they have never been there since the Koh Kong road constructed. I thought that it was also a good idea to visit Koh Kong because some of my family members have never visited there excepted my daughter and me.

So, I drove my car back home and let them to prepare clothes to visit Koh Kong.

On the way to Koh Kong is hard to drive because the roads are series of dangerous bends and ahead. We couldn't drive fast. The speed maximum is about 60 to 70 kms. However, we still hope our trip were happy.

We took four hours to drive from Sihanouk province to Koh Kong province. We arrived there at 2:25pm. When we arrived Koh Kong downtown, we were moving to Koh Kong and Thailand  border because we didn't want to waste our time.

Parking the car near the Koh Kong and Thailand border, I exchanged $50 to Baht currency. I got 1500 Baht, then we were walking to the check points. First we asked the permission license from Khmer Police Immigration.

They charged us 2,000 riels for each and handed us a ticket. I had to use my ID card to register to enter the Thai border. When I arrived the Thai's check point, I had to show Thai police immigration.

The Thai authority allowed us only to enter to market where Khmer people and some Thai people are selling Thai products only. If we would like to move far from that territory, we need to have passports.

I bought Rai Ban glasses. It costs 750 baht and a hat for my daughter. My wife bought blankets and somethings else.

Then we left the border to move to Koh Kong resort. In fact we didn't know where should we go. We just asked people there to find the places for visiting.

Then we moved to Korng Kang forest (mangrov) to visit there. We walked around Prey Korng Kang around 2 hours. Then we left it to look for a guest house in Koh Kong province.

The guest house costs $15 for double room. We rent two room to stay one night.

In the early morning, we left the province early because we had some works to do next in Sihanouk province.

I let my elder son to drive a car because I felt dizzy. He said,"The Koh Kong road is difficult to drive and made him dizzy, too." On the way home, we saw a death girl by accident who was lying on the right side of National Road # 4. Our car was moving on the way home with safety.

We arrived home at 11:15am. I didn't relax at home, but I continued to go to check the land of my boss, H.E. Ly Chheng, because my brother-in-law and the other person were taking responsible for cleaning the land of him. I were standing there until 3:15pm (work was completely done). Then I came back home to relax about 15 minutes, and I continued to drive my car to Phnom Penh because my work would start tomorrow morning.

Khmer New Year 2015

April 15, 2015.

My wife took photo with my second son, Kim Monirith.

In Khmer New Year, for my first day, my wife went to the market in the early morning in order to buy food to cook and bring to Pagoda.

We went to Samathi pagoda where is near Ream Beach because we found that most of people have been to the nearest pagodas; hence, we decided to go to the pagoda where is far from Sihanouk province.

First of all, my wife, my daughter, and my sons offered food to the monks and pray to our ancestors to get food from the monks after the blessing ended.

For Cambodian people believe that all their ancestors will be able to get food when the monk blessing (The food offers through the monk blessing). If the ancestors got sin, they would not get food unless the monk blessing done.

Then My daughter and I was holding two dishes carrying rice to put it on the monk's bowls for each spoon of rice until the end of bowls (Khmer called Roab Bath). It means people believe that their ancestors are able to receive food. We were calling the name of our ancestors and relatives by heart and our hand were putting rice on the monk's bowls.

I took photo with my third daughter, Kim Sovanny.

Next we moved to go outside and we continued to offer money to the poor people who were waiting for the kind people to offer food or money.

Although the money were offered to the poor, but we were happy to do the right things

After that we left the pagoda  in order to goo back home. When the car was moving to the National Road # 4, my children gave comment that they wanted to visit Bokor resort where locates in Kampot province.

I thought my wife had never been there before so that I agreed with my children to continue to Bokor resort. We had no plan to visit there. Therefore, all of us didn't bring clothes at all. We also made up our mind to stay in Kampot province one night after visiting Bokor.


When the car arrived Veal Renh, we stopped the car for a while to buy rice and friend chicken to put in the plastic bags for our lunch on the hill of Bokor.

My daughter and I offered food to ancestors and relatives.

It was my first time to drive a car to the hill of Bokor. Everything was good and safe. First place to visit was Yeay Mao statue.

My wife, my children, and I were praying to her to be safe and happiness while we were visiting there. We also took some photos over there during our trip.

Then we went to Kokor casino to relax because the weather was too hot. We have spent at least one hour inside the casino with taking some photos at the garden where is surround it.

Next we visited the fountain. Unluckily, there wasn't any falling water because this season didn't have enough water to fall from the  hill.

Hence, we just sat under the shadow of the trees until 3:45pm, and we continued to came back home without staying one night at Kampot province.


On the way home, my wife, my children were talking about something that they just visited. For me I just drove my car on the National Road # 4 to home and listen to music on my car. We arrived home at 7:15pm with safe trip and happiness.

My daughter and my youngest son.

I took the photo from the hill of Bokor resort.

My second and I took the photo in casino of Boko.

The photo took at Yeay Mao statue of Boko.

This photo took in the casino of Boko.

My daughter took photo in the casino of Boko.

My second son and my daughter took photo in front of casino of Boko.