Panviman Resort. Chiang Mai. Thailand

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00][music] [music] [music] >> This is five star this joint. It's costing, I've just found out, 250 Australian a night.

[00:00:47]Holy [ __ ] Is that ours? Or is this is private?

[00:00:59]Oh, it's bloody cold.

[00:01:02]Huh?

[00:01:04]They've even got a life boy attached to the wall of the building in case someone needs saving in here.

[00:01:13]That's a bit weird.

[00:01:19]After settling into the room, we thought we'd take a walk around the resort.

[00:01:25]And just here is [music] a spa, there's spa bath 37 degrees, I believe it gets to. It was a bloody hot.

[00:01:31]But, >> [music] >> I actually jumped in the spa and I thought it was really nice.

[00:01:35]And check out the pool here. The pool was just perfect.

[00:01:39]Have a look at the sculpture on the side of this wall of this lady.

[00:01:42]>> [music] >> It's absolutely amazing.

[00:01:46]We really enjoyed putting it here, having a beer cuz there's a spa right behind us.

[00:01:51]>> [music] >> It's a perfect setting.

[00:01:54]The pool, well, Well, nothing to say, it was [music] just perfect, just the way it was.

[00:02:03]>> [music] >> Then we decided we'd take a walk to the meditation caves. [music] I've never done meditation before, so just to go here was something new for me.

[00:02:14]But as we were [music] walking down the stairs, and have a look at the handrails going down these stairs, very unique.

[00:02:20]I'm assuming it's pre-cast concrete, [music] but I cannot confirm that.

[00:02:26]The caves themselves were just amazing, [music] well worth the visit.

[00:02:32]>> [music] >> The columns underneath here holding up uh the suspended slab was all pre-cast [music] to make it look like timber logs, and also was fascinating.

[00:02:46]Here [music] there's ponds underneath the caves, and they actually have fish inside these.

[00:02:51]And [music] so as you walk through them, the fish are scurrying around.

[00:02:55]And yeah, well worth it, like I said before, I'd come back any day.

[00:03:01]>> [music] [music] [music] >> Very scenic.

[00:03:12]Everywhere you look is very scenic.

[00:03:16]Here you can see Gift, she's doing a bit of praying to her Buddha, that's her religion, that's her thing. [music] And I hope she's enjoying it.

[00:03:25]>> [music] >> I found the walk through here really fascinating.

[00:03:30]>> [music] >> And I can tell you I will definitely be coming back again.

[00:03:35]Just have to see what happens.

[00:03:40]>> [music] >> Here was the lecture room.

[00:03:47]>> [music] >> Check this out.

[00:03:49]So they have classes here, I can only assume for meditation.

[00:03:53]>> [music] >> And um Yeah, I think [music] it's a perfect setting for such a thing.

[00:04:05]How long do you think it would take to carve an elephant out of a shrub like this?

[00:04:09]Bloody incredible, I reckon.

[00:04:11]What do you think?

[00:04:14]Yeah, it's really nice.

[00:04:19]You look Well, spin that around.

[00:04:22]Look at that.

[00:04:29]That's fantastic.

[00:04:38]Beautiful chairs.

[00:04:42]Yeah. My hand.

[00:04:44]What sort of timber?

[00:04:46]Yeah, there's a whole the whole big Yeah, big tree and then just cut one too much.

[00:04:53]Bloody beautiful.

[00:04:58]Just a 5 10 minute drive from the resort, we come to Oi. River Rock Cafe.

[00:05:04]Beautiful little cafe across the other side of this river.

[00:05:07]Um nice easy walk across the bridge and they have great food there. Nice people, very cheap.

[00:05:14]I think it's worth the visit and if you happen to stay at the resort, give it a go. I think you'll enjoy Nice, huh?

[00:05:29]>> blue.

[00:05:31]Huh? Land is not clear.

[00:05:33]Land not clear.

[00:05:36]And chili dipping.

[00:05:38]This here, you sticky rice wrapped in banana leaf with belly pork deep fried and chili dipping.

[00:05:49]Beautiful lunch.

[00:05:51]350 Northern Thailand Loving it up here.

[00:05:58]Totally recommend it. Go and see the long neck people. Beautiful they are.

[00:06:02]Absolutely amazing. How you reckon?

[00:06:04]Yeah, I love them. I love to talk to them. Yeah.

[00:06:09]This dish here is a bit of steamed barramundi.

[00:06:18]And chili.

[00:06:23]Look at that.

[00:06:25]Everything around here has got to be with chili, doesn't it, in Thailand?

[00:06:28]Chili, lemon fish sauce Kop kun krap.

[00:06:57]Put on your mic.

[00:06:59]That's plenty. Yep. Thank you. No worries. You need some toothpicks? Yep.

[00:07:04]Kop kun krap.

[00:07:10]And then?

[00:07:11]Good.

[00:07:13]Chili.

[00:07:15]You can have it. Yeah, enjoy. Oh.

[00:07:19]That's nice. Not spicy, no.

[00:07:22]That's the fake chili.

[00:07:24]Bloody beautiful. It's not fake chili, either.

[00:07:27][ __ ] The food here in Northern Thailand, where we are right now, is absolutely delicious.

[00:07:39]You wouldn't go hungry here.

[00:07:40]And it's cheap. What's that worth in Australian?

[00:07:45]19 bucks.

[00:07:47]$20 Australian for all fish, cooked and brought to you. Hard to beat.

[00:08:10]Nice, huh?

[00:08:11]River Rock, people.

[00:08:13]Visit River Rock for lunch.

[00:08:15]Beautiful.

[00:08:16]Yeah?

[00:08:20]Lovely.

[00:08:21]And then she flips it again.

[00:08:23]Let me too. I'll just finish now.

[00:08:25]>> Yeah, just wait maybe 5 minutes more.

[00:08:27]Yeah. Yeah.

[00:08:28]Let it.

[00:08:38]Thailand is absolutely amazing. We're northern Thailand.

[00:08:43]Chiang Mai, beautiful.

[00:08:46]Look at the view.

[00:09:07]What are we doing here?

[00:09:10]>> [music] >> Going to get Thai massage.

[00:09:14]Last one. [music] You okay?

[00:09:21]>> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> I just had a massage over here.

[00:09:55]>> [music] [music] >> This place is really something different. [music] You know, if you're on wine for a week or so, come here.

[00:10:11]>> [music] >> You won't regret it.

[00:10:15]>> [music] >> It's our last morning at the uh meditation resort. [music] Didn't actually know it was a meditation resort until we got here, but soon found that out. It's a very nice place. Anyway, this is our last little walk through one of the gardens.

[00:10:34]>> [music] >> Beautiful spot.

[00:10:42]>> [music] >> Okay, we are leaving the resort in uh where are we, love? Ban Vimarn.

[00:11:04]Ban Vimarn Resort.

[00:11:07]Okay. Paradise alike.

[00:11:09]Beautiful spot. Highly recommend coming here.

[00:11:13]I didn't get the drone here.

[00:11:15]I wanted to drone here, but it's a meditation center and I didn't realize it before we got here.

[00:11:20]But there'd be some amazing droning to be done if I could have.

[00:11:24]But I didn't want to upset anyone, so I just didn't do it.

[00:11:27]We're off to Chiang Mai now. We're spending one night at the Novotel.

[00:11:32]And then we're going to go to Sue's family's house Yeah.

[00:11:35]for 5 or 6 days. I'm not sure how long.

[00:11:37]So, we will um channel back in when we get there.

[00:11:41]Hope you enjoyed what we've shown so far with this resort. Beautiful place. Come and check it out. North Thailand, Chiang Mai.

[00:11:49]Bye for now.

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