Friday 11 December 2009

0500 - up early again. Lots to do - postcards to write - emails to respond to ...

0700 - breakfast with the boys

0745 - meet up with Goi (nickname) - from the PR department. She is looking after us all day ... We love her as she has 10 cats - Yellow, Beaver, Jelly, Beloved, B1, B2, Mix, White, Black & Chuang Chuang! Next year she is going for 20!

0750 - start filming - there are 6 restaurants in the building (& a luxury boat dining experience on the river). It became a Banyan Tree in 2002. After a full refurbishment - it now has 327 rooms & suites set over 61 floors. The top floor - well I will come to that later ...

0900 - film my suite (Grand Banyan Suite) on the 18th floor. Have two bedrooms - 147 m2 area. Kitchenette ... HUGE bedroom ... ENORMOUS bathroom ... a wee view of the City and Chao Phraya River. Happy Varun!

1100 - head up to the 59th floor to Pier 59 where the very cool Chef Edy taught me how to prepare one of my favourite dishes - tuna tartare... yum!

1230 - lunch at Bai Yun - dim sum. So So So So SOOOOOO good ...

1400 - film Spa ... the best urban spa I have visited in a very, very long time.

1630 - 61st Floor - the Moon Bar and Vertigo (restaurant) - the highest open air restaurant and bar in the world! Amazing views ... Interview Banyan Tree's Bernold Schroeder - a legendary figure in luxury hotel circles. There is much competition here among the luxury hotels ... I am pleased the Banyan Tree is doing well ... the staff are just so kind & friendly ... naturally Thai I suppose.

1815 - sunset from 61st floor .... purrrrfect!

1900 - dinner at taihei - Japanese - whoo-hoooooo!

Song of the Day: I Wish - Skee-lo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ip1Luw_WQc

Weather: Just right - hot but not sweaty ... comfortable!




i do some work!
my living room
catwoman!
chef edy
61st floor!
mr bernold schroeder - from krefeld!
 
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