{"id":1921,"date":"2023-02-02T23:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T07:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2023-02-14T02:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T10:05:21","slug":"golden-glow-of-the-golden-triangle-at-the-anantara-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/golden-glow-of-the-golden-triangle-at-the-anantara-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Glow of the Golden Triangle at the Anantara Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1918\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1918\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1918\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ying_luck.jpg\" alt=\"Ying Luck\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ying_luck.jpg 480w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Ying_luck-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ying Luck; courtesy Ruth J. Katz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ying Luck was hungry.\u00a0 She knew that when she arrived at the dining room terrace at the <a href=\"http:\/\/goldentriangle.anantara.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp &amp; Resort<\/a> her cuteness alone would be rewarded with a scrumptious snack.\u00a0 Every morning at around 8 a.m., this youthful, diminutive five-year-old, along with her ever-watchful and devoted mahout, lumbers to the restaurant patio where the staff has put out an elephant-size basket of bananas and eager hotel guests vie to pose for pictures with this charming and accommodating pachyderm and vie to feed her.<\/p>\n<p>Ying Luck is but one of some 20 elephants here (along with 26 mahouts and their families), who reside in the elephant camp, having been rescued from other parts of the country, or having been retired from &#8220;work.&#8221; (In 1989, the Thai government banned logging in protected areas and a side effect of that ban was that many elephants who had worked for years in the logging industry\u2014whether judged right or wrong by Western standards\u2014found themselves &#8220;unemployed&#8221; and in need of rescue.\u00a0 Their mahouts now must provide for both the elephants and their own families.\u00a0 (Elephants can easily live 50 to 70 years, so it is vital that they have a safe sanctuary where they can spend those years.)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1919\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1919\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resort_exterior_and_elephants.jpg\" alt=\"elephants at Camp Dara\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resort_exterior_and_elephants.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resort_exterior_and_elephants-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resort_exterior_and_elephants-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Resort_exterior_and_elephants-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elephants at Camp Dara with their mahouts; courtesy of Anantara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thus it is that Ying Luck and some of her sisters \u2014 Pohmpoey, Mina, and Lakh An, to name but three of the &#8220;girls&#8221; \u2014 all find themselves in <a href=\"http:\/\/goldentriangle.anantara.com\/elephantcamp.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Camp Dara<\/a>, designed as a traditional mahout village. They are the star attraction and visitors to this Anantara property can interact with them daily. Elephant-related activities are only one category of experience offered at this property; there are many things to do both on- and off-campus, despite the fact that the resort feels as if it is in the middle of an ever-verdant forest.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1920\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1920\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2.jpg\" alt=\"deluxe hotel room with views of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos\" width=\"850\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2-600x419.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Three_Country_View_Suite_2-104x74.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A deluxe hotel room with views of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos; courtesy of Anantara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Perched on a ridge overlooking the hills of Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos, and at the convergence of the Ruak and the Mekong Rivers, the 160-acre property provides a window to the breathtaking panorama of verdant, wild, and untamed nature \u2014 bamboo forest, rice paddies, and the jungles on the hillside. \u00a0And that &#8220;window&#8221; is not necessarily a glass window \u2014 the resort is, as are so many in the tropics, open-air \u2014 and thusly offers a picture-postcard, up-close vista no matter what direction you face.\u00a0 The rich, burnished-wooden floors and furniture along with the rattan and wicker accessories, accented by native-print textiles, reinforce the Eastern mood. The staff&#8217;s warmth and graciousness will quickly envelop you, another Eastern hallmark. It is no wonder that in 2016&#8217;s <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>&#8216;s Readers&#8217; Choice Awards, this resort was ranked sixth out of 40 in the Top Resorts in Asia category.<\/p>\n<p>The cossetting hands of the Anantara employees are ever-present at all of the company&#8217;s nearly 40 hotels, known for superlative service and exquisite settings.\u00a0 On staff, also, are gurus who can attend to specific needs, even down to what kind of soap you might want to use \u2014 to be blissed out or energized, you can choose from vetiver, cedar wood, ginger flower, or patchouli \u2014 or what kind of pillow you require to fall lazily into the arms of Morpheus.<\/p>\n<p>Anantara is the five-star hotel group of the Thailand-based Minor Corporation, which also has four other hotel brands, with properties on five continents.\u00a0 Founder William Heinecke, the son of a US foreign service official, is Wisconsin-born and Thai-bred; he left home at 17 and started a business in Bangkok, and because he was too young to sign legal documents, he dubbed his fledgling operation the Minor Corporation. Today it is one of the largest hospitality and food conglomerates in Asia, boasting a network of some 2,000 eateries and hundreds of retail stores, in addition to its 150-plus hotels. \u00a0Anantara knows how to put a capital &#8220;H&#8221; in hospitality and dot the &#8220;i&#8221; in service.<\/p>\n<p>This property offers a Discovery Experience package that provides for, in addition to three daily meals (as well as in-room dining and mini-bar), WiFi, nearby museum admission, and best of all, a major activity each day.\u00a0 The latter might include a spa package for an unparalleled half-day, sybaritic experience; a Spice Spoons cooking class, which might also include a morning trip to the market, to purchase ingredients, and then preparation\/cooking at your own station, under the watchful eye of the chef; an &#8220;elephant experience,&#8221; which might be the E.L.E. Elephant Learning Program, or the Mahout Training Class, or Walking with the Giants; and, lastly, an outing into Myanmar and Laos, on the Golden Triangle Discovery Excursion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1916\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1916\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Guests_enjoying_a_Thai_cooking_class.jpg\" alt=\"Spice Spoons cooking class\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Guests_enjoying_a_Thai_cooking_class.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Guests_enjoying_a_Thai_cooking_class-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Guests_enjoying_a_Thai_cooking_class-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Guests_enjoying_a_Thai_cooking_class-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Spice Spoons cooking class; courtesy of Anantara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Discovery Excursions provide for a car, driver, and an experienced guide, as needed.\u00a0 Some of the excursions are &#8220;do-it-yourself,&#8221; and might include a car hop across the road to the intriguing and educational Hall of Opium Museum, which should not be missed.\u00a0 The story of opium is recounted through a native lens, not Western opprobrium, and highlights how this area became ground zero for the poppy&#8217;s treacherous lure and the nexus for its spread. Built to instruct, museum&#8217;s entertaining and educational exhibitions trace opium\u2019s history through 5,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>An outing worth taking is the day trip that includes dipping a toe into Laos and Myanmar; the former is accessible via longtail boat (no visa required) to Don Sao Island in the Mekong, and the latter is reached by crossing a colorful bridge by foot, connecting Mae Sai in Thailand with Myawaddy in Myanmar with. You&#8217;ll want to spend more time in Myanmar, as you no sooner cross the bridge and fall into the Shan Market (exotic fruits and vegetables) and then navigate the overwhelming shopping market of stalls and shops, carrying everything and anything you might ever want.\u00a0 My &#8220;gal pals&#8221; and I did major retail damage here and came back to Anantara giddy with the exhilaration of the high resulting from scoring well-bargained-for treasures.\u00a0 We rewarded ourselves with intriguing cocktails, nursed indolently on the Anantara terrace, overlooking lush bamboo woodlands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1912\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1912\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/long-tail-boat.jpg\" alt=\"view of Mekong River in Thailand from a boat\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/long-tail-boat.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/long-tail-boat-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/long-tail-boat-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/long-tail-boat-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical sight along the Mekong; courtesy of Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are also other outings that are fascinating in different ways:\u00a0 It is a ten-minute trip to Chiang Saen, the former capital of Thailand&#8217;s ancient Lanna Kingdom, where ancient city walls, dating back to the twelfth century, as well as many temple ruins and relics remain.\u00a0 Farther afield is a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/chiangmai.tours\/chiang-mai-temples\/wat-rong-khun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wat Rong Khun<\/a>, known as the White Temple, the work of artist Chaloemchai Khositphiphat, who has created this ornate, bleached-looking structure, that appears as if it were a dripping gingerbread cake, swathed in snow, rising from the earth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1913\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1913\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/big-buddha.jpg\" alt=\"golden Buddha along the Mekong River\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/big-buddha.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/big-buddha-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/big-buddha-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/big-buddha-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The golden Buddha along the Mekong; courtesy of Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1917\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1917\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/local-boat.jpg\" alt=\"Mekong River scene\" width=\"850\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/local-boat.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/local-boat-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/local-boat-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/local-boat-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A typical sight along the Mekong; courtesy of Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When you visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitung.org\/tourism_attraction_royal_villa.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doi Tung Royal Villa<\/a>, dress with your arms covered and don&#8217;t come clad in short shorts, or you&#8217;ll be given a giant denim skirt and oversize jacket to swathe around your flesh. The villa was built in the Lanna and Swiss architectural styles\u2014this Swiss-chalet-looking edifice appears rather incongruous in the middle of Thailand.\u00a0 It was the residence of Her (late) Royal Highness Princess Srinakarindra, the Princess Mother, and her daughter and granddaughter.\u00a0 The walls of the great hall are covered in stunning Thai silk which is embroidered lavishly and the ceiling is awash with the night sky, replete with the constellations, as they were on the night of her birth in 1900.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1914\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1914\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Doi-Tung-4.jpg\" alt=\"the Mae Fah Luang Garden\" width=\"540\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Doi-Tung-4.jpg 540w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Doi-Tung-4-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The always-in-bloom Mae Fah Luang Garden; courtesy Tourism Authority of Thailand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another must-see is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doitung.org\/tourism_attraction_mfl_garden.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mae Fah Luang Garden<\/a>, which, along with the palace, are among the most visited attractions in the Chiang Rai province. The gardens, ten acres of riots of color, are spectacular.\u00a0 Our guide told us that the grounds \u2014 featuring everything from dahlia, magnolia, petunia, azalea, geranium, pansy, morning glory to a rock garden, a water garden, an orchid house, and a palm garden \u2014 are replanted every few months, guaranteeing that they are always in full bloom. Wherever you are, look for a Doi Tung Cottage Industry shop, a pet project of the Princess Mother, which encourages the production of native crafts of the highest quality, ensuring income for many villages.\u00a0 The handmade mulberry papers, exquisitely woven shawls and home furnishings, along with pottery and other crafts, will be treasured souvenirs when you bring them home.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the Anantara campus, consider trying to take all three elephant activities if you are there long enough; they are included in the Discovery Experience. Walking with the Giants will get you up at the crack of dawn to stroll in the forest with the elephants and their mahouts, as the gentle giants splash in the river, cavort in the mud, and snack on plums and leaves, while you learn about elephants from the resident veterinarian or the property&#8217;s biologist. The Mahout Experience is a hands-on learning session, observing and practicing, as a mahout trainee, the 70 commands and touches the mahouts use to guide their charges to respond. The E.L.E. Learning Experience focuses on elephant biology, behavior, and conservation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1915\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1915\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Elephants_by_the_River_G_A_H-MOD.jpg\" alt=\"elephants at Camp Dara\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Elephants_by_the_River_G_A_H-MOD.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Elephants_by_the_River_G_A_H-MOD-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Elephants_by_the_River_G_A_H-MOD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Elephants_by_the_River_G_A_H-MOD-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elephants enjoying the jungle of Camp Dara; courtesy Anantara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One other wonderful experience, unique to Anantara and yet different in every property is the Dining by Design option.\u00a0 At the Golden Triangle, it might include a sit-down dinner in a rice paddy, with a few visiting elephants, and savoring a banquet of local specialties, as two chefs cook in the open-air kitchen.\u00a0 It is a night to remember, as are all the experiences at this very magical, special slice of heaven.<\/p>\n<p>The Details:<\/p>\n<p>For information on this resort and other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anantara.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anantara<\/a> properties, call 844-646-6724<\/p>\n<p>To read about the Anantara Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, <a href=\"http:\/\/travelingboy.com\/archive-travel-ruth-bangkok1.html\">click here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/travelingboy.com\/archive-travel-ruth-bangkok2.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evaair.com\/en-us\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EVA Air<\/a> has several beautiful, comfortable lounges in the Taipei, Taiwan (your stopover), all with flavorsome Eastern and Western cuisine and gracious amenities geared to a sleepy traveler. Cabin service includes five classes \u2014 Royal Laurel, Premium Laurel, Business Class, Elite Class, and Economy Class.\u00a0 800-695-1188<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a9 Ruth J. 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