The next morning, we all moved up north from Bangkok to Khon Kaen. By all, I meant representatives from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau, Chinese Taipei, China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, along with the tournament officials. The journey to Khon Kaen was going to be long, so we stopped at various places to make the trip more exciting. Congratulations to the tournament officials, we did enjoy the trip.
Among the places were Petrified Wood museum, Phian Mai historical park.
Petrified woods are woods that have undergone tremendous pressure over time and became stones. They looked beautiful, and we imagined how nice it would be to have a goban (go board) made of petrified wood.
Later on, in Phian Mai, we were brought to see a 1000 year old temple. Not so sure if I could call it Angkor Wat. Is Angkor Wat specific to the old temple in Cambodia? However, this ancient building used to be a place of residence and a place of religious rituals.
My camera ran out of batteries here, but I had taken enough pictures for the day.
The last pictures shows me in the room that I shared with Ping Ho. It was at a nice resort in Khon Kaen, with breakfast provided. There were also swimming pool and gym facilities. I’m amazed how rich 7 Eleven is to have sponsored all these.
