Col and I arrived in Bangkok on Monday evening after a 12 hour direct flight from Auckland. This 3 1/2 week holiday has been planned so we can attend NATCON8, the Naturist Association on Thailand's annual conference. Exiting from the plane at 8.30pm was like entering a sauna!
We stayed the first night in a hotel near the airport called 'At Residence' (photo above) which served us well although I didn't get much sleep. It was tolerable overnight with the aircon on.
Next morning we went by taxi to Barefeet Naturist Resort, to the north-east of Bangkok city centre. The driver understandably hadn't heard of it, but a quick entry of the address into Google maps on his phone and we were on our way.
Well we thought we were until a few km out we got stuck in traffic. The 25km (40 minute drive) took us 1 3/4 hours! We did make it eventually and were greeted by our hosts Gregers and Dao who showed us to our room. At last we could get our gear off thank goodness.
Barefeet has been developed from two properties which are linked by a walkway behind a separate property between them. Our room was upstairs in the older section, which also housed a large kitchen where breakfast is served. There is also a small plunge pool in this area. Our room was upstairs with a wide breezeway outside the room.
The newer section on the other property has a larger pool, bar and dining area and sunloungers around the pool as well as a sauna, hot tub and gym.
We spent the day trying to stay cool - first in the main pool, but it was more like a bath. The smaller pool was shaded by trees so was not as warm but way more refreshing in the heat. The air temperature today reached 38 degrees with 30% humidity but in the cooler pool it was tolerable - just!!
We are staying here until Friday when we go by bus to the resort hosting the conference. Although not a naturist resort, Gregers said the owners are keen to host the event. I will report back from the conference once we get there.
