D&G Resort

[hillbilly]

You probably have forgotten about hillbilly's shack by now. Actually, the wife hated my usage of the word shack. "So lo-so" she said.

So now you can see the name change in the sign over the gate.

Welcome to the D&G Resort! Come on inside and see what has been going on.

First you can see my daughter feeding a guest.

[hillbilly]

This is what we will call our Pavilion.



Hopefully, the plant that I have in mind will grace the entrance into the semi-outdoor eating pavilion.

[hillbilly]

Even workers need their sleep.



Here is a view from the back of the resort.

[hillbilly]

Now for the driveway.

[gusG]

You've been busy haven't you? It's looking great , best of luck, although i don't think you will need it. I'm sure you are going to be inundated with TD members and people they refer to you . Cheers.

[Airportwo]

Lookin good, count me as a future guest........
Cheers

[Sir Burr]

I'm confused. hillbilly, I thought this was going to be your private getaway. Is it going to be a resort with paying guests?
Looks fantastic, by the way.

[buad hai]

Indeed, looks gorgeous....

[cimboc]

Looking very nice indeed - keep the pics coming!

[kingwilly]

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[hillbilly]

Sir Burr, I am confused also. We have talked about the direction we want our place to head. These are the main points.

1. The wife has been saying that we have put to much money into our place. Probably close to 4 million baht so far and I still have ideas for projects.

2. We have been approached by several tour guides wanting to use our place.

3. Maybe we can make some money off a home-stay concept.

So you can see what is going through our minds. But, as of right now we really have no idea.

[hillbilly]

We didn't really want to use tiles for the driveway and concrete pavers were even more expensive. So we opted for this plan.

Cleaning the drive in order to pour the grout.



One of the Thai ladies is getting ready to open the cement. I want to say this type of cement cost close to B200 per bag. Will double check.



It took 3 bags per mixture.

[hillbilly]

Trying to figure out the right color.



Adding the water.



Then pouring in the small gravel. This cost B80 per bag.

[hillbilly]

As is the custom with many Thai construction workers, they allow the lady to be the mixer.



The workers now begin to lay down the grout mixture.



Out comes the trowel and the work begins. Notice Jaew always manages to water in the shade while she watches the workers.

[hillbilly]

The problem is the grout mixture has to be tamped in. So one can hear the constant 'bak-bak' noise.



Using my materials the workers built this special T-roller in order to speed up the process.

[hillbilly]

This photo shows what was done in one day. However, much like rendering concrete the touch up work often took several more hours.



But as in any Thai project all is not work. There always has to be food involved.

Here is lunch in the making.



I don't have any idea what it is, but the food was spicy!

[hillbilly]

One of my favorite local ladies stops by for an inspection tour.



The next day it's back to work. And yes, it is hot!

[hillbilly]

It seems as though material was constantly being ordered and arriving.



Step by step.

[terry57]

Great pictures mate and a very interesting project, any chance of posting your pics in a 600 by 800 format so we can get a real good look at them.

The large format pictures are so much better than the small ones, the work to post them is the same so i dont know why people bother.

Anyway,

whatever mate.

Cheers.

[Thetyim]

^
If there is anyone you want to look at you can up the size by removing normal_ from the url

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/albums/u.../10009/178.jpg

[hillbilly]

Good idea, will try that in the future. TD use to be worried about bandwidth so my posting pics is more habit than anything else.

Now, it's time for another meal.



She is cooking what was in the plastic bag.



Then sitting down at the dining table for a wonderful local meal.

[hillbilly]

I was so lucky today. The wife had been shopping for some furniture.



We place the tables and chairs in the pavilion.

[geoff]

Congratulations, Hilly, it looks really great. You've really done a first class job.

[Loombucket]

It's looking fantastic HB! I love that driveway, seems to go nicely with your trees and planting. Keep us up to date.

[Fabian]

That really looks great.