Koh Samui Thailand-A Tennis Player's Dream

Koh Samui Tennis Club

                                          Video-Tennis Tourist in Koh Samui Thailand

If there was tennis in heaven, it might look like this.  Koh Samui tennis club is beautifully maintained and offers everything the tennis traveler could want including hitting partners and coaching.  The two courts are plexi-paved, the same surface used at the Australian Open.  The surroundings are lush and tropical, and the clubhouse serves up both tennis gear and cold Chang Beer.  The courts are lit for night play.

I played with a hitting partner 'Chan' and this guy definitely made me run.   Other players we ran into here were from Russia and Poland.

Koh Samui Tennis Club

77/1 Soi Sumkorkawe, Bangrak
Koh Samui, Suratthani, Thailand 84320

Ph : 08 352 91214
Email : info@samuitennis.com

Koh Samui Tennis Club


What To Do After Tennis

An Thong Marine National Park

We spent the day on a boat touring Ang Thong National Marine Park by boat.  These 42 islands shouldn't be missed.  The mountains on these white sand-rimmed islands rise graciously from the green water of the Gulf of Thailand with such beauty that you just can't stop snapping pictures.   Tour boats will take you kayaking, hiking the mountain trails and snorkeling where you'll find all kinds of sea life.






Where we stayedWe stayed at an older cottage resort called the Matlang.  It's  beachfront  with no frills but tons of character.  Our cottage was spacious and clean and the ocean was just steps away.  The beachfront massage at our resort attracted people from all over.  The food was good and very reasonable traditional Thai which is getting harder and harder to find in the busy town of Chaweng just up the road.   The resort was run by a very friendly group of Thai folks who couldn't have been more helpful.

Matlang Resort

Matlang Resort


MATLANG 154/1 M.2 CHAWENG BEACH,BOPHUT,KOH SAMUI,SURATTANI ,84320,

The Tennis Tourist Checks out some Great Indoor Facilities-Calgary Winter Club

The CalgaryWinter Club
Calgary Alberta Canada

6 Hard surface indoor courts with a full roster of tennis programs for youngsters through adults.  The club offers a variety of leagues and tournaments.  The club has a full range of athletic including a gym, pool, badminton, squash, skating, gymnastics, curling and bowling.  The Winter Club also has a wide range of social activities.
The Winter Club is a private club and does have a waiting list.  The club has reciprocal arrangements with clubs in Canada, USA and around the world where members can use each other's clubs facilities when traveling.


What to do After the Game

Hike at adjacent Nose Hill Park

An urban prairie paradise winter and summer.  The trails of Nose Hill Park take you up to stunning views of Calgary's well-known skyline.  



 Where to Stay

Kensington Riverside Inn

Located in Kensington Village overlooking the Bow River and downtown, this 19-room inn is Calgary's original boutique hotel.  The inn was accepted into Relais & Chateau a fellowship of 500 upscale hotels and gourmet restaurants around the world.



Kensington Riverside Inn

1126 Memorial Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 3E3
403-228-4442; 877-313-3733
email: info@kensingtonriversideinn.com

University of British Columbia Indoor Tennis Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada



12 indoor courts and 1 outdoor.  A brand new state of the art facility is where 8 of the courts are located.  The surface is premier/plexipave standard Austrailian and US Open blue medium/slow pace. The other four courts are in an adjacent tennis bubble with a plexipave standard surface that is pacific blue and light green with a medium/fast pace.  There is also one outdoor court on the west side of the building.  The facility is open to the public.

What to do After the Game
Nitobe Memorial Gardens, UBC Campus

"Each tree, stone and shrub has been deliberately placed and is carefully maintained to reflect an idealized conception and symbolic representation of nature.  There is harmony among natural forms-waterfalls, rivers, forests, islands and seas-and a balance of masculine and feminine forces traditionally attributed to natural elements.  Realizing that many native trees and shrubs could be trained and pruned in typical Japanese fashion, the garden's creators incorporated them as unique features.  Some maple and cherry trees and most of the azaleas and iris were brought from Japan.  A place of reflection, where each step reveals a  new harmony, the garden is designed to suggest a span of time- a day, a week or a lifetime-with a beginning choice of paths, and ending."                                                                                                  www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/nitobe




Where to Stay
Point Grey Guest House

A quaint traditional guest house within walking distance of the UBC campus, Jericho Beach and downtown.  
Point Grey Guest House
4103 West 10th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6R 2H2
Canada
1-604-222-4104
info@pointgreyguesthouse.com

Tennis Tourist's Top 10 Destination Videos 2013 #10-Indian Wells Tennis Club

Indian Wells Tennis Club

Indian Wells Video

 Although Indian Wells Tennis Garden is known for it's annual grand slam tournament in March where the top ranked players in the world assemble,  the rest of the year it is a tennis club where anyone can play.  The club offers memberships, drop ins, lessons, camps and daily clinics for every level and age of player.  The facility is beautifully appointed with 29 hard courts, fitness and locker rooms, a member lounge, racquet stringing and a well stocked pro shop.  There's definitely something unique about playing on the same courts where the likes of Nadal, Federer, Djokovic battle it out,  while dreaming about what 'could have been.'

What to do After the Game

When the Indian Wells tournament isn't running, you can sometimes take a tour of the centre court stadium as well as walk around some of the other courts.  The setting which is adjacent to the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains is breathtaking, and the tennis gardens offer some great points where you can enjoy mountain vistas and views of the stadium.

The centre court stadium was built in 2000 and is the second largest tennis stadium in the world, holding over 16,000 people.  Indian Wells expsansion will feature a new court to be be opened in 2014.

And if you're in Palm Springs when the tournament is not, it's an event not to be missed.  One of the world's great tennis tournaments, in one of the globe's most beautiful settings.Where to Stay
Desert Princess Hotel

About a 20 minute drive from the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the Doral Hotel is set on the 27 hole Desert Princess Golf Course.  Almost all rooms have views of the golf course or  mountains.  A large pool is one of the focal points of the property.  The location is close to Palm Springs.




Desert Princess Hotel
67967 Vista Chino
Cathedral City, CA  92234
1-760-322-7000
1-800-433-0431

Tennis Tourist's Top 10 Tennis Destination Videos 2013-Stanley Park Vancouver

Stanley Park Vancouver British Columbia Tennis

Stanley Park Tennis Courts

Stanley Park, Vancouver BC

Stanley Park, one of the world’s great urban parks in the heart of Vancouver British Columbia, Canada.  Stanley Park is a 1,001 acre public park that borders downtown Vancouver and is almost entirely surrounded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean.  It has 11 free tennis courts that are available on a first come, first served basis.  There are also more free courts near Lost Lagoon along Lagoon Drive at Robson Street if those are full.  During the warm season, six of the courts are operated as pay courts and can be booked through the tennis pro shop at Stanley Park.  There are a lot of regulars at these courts and the play can be at quite a high level on the courts at Beach Avenue.  You can find the courts near the Beach Avenue entrance to Stanley Park.  604-605-8224 

What to Do After the Game

Stanley Park and English Bay

Strolling along the seawall through this world class urban park, hanging out on English Bay Beach, kayaking, watching legendary sunsets.  It’s all part of visiting the west end of Vancouver, an area that draws locals and people from around the globe.  With Vancouver’s moderate climate, the park is a popular place to go year round.

Stanley park is designated a national historic site and is a 400 hectare oasis of rainforest, trails and beaches with mountain and water views in the heart of urban Vancouver.  There are restaurants, an aquarium, totem poles and many other points of interest in the renowned site.

Where to Stay

The Sylvia Hotel

Standing guard over English Bay Beach and the entrance to Stanley Park since 1912, the grand old hotel is truly a Vancouver landmark.  It was designed as an apartment building for a Mr. Goldstein who had a daughter named Sylvia.  Now dwarfed by surrounding high rise towers, until 1958 it was the tallest building in Vancouver and also the site of the first cocktail bar in the city.  The outside is completely covered by Virginia Creeper and inside the charm continues with tasteful period pieces combined with modern amenities.  The rates are very reasonable considering the location, and it is therefore a very popular place for visitors.  It’s easy to spend lots of time without even leaving the hotel.  Eating in the restaurant is an experience in itself.  The views of English Bay and the sunsets in the evening are spectacular.

The hotel was designated a historic building in 1975 and has also been immortalized in two children’s books by Lois Simmie about the hotels famous cat.  A song by singer-songwriter.  Cheryl Wheeler also mentions the feline.

The Sylvia Hotel

1154 Gilford St Vancouver BC V6G 2P6

(604) 681-9321

1-877-681-9321

info@sylviahotel.com

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