Fondcome Village Resort

“Mlabri” human race during Stone Age who live until now which is called “Phi Tong Luang” by Northern Thai people. Mlabri are quite shy, they do not like to meet with other people and isolate themselves from the people out of they own groups. They live in the forest and use green leaves to make a shelter. Once the leaves turned brown they will relocate their camp. Ancestor of human race used to live like Phi Tuang Luang, the last Stone Age people.

Prior to the established of Lanna Kingdom by King Mengrai Maharaj the first king of Lanna Thai Kingdom which is now part of Thailand, Loa or Lawah was originated people in Lanna Kingdom, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and South Vietnam. They created their own alphabetwhich is used in Cambodia, Morn, Thai, Tai, Tai Lanna and Sibsongpanna.

Their architecture can be found at Pasak temple in Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai or “Vieng Kao” (old city) which is called by Chiang Mai people. Loa is from Neolithic who used stone to buildtheir houses and known the mechanic of weighing. Loa’s arts and culture had influenced to Lanna Thai Kingdom until nowadays.You are warmly invited to stay at Sin Chan Khi’s stone house.

Pakayor means human Karieng (Karen) means hunter. Northern Thai people called Karen as Yang. Karen is the tribe which has many ethnic groups and has several languages. Old generation Karen was believed in ghost and big trees, but now they have religions such as Buddhism or Christianity. There were originally from Burma, but after a war they had moved to Thailand. They have separated into 4 groups. Pakayor is one group of those 4 groups which has more populations. They have their own alphabet which was created by the missionary who adapted it from Burmese and Roman alphabets. Most people in Pakayor group had become Christianity.

Karen is known as honest people and they are the great hunter in the forest. They love freedom and peaceful. They have many beautiful songs of their own. Karen women are strict in virginity and they will keep their virgin for the men they loved.

A young Hmong soldier the son of the great founder of the land for Hmong people, General Wang Wow. General Wang Wow was the leader of Hmong troop in the religion war. The war made him left his only son behide with hope that his son will retrieve the freedom of their people. Wang Wied’s hope seems far away for a young Hmong who has only little experience. He is still missing the happiness of the civilization. He does not know how his future will be like. The winner of the war may not be the answer of happiness for him, but the true happiness is hope and dream. How will you spark his dream and how his life is going to be like, we need your suggestion.

Fondcome village is the fortress of Chiang Mai city. A young single soldier, Lieutenant Kamsuek who looks after the bulwark of the village. He is in charge of the east fence, the way to Khun Ewok (monkey) mountain near Pao dam a local dam which distribute water source to ten villages in this area (Pao is a big tree which produces sweet scent flowers during summer time). Lieutenant Kamsuek is very popular of his physical force.

He is well respect by the villagers. He sometimes works as a village police. Since he is beloved by the villager, people here are very happy to share how great he is, please visit Fondcome village and enjoy listening to his great brave.

Akha or Ekor in Northern Thai dialect. In Tai Yai and Sisongpanna “E” is used in front of name and “Kor” means human in Thai.

Ami an Akha lady who called herself honey which mean human in Akha language. Akha also mean human. Ami is a beautiful lady who looks after herold parents by herself. She works hard to support them, but hard work does not make her stop dreaming. She has her own happiness from day dreaming.She loves colour so she painted her house so colourful. Her house is opened to welcome her important guests.

She is very good at making rattan.She always singing while making a rattan, it shows that she is a happy person. She said that “to make hard work simpler is to enjoy it”, do you agree with her?

All living creatures will not survive without balance. Eastern philosophy believes in Earth, Water, Wind and Fire elements. The buildings should contain these four elements. It is believed that people living in such building will be happy. This philosophy reflexes the architecture of Fondcome Village Resort which is built at the right latitude. When the sun is at the right angle the shadow of all stakes will reflex in the pond. Stone and soil layer are above water layer. Upper floor is the glass house. Glass roof and glass wall are base of wind. Fire is from sunlight which makes the water in the pond warm. Philosophy has no physical form thus untouchable, but can be felt. The Northern Thai philosopher called this feeling
“Kaew Khan”

A stunning design 2-storey villa with glass wall and open roof on the upper floor allows guests to enjoy a nice breeze and enjoy viewing the stars at night. The color shade for this building is earth tone which gives a comfortable look. The paintings in the rooms reflex eastern philosophy, earth, water, wind and fire.

A 2-storey with roof-deck brick building and 3 bedrooms, 2 rooms have a big Flame tree in the middle. The second floor is a mini suite. This suite has one bedroom and a spacious living area with built-in counter and roof-deck which is a perfect place for a small private party indoor or outdoor on roof-deck.

Khanploy is a Tai Lue woman from Sibsongpanna, Yunnan, China. Tai Lue is a group of Thai people who live in the north area of Mae Khong River. She was the off-spring of Chao Mom Kham Lue, the king of Jinghong Empire. Jinghong Empire still exists and is now one of tourist attractions in Southern China. She had been through a difficult religion war in Sibsongpanna. She decided to leave all those painful memory behind and travelled to Fondcome Village with her lover.

She was a great cook especially Tai Sibsongpanna and Chinese foods. Whenever there was a special ceremony at the village she would cook many delicious foods. Please come and try her delicious food at Fondcome Village where you will experience an authentic Sibsongpanna food. Her villa is Khanmok Kaew.

Kon Muang Villa - Sijuk
Yan is the name of the owner of this villa. He spent most of his lifetime finding himself. Yan is Northern Thai dialect which means famous. His life was up and down like a blowing wind in the middle of the fire. Finally he found himself as an artist painting.

Yan's close friends called him Juk, but he was known by people in Fondcome Village as Luang Por Juk. After having explored a sinful world for most of his life, Juk decided to become a monk. He left his house to live in a temple nearby. His house was then used by the villager to treat their guests. You can feel the arts spirit in Sijuk Villa where paint brush, canvas, and acrylic colours are all there to remind us of a great artist.

Kon Muang Villa has 2 storey and 2 bedrooms. Bo leaves and gold leaves are used to decorate the rooms. Bo free is considered holy free for Buddhism. Bo leaves are used in thes rooms to reflect Sijuk's monkhood life.

Kon Muang Villa - Uncle Morn
Uncle Morn is a landscape designer of Fondcome Village. He believes that one rice grain is more important than money and treasure. One grain of rice can produce many rice crops and therefore can fill up a farmer's rice born.

Tai Yai people are living in Chan State, Burma. They love freedom and they have their own language. The language is similar to Northern Thai dialect. In the past, Northern Thai people used to trade with Tai Yai people. The trade had lead to culture exchanges. Tai Yai arts and cultres had influences on Northern Thailand arts and cultres. Ging Gala Bird Dancing is one of the arts from Tai Yai which can be found at any special ceremonies.

A noticeable from far away 4-storey building whit a transparent Ging Gala Bird on its roof top, Tai Yai villa has 12 bedrooms. The decoration of each room is influenced by Tai Yai arts and cultures. Each room has different color shades. A small terrace of each room is a perfect place for afternoon tea or reading with a nice breeze from the mountains and a atream running behind the building.

Daniel McGilvary was an American Presbyterian missionary who played an important role in the expansion of Protestantism into northern Thailand. McGilvary continued active evangelistic work, including visiting established Christian groups, up until his death on 22 August 1911, in Chiang Mai. Throughout his life, his colleagues and the general public held McGilvary in great esteem, and businesses and government offices in Chiang Mai were officially closed in mourning on the day of his death.

Hor Come is a holiday home of Chao Duangduen Na Chiang Mai where she could rest and relax after an importaint mission is completed. Chao Duangduen will visit Hor Come occasionally. It is also used to welcome her important guests and hight-level guests of the Fondcome village. Stunningly designed, Hor Come villa has 5 bedrooms and 1 suite, Hor Come Golden Suite. A magnificent golden roof with an artificial lunar on its top and spacious area with own kitchen, Hor Come Golden Suite is perfect for a private party or executive meeting.