15th March - last day in Hua Hin

We have had such a lovely week here in Hua Hin. We did very little and finally took a little rest from the yoyo-ing we've been doing around the country for the past few weeks. It is actually so nice to just - stop -!!! Whenever we arrive at a new destination we're like lunatics trying to get around and see as much as possible. However, we are starting to learn that the time we take to ourselves is just as important as the time we spend exploring.

We spent each day chilling out in the Hilton (so undeserving of their luxury!) or just relaxing at our humble guest house. It's great to have company from home too, we can sit around, talk about familiar things and have the craic. We went out for the nicest food each night, costing next to nothing and had drinks on their 8th floor balcony overlooking the sea from one side and the city from the other. We were spoiled rotten!!
We ventured into the Karaoke style bars a couple of nights and sat around laughing and commenting on almost everyone, especially the creepy western men and their Thai ladies. No harm was done and they certainly kept us entertained! We especially enjoyed the music of Lady Bla Bla, she had a massive habit of forgetting the words and replacing them with bla....we laughed and laughed and laughed, she was a true super star!

Carol works for an airline and has done a lot of travelling throughout her life. She backpacked around India alone in the 70's, in a time where so little was known of the country, there were no atm's so she carried literally every penny she had on her. There were no telephones so she would have to write letters home to say she was okay, they wouldn't arrive for about three months! I could not imagine travelling like that now, it's very admirable that she did that and we really enjoyed listening to all her stories from the places she's been.

I have to say we will miss their company now that they've left. We will also miss the slide into the Hilton pool!!!!

We're leaving for Bangkok now, I'm writing this at Hua Hin station. It's a five hour journey and we paid 88baht for the two of us to travel, that's about €2.50! The train's been delayed though so who knows when we'll eventually get on it, although as long as its not a 25hr bus journey to flippin Kuala Lumpar I do not care!!!!!!