Hua Hin...

Had a nice trip to Hua Hin. Left here Monday morning at about 8:30 and took a taxi to the bus stop. From there it was about a three hour bus ride to Hua Hin. We stayed at a guesthouse near the beach called Nerawin. Grabbed a hamburger for lunch and headed to the beach. I have never been to the beach before that I can remember except for a few minutes in B.C. The sand squeaked as you walked on it and the sea was amazingly warm. Hua Hin is to the southwest of Bankok on the Sea of Thailand. The highlight of the first afternoon was getting in the way of schools of minnows. They would smack against you and jump out of the water as they passed, felt kinda weird and left hundreds of funny brown marks on my shirt. Spent the afternoon on the beach then headed to an Indian restaurant. I'm not a big fan of Indian food so I had some plain rice and some sort of flat bread. Checked out the night market and other stores. Headed back to the guest house with Colleen and Lindsay, but we had a bit of a disagreement on the way to take, and we ended up walking on the beach for what seemed forever. Ended up going through this 8-acre resort called the Marriot Spa and Resort to get back to the street. (in case you're wondering my way would have been the right way home) Spent most of Tuesday morning and afternoon at the beach. I didn't put enough sunscreen on my legs, feet, and neck so now I am very red. For supper we went to a restaurant that had the seating at the end of the dock. You could see about 4 Navy ships just off the coast. I was told that they were protecting the King while he was at his beach residence. After it got dark they boats had what looked like were white Christmas lights and looked really silly. This morning (Wednesday) a few of us (Nathan, Colleen, Lindsay, Melisa, Karen, and myself) got up to watch the sunrise from the beach, but it was too cloudy to see anything. Left the bus station at around 2 and got back to Bangkok at about 5:30. Very nice trip but feels good to be back home.