Saeng Thong Hotel
Travel Blogs from Cha-am
Chumphon to Hau Hin
... was very poor, with large and deep potholes. We were the second car to arrive at the start control and the organisers, having driven the road, were anxious to put to our consideration whether to keep or scrap the stage. Originally this was to have been driven at an average speed of between 40 and 50 Km/hour, but given the road condition, they quickly advanced this average requirement would be scraped. And this made our decision: Lets’s do it !
But for my fault and my ...
Beach and Beach Party
... dipping my hair in my dinner because it felt like straw at the ends but we have now worked out that it’s the chlorine absolutely destroying it!
We had our first lunch with Nana and Pa in their room, sorry Pa, I have to add it, I asked Pa to hold my Fanta while I brought my chair in and he was quick to pipe up "Oh yes, I’ll have some" I had no idea what he meant (naïve me) but I quickly worked it out when Nana and mum were rolling ...
A lot of Rain
... I had requested Western Food, just to find out how Thai’s make it, mum had a pizza and I had spag bowl which was surprisingly nice, I didn’t expect much from it, I was glad to be proven wrong though, but I was still jealous of Nana and Pa’s chicken and cashew nuts.
The restaurant next door, Tony’s, had an empty over-the-top party which didn’t surprise any of us as we still haven’t seen one person eating there the whole time ...
WFFT
... drink free even though i already payed for it because it was just gone 12... i ordered it before 12 so i should have got 2... arr!!!! oh well, we played fuzzy duck which was amusing but we stopped when Inez got distracted by an old man groping a women behind us!!!
had an amazing nights sleep with the air-con and it was soo good to have a warm shower then next morning!!! after our free breakfast at the bakery we stayed at we went down to the beach. the sea was sooo shallow ...
Fishing Village
... the Ayutthaya period. He used Cha-Am as a meeting place before going to war against the Burmese in 1593. If you are wondering why there are so many cocks at the base of the statue, it's because King Naresuan was into cockfighting!)
It took 30 minutes including the stop to get to the fishing village but it was worth it. This time (compared to 4 years ago) they weren't sorting fish so we could walk right over the first bit to see the boats close up. ...