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Hua Hin to Bangkok
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I had arranged the same car company that had transferred us from Bangkok to Hua Hin to bring us back to Bangkok again. The beauty of this was that we could say what time we wanted to leave and didn't have to worry about missing our bus/train/ferry/flight. So I planned the car for 12 noon, which meant that we could enjoy a leisurely morning at Hua Hin and an action packed afternoon in Bangkok.
We woke up early (for us) and were ready to eat breakfast by 8 o'clock. Unfortunately the staff at Ocean Breeze had got used to our late breakfasts so we didn't finish breakfast until 9. Never mind. We headed down to the beach and swam, read and fossicked for shells until it was time to leave. We had time for one last corn from the corn vendor and bade him farewell. He shook all our hands and wished us a safe trip.
Our mini-bus was waiting for us when we got back to our bungalow having arrived early after driving down from Bangkok. We showered and finished packing then loaded up the van. The trip back was much as we had expected, except an hour shorter than the trip down so we arrived by 3pm.
The Pantip Court is a very glamorous looking building, with a huge pool and outdoor lounge area. We received a warm welcome and a glass of fresh punch as we checked in. We were shown up to our suite which is on the 20th floor and is simply enormous. It has spectacular views of Bangkok on three sides of the building.
We dumped our bags, checked out the apartment and went back downstairs, the girls anxious to try out the beautiful pool. While the girls swam about happily, Jess and I ordered some poolside snacks and drinks. The food here is very good and very reasonable. The mai tais are also refreshing.
After suitable recharging we headed off to Suan Lum Night Bazaar. It's a huge sprawling night market that has lots of handicrafts, clothing and it was nice to see, lots of artwork and craft items such as boutique fashion - not your run-of-the-mill bulk items.
We attacked Suan Lum with a vengeance. For three months we have been telling the girls 'wait till you get to Bangkok to buy things' and so there was all that pent-up consumerism to contend with. We stopped a few times for eating and drinking but it was about 11 o'clock when we called it a day. The night bazaar is open until midnight but by the time we left it was winding down quite quickly.
We carried our booty back home. No, I tell a lie: even though we are only ten minutes walk from Suan Lum we took a tuk tuk. We haggled the fare down to 100 baht but I think he overcharged me. I figured it's only $3.50 so who cares?
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