To The Beach

One of the reason's for our visit was to meet up with some Thai friends. Today we were reunited. It's fun to know local people. We went to the park with them tonight and hung out with them in their home. The front of their home is two garage doors (very common) that are opened during the day. Everything is cement so it stays very cool. They don't have a ton of possessions. Their house is just two rooms with a bathroom and a loft for sleeping. They are so nice that they have lent us a motorcycle. We all four rode it tonight.

They have a dog named Tokyu (he's named after a department store in Bangkok. He is a golden retriever like Lucy. His best friend is a cocker spaniel mix named Mayco (a different department store).

We are in a town called Prachuap Khiri Khan. It is on the beach. It is very reminiscent of Loreto, Baja California, Mexico (another foreign place we've spent time in). We were here three years ago and it was hardly visited by tourists. Now there are at least three new hotels and A LOT of European tourists. It's a little like Jacksonville that way. The people here are very nice. Thailand is known as "The Land of Smiles."

We rode a train 5 hours to get here yesterday after spending our first two days in the Chinatown portion of Bangkok. It's a lot easier on the senses in Prachuap. Much quieter and calmer.

As I type this it's 7:30 in the evening, but you all are in bed at 4:30 in the morning. Just a couple more hours and you'll be getting up for school on the day that's just ending for me. I'm 14 hours ahead of you. Good morning!! I'd post some pictures for you, but now I've got the cord and I can't get to the CPU to hook up the camera. It's behind the counter and I don't want to try to explain in English.