3310-3914 (Bangkok)
Posted by Stuart at 04:32 PM on October 23, 2003Six hundred kilometers is a long way to go in one day. When the 600 KM is driven on a two-lane road cutting through the mountains and a nearby low pressure system is dumping rain on you as you go, it is even longer.
The day started off well enough. We spent more time in the Hot Spring Spa at the hotel before driving into the town for a breakfast consisting of kanom jin (which means "Chinese Snack" but it's really a Thai Meal). Basically it is long thin white noodles with your choice of curry sauce each in a different color and a different level of spiciness. We asked for mai pet (not spicy) but it still had a kick. We washed it down with gafe boran, (ancient coffee), which is served in the old-fashioned filtered style with heavy sweet condensed milk at the bottom. Both were delicious!
We had planned to break up the trip by stopping in the beach town of Hua Hin, but the rain (and the fact that we had driven almost 4000 km in the past two weeks) made us decide to continue on to Bangkok.
So now I am home safely... whew... what a trip!
