Hua Hin here we come

I was up early this morning and had breakfast and was ready to go well before 9-30, so I read my book for a bit till then. The driver was waiting for me when I got too the lobby and went to get the car from the parking area. This time it was a Volo and not too new at that. The left rear seat belt wouldn’t close so I sat on the other side and later as we were driving through Bangkok I looked to see how fast we were going only to find the speedo didn’t work. We made good time with one toilet break at a service station. They didn’t cater for westerners there so that was a bit of a challenge. I spent most of the trip reading my book.

I arrived at the Hilton just after 12 and after filling in the registration was told I had a complimentary massage and did I want to take it now. Later I said, until they told me my room wasn’t ready. The spa area was very posh, with teak and marble, quite unlike our upstairs place in Bangkok and the massage was mostly relaxing. However at 7 times the price It needs more than that to get me to go there as a paying customer.

My room was ready but the time I got back to the desk and it is a really big room at that, although the furniture is rather low, more in the Japanese style. My bag arrived somewhat later and after a drink, I wandered through the beautiful pool area, along the beach to my friends’ hotel. I can just see the third floor from my room and later worked out which was my room, which I could see from there. The Hilton is a 17 storey high rise, while the Sofatel is 2 or 3 storeys only but on extensive grounds, full of topiary. Only Rick was there so we had a few drinks till the other returned from there shopping, drinking and/or massages.

I returned to my room and changed and rinsed out some clothes since I’ve nearly run out, then headed back to The Sofatel. We headed to a Thai restaurant for cockaails and dinner only to be told the cocktail waiter wasn’t there. Up we got and wandered af ew 100 metres to then next one where we had a couple of rounds of Pina Coradas (apparently), Mai Tais or Long Island Teas and a great Thai meal for under $10 each.

I found an Internet café nearby and so I headed back to my room to update this blog. The hotel has wireless internet available in the rooms for B750 per day ($20) so the café at B1 per minute looks very cheap.