July 26th, 2014
Gonna ride Thai style!
We weathered a couple rainy days here on Thursday and Friday, which ended up being a blessing so my “overexposure” to the sun could rest. On Saturday the weather looked promising to cooperate so we decided to get bikes and head out to explore. It is 200 baht ($6 usd) to rent a bike from right here at the hotel for 24 hours, so we went ahead and did that. Super easy….just passed the money and they passed the keys. No passport required. Maybe that bcz it is a hotel and they know where I live. Hahahahahahahaha
After getting my nerve up to ride on the wrong side of the road, attaching the go pro to Troy’s bike, gassing up (170 baht- $5.50 total), we were off!
We headed north on the main highway (hwy 4 I think) with the intention of hopefully getting to a ferry that would take us to an island just off the coast about about 40 minutes north of here.
We took side detours of some beaches and saw some places we wouldn’t have otherwise.
We found this deserted little spit that was so stinking hot I thought I was gonna pass out!
But it was lovely….there were a couple longtail boats parked there. I’m guessing for the season.😳
We carried on to the next beach….White Sands beach
This is my view from the cabana where we sought shelter as the little monsoon passed by. (Or so we thought) quite a lovely beach and a lot of the people frolicking in the ocean stayed out and played through the rain (which was warm enough I’m sure). Given that we were not in our suits….we decided to try and stay dry. Took 30 plus minutes before we felt like trying our luck on the roads. We went back to the highway and continued north. (Away from home)
I saw a sign for a waterfall (I always fall for these thing). 2 km off the highway….we decide to give it a go! We went the requisite + mileage and after trying a few different routes we couldn’t find anything other than goat trails, so we conceded and turned back. Sure enough the rains returned, I panic and in my quest for cover, drive right up onto someone’s porch and stop. Troy is much more politically correct than me and he uses a tree for shelter.
ME……
TROY…..
So we waited for this one to pass then headed out again, now feeling like we should head closer to home given the fact that the weather wasn’t cooperating with us in the slightest.
We got back on the hwy and less than 5 minutes the darn skies open up again. I peel off at the first opportunity, and we find ourselves at a place where I can get a mango shake. ❤️❤️ It’s like it was meant to be. We enjoy that for a bit, then bust out as soon as there is a break. We high tail it home and watch the rain from our balcony the rest of the day.
It was nice to have the bikes to run back down to the hwy for supper though as there is a really good market here on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays. So that was our supper plan. We decided to keep the keys for the bikes to see what the weather was going to be like in the morning. We were open to trying agin and the weather forecast looks favourable for sure! We enjoyed some ribs and chicken, a donair, some corn and a mango crepe (and maybe some walls ice cream from 7-11). Love street food!!!!!
