{"id":3646,"date":"2019-07-05T04:26:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=3646"},"modified":"2019-07-07T04:40:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T12:40:48","slug":"july-4th-ban-krutban-grood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/?p=3646","title":{"rendered":"July 4th Ban Krut=Ban Grood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the lapse in posts!<\/p>\n<p>We got to Ban Krut just fine! The train was also indeed just fine. Quite fast aside from being late of course! Seats were ok, we got some at least and let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s be honest, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t beat that price! There were loads of ladies going up and down the aisle selling food, drinks and snacks! We got ourselves a drink in a bag \u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u00a3\u00f0\u0178\u00a4\u00a3. Troy had iced tea and I did iced coffee of course! 10 baht each! Lots of things I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t recognize, so passed on all that.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3648\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2D069107-513B-41B9-A3E4-22DC26483704-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2D069107-513B-41B9-A3E4-22DC26483704-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2D069107-513B-41B9-A3E4-22DC26483704-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2D069107-513B-41B9-A3E4-22DC26483704.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3649\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/652F92A1-50A7-42A9-A67E-49B52AC38484-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/652F92A1-50A7-42A9-A67E-49B52AC38484-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/652F92A1-50A7-42A9-A67E-49B52AC38484-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/652F92A1-50A7-42A9-A67E-49B52AC38484.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The person in the brown shirt from the BanGrood Arcadia was right there waiting for us as promised when the train pulled in, it was raining and continued \u00c2\u00a0to rain all evening. We did make a dash down the street at some point for food. We WAY overate! But it was so delicious! I got Tom Kha Gai and thai omelette again. Troy had fried chicken (wings) and a noodle dish! All very good!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3650\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/03DB0962-39A5-4249-8CE7-32C0D06F4AA5-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/03DB0962-39A5-4249-8CE7-32C0D06F4AA5-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/03DB0962-39A5-4249-8CE7-32C0D06F4AA5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/03DB0962-39A5-4249-8CE7-32C0D06F4AA5.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hotel is right across the street from the beach, but our room is way at the back of the resort. So it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a hike to get to the front for breakfast or the pool etc. but the price difference for the rooms was significant, so it is what it is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3653\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/923F069C-80F2-4551-8734-07FEE03406C5-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/923F069C-80F2-4551-8734-07FEE03406C5-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/923F069C-80F2-4551-8734-07FEE03406C5-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/923F069C-80F2-4551-8734-07FEE03406C5.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3651\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4D4B41D4-5392-4993-816C-4FB6870634BD-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4D4B41D4-5392-4993-816C-4FB6870634BD-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4D4B41D4-5392-4993-816C-4FB6870634BD-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4D4B41D4-5392-4993-816C-4FB6870634BD-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4D4B41D4-5392-4993-816C-4FB6870634BD.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3652\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/E45DCD8F-B023-4E5E-8DD8-961B81DD65EC-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/E45DCD8F-B023-4E5E-8DD8-961B81DD65EC-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/E45DCD8F-B023-4E5E-8DD8-961B81DD65EC-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/E45DCD8F-B023-4E5E-8DD8-961B81DD65EC-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/E45DCD8F-B023-4E5E-8DD8-961B81DD65EC.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We also could only get two nights here in the cheap room. So we either have to move to a $80\/night room or move on after two nights. We will see&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There were a lot of dogs in Prachuap and there are just as many here! Not sure if I mentioned the dogs in Prachuap but they are everywhere! And no collars and clearly riddled with fleas. They typically don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look hungry and apparently they get to roam free and just go home at night in their own?? They don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem too concerned about where they hang out either as the middle of the road seems to be a favoured spot!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3654\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7161C6DA-F68E-439F-9027-C55072044489-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7161C6DA-F68E-439F-9027-C55072044489-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7161C6DA-F68E-439F-9027-C55072044489-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7161C6DA-F68E-439F-9027-C55072044489-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7161C6DA-F68E-439F-9027-C55072044489.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3655\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9FA74744-2442-4B4C-854F-43496B0DF7E4-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9FA74744-2442-4B4C-854F-43496B0DF7E4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9FA74744-2442-4B4C-854F-43496B0DF7E4-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9FA74744-2442-4B4C-854F-43496B0DF7E4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9FA74744-2442-4B4C-854F-43496B0DF7E4.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3656\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/B6439488-577C-4436-AB7B-E2A8F8D51759-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/B6439488-577C-4436-AB7B-E2A8F8D51759-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/B6439488-577C-4436-AB7B-E2A8F8D51759-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/B6439488-577C-4436-AB7B-E2A8F8D51759.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few smart(er) ones that seek shelter from rain however!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the lapse in posts! We got to Ban Krut just fine! The train was also indeed just fine. Quite fast aside from being late of course! Seats were ok, we got some at least and let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s be honest, you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t beat that price! There were loads of ladies going up and down the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thailand-2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3657,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3646\/revisions\/3657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.laurie.casaroberts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}