We met up with a family from Kalamazoo. I know Michelle from tennis at the Y. It was a really fun day. It will be lots of fun having a family here from the US. We started with meeting up with them at the end of church and went to their house. From their house we drove to a great restaurant, Seafood Restaurant on the Sea. It was so fun and really beautiful. We ate all kinds of delicious foods and the kids drank from coconuts. It is crazy as you walk down this long board walk there are tanks full of seafood. This is where they hold the fresh catch of the day. All kinds of tanks line the board walk. When you order they reach in the tanks and grab your catch for cooking. You can never complain that it is not fresh.
From the restaurant we headed to the beach. What an excursion. We went to the Thailand Naval beach. I have no idea the name in Thai? You drive into the secluded area and pay 80 baht per person to ride on the baht bus. Its funny they have a sign over the window of the ticket counter, 30 baht if your Thai and 80 baht if your a foreigner. Can you imagine that happening in the US. Yeah right. 30 baht is basically a dollar and 80 baht is a little more than $2, so we are not talking a lot of money. The baht bus is a pickup truck. You might be thinking okay so where does everyone sit, yup in the bed of the truck. Safe right. :) The bed of the pick up truck has 2 benches and a roof and its like sitting in a cage. These are all over Thailand. It was so fun. You ride this thing over the mountains to the beach. It was a wild ride. The beach is beautiful. Water is so warm, really warmer than a bath. The beach is much bigger here than in Pattaya. It was rather crowded because Sunday is a holiday, no not Easter for them. Thailand is a Buddhist Country. You rent a chair and just relax.
It was a much needed relaxing day. Overall thumbs up for everyone.
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| The Brinker and Elms family after Easter lunch |
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| The Baht bus |
Andrew's lunch
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