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I ended my 3 week Thailand cycle adventure in Hua Hin where I had started on 25 February at my South African friend Jaco’s house.
My last night in Thailand turned out to be quite a blast. I started the evening with a dinner on the Beach with my friend Jaco.
Today was set to be a recovery day for me, I only had to ride 70km. Seeing it was such a short distance I didn’t have to check out of my room until 12pm. I made full use of my lovely room and air on
I arrived in Prachuap Khiri Khan around 2:30pm and found the Yuttichai hotel. The reviews put the hotel as affordable, when I checked in I had the option of 2 types of rooms, a shared bathroom for 160baht or a room with its own bathroom for 250baht. I opted for my own bathroom. The room was clean, but the bed was not comfortable.
After a shower I decided to head out and explore what Prachuap Khiri Khan has to offer.
On the way down I stopped for a drink at a restaurant along the beach front, I popped in there again to say hello.
Went to temple with naughty monkeys, great views
Next I headed off to the beach via the Navy Base
On the way back from the beach I met a Spanish / American married couple cycling back from the beach.
They joined me for a fruit shake at the night market (it was still daytime), we chatted about each other’s travels and swopped tips.
I went back to my hotel to drop off my bike
Then I decided to grab full dinner and another fruit shake at the night market
I headed off to bed
I headed off from Thung Wua Laen around 8am, as soon as I sat down I knew it would be an extremely painful and uncomfortable day. My saddle sore was aggregated beyond belief and I was in pain. I had to get through 6hrs of pain, so it was set to be a really long day of riding.
Bang Saphan Noi was a goal point for me, I knew once I hit this point I was about 40km from where I would be sleeping in Ban Krut (pronounced Baan Krood). I arrived in Ban Krut spot on time at 2pm. I wasn’t sure whe I would stay, the first place I went to was stupidly expensive. They suggested I try a much cheaper place just down the road, but it looked like a crack house, so I skipped that one. After riding around to to numerous places I found a place called Sisina Resort, my bungalow was 1000baht with breakfast included.
The room needed to be cleaned, so while I waited I decided to grab a much needed lunch.
Ban Krut beach looked stunning
I had enough time to go and visit the temple on the mountain. Amazing huge gold Buddha, temple was perfectly symmetrical
I took a sunset ride on my bicycle along the beach road.
I woke up at 8am, probably the latest I had woken up on any day this holiday. I was really looking forward to the boat trip that was planned. We were only leaving around 9:30am, so I grabbed some breakfast and caught up on some work.
The Czech cyclist couple joined for the boat trip. We headed off to the pier and were on the boat by 10am towards the islands. As we drew closer to the islands we could see some beautiful scenery. The first island we pulled into was magnificent, completely deserted except for us and the boat man. We spent about an hour on the island. During this time I swam over to the neighbouring island and back, then setup my hammock to do some heavy chilling in the shade.
He next island we arrived at was also beautiful, but this island was not deserted, there was a Thai family relaxing. I put up my hammock again and chilled in the shade. The father of the Thai family came over to me and offered me coffee, he couldnt speak English well, but was really friendly.
After that island we headed back to mainland for a boat trip through the mangroves. It was amazing just cruising around alone, you become used to loads of other tourists on these boat trips, it was a pleasure not dealing with the hordes for once. After the mangroves we arrived back at the pier around 3pm. The perfect way to spend an morning and afternoon.
The rest of the day I spent chilling out and working. I also prepped for my mega journey the next day by charting my route and purchasing drinks. Off to bed early so I could get an early start.
