Despite the beds being harder than rock we both
slept pretty well; may have had something to do with the beers?! Breakfast was
at 7am and consisted of eggs, noodles, fried potatoes, corn flakes, toast,
fresh fruit and tea/coffee. We left on the bikes at 8am.
Our first drink stop was at the peak of a bridge
with spectacular views, after 15km. The second was at a roadside restaurant
just before the second bridge, at about the 30km mark. The third after about
45km was under a lovely rotunda just off the road, and the toilets were proper
flush ones! And, lunch was, yes you got it, at the 60km mark at a lovely beach
side restaurant at Green Bay, or maybe that was the name of the restaurant?
After lunch we backtracked about 1km to visit
the Mangrove area where they are trying to preserve the mangroves and indeed
are planting more. There is a fish farm adjacent the mangrove area. After the
visit, we all needed to decide whether to ride on or jump in the bus and go
directly to the hotel. Everyone except Dorothy decided to keep riding. The
temperature had increased but it was not a terribly strenuous ride at all. We
stopped after about 19km for a bit of R&R - rest and refreshments, and then
it was only 16km to the hotel. This included a rather mad dash through the
traffic in Chanthaburi. We arrived at
the hotel, Manee Chan Resort, about 4pm, checked in, unpacked, did some washing
and hit the pool. The hotel is quite flash and we have a very salubrious room -
#205.
We were picked up at 7pm for a short drive to
the Chanthorn Restaurant which was quite flash, very different to the local
ones we have been to previously. We got to order our own meals this time and
Greg had chili crab with fried noodles and Wendy had fried rice with chicken.
On the way back to the hotel we went via the Catholic Church which, was rather
large.
Tomorrow, we leave Thailand and enter Cambodia. Apparently, the border crossing can take some time if not handled appropriately; time will reveal all.
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