Bangkok Week 461 April 27, 2017 A sunny, sunny weekend in Hua Hin! View fullsize This is my favorite soi dog - he has personality, manners, and discipline. And he's cute. View fullsize Next stop on our Thailand tour: Hua Hin! This little rascal wasted no time greeting us. View fullsize Here we are at Wat Khao Takiab - the wat on top of 'chopstick mountain'. View fullsize Great view north toward Hua Hin from above. View fullsize Almost too sunny to smile. View fullsize Spying on the fishing village down below. View fullsize Heading back down to parking lot level, parasols in hand. View fullsize Did we mention that this mountain is home to many vegetarian rascals? View fullsize Don't mind me - just munching on my corn. View fullsize Some serious wrestling going on. "Is that a toe in my eye?" View fullsize "Can't ... get ... out ... of ... bed." View fullsize The grand patriarch of the family. View fullsize Living life on the edge [of the cliff]. View fullsize One of these things is not like the others! View fullsize Surely that's considered rude - using Buddha as a ladder down. View fullsize Just chillaxing, enjoying a beer and taking in the view. View fullsize Speaking of the view! View fullsize This poor cat wonders how she got there, and how she's going to escape. View fullsize That's the mountain we just came from. View fullsize Who knew that horses were such avid beach-goers. View fullsize Lunch at "J Khiaw" - a famous seafood joint. View fullsize They made delicious veg tom yum soup! View fullsize No real meal is complete without mango sticky rice. View fullsize What services do you think Chicken Freelancers provide? View fullsize During our visit to Hua Hin station, we were lucky enough to greet a train arriving from the south. View fullsize Lots of passengers getting off... and on. View fullsize The well-preserved Hua Hin station, and its iconic sign. View fullsize The timetable and departures board are updated manually! View fullsize All aboard to Bangkok! View fullsize And our last stop on the town tour - hand churned ice cream, made daily. View fullsize Deliciously refreshing. View fullsize Back at the Air BnB, dad does laps in the record-breaking 300m pool. View fullsize All in the water! View fullsize Okay, we have to practice holding our breath for photos. View fullsize Ahh! The air is cold! View fullsize Group shot at the pool! View fullsize Group shot on the beach. View fullsize Hello, camera! View fullsize Last stop for the evening: the famed cicada market. View fullsize Cute, personalized knick-knacks for cheap. View fullsize A great booth for children. View fullsize Pooped after the long day! View fullsize The next morning, we do another full tour of the property. View fullsize The ambling 300m pool looks great. View fullsize The beach is shallow at (relatively) high tide in the morning. View fullsize Sun is still low - must be early! View fullsize There goes another of Hua Hin's native horses. View fullsize Team shot! View fullsize Check out this funky flower we found. View fullsize Rubber Ducky is going for a ride this morning! View fullsize Stopping on the side of the road for some fresh fruit! View fullsize LOOK AT THE CUTE BABY PINEAPPLE! View fullsize Cute cute cute. View fullsize Here's what we've come to see: the jaggedy profile of '300 peaks national park'. View fullsize Mum found some friends at a bus stop where we pulled over to take photos. View fullsize Another colorful fishing village. View fullsize How picturesque. View fullsize Can you spot who's sleeping under the golden crab? View fullsize The beach! Great limestone cliffs all around. View fullsize Another sunny group shot. View fullsize One of the uber-cute restaurant employees at our lunch stop. View fullsize And his partner-in-crime. View fullsize ME BETTER BE HUNGRY! View fullsize Last meal in Hua Hin! View fullsize Last stop on the way back to Bangkok: Tao Hong Tai ceramics factory. View fullsize No shortage of color here either! View fullsize Spot the lady in the mug! View fullsize Pots as far as the eye can see. View fullsize Did I mention? They had a lot of pots. View fullsize A slightly different take on the traditional dragon pot. View fullsize A spy was watching me in the bathroom! View fullsize Pot heads. View fullsize Back in Bangkok - it's Joha Korean for dinner! View fullsize Fast-forward to Wednesday: it's Shanghai! View fullsize The Oriental Pearl Tower at night. View fullsize The skyline the next morning - THIS is a big city! View fullsize More Oriental Pearl Tower, and boats on their morning commute. View fullsize What a geometric street below! View fullsize Let's go back to Shanghai for a long-weekend one time! View fullsize On the way to the airport, one last hulking Chinese structure.
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