Hua Hin with Jacques and Myriam

Tuesday, 26 November... a day of rest in Hua Hin where we spent the day (and the previous evening) with Jacques and Myriam. 

 

Ursula, Jacques, and Myriam at the night
market on Monday evening

By luck, their hotel was only a few hundred metres from ours and it was on the beach, which ours was not. They had an appointment in the late morning, so we 'had to' spend some time at their swimming pool and at the beach... we won't get any sympathy for that, will we?... that's what rest days should be for.


at the pool... beach in the background

while vacationers swim, local people cast nets for fish

Rae, Myriam, Ursula, and Jacques in the pool...

and the two of us in the Gulf of Thailand

 Lunch on a different beach...

 

 ...followed by more swimming and lazing around and a great dinner at which Jacques pronounced that he didn't like desserts...

 For us, it is back on the bikes tomorrow as we head south and then, in the course of the next six days, cross the peninsula to the west shore of Thailand on the Andaman Sea. For Jacques and Myriam, they will celebrate Jacques birthday on Thursday and then take possession of an apartment that they just purchased in Hua Hin. They like it here - we can understand why - its own atmosphere plus easy access to and from Bangkok.

To Jacques and Myriam... the time together this last day and a half was absolutely great... Thanks, happy birthday Jacques, and we wish you much relaxation and enjoyment of your new apartment.