On the third day in Thailand, we were to check out and continue the journey to Hua Hin. Dad insisted to try the duck meat noodles again before leaving Bangkok. Too bad the shop only opens after 8am, and we were too early. Therefore, we went to another shop at opposite street for breakfast. We had something similar to keoy teow thng in Malaysia. Not to say extremely delicious, but simple and nice.
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| Keoy teow thng with lots of bean sprouts. |
After breakfast, we had to depart to Hua Hin. On the way to Hua Hin, we stopped at the famous floating market, Damuen Saduak Floating Market. Before exiting Bangkok, the van driver, Mr Tok, realised something wrong with his van. We had to stop by the mechanic for repairing. Luckily we departed early that morning. We spent almost an hour at the mechanic shop before continuing the journey.
Damuen Saduak Floating Market is in between Bangkok and Hua Hin. The Railway Market is nearby, too. Unfortunately, the Railway Market was closed for some reconstructions. By the time we reached the port for boat trip to floating market, there were already many people lining up waiting for boat. The price for one boat which accommodated six of us costed THB5000. That was very, very expensive. Furthermore, after visiting the floating market, the conclusion made was, TERRIBLE! HORRIBLE! It was a very disappointing trip. With THB5000, we can actually eat two or three lobsters in Hua Hin! The things selling at floating market were two to three times higher than market price. If you do not bargain, then wait to be chopped. This trip to the floating market was a very expensive experience and lesson.
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| Ticket for the boat. |
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| The so-called floating market, which you sit on the boat, and the seller sit on the land. |
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| The only thing I find worth buying, food. Coconut pancake. |
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| A temple they stopped by for tourists to pray. |
After the not-so-satisfying boat trip in floating market, we had a very good lunch as compensation for our disappointing hearts. LOL. This shop that sells duck meat situated a short distance opposite the floating market. The food served was very delicious. It was not expensive at all! The owner of the shop is very friendly, too!
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| Duck meat again. |
We then continued our journey to Hua Hin. The good thing about renting a van with driver throughout the trip is you can stop on the way and leaving your luggage in the van. Better than hiring a taxi which might charge you extra money and not reliable. We stopped at Swiss Sheep Farm which was before Hua Hin.
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| The entrance of Swiss Sheep Farm. |
As we spent extra hour repairing the van, by the time we finished visiting Swiss Sheep Farm, we had not enough time to visit Santorini which is just opposite the farm. We straight headed to Hua Hin and check in to the hotel. I did not realised I booked a suite instead of hotel. It was a condominium which the property agencies invested, to be rented for tourists.
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| First Choice Suite. |
It was a very hot day. We needed some rest and a nice shower before going out again. The driver brought us to the weekend market, the Cicada market. It was a very big market, with many nice food and arts.
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| Pad thai. Recommended. |
We ended our day at Cicada Market around 11pm. After a whole day of unexpected events and disappointing trips, we finally get some rest in a home-like suite. All of us were very satisfied with the suite. It provided us with kitchen and all the cooking utensils (although we did not really use them).
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