8th: Next day was to be an extremely hectic morning. We all had to be awake by 7:30, because this was our 2nd to last day in Thailand, and the entire family (In Bangkok) were going to Hua Hin, a quiet seaside town. The same driver who took us to Kamphang Phet. Continuing, he came to our hotel and picked us up. Then took us back to the household, there we quickly dropped off our luggage, picked up our breakfast, and loaded everybody in, then left.
We drove out of Bangkok city limits, and onto to a rougth highway. Once again being jossled by bad bridges. Our next stop was to be at the beautiful Don Hai Lod
( Razor Clam Beach ), we took a look at the crystal clear, sparkling waters, and picked up a special kind snack. It was a purple chewy, coconut candy, that was wrapped in palm or banana leaves, and then roasted over a charcoal fired stove/grill.
Then we continued on, and we drove past salt fields, and forest, and.... I fell asleep.
When I woke up, I found ourselves about half way there, then we took a cable car up to the former vacation house of the King, and his family. We did a tiny tour, then came back down, and headed off. After that, we went to the sea side place of Cha Am, where we tried to find luch, but most of the restaurants were closed, cause they only served dinner. So, we decided to move on, and during this I fell asleep. Next time I woke up we were close to Hua Hin, but we decided to have lunch, at a place called Pla Too (Translation: Mackrel ) right next to beach, overlooking that same crystal clear water, and shining sand, with a nice ocean breeze blowing in. There we all had a buffet ( Family Style ), of tons of food. And, I had pineapple juice and water to drink.
From there we moved through Hua Hin, and went up my guess the Hua (Translation: Head), up and looked over the entire town, and the seas. Then we went even higher to a temple, did a religious jesture, bought some drinks, and coconut ice cream. Then we went back down, went through the town of Hua Hin, went past the college my cousin will soon be attending, and made out way back home. And, I slept most of the way, except for a stop at a farmer's market, and the salt fields. After that I stayed awake to see the Bangkok skyline.
9- and the trip back home. Well the next day was to be the last, we all packed up, and as a farewell justure, we decided to all go out for dinner, at the River Terrace. A little known restaurant next to the Chao Phraya River. We got to talk, and enjoy ourselves one last time before leaving. I can't quite remember what i had, except for a pineapple smoothie.
Then we went to sleep because, our flight was to leave at around 6, and internationl security reasons forces us to be at the airport by at least 3. So, we woke up at 1:30, got ready, and left the house. My aunt and uncle drove us to Don Muang International Airport, Terminal 2. There we checked in, met one person in our family one last time, cleared security, and immediately boarded the 747-400. The flight was ok, we had breakfast, and we arrived in Narita in no time. Since I slept most of the way. Nice landing, and arrived early.
Next, we connected to a flight to Seattle, even though we were going to San Francisco. And as soon as we arrrived at the gate, they started to board us, so i had no time for the high speed internet they had there. We got on board, this time a 747-200!! It was at least 2 decades old! Yet, it looked nicer than that 747-400 going TO Japan, so it was quite odd. They had larger bins as well. The flight was smooth, I saw a beautiful sunrise coming into Seattle. They served dinner and breakfast, and a mid flight snack of concrete hard ice cream. We arrived EARLY again, at around 7:30am. Next we went through customs, and connected to our flight to San Francisco.