Khao Lak - Takua Pa

Sunday March 13, 2011, 50 km (31 miles)

We set off quite late, but as we only had a 35km it wasn't a problem for us we would still be tucked up somewhere by lunchtime. Or so we thought! About 2km into our journey we saw signs for a Tsunami memorial and as it was only 2days since the Japan Tsunami we thought it would be a good opportunity to pay our respects. It was down a gravel road, which the guy at the sculpture said we could continue along and come out - and we did! It was a nice ride up over a small hill. We almost started the day with a catastrophe when 5km down the road we remembered that the Garmin was still on top of the television in our room! All that high living must have gone to our head! Dave set off at great speed to retrieve it and Kim and the boys set off with great haste to find breakfast. Dim Sum, curry and toasted sandwiches - what a combination! But it did the job and we were soon reunited and back on our way. Another easy days riding over gentle hills and past lovely villages. We seemed incapable of making a decision on where to stay and ended up going backwards about 6km to find a hotel. There is one in Takua Pa but the guy was really unfriendly and just gave me the creeps so I kinda mucked it up for the next approx 2 hours while we rode around searching.Garmin said that there was something just north of town, so we bit the bullet and headed off there, and found some motels which were lovely and clean. We got dinner there too in this huge nightclub which turns into a karaoke bar. Pretty quiet on a Sunday night though. We got really good pork and chicken pad thai for 40baht each.