We made a plan to get up bright and early and hit the road as we had read there was some fairly mighty hills on the way to Kraburi.
It turned out that breakfast was included in the hotel price so we had some toast to set us on our way. It turned out to be a beautiful ride and the hill was huge but we just loved it. It was great to be underway before the sun got too hot or the wind got up.
We only had 50km to do so had our first break after 20km which was coincidentally at a little town where the Sunday market was just packing up. It was pretty weird though because it wasn't even 10am on a Sunday morning and they were all done and dusted! The early bird and all that!
We had read about some bungalows just on the south side of Kraburi which were the cleanest in Thailand! Obviously we stopped there and I don't know about the cleanest but the lady was just lovely and showed us where to eat our dinner (her neighbours coincidentally) and suggested we go for a ride after dinner to see the pier.
Well the pier itself was pretty average but it was right on the sea/river/inlet which divides Myanmar from Thailand. There was heaps of longboat traffic going between the two, even after it got dark. I don't think I would fancy going across the river in those boats at that time - they looked pretty rumpty! The hills looked really cool with the sun setting and the lightening flashing behind them. We were really glad we made the trip, after all there was bugger all else to do!
The next morning we had a lovely breakfast - the most expensive in Thailand! and set off for Chumpon.
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