Ranong - Kraburi

Well if you have been reading these properly and taking notes you should be ready for the test!!  Who saw the deliberate mistake!!

We are out of order a bit both geographically and chronologically - sorry.  Back in sequence now.
In Ranong the plan was to get a visa extension - we thought for one month.  It turned out we would only be better off by 2 days if we got the extension, so we didn't end up taking the boat across to Myanmar.  The good thing to come out of this was a day up our sleeves, our hotel was already sorted for that night and we had nothing else to do, so we were tourists for the day.

We went into Ranong and to the market, little tip if you are eating market food - don't take a visit to the market where they buy their supplies, it can be a bit offputting.  Dave said it was nearly enough to turn him vegetarian, but not quite!  The market was cool though, madly busy and stinking hot!  On the way back to the hotel we came across another area which was being set up for a fair which as far as we could make out was a promotion of healthy eating etc.  This turned out to be an excellent find as we went back at night for a wander around and thoroughly enjoyed it.  When we first got there all the food stalls seemed to be creepy crawlies, grasshoppers, huhu grubs, cockroachy looking beetles,  all deepfried.   Jake said he felt sick when he saw a little kid go up and buy a bag and then tuck into it as if they were lollies!  A bit like the wild food festival but without the alcohol to help it go down!!  But luckily there was heaps of other food for the more faint hearted.  We also visited the hotsprings, but after Rotorua not really too much to do there.

Due to the fact that we now have only 12 days to cover about 900km, plus fit in some downtime in Bangkok we have decided to head for Chumpon and get the train to Bangkok (slackers I know).