Thursday, December 19, 2013
The day started with us watching a "driver safety tips for Thailand" video on Youtube. Then we headed out to the airport for our first Thai car rental. Getting past Bangkok to head south was just as crazy as Frank feared: at one point we accidentally got off the main highway and spent nearly an hour driving back and forth trying to get back ON the highway. About half way to our destination, we stopped at a gas station/convenience store--and there we found an A & W. Honestly, I didn't know A & W still existed. Frank had the first root beer float I've ever seen him drink. Must have been the stress of getting out of Bangkok...
Nine hours after departing the airport, we arrived at our beach cabana in Chumpon--just as a lovely orange moon rose up out of the sea...
Thanks for all the careful driving, Frank.
