Saturday, December 28, 2013
We drove 205 kms from Khao Sok NP to Ranong. Google states that it 2h44mins, but in reality it takes longer. Don’t get me wrong: the roads are good. But the driving style of the Thais is reckless to put it mildly. So we prefer to take it easy.
Ranong is a border town with Myanmar. And we got our first glimpses of the country. We know that it is not possible to get our car into Myanmar, but all going well we will travel here with backpacks later in the trip. Being a border town and a place where people do “visa runs” to renew their 60 day entry permits, the town is quite geared up for ex-pats and tourists. This combined with the end of year vacation made it hard for us to find accommodation for the night, but as we had given up and were heading out of town we stopped at one last hotel and found a bed. Well bed is a kind word for what the hotel offered, but fear not, we whipped out our sleeping mats, pillows and duvet and had a good nights sleep.We drove around this sprawling town to fulfill our tourist obligations, but did not find much of interest. We did however find a bar serving pizza and beer/wine. The wine menu was a little confusing with white wine offered at either 60B or 160B ($2 or $5 USD). Caroline assumed this was a little glass or a big glass and ordered a big glass of course. Turns out it was a big glass or a carafe, score 1 for Caroline.
