Having some downtime in downtown Chumphon meant that there was time to get some laundry done and explore a little. Not a big place but it was fun getting to know it a little. Roaming around the markets, spending baht locally and eating huge ice creams before enjoying a nice relaxing pummelling again before heading down to the station for the early evening train north.
The busy, slow train tonight only rattled in to the tiny station of Bang Saphan Yai towards 21:00. We got off with only a handful of locals. It was a dead town and it was getting late so the nearest hotel would have to do. The following morning at first light we left the hard slab bed of the Cockroach Inn... definitely the worst nightly accommodation choice to date!
In the cool of the morning we headed out on the 4045 before dropping on to the very quiet lane that ran adjacent to the coast. Now in the south east, the Gulf of Thailand was our sea shore and with only lizards for company, we rode north with the sun now blaring down on us.
A stop for a remote morning dip then another for coffee put us on until we reached Ban Krut.
Here, by a quiet stretch of beach by the surfy sea, with a few bespoke bars, Thai kitchens and a 7eleven we found a lovely clean modern bungalow, one of only 5 in a private Thai residence....so it's the end of the road for a few days of luxury at Baan Kieng Lay...
Today's track from a Uk indie band, The Electric Soft Parade from the album 'No need to be downhearted' circa 2007.
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