Bumpy ride and a sun to shine.

Wow, it was only 5 am when Charlotte’s alarm clock went off. Too early if you ask me. Our bags were already packed so we just had to check out in our hostel and eat breakfast. Well actually I wasn’t that hungry that early in the morning so I just ate a banana.

The bus picked us up at 5:50 pm and it was going to be a long journey. We had to drive over 4 hours, it was 461 km. But I thought about the fact that I could sleep at the bus so I took peace with it.

It took only about 1 hour and  it was clear that this ride wasn’t going to be fun. Two trucks had a collision on the road and one almost tumbled down in the ravine. As the roads in the mountains are very small it was not possible to pass with our bus. We weren’t very happy with it because it would take a lot of extra time now to get to Rayong but we thought “everything happens for a reason”. So we looked at the bright side of it and started socializing with some other people on the bus.

There were 6 boys from Australia that where doing the same thing like us. They had done some other countries like Laos, Myanmar and China. By chance they stayed that night at the same hotel but in time we weren’t even sure if we would get there by night.

After 2 hours of waiting we could finally continue our trip.   The roads weren’t very stable so it was a bumpy ride. At 11:30 am we arrived at our hostel named Pramopun Rayong Hostel.  We packed our lunch and drove with bikes that the hostel placed in disposal to the beach.

The boys accompanied us so we were with 12. The sun was shining so bright. We played volleyball and swum in the sea. There was an amazing group atmosphere. In the late afternoon we went to the supermarket to buy some meat and potatoes for a barbecue.

Our new Australian friends made a fire on the beach and we started barbecuing. Natives came to sit with us and one was playing guitar.

It was an amazing night, and now I’m very tired. Its 2 am so I really should go to sleep.

Sweet dreams. 

Some photos

Amina at the beach

Eline, Julie and Jihane with our new friends (the Australian boys)

Charlotte at the campfire.

Kimberly at our hostel

Eline, Julie and Jihane at the accident.