Ooopsie, missed the Monday notice

Hi folks. Solly for late post. Yesterday was a little hectic. Our last pair of visitors were prepping to depart back to Canada. They were 33 and 34 on our count. A last minute addition in Sean Malone made the count 35 and late, late last night our last visitor of the 18 month adventure arrived. Our cuz Scott. Heretofore to be called 36. Not a bad number to be associated with considering all the greats who wore it. So since it is Tuesday here, 34 more days until we depart. Wow.

Deeds and I were away on the weekend. We finally went to Hua Hin which is on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand. We had looked and thought about it as long as we were here but it seemed easier and more popular to go to Pattaya. Well we are here to tell you now folks that Pattaya is the "mistake by the lake" compared to Hua Hin.

The beaches in Hua Hin for what we saw are way more elegant. We walked for two hours and did not get to the end. One hour out and we turned around and headed back to our quaint five room house on the Gulf called The Hen.


A gorgeous beach to walk on. All kinds of activity. People sail boarding and para sail boarding. All kinds of beach activity without the usual clutter that is associated with Pattaya.
And the town was open and comfortable. Not packed with food vendors and tee shirt hawkers all up and down the street.

So much so that Deeds and I actually went to the night market to take a look and see if the wares were any different. We haven't been to a night market in Thailand for 14 months. You seen one you seen em all. But this one was good. Small and easy to maneuver thru. We ended up picking up dinner from food stalls neatly placed in front of restaurants. Had a prawn, yes one prawn that cost us 400 baht ($12.00). Turned out to be half our dinner, that is how big these prawns were. Sold for $45.00 per kilo. Fresh and awesome good.
So we took our night market food back to the B&B and had a throw together dinner with a bottle of Prosecco and watched the waves crash onto the beach. Very nice and a little romantic as well.

Our digs. The Hen. In fact the second night we stayed here the room at the end of the pool there, that was ours.

Speaking of dinner, on Friday night we went to the pier to a restaurant called Sangthai. That is it on the right. This is an open air pier type restaurant that juts out onto the sea and the beach. Seafood at this place is awesome. We had a beautiful grilled Grouper, 1 kilo, for a cost of 800 baht ($24.00), sorta expensive for Thailand, but was sooooo good.

Love the seafood in Hua Hin.
Love "The Hen" B&B.
Love the beach
Love the place, wish we woulda found it at the beginning of our adventure rather than the end. But we did find it and it is a great last beach memory of Thailand for us for sure.



HOCKEY.
Hey the Habs are trying hard to finish dead last. Can't out snooze Columbus but we will or should have a lottery for Nail. That would be sweet. We got rid of one at the deadline as well so here's to next year. Go Habs Go.

Will watch the playoffs diligently. Pulling for the Nucks to finally bring a cup back to Canada. Would be so sweet for Johnny Canuck to win one finally. May even be a repeat from 1994. Rangers and Canucks in the final. This time with the proper outcome. It's been too long for a Cup not to be here in Canada.

Of course you all know who Johnny Canuck is right?
Google it, will make ya proud. Especially in this year of 2012. 200 years after we won the war against the Yanks.

And with any luck and God willing I will definitely be home to watch the final in June. Woohoo.
Until then, keep your stick on the ice....
Sawasdee Krup