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We had a great vacation in Australia and this is the Air Quality Index...

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Streetfood 101

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Day 2 - Phatthalung

We left the Sittinard Grandview Hotel early for breakfast in a local restaurant

- ร้านน้ำชาดาวไทย ถนนผดุงดอนยอ -

very tasty and very popular.

Great coffee....

And then it was a trip up the hill to สำนักสงฆ์ วังสุคติธรรม สันตินคร - 778 steps in total and it was a wonderful and beautiful place

which must be visited.

However it was a very quiet place and I was apprehensive about taking photographs...

Time for a snack and we visited Larn Ta Chu Steakhouse where we had dessert and drinks.

Then it was off to another temple -

วัดเขาอ้อ / Wat Khao Aor.

Before becoming a Temple, it was considered to be a centre of learning, called the ThisaPamok School that was similar toTakkasila in India, presumably founded before 857 by Brahmins from India during the age of “Dravidian Yatra”, which is the time that the Brahmins expanded the religious belief from India. This place was famous for supernaturalpowers and ancient medicine, especially, related toWan, an herbal plant; later there wasa Wandipping ritual and manyother forms of black magic until it became well-known nationwide as a place that had inherited the magic and spells for invulnerability until today. At present, the“Follow the path of the Lord Buddha, Follow a trace of the ritual of Khao O House” Festival takes place annually.

Text from Amazing Thailand.

This was somewhere that was wonderful to visit...

Then we popped into Kwanjai Bamboo Garden -

a popular place.

Food delivery to your house?

There seems to be a surge in people having food delivered to their homes.

Is this the Coronavirus

Are we getting lazy?

We have never used them - have you?
(until Saturday 29th Feb - KFC)

Day 1 - Phatthalung

We arrived in Hua Hin and drove to Phatthalung arriving late

we stopped at the roadside local restaurant

- ร้านเจ๊น้อย สาขา2.

We chose then to stay at the

Sitthinard Grandview Hotel.

There was a lovely view.

It was Makha Bucha Day so we visited a temple early in the morning to pay respect.

Then out for breakfast - some local Dim Sum at ขนมจีบศิริชัย - it was delicious.

Then we visited the local market at the

Mueang Phatthalung Circle

then the bird singing competitions.

The next visit was Thalae Noi Viewpoint

with a temple and a wonderful view.

Then leaving we here we came across

Thalenoi Floating Market.

Had a nice drink there...

This was transformed when we visited

Thalae Noi: Lake and Scenic Lookout.

Which was really quite beautiful and full of tourists from Thailand - a place definitely worth stopping.

As we left the area we crossed bridges where there were suspended fishing nets.

Then we visited Sampaothai - where there was a gorilla pulling a ship in a rice field...

We had a walk around.

Then we had a bite to eat.

We then went for a drive - crossing the very long Phansa Bridge

where we saw the abandoned spooky house...

and wondered whether we would take an early boat the next day?

Then off to find a cafe - beautifully set

next to a road and in a rice field

with a beautiful back drop - nice food as well. Then back to the Sitthinard Grandview Hotel.

Wat Saun Phlu - วัดสวนพลู

Wat San Phlu is a temple which I came across when I took the 'John Bush' Walk. I could find very little about it when I was there BUT then so did an Internet Review from 'Bangkok for Visitors'. It is a small temple within the streets of Bangkok and it is also very small!