Tuesday, August 16, 2005


anna does not live here anymore

We stayed in the beach where Khao Kalok is located. Khao Kalok is the hill that is shown in the first photograph above. With the exception of part of the second day we were there, it was raining all the time. In fact the sun only showed its wonderful face for exactly 2 hours and then hid behind thick rain clouds afterwards. The place we stayed in is called Paseban. It was a small resort hotel done in the Bali style. It was quite nicely put together. However finding good food was another matter altogether. During lunch we went into town and tried an Italian restaurant. Unfortunately, we should have taken heed of the fact that there was hardly anyone in there when we came in at half past noon. So for the evening, we decided to go to Anna's Cafe. We were quite happy to find that there is a familiar place in Hua Hin. It took a lot of effort to drive there in the evening. It was really dark and there are no lights in most parts we passes. Add to this the twists and turns the road was taking so we cannot really drive very fast. It was better to be careful in this situation. Finally we get into town and find the soi marked in the map where Anna's Cafe was supposed to be. After all the effort we could not find Anna's. While there was the familiar oval sign, there was another name. Once again, we should have paid attention to this warning! We look at the menu....It should not be that bad, it had all the familiar items we find in the menu we see in Bangkok! So we give it a try. Suffice it to say, the dishes came in and we found out that the only similarity these had with Anna's in Bangkok is just the name. To give you a clue, the rice is just like the 5 baht rice you buy in the sidewalks of Bangkok. I do not wish to discribe the rest of the things we ordered. So we call it a night, we head towards Starbucks to get myself a blueberry cheescake and then headback to Paseban. Starworld was showing Aliens II and that was enough to scare the evening disappointments away. More Hua Hin pictures to come later this week.


daddywasabi
08.16.05