back from hua hin

well i spent the weekend in Hua Hin with some of the other english teachers. we stayed in a bungalow that sat right on top of the water- it wasnt the nicest place but it was 5 dollars a night and close to the beach.

i took the public buses from my apartment to the bus station and it took me 5 hours! that was just going through bangkok. it was crazy, there was so much traffic. but it was because of the holiday. it was the kings birthday this last friday so everyone was leaving town. our bus would be stuck in unmoving traffic for like 15 minutes and not move a bit. i was on a non-ac bus and there were so many people on the bus i was standing up and holding on above. everyone was coughing and stuff.... i ended up getting sick. we will get to that later.

so finally after taking a wrong bus for a while, i made it to the bus station. i got there at 9:10 and the last bus left at 9:30, so i booked tickets for me, lindsey and jen (who were on their way also on the other buses). but the good thing was that at least i was stuck in traffic on the bus instead of a taxi. it only cost me 30 baht on the bus. but with the taxi it would have been 500 baht or something.

we got on the bus to hua hin and i started feeling sick- like flu-ish. we got to the city late at night around 1am and walked around a bit and i went to bed early. we thought about staying in the hilton, but it cost 7000 baht a night. it looked super nice though. we were gonna all pitch in so we could swim in the pool there, etc. but the bungalow seemed like a more reasonable option.

we ate at a seafood place there, and i had the best chicken with cashew dish- i dont like seafood so i didnt eat it. i was feeling so sick, and i talked to my friend lindsey about it and she said it sounded like i had malaria. because i had flu symptoms and they got worse at night but during the day i was fine and i had a fever, etc. she had malaria before so she said i should get checked out. i went to the doctor and 1400 baht later, i am fine. i just have a throat infection.

the king was unable to make his speech for his birthday because he was also sick with a throat infection. but he is much sicker- he is on a fluid diet. i think me and the king have a connection, ha. there was a light festival in hua hin for the kings birthday so we checked it out. i took photos.