We knew that today would be rainy. A good indicator was that it was raining before sunrise and grey was the predominant colour when we woke up... It is the end of the monsoon after all, it’s not a surprise. We had a free continental breakfast that was smaller than expected mainly because we had negotiated for it to be included in the room rate. We never can win all the time.
We left the beach at 8am and we were wet one hour later. We found a shelter on the road and waited for the weather to calm down whilst unsuccessfully hitching a ride. It didn’t make sense that no one stopped because we had probably seen more pick-up trucks staying 20 minutes along the road in Thailand than during our overall trip in Cambodia and Laos. It finally stopped raining and we continued to cycle to Trat. The road became more and more flat, that was a good point.
We arrived in Trat at 1:30pm, it was not a record time for 60km. Once in Trat, it was easy to notice that life conditions are closer to Malaysia than the last countries we have cycled through. We ate in a Western fast-food chain!
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| Katie happy to be in Trat |
Our plan was to stay a night in Trat, where we found a friendly guesthouse that was the meeting place for all the expats of the city (somebody told us that a Norwegian absolutely wanted to meet us...). Tomorrow we are planning to take a ferry to Koh Chang island, which seems to be a paradise with its “White sand beach”.
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