Woke at 9.15 ish and straight downstairs for coffee and breakfast: banana pancakes & pineapple juice for kids, Thai rice soup for adults. L washed clothes, while D arranged trip to elephant village. Car arrived to pick us up at 12.40 for 20 min journey up and down steep hills and hairpin bends. Disembarked, and were swiftly instructed to follow the elephant, as we were going for a swim! Walked down to the river, stripped down to our swimming costumes, an...

"American Breakfast" by the flood! L packed with the kids while D arranged for transport to the ferry for Koh Chang. M managed to block the loo with loo roll, so D spent an unenjoyable 20 mins with plunger! Carried bags and children onto Bhat bus, trying to keep all as dry as possible. Got to bus station, only to swap Bhat buses, and return pretty much the same way we had just come, on our way out of town (through more floods, of course!). Arrived at pier...

Dry and sunny morning. D walked all of 300 m to the cashpoint, and needed another shower! Met same bus driver as yesterday, who offered to take us to the bus station for Chanthaburi. Was expecting a "proper" bus, instead, were loaded onto a minibus for the expected 2 hour journey. An hour later, drove through the first of several stretches of flooded (main) road. Bus stalled at least 3 times, and it seemed inevitable that at some point we would have to get out ...

Ignored 8am alarm, dragged family down to breakfast at 9! Then straight back to bed for an hour's snooze! Eventually got out by 11, and took Bhat bus to Underwater World (aquarium) which we circumnavigated twice, just to get value for money! Journey back to Jomtien included detour to avoid flooded streets and half submerged vehicles. Got off at northern end of beach, and lunched at the Surf Kitchen. M: fish & chips, J: chicken nuggets (!) & chips, L:...

Alarm went off at 8am. Promptly got up around half an hour later, with general lack of enthusiasm re: the 6 hour time difference! Hotel breakfast of toast, fried egg, ham, sausage, marmalade & fruit juice. And coffee. Plenty of coffee! D and kids spent rest of morning in the pool, while L "had a little rest!" Went for a walk, south, along Jomtien beach, eventually ending up in Café Le Mar for lunch (all had Thai dishes this time!), and much needed co...