Leisurely breakfast with Danny, who had a real problem just getting a couple of boiled eggs for breakfast! Rest of us had sausage, egg, bacon & toast. Chilled upstairs on the roof terrace for a couple of hours: L darned clothes, kids played, wrote postcards & made plasticine Buddhas and Nagas. Whilst chatting, Danny had a "difference of opinion" with a drunk American bloke, which soured the atmosphere somewhat! So made our excuses and went for wal...

Car arrived at 7.20 to take us to the bus station. Couldn't all sit in one place, but 2 nice American girls moved seats, so that D & J could sit together. L&M, however, had to sit apart, as no one else offered to move seats! ~3 hour journey to the border with just one stop for refreshments (baguettes!). Then a pointless & frustrating 30 min stop at bus station, where we were given no instructions, but were expected to swap our tickets for a red s...

L woke early and took book to the beach to read. D got up a little later, and sat outside room, downloading photos onto the laptop. J woke next, and joined his mother on the beach. M last to rise - all downstairs, hunting for breakfast by 8am (pancakes, muesli and rice soup, with coffees, of course!) Lazy day on the beach: splashed in the sea, & played on the sand. Kids requested burger and chips for lunch, then we went for a walk into town. Kids boug...

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...