Day 23 Tue 20/07 - Cha'Am to Samut Songkhram

Today Distance: 107.0 km             Total: 1652.8km
Today Temp : 26 - 38c
Time on Bike : 5hr 14 min
Ave Speed : 20.4 kmh                   Max: 36.5 kmh
Ave Climb : 1%                             Max: 74%
Altitude: 97m                                 Max: 78m
Today spending : 520 baht             Total: 8263baht

From Cha'am,a coastal town,we started going inland to join the main Highway 4.Like it or not,we dare not take the chances to bike along the coast,as our map doesn't show any roads accessible to Phetchaburi.Highway 4 is getting much heavier traffics as we are coming closer to Bangkok less than 200km away.Both of us find it hard to ride without the sunglasses as the amount of heat,sun,smoke and dust constantly posing a threat to our vision.So we bought a pair each at the petrol station. It feel so much better!
The highlight for today is a surprise guitar sing along session at a lunch stop restaurant at Khao Yoi.Since Brent and I knew a little of strumming a guitar,the son of the restaurant kindly offer his Yamaha acoustics guitar.We entertain our self with Brent singing a New Zealand song and my favorite John Denver "Take me home country road" and "child" .After about an hour of happy hour, we moves on for another 35 km to Samut Songkhram,surprisingly not a big modern town as what we had expected.There is a railway track in the main street operating 4x daily service to Bangkok,but at the end of the day,you find eating tables and hawker stalls spread over it.

                                   Road side stall of morning coffee and "yau char kui"

                                                Yes Brent " That's how you do it!"

                                             A very familiar sign back home

                                            "Take me home country road"

                                     At last , the first sign board with Bangkok in sight

                            Road side stall on the way to Samut Songkhram

                                                    Selling boiled and salted fishes

                                         Very similar to our pasar malam stall

                                    The finish product.....

                                    You are eating and sitting on a railway track   

                                    The Maeklong train station which has 4x daily service to Bangkok

                                                           Little pancake stall