Hua Hin

In Hua Hin, I spent a lot of time with Linda and her Thai boyfriend Nueng. He worked hard at the beach bar, while we relaxed in the cushioned chairs. I was set up with them through a man I met in Ton Sai, they were so nice and treated me wonderfully my entire stay.

I went up a lage hill to get this great view of the town. The hill in the far distance is Khao Takiab, "Chopstick Mountain".

This is also Khao Takiab, from a much closer perspective.

The mountain is home to over 100 monkeys. As I entered the monkey area I was eating an ice cream bar. One monkey wanted me to share and ran up to me, touching my leg. It frightened me a bit; enough so that I didn't want to try to feed the monkeys.

It was Motorcycle Week in Hua Hin, so one night we went to a huge biker rally. I had no idea that so many Thai people owned Harleys.
That night we also went dancing. Outside of the club there was an argument between the "Harley motorcycle riders" and the "New Age bikers" who ride smaller faster bikes like Yahama and Honda. Engines were revved, but no one was hurt.

At night we hung out at a bar that allowed us to bring in most of our own food and drinks. We only bought ice and soda water from them. The man in the back is Bew. He runs a shop at Chatuchak, the giant market in Bangkok. Linda met the blonde couple by over hearing them speak Swedish on the beach. She meets a lot of Swedish people in Hua Hin that way. It was often very confusing to me to be surrounded by two foreign languages at the same time.

When I first arrived, Linda and nueng were hanging out with two Swedes, Ericka and Lotta. Lotta's mom is Thai so she understood a lot of the language. They had a friend that I only met briefly. Her name was Anna Berglund!

Ericka

Lotta