Day 3, Saturday 16th February - Bangkok

Back to the capitol..... Today is unremarkable. The morning is a repeat of yesterday morning and I'm ready to depart at 11.30 am. There's just an hour or so to kill around the beach road and I'm off to the station, first for lunch then to catch the 14.33 Ordinary train to Bangkok. Even that's unremarkable. Being a weekend, the service uses a three car DRC (diesel rail car). I'm limited to a slow service which will take 4 hours. Apart from offering the chance to take videos of passing trains there is nothing unusual. The vendors do their usual trade with drinks and snacks passing up and down the corridors and I must admit these carriages are unusually scruffy both inside and out. On arrival at Bang Sue Junction I use the MRT (underground railway) for just two stops to Chatujak Park then take a slow bus. With dinner that gets me back at the residence well after 8 pm. It's another little tour I can put on the record so as to do justice to what Cha-Am has to offer.
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Accommodation
Cha-Am..... Cha-Am Villa Hotel, rating....good (but only because of the pool), price 700 baht (2 nights).
Weather (temperatures are approximate)
Cha-Am sunny, hazy, hot 35c overnight 25c.
Dining out
Cha-Am..... Cha-Am offers dining of every concievable description and price. Seafood is a speciality all along the beach road and to the north over the bridge towards the fishing port.
Transport used
Minivan to Victory Monument 35 baht, minivan to Petchaburi, 100 baht, local bus to Cha-Am 30 baht, motorbike taxi, 40 baht.
Train to Bang Sue Junction, Bangkok, 40 baht, MRT, 18 baht, local bus, 8 baht, taxi 50 baht.
Motorbike rental
Cha-Am..... price/day 200 baht (well used Honda automatic). fuel 50 baht.