We have now reached Prachinburi after a late afternoon stroll up the 319 and have pitched up our tent at yet another service station, about 25 km short of tomoprrow's target destination of Nakhon Nayok. Here's a summary of how things have gone over the last two days;
Tuesday, 9 September; I remember posting something sbout Monday's progress being the best so far and it was until we got back to the car from the internet shop and found that SOMEONE, and IT WASN'T ME, had left the side lights on while we were away for an hour or so doing the blog and the car's battery was as dead as a dodo. Fortunately, there was no shortage of willing volunteers to give it a push start and it didn't take long to get the battery charged up againso that it was all systems go first thing in the morning. We said goodbye to the 331 about 3 km north of Plaeng Yao (correct spelling this time, I think) and turned off onto the road that would take us eventually to Phanom Sarakam. Again, overcast in the morning, and I was able to make reasonable progress with Ros stopping the car about a km in front. Two people to thank at this stage; the guy in the internet shop who would not take my money after I spent over an hour in his shop sending pictures to Grant and checking my mail and the lady who stopped me after I turned off the 331 and handed me a bottle of Gatorade, or whatever it was. Both much appreciated! Small things to some people, perhaps, but I didn't know either of them from Adam (or Eve!) and they didn't have to do that. Managed to put in just over 4 hours on the road in the morning and than another hour and a half in the evening before we reached our target destination of Phanom Sarakam. At that stage, I wanted to find another internet shop so that I could update the blog, but shortly after we left the car in a PTT service station, yet another deluge of rain appeared and we ended up doubling back to the safety of the 7/11 in the service station and an evening meal of hot dogs and noodles. Being a service station, the people who work there are not allowed to sell alcohol but there always seems to be a Mom and Pop store round the corner that sells beer 24/7 and I'm very grateful to them for doing so. So, no blog update yesterday but a carry out of nicely chilled Chang to see us through the evening.
Wednesday, 10 September; On the road again shortly after 6 and managed to get to the southern end of Prachinburi's southern city limits by 11 and find somewhere to hang out while the temperature rose. Found another internet shop to send some more bits and pieces to Grant while Ros did three days worth of laundry. And guess what? The heavens opened again! And hard! Sat it out for nearly two hours until it was all over and then rejoined her at the petrol station. Lots of wet clothes in the car and nowhere to take them to get them dried out properly. Quite a miserable afternoon and as I didn't want to take a chance on getting another soaking, no further progress has been made today, which won't do my feet any harm if nothing else. Will be up early in the morning to push on after only our second night in the tent so at least we should both get a good night's sleep tonight.
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