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| Hua Hin is characterized by this kind of scenery of coconut palms and
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| We were greeted with orchids on the pillows in the beautiful
air-conditioned room overlooking the beach of the Gulf of Thailand |
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| One of the many deliciously prepared meals served on the patio
overlooking the beach. |
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| These squid boats are anchored just off shore in relatively shallow
water awaiting their nightly fishing work on the Gulf. |
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| This very Van Gogh-esque arrangement of boats appealed to Peg's art
teacher eye. |
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| The rigging consisting of green florescent lights to attract squid is
particularly interesting. |
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| Peg wades off shore, and the city center of Hua Hin is seen farther down
the beach. |
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| Venturing into the center of town, we locate this fish market in
Chatchai Street market. |
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| At another stall in the market we meet this little counter cat with a
pug nose who grudgingly allowed this photo. |
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| Later we found a public internet booth, not to be confused with an ATM
machine. It was wonderfully efficient & high speed. |
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| This dramatic sunset-lit north eastern sky was seen from our hotel
balcony. |
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| Susan and Ted enjoy a late evening meal with us. The night fishing
boats are seen on the horizon level with Ted's shirt sleeve. |
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| This photo shows the placement of the dozens of boats along the horizon
line. They work all night and arrive back to shore at first light.
This line of green lights would be familiar to anyone who ever stayed on
this beach. |
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| Another balcony scene of the charmingly smaller hotel. |
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| An early morning swim meant a walk of some 100 yards before reaching
shoulder depth. |
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| Our host and hotel owner, Richard McKenzie, chats with us before our
final meal on Sunday. (Richard's other business is exporting quality
bedding. See http://www.hexagonthai.com/) |
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| Here is probably the freshest squid meal you'd ever hope to get your
mouth around. It almost melted in our mouths. |
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