Hua Hin, Thailand - Talk about culture shock. We've arrived on a resort where the living is far superior to home. From squat toilets to this, it's almost too much to take. We have a beautiful condo contained within the Sheraton resort. There's a pool that runs around the condominiums like a moat and our balcony extends out over it. It's like Florida, except better. 

As nice as it is, though, we couldn't let go of the excitement and pace of the past 2.5 weeks. By noon yesterday, less than 24 hours after our arrival, we were bored. It doesn't help that it's well over 30 degrees here, no breeze and just a constant state of stickiness. So around 2 pm, we got a taxi to the town of Hua Hin, 10 km down the road, and rented mopeds. 

Equipped with our own mode of transport, we took the nearest road our of the city and made our way to a little look-out point that features monks, a Buddist temple and monkeys. These free roaming monkeys were everywhere! We fed them and in return they entertained us. The highlight was when we left the moneys (or so we thought) to walk to the look-out point and out of the bushes swung a monkey with his eye fixed on Julia's can of Fanta. Inside two seconds he leapt up, grabbed the can and rushed up the road to put the can to his lips and chug it back. The only thing left was the look of shock on Julia's face!

After a bowl of ice cream back in the city, we made the long drive home and jumped in the pool to cool off. It's almost as hot when the sun goes down as when it's up. Julia got her first sunburn and spent the evening nursing it with aloe vera. I think this confirms her dislike of tanning, for sure. 

The highlight of the day for all of us was making a supper of pork chops, baked potatoes and corn on the cob. I've never seen Jo down a meal as fast. With butter dripping down her chin and corn kernals in her lap, she looked as content as I've seen her look this vacation. I'm beginning to think that all parents need to do to solve the problem of picky eater kids is take them to Asia for a few weeks. It seems to be doing the trick for us. 

Today, we're going to see elephants and then on to a dinner theatre tonight, where we will see Thai culture in action on the stage. 

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