Laem Ngop (Thailand)

The rain came pelting down last night, with claps of thunder that the wooden cabin would literally shake. Awesome to go to bed listening to the rain coming down.
The monks typically start meditating around 5am, and when I start riding around 6:30am, you will see them walking around the neighborhood while locals make merit by offering food, and then go back to meditating before starting their chores.
On the back roads you find many temples, at some of the bigger temples I would stop and take a look around the grounds.
Took the quieter roads again today hugging the coastline. I was hoping at the end of my ride to find a little shack with a view of the sea, instead ended up with a view of the mangrove swamps. Luckily over the road was I convenience store where I found a can of Doom (equivalent) that looks like a mini fire extinguisher. Its already come in handy to terminate a massive cockroach.Read more