Back to Bangkok and on to Hong Kong

Well, it did rain for 3 days at the beach. It didn't rain all day, and it didn't rain particularly hard, but it did rain. It was pretty amusing to watch people migrate to and from the pool as the weather changed throughout the day. All the work of getting kids in their pool gear and lathered up with sunscreen only to get an hour or two of decent weather. Oh well. I don't have kids.

I will admit to staying at the Hilton in Hua Hin. I will also admit to staying there mainly because of the Conrad Hilton character in Mad Men. He sold me on the whole 'bringing America to the world' bit, and I was curious to see how the chain is accomplishing his goal. All in all, I'd say it was pretty much America except for the Americans. I'm pretty sure there were mainly Northern Europeans in Hua Hin. Plenty of old dudes in speedos, and lots of not-French/Italian/Spanish being spoken. The only reason I'm not positive is because there were also plenty of fat people, and I thought Americans were the fat people in the world. Perhaps Americans are wearing speedos and learning other languages.

Back in Bangkok, I took a picture for my loyal followers.  The view from my hotel.  You're welcome.

At the Bangkok airport, I just paid a little over $10 for Burger King. Not sure how that happened; I'm not proud of it. Now on to Hong Kong with Emirates in the A380.  That probably doesn't mean much to people, but it's the only plane in the world with private suites and showers on board (no, I'm not in one).  It's also the quietest, biggest (up to 600ppl), and most fuel efficient plane on the market.