Day 29- Return to Bangkok

We said goodbye to Baa 

and our resident gecko

after breakfast, checked out,

and hopped back in the van that brought us here for the trip back to the Trat Airport. 

The return trip was much quicker than coming in.  The driver drove faster, and we didn’t have to wait an hour for the ferry. 

This got us to the airport about 2 hours before the flight.  The return flight was uneventful.

We were able to get the same rooms at the Shangri-La that we had had when we stayed here a week ago, agin with great views.

Tonight we finally made it to the Indian restaurant that we had planned to eat at last time we were in Bangkok, Indian Hut (Jeri was under the weather then, and we bailed).  We took a cab that was dirt cheap, but took about 10 minutes to get to the restaurant. We were a bit skeptical about the food when we saw the restaurant’s name and logo and noted that it was vaguely reminiscent of Pizza Hut.  I’m wondering if this constitutes a trademark infringement. 

We’ll have to run this by Brendan when we get home.  The food was nothing like Pizza Hut, though.  Some of the best Indian food we’ve had short of the West End in London.  It was nice to have something other than spring rolls for a change.

After dinner, we asked the waitress to get us cab.  She told us that we should instead walk off our dinner.  The hotel was only about a 10 minute walk!  We’re still trying to figure out why it took the cab so long to get here.