We were heading to Khao Yai for a night’s stay. Khao Yai is 2 hours drive from Bangkok and we thought that it would be a good break from Bangkok’s hustle and bustle. We had originally explored HuaHin too. There was so much rave about it but I think Covid almost killed HuaHin, that relies heavily on tourism.
We chartered a private van from Peter Taxi Bangkok. I found them on TripAdvisor and there were quite some good reviews. Peter replied promptly and advised professionally on what we could do in Khao Yai. We eventually decided to book with him and cost us THB10k for 2D1N. Our driver was picking us up at 8am. Before that, of course we needed to hit the delicious bfast.
I woke up feeling a lot better and much energetic. I was very pleased after feeling so lousy for the past 1.5 days. I could stomach some food but food still didn’t hold the same appeal. My bfast.
Vs Daddy Lim’s.
At least I was eating.
Then it was a mad rush to pack up and to meet the driver. This is our van for the next 2 days.
It is a luxurious 9 seaters for the 7 of us. The seats were super cushy. Zaky immediately approved the van after our pathetic experience to the death railway.
Auntie S and the kids visited Khao Yai previously and thus the whole Khao Yai itinerary was planned by her. I am happily the free rider this time. While she researched and planned and made last minute changes as needed, I simply agreed to anything and everything happily. Hoho. This feeling not bad.
To ensure that I survived the 2 hour car ride, we stopped for a break 1 hour into the car journey at this big eating place. It feels a little like Yong Peng when traveling to Malaysia. There was so many interesting food and they all looked really good. The crispy pork! The fried chicken wing! Mango sticky rice! Moo ping!
While Daddy Lim and our kids were full from bfast, I felt my appetite coming back but trying to eat in the midst of a long car ride is suicidal. I didn’t even dare try this very interesting looking kueh that Auntie S bought and offered.
We continued our way and arrived soon at our 1st stop. The car ride didn’t feel so bad.
This is the PB Valley Winery but I think wrong season so no grapes but very IG-worthy.
We had drinks, took photos, be tourists and then left. Ooo.. look what long arms I have.
The kids monkeyed around abit, including looking for the missing little bouncy ball that I just bought, which somebody just threw into the bushes.
The next activity, which was much more interesting - Speedkart. We bought a pack of 10 tickets for THB3,900 and we knew that there would be some who wanted to go more than once. Auntie S volunteered to go at round 2. We geared up and I was the one who got to wear the pro suit bcos I am pro. On podium some more.
Actually bcos I was wearing a skirt.
Getting ready to go!
I think I was the last few to drive off. This is my 1st ever go kart experience. I don’t even like driving, so you can imagine how much I like go karting. Soon, the boys overtook me. I only have one aim, which was to take to overtake C, who is just as cautious a driver. Lol.
In the end, I was so pro that everybody overtook me, included C. Zzzzz.. the boys overtook me duno how many times and my goal had changed to ensuring that the nobody bang into me when they were trying to overtake me. Lol. I survived the diarrhoea and didn’t have to die on the tracks.
Experiencing Speedkart once, regardless of the speed that I was driving, is good enough. The 2nd round was Auntie S and the boys.
Now that the boys had warmed up, they were even scarier and went faster. Auntie S was also concentrating on getting out of the way. Lol. Daddy Lim and Nana were more interested in playing with the house dog. They have a house cat somewhere too.
The boys eventually went for a 3rd round. I paid for an extra ticket for Zaky. I think they would have gone another 10x if we had allowed them. We had a few crashes, a few scratches but otherwise all good.
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