Hello Bangkok Day 4 Part 2: Khao Yai 1

The original plan was to head to the Shiba cafe next door but the Shibas were having their lunch break. Good life. We decided to head to lunch ourselves too at a nearby Thai restaurant recommended by the driver. 

I was very excited that my appetite was coming back. After that morning toast and egg white, I was peckish. The boys were super hungry such that we forgot about the lunch photo. The only photo that I took was of the house cat. He was “guarding” the cashier but sleeping on his job. 

Next up on the itinerary was ATV. I am also adverse to ATV. Many many years ago, Daddy Lim and I tried ATV. This was before the kids came ago and I drove mine into a canal. We went to the Trot. It was some kind of resort with activities. Other than ATV, they have these vintage cars that you can drive around and out of the resort. 

We were told that kids under 18 had to be accompanied by an adult and I assume the adult is the person manoeuvring the ATV. No thank you. Zaky tried settling for the scooter instead. 

Too bad, he was a tad oversized.

We decided to have desserts while deciding on next step. 

I had quite some of the delicious crepe and burnt banana roti. I made sure that I used a different set of cutlery. While the appetite was back, it may not mean that the virus is gone. 

We took more photos before deciding to forgo ATV and head to the next activity. 

We were brought to the windmill park. There were bicycles, most of them in serious need of maintenance, for rental. We paid THB40 each. There was no need to leave any identification and nobody tracked what time our loan started. I think the bicycles are so bad that nobody is keen to steal them.

We cycled around the reservoir/ dam thing. It was super windy and the scenery was amazing. 

The driver kept encouraging us to stay for the sunset. But the sun just refuses to set. Lol. While we didn’t get the sunset, what we got were so many butterflies. There are like so many butterflies everywhere in Khao Yai, like in life endangering quantity. This one, kept sticking to us, like literally. Nana was very pleased. I was not.

At least this one was tiny. There were also many big black ones. Eeeewwwwww…

We bid the windmills goodbye. 

What’s lined up was dinner. Ooooo.. nice.

Dinner was at Midwinter that is some Michelin recommended restaurant.

There was an acoustic band playing.

I was hungry! The food all looked very good! Daddy Lim had the squid ink pasta and mixed mushrooms. Not bad! 

Zaky ordered a pizza that was super cheesy. I got to taste a little bit. Nana and I shared a mushroom soup and huge pork chop. Again, I made sure that I used a separate set of cutlery. 

The food was good and price while high in Thai standard, was very decent for us.

While I was feeling hungry, I couldn’t eat much l. Maybe it was too savory for me. 

Our hotel for the night was a short drive away. It was some Japanese theme villa hotel. 

I didn’t choose it bcos of that but largely bcos it was cheaper than some of the recommended resorts. Hoho. The decoration was pleasantly nice, including a Japanese Garden behind our room and a small pool, which we didn’t get to enjoy. 

The room was small though, after Center Point big rooms. But it was alright, since only for a night. 

They provided these cute geta too, which of course nobody wore. 

Then, the crazy thing happened again - my runs came back!??! This time, they were accompanied by tummy aches. I think I had the runs like 10x throughout the night. I suspect it was the dairy in the soup and pizza. I had been humbly reminded that I should still watch what I eat despite on the recovery. Fortunately, the runs seems to slow down and stop when morning comes. It must be God’s protection that my runs only take place in the night. 

Mummy Lim