We woke up fairly early and checked out of the hotel. After grabbing some breakfast, we hopped into 2 cabs and went to the bus station. We bought an A/C bus ticket for $4 to go to Pattaya! It was a 3 hour bus ride, so it was very cheap. SAS was charging $45 for their shuttle, so this was a lot better. I slept most of the bus ride until we got to Pattaya.
Pattaya is the resort town of Thailand, the place where tourists and locals go to relax on the beach, kind of like a mini Cancun. We booked a hotel at a local travel agency and headed over in a truck rickshaw. The hotel was pretty nice. We put our stuff down and headed out for lunch. There was a nice mall across the street with a food court on the top floor. In the food court there were stations for all types of cuisines, from Vietnamese to Thai to Indian to Italian. The food was really good, and we spent some time on the gallery checking out the view of Pattaya.
The rest of the day was just a break…nothing special happened. We headed down to the beach, walked around, hit up the market, and headed back to the hotel. I found an internet café at night and surfed the web for a while everyone else went out late. Actually, when they came back we went to a karaoke club, and sang a few songs before they closed, which was kinda fun. But it was mainly a relaxing day.
Day 5 was pretty much the same. We woke up kinda late, checked out of the hotel, and relaxed at the beach for an hour or so. I wrote a LOT of postcards while sitting on a beach chair under the shade (it was HOT). Then, we went back to the main city area, checked out the market for a while, ate lunch, and headed back to the ship a little early. I boarded the ship and waved goodbye to Thailand. What a country…I didn't know what to expect, and it blew me away.
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