Slowly, but surely, we passed the junction to Ranot and decided to check out a local motel.
Roger's indication was a signboard with the numbers "24" inscribed on it.
He obtained this information from the internet by reading up journals from "Crazy Guy on a Bike".
We checked out the motel that charges 380 baht for a night.
I wasn't satisfied and insisted that we pushed towards town..
We rode towards the edge of town and chanced upon a makan place on the Thale Noi lake.
This is a place for the locals and we savoured the dishes after working out a good appetite.
There were fried mullet, the really hot Kaeng Som (Yellow Sour Curry) and a fried vege dish.
After covering more than 80km, one cannot complain when good food is served.
The dishes were excellent!
We had a few beers and chilled out at the makan place until it was time to go.
Andrew found a resort on his GPS which turned out to be an abandoned facility.
The guys were about to give up, but I insisted that we look up ahead.
I found a small resort next to the abandoned place and it turned out to be a real good deal.
A fully air-conditioned chalet with TV, hot shower and a nice Queen-sized bed costs 500 baht.
Seeing that it was a new place, we seized the opportunity to stay a night there.
Since we covered quite a distance, we wanted to reward ourselves to a good dinner.
After settling in at the motel, we rode out towards town and found a small cafe serving coffee.
There, Roger asked about the Mukata (Thai BBQ) restaurant.
A lady who runs the place recommended a makan place some 3km away.
We later rode out to the place and found it.
But it was still early, so, I asked if the guys had wanted to check out the seaside.
In a distance, I can see the thin shoreline.
So, that said, we rode out and discovered a little sanctum used mainly by the locals in the area.
There was a beach resort that charges 400 baht a night. This became a bonus for Roger who wanted to do a solo trip in the locality..
We went to the Mukata restaurant that charges 100 baht with the "eat all you can" policy.
The food here was excellent!
I had my fill of the great food and after dinner, we rode back into town and purchased some beers from the Tesco Lotus chain store.
This time, it was Andrew's turn to sponsor the drinks
We rode back to the chalet and went to Andrew's room to split the expenses, have a few beers and recall the day that was.
Most of us were happy with the progress and talked about the journey to Patthalung, which will be the last leg of the journey.
After a good discussion and the beers, we called it a night..
ICONIC: The littlle Mermaid statue of Samila Beach in Songkhla is a desireable place to be.