Today was our day off for the week.  Four of us got up early and went to Phraya Nakhon which is a shrine in a sink hole.  We could get there by hiking or boat and less hiking.  We decided to hike all the way in and do the boat on the way out.  After spending so much time sitting in class, or walking around town or riding in songthaews, it was nice to actually hike in nature.  So glad we got up early.  We did a lot of the hike before the heat of the day and we missed most of the rest of the tourists.  It was really beautiful.  At one point, there was a sign explaining how far the trail was and it said that it was a gently sloping trail.  Everything from that point on was so steep, stairs were cut into the trail.  I’m going to guess that someone was a little confused on the difference between gentle and aggressive.  Near the end of the trail, you walked into a beautiful cave/sink hole.  Then the trail led into another one.  This last one had the shrine.  It was very beautiful.  We hiked back down to the beach and took the boat back.  On the way back to town we stopped at the Hua Hin train station which we had heard was worth checking out.  It was worth a couple of pictures.  Later we had dinner at one of the night markets.  Back to school tomorrow.

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