Camping

We took the whole gang camping this weekend to Nai Yang Beach. Pon and me, Gil and Daeng, Huwy and Meeow, Chris and Nok, and of course the kids (Huyw took 3 and we took 2). We picked them up from school on Friday afternoon, fully loaded up two cars and off we went.

We rented tents from the park HQ, 3-man tents for 225 baht a night and 4-man tents for 300 baht a night. We would have liked to set them up by the beach but if you rent their tents they insist you use their campsite on the other side of the road. It is still only two-hundred yards from the beach. I am sure we will go again and maybe next time we will take our own tents so we can pitch them next to the beach.

Still the campsite is okay. They have toilets and showers, not exactly first-class but they do the job. We were the only people there so it was still nice and isolated. We set up one hell of an impressive bbq and got the beers on ice. Took the kids to the beach until sunset and then spent the night eating and boozing.

The kids had a fantastic time as ever. It is great to watch them play, so happy and full of energy and life. Ben is good friends with Fern - one of Huwy's step-kids and only a year older than Ben. They played all evening.

The next morning the kids were up early to play some more. We moved the BBQ to under the trees by the beach. Ben went into the sea in the morning and didn't stop again until we dragged him out late afternoon to go home. One of the great things about Nai Yang Beach is the shallow, gradual slope of the beach which is nice and safe for the kids. Not that you can actually take your eyes off them but we took turns watching.

It was a great night and day out. We all agreed the only thing we were really needed to make it better were some deckchairs. Must be a sign of age I guess but next time we will be loading up a few chairs so we can really sit back and relax.