Variations on a theme

A long flight to Kuala Lumpur and a short hop to Bangkok left us in the arrivals hall looking for our taxi (pre-booked by the kite school and the only sensible means of getting from the airport to Pranburi, our first stop in Thailand). With no sign of the driver in any of the likely places, we eventually managed to get hold of Colin, from the kite school, to find out the driver was MIA.
Some hand waving, a bit of negotiating and a few phone calls to make sure our new taxi driver had the right directions, and we were on our way south to the coast and Pranburi (rather quicker than we'd have preferred - and flying between the lanes with what felt like reckless abandon!).
On the the way, we also found out that the accommodation we were supposed to be staying in (again arranged by Colin) was double-booked! However, he had booked us into another place just next door, which we ended up liking and deciding to stay in for a week.
The next morning, we woke early to find out we'd come to a place that was very hot (c.40C) and humid; had jelly fish in the sea, meaning swimming in the sea wasn't recommended (and it was about as hot as the average bath so wasn't going to help with the temperature); and there was very little to do in the immediate vicinity (except kite surfing). Why had we chosen here again?
However with some small tweaks to our plans, we slotted into a nice daily routine, including some/all of:
- An early morning run along the beach (it needed to be early - by 8am it was already sweltering)
- A trip out on our scooter (that we rented on the first day and gave us much needed freedom) to local villages / squid drying racks / pineapple plantations / temples / nature forest parks / fishing ports

- Some (indoor - by this time it really was too hot) yoga - not something we've mastered yet...

- Several hours kite surfing (more on that later)
- Followed by some cheap (our record was £5 for the two of us, incl. drinks), plentisome, often fiery (we've discovered that anything with chilli or spicy in the name - even if you ask for it not too spicy - blows your head off!) but delicious (lots of fresh fish & seafood) dinner

Happy days :)