Phetchaburi is a town in Thailand, capital of the Phetchaburi province. Phetchaburi (often short Phetburi, Thai เพชรบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. ...
The beach was exactly like every other beach in the world except for the hordes of obnoxious horse-rental guys and an endless string of vendors hawking such favorites as baked beans on toast and french fries with mayonnaise.
I took a long string of back-country roads and came across such interesting road-side attractions as a giant pineapple and a wat built on top of a huge, land-locked boat.
I was home before 11, but a block-party showing of Batman Begins (in Thai) shook the walls of my apartment til 1, and I was thrilled as usual to get up at 7 and go in to face a room full of screaming 10 year-olds.