When in Rome...

When In Rome…

Well, how do I say this without sounding like a w@nker? I can’t, so I’ll show a picture…

Some ones holiday junk - Scooter style!

As you might have guessed, I was not at home for a while - I was in fact on a family holiday…

Judging by the souvenirs, you’ll be able to easily tell where the Meaghertians went…

… A true scooter destination – Thailand!

So maybe I should have called this post "When in Hua Hin..." but wher'eis the fun in that!

We stayed in a rather loverly piece of this rather nice Kingdom – Hua Hin. The only factoid of interest (to anyone other than me) from this all too short break was that the Thai King (Rama IX) went to Hua Hin for a holiday whilst we were there… he is not very well (spending a lot of time in hospital), & to be honest, we were more interested that he had come to Hua Hin than he would have been in a family of Australian tourists!

Hua Hin has a fantasic train station (& we all know that I am partial to train stations). I really liked the Thai style architecture, on a turn of the century train station & it is rather close to the Night Market (& as we all know, I am rather partial to a night market…)

So, as for the scooter themes souvenirs; well…T-Shirts are the no brainers; But a Hua Hin Vespa Pencil case – Cool! I had to have that…& for the Child Bride, a nice matt finish Lambretta belt & buckle!

All the souvenirs were bought in Hua Hin! (Not surprising as the night markets were rather touristy!)

http://www.tourismhuahin.com/railway-station-huahin.php

 

Hua Hin Railway station - Retro-Thai-cool! I have no permission to use this pic; but please go to Hua Hin it was great! (Hopefullt Tourism Hua Hin won't sue me now!)

 

The Orange Train Station - I noted the disurbingly familiar colour scheme... (The Socialist Republic of New South Wales has recently rebranded it's train fleet to this colour sceme... I like it & everytime i ride past I'll think of Hua Hin!)

As for Thailand, well, there were a couple of things worth noting to my fellow Scooterists:

1.      Thai’s love the scooter! Even as a Taxi around Bangkok (& there was no way i was doing that!)

2.      Except for the rain, it is a very nice climate to ride bikes in (not that I did actually ride a scooter in the time that we were there)

3.      The scooters were perfect for the traffic in Thailand; even the “relatively” sleepy Hua Hin…

4.      There were old scoots everywhere; Vespas, Lambrettas, Honda cubs – I was in perv heaven!

5.      They are (as in many countries) an essential piece of Day to day machinery…)

Anyway, a great place to have a break & hopefully we'll get back there sooner rather than later!

You can just make out the Honda Motorcycle dealer (behind the white car) - I was faciing the wrong way & I only had my Phone to take a photo with!

So, we did enjoy Hua Hin & the people that live there. The scooters there are a practical way to get around, as opposed to an old pose-mobile that I use the Surfer & the Lamb as.
A work collegue of mine lives in Hua Hin & amongst other things He & has wife have a Honda Silverwing... yep; it's a cool scoot! Even tho Rick likes to ride his Honda Shadow; it was the Silverwing that he rode most often!

I recon i could get him into the Old gear if it didn't need so much work!

So Mote it Be

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