Fear and Fun in Hua Hin

Her Majesty the Queen Sirikit of Thailand celebrates her birthday on the 12th of August and many Thais residing in Bangkok troop to Hua Hin (the queen's city of residence) to pay their tribute on this auspicious day. Noah's family did the same this year, but fear was never imagined to enter into the scene of the celebration. At the night of the Queen's birthday 2 bombs (improvised explosive devices) shattered the peace in the center of the city. About 12 hours later - in the morning of her birthday, another 2 went off; all in all killing 3 people and wounding 19 others from at least 5 countries. 

The headlines showed this photo:

At Chomview hotel about 2 kilometers from the explosions Noah was his usual jolly self and there was fun in spite of the bad news.

at the view point overlooking hua hin city

Kailee and gramps in their usual sea activity.

She had a traumatic jelly fish attack when she 

was younger and the visible marks on her skin and

memory of the pain keeps her from diving into the water.

she likes it better on the sand. hopefully

she'll outgrow her fear for the jellyfish.

The tandem bike was for rent at 50 Baht

per hour and kailee had fun fun fun.

This table would have been better with Nok and JP present.

They had to celebrate the Queen's birthday with Nok's mom

and grandmom - legit Thais.

lunch of authentic Thai food - aroi!

Fear and Fun stood side by side at Hua Hin on the Queen's birthday. Thank God we had more of the latter.

Happy Birthday HM Queen Sirikit!