Here in Hua Hin
Time pass quickly and it's been almost 3 weeks since Daisy and I arrived in Hua Hin. Daisy has not moved at all. After a good wash and polish, she has been sitting pretty in the house all covered up. Took some pictures of the dented left front fender. It's not a biggie because no paint came off and after a couple of knocks, it will look as good as new. Believe it or not, the more severe damages happened when I was parking Daisy inside the house. You see, the ramp up towards the garage is quite steep and since the car was lowered, the lower plastic pieces got scrapped badly. Looks like it's time for a complete change of the lower plastics. The front left undercarriage plastic just under the fog light cracked completely and a replacement is required. All this has got me thinking whether it would be a good idea to bring Daisy up to Hua Hin. There would be quite a lot of work needed to revamp the garage entrance (actually, some initial work has been done but the problem has not been solved completely.) The roads around my place are quite bad but once out on the main roads, the roads are much better. Anyway, there's still time to think about this. We will be heading back to Singapore soon. First thing we need to do is get the car all checked out and repaired. The overall paint job has suffered much and I am considering a new coat of paint before bringing Daisy up (if I so decided to do so.)
Anyway, since we are on the topic of Hua Hin, let me introduce our workhorse. It's an Isuzu D-Max 3.0 TDI twin-cab truck. This fella goes everywhere; shopping mall, up the mountains, long distance drive to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, wet market...you name it, we've been there. We have carried furniture back from Chiang Mai, sacks of rice from Nakhon Phanom (just next to the Laotian border) and even my mom and her relatives on the flat-bed. It's relatively cheap to run and obviously, it's problem-free. Here in Hua Hin, 1 out of every 3 cars is probably a truck. For obvious reasons, trucks are more practical here because they are used to go everywhere and do everything. A friend of mine who was here recently suggested that I consider a Toyota Land Cruiser if I wanted something with more oomph and luxury at the same time. I would probably give that some serious thought.
Life has been slow and steady here. I miss Nickie and if not for the fuel restriction, I would not hesitate to drive the little bugger here. The highest RON here is 91 and sometimes 95, if you can find the station that sells it. I would need many bottles of octane booster. Anyway, more food for thought.
posted by gabey @ Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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