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In this continuation of our previous vlog, we're taking you on a journey with us as digital nomads and expats, traveling with our baby for the first time. We'll take you to breathtaking scenery, try out local delicacies like seasnails, and experience the best of Ranong's natural wonders. From the stunning Bannaimong treehouse and hotspring where we took a scenic walk to the garden and enjoyed a relaxing soak in the onsen, we'll show you the beauty of this underrated destination. We also visited the historic Wat Waree Banprot and enjoy the food at Farmhouse Ranong. Get ready for an unforgettable adventure in Ranong, Thailand!
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In this continuation of our previous vlog, we're taking you on a journey with us as digital nomads and expats, traveling with our baby for the first time. We'll take you to breathtaking scenery, try out local delicacies like seasnails, and experience the best of Ranong's natural wonders. From the stunning Bannaimong treehouse and hotspring where we took a scenic walk to the garden and enjoyed a relaxing soak in the onsen, we'll show you the beauty of this underrated destination. We also visited the historic Wat Waree Banprot and enjoy the food at Farmhouse Ranong. Get ready for an unforgettable adventure in Ranong, Thailand!
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00:00You happy?
00:02You're there.
00:04It's so peaceful.
00:05I really needed this.
00:07Realizing how much I needed this after having a baby.
00:11Great place to just disconnect and be in nature.
00:15Eat some good food.
00:18It's not too hot.
00:20Not too cold.
00:21It's not raining.
00:23It's kind of perfect.
00:27Yeah.
00:28Yeah.
00:29Let's do it all right.
01:17I hope you can hear me over the flowing river which is right here.
01:26In case you missed the last episode.
01:28We drove from Hua Hin to a town called Ranong.
01:32Which is kind of like halfway between Hua Hin and Phuket.
01:36Down south of Thailand.
01:37We're on our three week road trip.
01:39We don't have too much planned except for this stop.
01:42And a stop at Khao Sok National Park.
01:45And then we're sort of deciding whether to go to Koh Samui or Phuket.
01:48If you missed last episode we drove for about six hours.
01:52And got here.
01:53Had dinner.
01:54Pretty much went to bed.
01:55We had a really decent sleep last night.
01:58All of us.
01:59Which is surprising.
02:00We weren't sure if Lila was going to sleep well in a new environment.
02:04They just had this little sort of cot next to the bed set up for her.
02:08Which didn't look that comfortable.
02:10But she actually slept really good.
02:11So did Mandy.
02:12So did I.
02:12They just brought us breakfast.
02:14Which is included daily.
02:16It's about 8.30.
02:17So I'm going to sit and have some breakfast.
02:19While Mandy's getting Lila ready in the bath.
02:22So one important thing to note about this property.
02:25Which I should actually say the name of it.
02:27I haven't mentioned it yet have I.
02:28Put it up on screen for you.
02:29Because I'll probably butcher the name.
02:31But it's called Banamong.
02:32And so this is like a tree house.
02:35There's a bunch of them here.
02:36We booked it through Airbnb.
02:38And it's on a river.
02:40Surrounded by nature.
02:42And there's a private onsen.
02:43Which everyone who's staying here can use.
02:45I think it's 300 baht.
02:48For a couple to use.
02:50For 45 minutes.
02:51So we're booked in today at 10 o'clock.
02:53So pretty much right after breakfast.
02:55We're going to head over to onsen and use that.
02:57There's actually a really nice cafe.
02:59Which was open last night.
03:00We got dinner from.
03:01We'll take you guys there.
03:03And we'll show you around Ranong.
03:05We drove past a couple of cool temples.
03:07Apparently it's most well known for its seafood here.
03:11I'm going to try and get some tips on things to do.
03:13But for now I'm going to dig into this breakfast.
03:16Which looks amazing.
03:18It's like this chicken rice sort of soup sort of thing.
03:21So there's the steamed chicken rice.
03:23With veggies.
03:26Soup.
03:29Another one from Andy.
03:31Ojo.
03:34Some fresh bananas.
03:38This.
03:39Is.
03:40Looks like.
03:43Sticky rice.
03:44Something on top.
03:45I don't know what that is.
03:47And.
03:48I don't know what this is either.
03:52Looks like some sort of a cake or something.
03:55Anyway.
03:55We'll give it a go.
03:56And then I'm going to go.
03:57Grab a coffee.
03:58From the cafe.
04:05It's actually really good.
04:09Okay.
04:10I wasn't even going to try either of these two.
04:12Because they look kind of weird.
04:14But they're both delicious.
04:15This is like.
04:16A sweet.
04:17Almost.
04:17Apple.
04:18Cinnamon.
04:19Crumble.
04:20Flavour.
04:21Ha.
04:22Sticky rice thing.
04:24And then this one.
04:25Again.
04:25Is sweet.
04:27Kind of like a custardy.
04:29Flavour.
04:30With sticky rice.
04:31Never had that before in my life.
04:33Almost didn't try it.
04:34But it's actually really good.
04:35I might have to order that again.
04:37Yeah.
04:38Good.
04:40I tried those sticky rice things.
04:42They're pretty good.
04:43This one?
04:44Yeah.
04:45What's that?
04:46I don't know.
04:46It looks funny.
04:47But it tastes good.
04:48Looks a bit creepy.
04:50I don't know.
04:51Like.
04:51Food that's that colour.
04:54Don't know about it.
04:56It's sweet.
04:57This one's sweet?
04:58They both are.
04:59But yeah.
04:59That one.
04:59Kind of familiar taste.
05:01I don't know what it is.
05:03It's really nice.
05:04Yeah.
05:04I wasn't going to eat it.
05:06It is sort of cinnamon or something.
05:09Is it cinnamon?
05:10Maybe.
05:11Yeah.
05:12That's so tasty.
05:23This is so pretty.
05:30Just heading to the onsen.
05:32For a 45 minute hot and cold plunge.
05:36I'm pretty sure.
05:37It's so nice here.
05:39Fully in the middle of a jungle.
05:41Mm-hmm.
05:54So peaceful.
05:55That walk through the garden was the most stunning thing I've ever seen.
05:58It's beautiful here.
05:59Yeah.
06:00It's pretty great.
06:00Might do hot first and then cold.
06:03Or cold then hot.
06:04That would've been like that.
06:26In this very beautiful piel.
06:27All the water.
06:28Yeah.
06:29Yeah.
06:30Cool.
06:30I can't remember.
06:31It has to be a good story.
06:31Yeah.
06:31But it's really good.
06:32It is a good story.
06:32It's cool.
06:32It looks great.
06:33a little bit of water.
06:34Lots of natural minerals and stuff in it really good for you. This is super chill. Hey honey
06:47It would be cool if this was a private onsen
06:51yeah it was attached to the cabin we're staying in but
06:53yeah basically you get to rent this whole thing out for 45 minutes
06:58anytime you want 300 baht i think that's a pretty good deal
07:08How's Lila? She's loving it. She's sitting spotting.
07:15You happy? Yeah. So peaceful. I really needed this realizing how much I needed this after having a baby.
07:26Great place to just disconnect and be in nature, eat some good food
07:34It's not too hot. Not too cold. It's not raining. It's kind of perfect
07:58All right guys, we're just going to take a quick break from showing you this amazing onsen in Ranong to
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10:05show you around renong now
10:18I love the furnishings in here and all the natural wood. It's so nice
10:22Thailand's actually really good at cafes. Yeah. Yeah, I feel like that's a lesser known fact about Thailand like
10:29next level good cafes and they're always like really well themed and
10:34The decor is always amazing. There's always like a huge drink list like
10:40Lots of like non-coffee stuff, which I really like because I don't drink coffee, but yeah
10:45It's good. It's been 24 hours. So you're an expert on traveling with a baby now
10:50Do you think it's harder traveling pregnant than with a baby? It seems like it
10:56Literally just the thought of traveling pregnant makes me feel like the sickness that I felt when we did it
11:01with the baby is a hundred times better
11:04Yeah, but it's been a day
11:07Let's check back in in a week or two
11:10We might be able to return
11:12I think with this age like three months because she really only needs me
11:18It's not that hard and she's not like walking yet, so that'll definitely get more challenging but
11:22She's so chill at the moment and like every time she got a little bit fussy last night. I just
11:27take her outside and then she'd just
11:29be okay
11:30so like
11:32I don't know as long as you're close
11:34I had someone tell me like the best advice
11:36It was so simple. It's just if a baby's fussy either take them outside or put them in water
11:42And pretty much that's worked with her
11:44next so far and that's sort of just in our theory
11:47Maybe we've just got lucky, but yeah, so keep it simple and it works
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12:48Okay, we just came for a quick drive, about 10 minutes from where we're staying to a Buddhist
12:54temple here which is massive.
12:57It's called Wat Wari Ban Prat.
12:59You can see it from the highway as you're driving into Ranong.
13:03So we thought we'd make a quick stop here before we go get some lunch and it's pretty
13:08awesome.
13:09Today is actually Chinese New Year.
13:13I believe there are a lot of Chinese Buddhists.
13:16It's kind of busy here.
13:17We're just going to check it out and then we'll go get something to eat.
13:21It's like a little city here.
13:23All these different buildings and roads.
13:32There's like little bungalows where all the monks live I think it looks like.
13:38All their robes and stuff are hanging out the front.
13:41It's such a peaceful place.
13:42I can hear wind chimes everywhere.
13:44I just love it.
13:45Is the ground burning your feet?
13:48It's so hot.
13:50The ground is a little bit hot and it said to take your shoes off as you come in.
13:55It's pretty hot.
13:56I imagine it would be too hot to even walk in the middle of summer.
14:07Super strange, there's a statue of a monk with sunglasses on.
14:11I've never seen that before.
14:15Wow, look at the size of a statue.
14:25It's got like all the year, the symbols of the years up there around the yin yang.
14:30I think that's what it looks like.
14:31It's a bit washed out, but I think it's like year of the snake, the rooster.
14:35Is year of the rooster this year, yeah?
14:37No, I think it's snake.
14:39Oh, snake.
14:40Yeah.
14:40It was dragon last year.
14:43Yeah.
14:43She's dragon.
14:50Pretty cool temple, one of the bigger ones we visited.
14:53And it's right off the highway here as you drive into Ranong, so.
14:58And we're the only ones here.
15:00It's crazy.
15:01And it's so beautiful.
15:03Definitely worth a stop.
15:05All right, we're gonna go get some lunch.
15:08Found a place on Google called The Farmhouse, which has really good reviews.
15:13Looks pretty cool.
15:14Might even have a beer.
15:15It's been a while.
15:16Cheat day.
15:44Now we'll join you up.
15:48But you'll find me out.
15:52Maybe the stones will join the fallin.
15:56It needs to come up again.
16:00Maybe the stones will join the fallin.
16:03It needs to come up again.
16:11Really nice thin crust, it's so good, fresh wood fire pizza.
16:22We just pulled a random red envelope out of a bucket and then handed it to him.
16:27I think it was a discount, yeah, I was right, 50 baht discount, say $2.
16:34The bill was about $750, so pizza and two beers, that's not bad, it's Western prices, it's
16:40not a local restaurant.
16:46Well that was cool to see a little bit of Ranong, I'm actually pretty impressed with it, I feel
16:52like it's a really good spot to stop off if you're driving from either Bangkok or Hua Hin
16:59down to Krabi or Phuket, it's pretty much half way.
17:04Some really good hotels, really good restaurants, the walking street looks like it would be awesome
17:10at night.
17:11We're going to head back to the hotel, give Lila a bath and a nap, have some dinner and get
17:15an early night.
17:17We're not really night time people anymore obviously, but definitely think Ranong should
17:24be on everyone's list if you're, especially if you're doing a road trip and you need to
17:30stop off somewhere like eight or nine hours drive is too far to go at once and it's a really
17:37good spot to stop off half way.
17:40We probably haven't even scratched the surface, there's probably so much more to it, we got
17:44a little glimpse of it didn't we?
17:45Yeah, we really liked it.
17:59There's like 20 cats, this resort, which is probably a good thing, probably keeps all
18:07on Lila's away huh?
18:08A lot of the other fritters, nah, I actually haven't had any mozzie bites or anything.
18:14Neither.
18:15Lila's have one.
18:16Which, if we're on the river I thought there was going to be a lot of mosquitoes.
18:21Hi sweetie.
18:24Ollie, do you see the cat?
18:26It's a kitty cat.
18:32She doesn't care.
18:34I like it here, I feel like Snow White.
18:37What?
18:38I feel like Snow White because I'm just like, all the animals around me.
18:57Hello baby, hello home, hello honor until it's gone.
19:11But still I love her, scared in late.
19:19It's all from my eyes gone to another place.
19:37Yay, snails.
19:39What do you reckon we do with snails?
19:42I've only ever seen people eat them in movies.
19:45And there's like a teeny little pork usually that they eat it with.
19:51They're freaking me out a little bit, hey.
19:56We've eaten spiders.
19:58No we haven't.
19:59No, we ate a scorpion, we ate a scorpion.
20:01Why would I eat a spider?
20:03We ate a scorpion, multiple scorpions.
20:05Ugh, snails.
20:07It's making a mistake so I'm going to have to try one else.
20:16Ugh.
20:17God.
20:19Yeah.
20:19Yeah.
20:20Yeah.
20:21Yeah.
20:21Just doing it, eh?
20:23Fuck it.
20:25It's just for the rubber.
20:33It sort of tastes like calamari or squid.
20:36Really?
20:36Yeah.
20:37It's salty like seafood.
20:39Okay.
20:41I guess they're sea snails.
20:43Right.
20:43Okay.
20:43They're not regular snails.
20:46That one's got it.
20:48Actually pretty good.
20:50Yeah, you like it?
20:51Okay.
20:52Yeah.
20:54Fuck it, eh?
20:56Yeah.
20:56Yeah.
20:56Once you get over the fact it's a snail, it's actually nice.
20:59Yeah.
21:00Yeah, and it's not like a snail that you would find in your fucking backyard or whatever.
21:04How do you know?
21:06Because it's a seafood buffer.
21:09Barbecue, I mean.
21:10Yeah.
21:10Surely they wouldn't just be rounding up snails from the garden.
21:16That's like the only time I've ever seen a snail, so that's like what pops into my head.
21:22Are you going to try it?
21:23Yeah, I guess.
21:25Do it.
21:26Oh, it's warm.
21:28There's some reason I thought it was going to be cold.
21:30Yeah, no, it's hot.
21:31Okay.
21:32Do you eat this end part?
21:34Um, sort of like the first half is soft.
21:39I'm shaking.
21:39Just go for the first half.
21:48That's nice.
21:49The sauce.
21:52It's calamari pretty much, eh?
21:53Like chewier calamari.
21:55I had to say it's snail.
22:18The food for the seafood barbecue just keeps coming and they just brought out a whole fish now.
22:23So we've got the fish, the prawns, the sea snails, the squid, and tomatoes, and rice.
22:34And both of our noses are running because this chili sauce is so spicy but it's so good
22:39we can't stop eating it.
22:40And this guy's come back.
22:45You want the fish?
22:48Pretty cute.
22:49Yeah, it's so cute.
22:50And everything seems hazy Is there some place for safety I could go?
22:59Run away, run away, run away into your escape Run away, run away, run away, you're never too far to
23:10run
23:10Run away, run away, run away
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