Hua Hin Hills Vineyard

For our company outing, we went to the Hua Hin Hills Vineyard, about an hour drive from the Centara Grand Beach Resort & Villas. I will not expect to have a vineyard in this kinda scorching weather. Will those grapes able to grow??
Anyway, the vineyard is located on the hill and there's a parking area near the restaurant, overlooking the vineyard. Trust me, the weather is really scorching hot. And the umbrella I'm holding seriously can't block much sun. But for the Caucasians, they're definitely love this so-called beautiful weather.
They led us to the restaurant, which was called The Sala Wine Bar and Bistro. The heat is still a bit unbearable there. It's totally open-air, so no need to wish for air conditioner here. I was wishing for the Almighty One to blow some heavy wind in this restaurant and I really felt stuffy and humid here.
But I do my best not to let this inconvenience to ruin my mood. Then, my colleague wants me to accompany her for the elephant ride. I was like - look at the sky - look at the elephant - then look at my colleague. Are you kidding me?! But, my colleague really want to ride and hoped that I will join her, so with a heavy-heart I said yes and I end up in the jeep with her that took us to the shelter where the elephant ride is. Honestly, it's not really something I'm looking forward to. But it amused me that, here I am holding this cute, lacy-edge umbrella, riding an elephant with my colleague, it make me feel like it's the Victorian era, just that we're not riding on the horse carriage but on the big elephant instead. LOL. After that elephant ride, I can't wait to go back to the restaurant. At least it's slightly more cooling there.
I had a nice wine tasting session, I tried 3 types of wine; red, white and rose. All tasted good. I'm starting to enjoy this. LOL. Then, after the wine tasting, I settled for the white wine as it tasted nicer especially with my 3 course meal. Too bad my friend don't drink wine, so good for me, I have extra 2 glasses of wine from her. LOL. Things seem to get better. Then, lunch is served. First, I had Caesar Salad with pork bacon for appetizer, followed by a delicious and succulent pork chop with sweet sauce for main course and lastly grape ice cream for dessert. Oh, the pork chop is so delicious. And my colleagues thought I can't finish them. Too bad, I prove them wrong as I even scooped the remaining sauce on the plate. So no bits left, except for the bone, though.

After our hearty lunch, we were given a bag of souvenirs. In the bag, it consists of a t-shirt, 2 bottles of grape juice, 1 bottle of concentrated grape essence and 1 bottle of grape jam. Then, we headed back to the resort. Surprisingly, after 5 glasses of wine, especially under this scorching weather, I'm not drunk. Woo hoo! Way to go, girl. I wish they can sponsor me a bottle of wine :P