Hua Hin Railway Station

We drove what should have been 2hrs, a nearly 4hr long trip from Kanchanaburi to Hua Hin. Our resort, Cher, is between Cha Am and Hua Hin. We had a lovely room on the thrid floor with a nice view of the ocean. We had a late lunch, took a nap, then headed about 15 mins south to Hua Hin's night market. We breezed the few stalls that were open and had …

Deze week begon rustig met een vrije maandag, geen yoga op dinsdag( want er waren niet genoeg mensen), geen massage les, maar wel gekookt. Ik heb hele lekkere kip cashew nuts en white snapper met zelfgemaakte chilisaus gemaakt (fotos).

De vrijdag hebben Iris en ik rustig aangepakt, lekker uitslapen en tas inpakken. En daarna, aan het eind …

JUNE 13th - HUA HIN to BANGKOK

Spent the morning lazing around Hua Hin (again). Proceeded down the main street to the historical Hua Hin Railway station, still retaining every bit of its old charm! Had iced milk Thai tea and enjoyed excellent service at the coffee station right beside the platform, Train tickets could only be bought at …

A seven hour, particularly scenic, train journey south of Ayutthaya bought us to our next destination- Hua Hin. Apparently Hua Hin is where the wealthy of Bangkok and the royalty have been known to holiday. Therefore, we knew we would absolutely fit right in. We stumbled off the train, all backpacked up, clinging to a bunch of bananas that a kind …

... market which is very good and has a wide variety of products from toys to clothes to food. Other attractions i saw were the Hua Hin railway station which is home to the Royal Pavilion (Hua Hin is where the King and Queen of Thailand live in 'Klai ...

Det har varit dåligt med uppdateringar om maten sedan korvsoppeincidenten, men här kommer i alla fall dagens lunch, eller två av dem då den tredje valde spaghetti, vilken globetrotter! =} Restaurangen som med bästa Sällskapsresan-vibbar ligger ...

... lots of sunshine. The morning was spent wandering around the town, visiting a Buddhist temple and monastery, the national heritage railway station and just generally meandering.  As it was getting warmer, we gravitated towards the beach, stopping to ...

... resorts and air conditioned shopping malls to escape the heat. We've been pretty lazy, a walk along the beach and a trip to the railway station were quite exhausting. I have at last found time to work on my book again. As a couple of you have asked, I ...

... and The Chedi Son Spa.  The majority (95%) of tourists there are Scandinavian.  I went to see the Railway Station - which is quite unique - Hua Hin is the King of Thailand's summer residence, but for me, I have no desire to go back ...

... morning train to hua hin which only took 3.5 hours, perfect time for godfather 2 :) When we arrived we got to a really small railway station with just one platform and a kind of pink building which I really do not know what was for because no one ...

... downloaded movies at night - classy! :o)) Walking about the town has been slow and laboured - we have been to the lovely preserved railway station and the scabby old pier, but the long white sands of Hua Hin beach are an escape from the traffic-laden ...