K.S. City Palace
Travel Blogs from Rayong
Our Main Job
... roads lead there. As I walked along I looked at each restaurant, but I was not brave enough to try any - they all looked a little dodgy or I wasn't prepared to face the barrage of the girls. So I got to the far end of Walking Street without finding anywhere for dinner. I decided I would head back and maybe checkout the restaurants at Central Shopping - the seemed far less dodgy. By the time I got back to the start of Walking Street, I ...
Mosquitoes, Manti and Muay Thai
... deal for me in the 4 nights to come. I was glad to see the back of that place when we left the following Sunday morning. Maybe the room seemed worse to me as I had started to get a cold, obviously the hot Thai weather was too much for me!
We met Marsha and James the following night in the Silver Sands Bar and it resulted in much of the same. Although an addition to the previous night was a cheeky Praying Mantis which insisted on jumping on ...
The Last Beach Hurrah
... on our three hour journey with little excitement. The driver takes us to a travel agent who sells the younger Thai guys on a speed boat trip and a hotel once they get to Koh Samet. She doesn't waste much time on me as I say I have a place booked and show her my ferry ticket. The driver takes us to the ferry and I show my voucher which grants me a one way ride and she tries to sell me a return trip. My LP says it isn't needed and sometimes isn't accepted ...
Jade Goody Green
... Rayong where we were bundled onto a minibus that didn't have enough seats (we had to share one) which took us to Ban Phe. From here we caught the ferry, the boat was an old rickety thing which bounced across the jade green water to Ko Samet. Once we arrive we clamber out the boat and straight onto a songthaew, which drives us through the 'entrance' (Ko Samet is a national park so you have to pay 200 baht/£4 each just to get onto the island) and then drops us at ...
Who's the firestarter?!
... staff that I met constantly spoke to me in Khmer and so my replies would often be a mixture of English, Thai and Khmer!
Leaving the beach sufficiently confused but in awe of the talent that these young boys possessed, I knew that the next few days would be a gentle introduction in to a new country while still being in my comfort zone of a culture I was accustomed to; and with a new friend in tow, I knew that I'd be very happy ...
Location
Other places to stay in Rayong
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Novotel Rim Pae Resort Rayong
4/5 Moo 3 Pae Klaeng Kram Road, Rayong | 4 star hotelfrom $54 -
Hinsuay Namsai Resort Hotel
250 Moo 2, Sakpong Dist., Klaeng, Rayong | 3 star hotelfrom $45 -
Nice Beach Hotel
81/4 Moo 1, Haad Mae Runphung, Rayong | 3 star hotelfrom $26 -
Lima Coco Resort
40/1 Moo 4, Rayong | Hotelfrom $79 -
Purimas Beach Hotel & Spa
34 Payoon-Namrin Rd, Bangchang, Rayong | Hotelfrom $76 -
Tubtim Resort
13/15 Moo 4 Tambon Phe, Rayong | Hotel -
Kameo House, Rayong
305 / 14 Sukhumvit Rd., Nernpra, Rayong | Hotelfrom $77 -
Mooban Talay Resort
1/8 Moo 4 Banpae, Rayong | Hotelfrom $105 -
Rayong City Hotel
11 Rajbamrung Rd., Soi 4, Amphur Muang, Rayong | Hotelfrom $40 -
Star Hotel
109 Trade Center, Lane 4, Rayong | Hotelfrom $36 -
Golden City Rayong Hotel
530/1 Sukhumvit Rd., Rayong | Hotelfrom $35 -
Rayong Chalet
4/32 Moo3, Pae-Klaeng-Kram Rd., T. Charkpong, A. Klaeng, Rayong | Hotelfrom $50 -
P.M.Y. Beach Resort
147/394, Moo 2, Tambol Nernpra, Amphur Muang, Rayong | Hotelfrom $55 -
Sirihome-On-Sea Beach Hotel
151 Moo3, Pae-Klaeng Highway Sargpong, Klaeng, Rayong | Hotel -
Bann Pae Cabana
206/1-2 Moo3, Amphur Muang, Rayong | Hotelfrom $54 -
Rayong Orchid Hotel
011 Sukhumvit Rd., Amphur Muang, Rayong | Hotel -
Pines Beach Hotel
38 Moo1, Pheklang-Kram Rd., Banphe, Muang, Rayong | Hotel -
Silver Beach
217/1 Soi 8, Beach Rd, Rayong | Hotel -
Amornphant Villa
147 Moo3, Saakpong, Amphur Klaeng, Rayong | Hotel -
Rock Garden Beach Resort
229 Moo6, Soi Pra-A Paimani, Krum, Klaeng, Rayong | Hotelfrom $39 -
Bansung Beach
64/3 Moo2, Charkpong, Klaeng, Rayong | Hotel -
Eastern Star Resort
241/5 Moo 3 Ban Chang, Rayong | Hotel -
Baan Kaensamed Hotel & Resort
40 Moo3, Charkpong, Amphur Klaeng, Rayong | Hotel -
Amber Hotel
190/1, 190/2 Rajbamrung Rd., Nern-Pra, Rayong | Hotel
