Ok, so the last time I updated I was in Bangkok. We left the hostel around 11 and got a cab to the bus station. Cab took about 40 min. to get to the bus station. The cabs in Thailand are a little bit safer/not as scary as in Vietnam. So we get to the bus station and get out ticket to Hua Hin. We found the bus and it took off about 5 min. after w...

3 Days to discover Thai traditions Itinerary 3 Days Bangkok - Hua Hin - Bangkok Day 2 Destination Hua Hin - Bangkok Morning Klai Kangwon Palace Klai Kangwon Palace in Thai literally means far from worries. This summer palace consisting of 3 Spanish style mansions facing the sea was constructed to the north of Hua Hin under the royal command of K...

So what's new? Went to Hua Hin with two other girls Monday and had a great day sunbathing, going to the hairdresser having a facial, eating a lovely meal and then going to the night market. The day started off really lovely weather wise but whilst we were in the market the heavens opened. it was hilarious all the Thai people ran for cover whilst...

Thursday, February 15, 2007 We made it! Our flights were all fine - a few delays here and there, but nothing major, and no major bumpiness - always a good thing! We saw two things on this part of the journey that we had never seen before - one was an automatic beer pourer: place your glass on a small platform and the machine tilts it back, and f...

lately i have noticed a surge in the population of beggars in bangkok and also here in hua hin, a somewhat larger town than cha-am and about 20km south of cha-am. oddly, there is not a single beggar anywhere in cha-am. i have never seen a beggar in cha-am but it is impossible to walk down the street in hua hin without encountering these individu...

After taking a loooong night train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (and arriving at 5.30am when nothing was open) we decided to break up the trip to Phuket by spending a couple of nights in Hua Hin as its only about 3 hours from Bangkok and has a nice beach. It was so unbelievably hot there! Luckily I had decided to splash out and get a proper hotel ...

Bangkok We stayed another couple of days in Bangkok but the weather became hotter and more humid to the point where we were almost screaming to escape to the countryside. On our final day, we took a walk through China Town. Nicki almost fainted at one point as the heat, humidity, smog, traffic and general chaos combined to overload the senses. W...