Going to Hua Hin
On Sunday 22nd we went to the airport and we bought tickets to fly back to Bangkok. Olav/Allis had already gone to Hua Hin and we planned to go there too. When we came to Bangkok we were hoping that we could fly to Hua Hin but unfortunately Bangkok Airway only seem to have one flight each day…in the morning. So we took an airport bus into Bangkok, took a taxi to the southern bus terminal and got on the bus to Hua Hin. The trip to Hua Hin took us about 3 ½ hours and it was a really bumpy ride. But it was only like 125 baht per person so it was pretty cheap. As we arrived in Hua Hin it started raining pretty bad and we just got into the first pickup taxi that we could find. I guess you can say that we didn’t arrive at the Hilton with style :-) Tom had once again helped us to book into a hotel and this time he had chosen the Hilton Hotel and I was impressed by the reception we got there. For about 2900 baht we got a nice room including breakfast and pre-set dinner. As expected from a hotel like Hilton it had a lot of facilities like squash courts, nice swimming pool, direct access to the beach, a spa and so on
We took a walk in the area around Hilton the first night and there are few things that I have to mention. First of all: there are a lot of tailors in this area and they all try to drag you into their stores. And I guess there must be a lot of Scandinavians coming this way because a lot of them had no problem guessing where I was from just by my looks. And there were a lot of cockroaches running around on the streets. Kinda fascinating because we don’t really see cockroaches at home :-)
As I mentioned it was raining when we got to Hua Hin and the next day was a bit grey too. So we decided to rent a car together with Olav and Allis. We rented the car from Avis by the way because they had a little stand in the lobby in the Hilton and once again we got the car for about 2000 baht. Allis had done some of her homework so she recommended that we should go south to visit the Kha Sam Roi Yot national park. The national park is big but we were aiming for the Tham Phraya Nakon cave. To get into the national park you have to pay 200 baht per person by the way. Once you get into the park there are signs that leads the way to different attractions like the cave that we went to. We had to park on one beach and then we walked over a little hill before we came another beach and here we could access the path leading up to the cave. Nikki, Allis and Tonje stayed on the beach while Olav and I went up to the cave. It is not a very long walk but the path can be steep at some points and it can be slippery if it rains. I got soaked in sweat just by going up this path but it was worth it. The cave is actually two sinkholes where the ceilings have caved in at some point.
Hua Hin seems to be a good place to eat seafood by the way. At night we choose to go out and eat instead of using the pre-set dinner at the Hilton. Not far from the Hilton you will find many restaurants located on piers sticking into the ocean and for about 2000 baht we had quite a meal all 5 of us.
The following day we had the car we rented until noon. So we chose to drive up to a hill that is located right outside town to look at the view. Several platforms have been built to give access to the view of the city from different angels.
One of the things one has to try out in Thailand is the massage. The Hilton has a spa and Nikki and I decided to go for the treatment her. I went for a 1 hour Thai massage while Nikki had the same plus deep facial cleansing. It is VERY relaxing to just lie down for an hour while you are getting pampered :-)
|
