Blogs from Hua Hin, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

Sorry folkens, for at det er lenge siden sist jeg skrev. Du vet, naar man ikke gjoer noe, saa gaar tiden saa fryktelig fort...som sommerferien for eksempel! Jeg er ikke i Hua Hin naa, men det er der jeg har tilbragt de siste fire dagene. Jeg kom dit ved hjelp av en stinkende buss (luktet en blanding av raattent kjoett, svovel, gammelt egg, og av alle ting: lakris), og et tog som tok fire timer i stedet for to... Togene her i landet ser ut til aa vaere kronisk en halv time sene. Alt som legges til deretter, er bare forsinkelse, og der maa du regne i hvertfall en time...! Vel, jeg kom meg frem til byen som oppfyller alle ungpikers droem: Hua Hin. Der stranden er hvit, myk og lang. Der du kan ri paa ... read more

At the end of my last Blog we had been staying in a resort for the night. The next morning after breakfast 8 of us headed for Hua Hin after being told that we had a free weekend - we were craving the beach and also any food other than rice and vegetables. Hua Hin is one of the closest main beach resorts to Bangkok but we hadn't reckoned on a 7 hour journey from where we were and a particularly sweaty hot 4 hour bus ride. Hence we were glad to land finally on friday afternoon. We checked into our 'Jetty' guest house at 3 pounds each a night- in Hua Hin there are many jetties or piers that have guest houses and restaurants right over the water, they are really nice but apparantly they ... read more

hi folks This will be our last blog before we come home, for the simple reason that we have discovered paradise. Story so far is that KL , another city was too much. Although it is a very nice place, everyone and his dog is trying to rip you off so we all decided we had had enough of city life. We got a flight to Bangkok mid afternoon, found a cheepy airport hotel for the night and looked for some where to go for the rest of our trip that was quiet. Hua Hin on the Gulf coast seemed to fit the bill so we started looking and asking people for any recommendations. A guy in info in the airport mentioned a little hotel south of Hua Hin that fitted the bill. We phoned and ... read more

Nyt on sitte saavuttu Hua Hiniin tanaan paivalla. Otettiin Bangkokissa taksi yleiselle bussiasemalle ja bookattiin liput Hua Hinin bussiin. Linjuriautossa oli vahan kuuma ja hien haju oli valilla vaistamatonta valttaa, mutta 3 tunnin matka sujui mutkitta. Hua Hinissa pois jaatyamme hankittiin kartta ja paikannettiin sijaintimme. Syvemmalle keskustaan astuessamme alkoi kuumuus, rinkan paino ja turistien suunnaton paljous ahdistaa mieliamme. Niinpa Susu istahti rinkkojen ja kassien kera Hilton-hotellin kahvilaan imemaan pirteloa, ja meikalainen lahti etsimaan hostellia tai guest housea. Noin kymmenkunta hokkelia kierrettyani loytyi tarpeeksi hyva guest house hintaan 500Bht (n.10e). Miellyttava lihava, paidaton mies toivotti meidat tervetulleeksi paikkaan nimelta 21guesthouse (mita nyt sitte meinaakaan...)! Huoneen hintaan kuului ilmastointi ja lammin suihku, joten otimme tarjouksen iloisi... read more

Hua Hin pronounced something like (Wha-heen) was a destination we hadn't initially thought of in our planning, but as we were forced to leave the Ko Samui area sooner than hoped, we decided to give it a go, especially since it was on our route back to Bangkok. Guidebooks describe Hau Hin as a resort for Thais mainly from Bangkok, didnt appear so at first, it had plenty of western tourists with the usual bars and restaurants, once we visited the night market and beach we realised they were right. We also noticed prices here were the cheapest so far. When we first arrived a girl from the bus company organised a tuk tuk to take us, and another couple to a guest house at 600 baht per night near the beach. The cheeky driver who ... read more