Blogs from Prachuap Khiri Khan, Western Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 2

11 ja nvier. Fête de mon frère Pierrot. 17 ans ah non 71 ans, mais il a un coeur jeune. et en forme. Petchaburi. On va au musée de Phra Nakhon Khiri et national park. on a pris le le funéculaire. Il ya beaucoup de macaque sur les lieux. voir photos. et on redescend à pied. Ah oui un fait drôle, les singes volent les souliers des gens, car en Thailande soit en rentrant dans un commerce, une maison, un temple on enlève nos souliers , alors ces petites bêtes intelligentes ont compris ils font des échanges contre des souliers. bouffe contre soulier. hi hi.au Wat (temple) il y avait chien chat poule et macaque qui vivent côte à côte. En revenant un policier ns a aidé ,alors je lui ai dit que 13 janvier 2012. ... read more

The first train we could get out of Hua Hin was the expensive "Express Train" which takes tourists from Bangkok all the way to the South and their ferries to the islands. We only went an hour but it still cost 323 Baht each (£7) which we thought was outrageous! It's very popular and standing is not allowed so we were actually lucky to get two tickets. We even got an airline-style lunch which was as delicious as most airline-style food!! We had reserved a room at the Sun Beach Guest House and looking at the map we thought it was going to be a short walk down from the train station. It's a good job we are fit! We walked all the way down to the beach front only to find we had covered about ... read more

Seeing I have plenty of time I decided to slowly make my way down the coast, stopping off at a few places on the way to Ko Tao. Firstly I went to a popular destination for Thai holiday makers, Cha-am. I stayed two nights and really enjoyed the quiet and relaxed atmosphere of the place. There were only a few western tourists (mainly Scandinavian package tourists), and not that many Thais either. Admittedly it is not one of the best beaches in Thailand, but it is still fine for swimming. It has a nice breeze coming off the sea, ideal for walking along the beach or just sitting in a beach chair under an umbrella. Also I had a great choice of cheap accommodation which mainly caters for the locals. Next I made my way to ... read more

South again after 4 days in Hua Hin, train of course, a 1.5 hr trip through paddy fields and coconut plantations to arrive at the tranquil fishing town of Prachuap Khiri Khan.We hired a moped for two days to get around as we stayed at a german owned hotel called Sundown Resort which was a bit out the way. Only 3 years old it was very clean and had terrific views from room. Highlights were going to Ao Manao,which is an air base with a great beach,we had to sign in and out of base and no photos of runway.Climbing Wat Thamniknram avoiding hungry monkeys but being rewarded with great views,and visiting a old and very quiet sealife center.... read more

The next day we woke up, had a quick conference and decided to stay longer as the more we saw of this little place, the more we liked it. Also we had been speaking to our mate Spaz who was working down in Khao Lak on the west coast as a divemaster on a live aboard diving boat about booking us in on a 4-day dive tour of some of the best dive sites in Asia (and the world in fact) and it turned out the earliest available date was mid April, so we had plenty of time. After Prachuap Kiri Kahn we plan to head down the coast by train to a town called Chumpon, then get a boat to an Island called Ko Tao, do a couple of warm up dives there before our ... read more