Hua Hin, Thailand - A secret treasure.

A real treasure in in Thailand close to Bangkokmountain and walked to the top. Half way up
Wanting to go to a nice beach that is close tothere was a lookout point, a great view which
Bangkok, well a bit over 2 hours drive, we finallyyou can see all of Hua Hin. We continued to go up
get to Hua Hin. One thing I notice about Hua Hin isand we came to a temple that has hundreds of
how clean the roads were, compared to Bangkokmonkey’s, you have to take care as they
it was spotless. Also on the main road I noticedwill try to steal anything from you if you leave it
there wasn’t any mobile food stalls (whichunattended. They also travel in packs so make
are all over Bangkok) and it made the streetssure you don’t provoke them as they can
look a lot better I have to say. The air is alsoget aggressive.
much cleaner and there isn’t much trafficAfter seeing the monkey’s we went back
at all.to our resort and just sat back on our umbrella
My wife and I stayed 2 nights at a resort right onbeach chairs and did nothing
the beach. After checking in we went to theAfter relaxing at the resort we went out at night
beach and was amazed that the beach wason the main road, there is a night market there
pretty empty, after all it was a hot day. Afterwhere you can get all types of local handicrafts,
walking along the beach I notice that majority ofdvd’s, clothes and souvenirs. There is also
the beach are hotel resorts right on the sand.mobile pubs and seafood stalls which sell great
There is only a few small places where you couldfood.
get access to the beach (that I could see)Nightlife in Hua Hin is pretty much non existent,
One thing we noticed, on the right hand side ofbut Hua Hin is a great place to relax and get
the beach facing the ocean, there was a littleaway from the busy Bangkok, definately be back
mountain with a huge standing buddha statue. Itagain some time.
really stands out and looked like something weAfter going to thailand forum, there is many
had to go and see, so we went up to the smallsecret treasure to explore.