Hua Hin & Bangkok 2016 – simontalks.com

Some time two months ago I was sitting in my office, feeling a little worse for wear due to work, and I thought of a blue skies holiday.

Not knowing what else to do, I logged onto AirAsia. A while later, I had decided to go to Hua Hin for my Hari Raya break. I’ve heard of Hua Hin before, and it has always been on my bucket list, so why not do a few days there plus a weekend in Bangkok. Back in 2013, we did 6 days in Bangkok, so we’ve covered all the main tourist attractions. This trip was mainly Hua Hin, but we wanted a weekend to visit Platinum Fashion Mall and Jatujak Market.

Something about Hua Hin. A friend of mine went there a few years back, the report was really good. Most people did a day trip from BKK, but I thought of a relaxing beach / poolside holiday, without the rush of travelling. Hua Hin is promoted as the first and most traditional beach resort in Thailand, starting from the time the Royal Family built their holiday home here back in the 1920s (yup its been almost 100 years).

And it is traditional in more ways than you think. It differs greatly from other beach resorts like Ko Samui, Phuket or Krabi. There are less foreign tourists here (most tourists are local Thais from Bangkok), and the small town retains much of its charm as opposed to the commercial crush of businesses pandering to Westerners.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. We’ll start with the itinerary soon.

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