Thai Hua Hin Thailand
Hua Hin Beach Resort

Bangkok to Hua Hin view from the Thaksin Bridge

This is a district in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.

The area is 911 sq. km. and there are about 85.000 people living in Hua Hin district plus the tourists. Petchburi province is to the North, Gulf of Thailand to the East and Myanmar or Burma to the West. Hua Hin town has 87 sq km and roughly 51.000 people living at Hua Hin Thailand, plus about 100.000 tourists at high season.

Some Hua Hin beach resorts

are the Anantara, Evason, Dusit Thani beach resort and the newly renovated Holiday Inn at Regent Beach between Cha Am and Hua Hin, actually this hotel was known before as the Regent Cha Am. The Regent Cha Am was the first big beach resort built there, other beach resorts including Hilton and Sheraton.

This seaside is relatively close to Bangkok and this makes it a popular beach resort town for Bangkokians and foreign tourists alike. Plenty of hotels and beach resorts on the beach strip from Hua Hin to Cha Am and further to Petchburi are crystallizations for restaurants, entertainment and various sightseeing sports, such as the Khao Luang Cave. The caves entrance is located on a 92 meter hill and the cave itself is the biggest in Petchburi Province, just beside is Wat Bunthawi. There is a large Buddha statue in the cave that was built under King Rama V. Hua Hin has always functioned as a royal retreat for Thai Kings. There is a huge palace between Hua Hin Thai and Cha Am.

The town has a relaxing atmosphere and could also be used as a base for excursions into the area around, but talking about Hua Hin most notably its fine beach, good hotels and some action after dark called Hua Hin nightlife.

Hua Hin Dusit Thani Beach Resort Interior Design	Activities are not so overwhelming, there is not much to do during daytime beside lay on the sandy beach, swim in the hotel swimming pool or go to the spa for some body treatment. All Hua Hin Thailand hotels are somehow directed to wellness, actually this are the beach hotels. Here are pictures from the Dusit Thani Beach Resort.
Hua Hin Dusit Thani Beach

Hua Hin has some excellent golf courses and even a vineyard, ok its not like Bordeaux Chateau Lafitte but its not bad, they also have a huge wine cellar.

Hua Hin after dark nightlife

Hua Hin nightlife or after dark is quite vibrant dominated by small restaurants and bars with plenty of girls.

Its hard to find a real Thai restaurant, everything is dedicated to the foreign tourists.

Hua Hin Beach activities & daytrip

the best day trip probably is to Kanchanaburi City and have a look at the Erawan Falls and the River Kwai Bridge.

When you are bored of walking along the beach, laying around at the swimming pool and so on think about a little intermezzo. There are 2 exiting day trips giving some insight what this part of Thailand has to offer.

First would be to the famous Erawan waterfall in Kanchanaburi Province. The falls are to the north west, easily reachable via a excellent road, not the Bangkok road, in about 3 hour road travel. You could rent a car, do a full insurance ! and drive there.

Or take a limousine to Erawan Waterfall, maybe ask the travel agent if they have a tour to the Erawan falls, this is not for sure. With the travel agents in Thailand always be careful, they will demand their commission from the final tour operator, this are always other peoples, and you pay this commission. This is not visible to you but it is. In any case be aware that Thailand is a dangerous place to drive since most drivers have no traffic education at all and don't care even of the most basic road driving rules, the worst are the small motorbikes.

Visiting the Erawan falls

is a real experience of a lifetime, you wont find something like that again, just nearby is a other very popular waterfall the Sai Yoke waterfall. Both are integrated in Thai National Parks on the road from Kanchanaburi to the 3 Pagoda Pass on the Thai Myanmar border. There is absolutely no problem of any kind in that area, don't belief if anyone telling about any problems, its pure nonsense talk.

The area from Kanchanaburi town to the mountainous border Myanmar Thailand is one of the most beautiful in Thailand. Its very hilly, interrupted by huge reservoirs for electricity generation the River Kwai and other rivers cut the landscape. On many hills are small monasteries and temples, its typical Thai rural as life went on since hundreds of years. There are monasteries, Buddhist temples and even a "Tiger Monastery" where the monks keep the big cats, this started after the local people brought some ill tigers to the monastery to get them up again, now there are always more than a dozen of them at this place.

The second day trip attraction

would lead you south, further into Prachuap Khiri Khan Province and after the first intersection into Prachuap Town you will see a huge road sign pointing to Myanmar, do a turn and drive on after a couple of kilometers the road splits, follow the sign ..to border.

The landscape is real beautiful reminding at Tuscany in Italy with smooth hills narrow and high trees, a small lake and so on.

Once you reach the border you can experience one of the biggest orchid markets in Thailand. Every day about 100 -200 people from Myanmar come over and try to sell their flowers. Its the best place to see Myanmar rural scenes. As a foreigner you cant cross into Myanmar here, there is a full Thai border post but on the Myanmar side is only a military post without immigration facility.

If you intend to buy any of the orchids on sale don't buy some with yellow or brown leaves or spots on the leaves since this indicates a fungus infection. About 80% of the orchids on display and on sale are infected. Also don't touch it, the fungi will stick on you fingers, if you touch anything go to wash your hand afterwards with soap.

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