Day 217 (Fri 9 Feb) - Hua Hin / Pranburi / Khao Sam Roi Yot
Pulled into the pretty Hua Hin station about 8.30 in the morning.
Dumped our large rucksacks in the station lockers and headed off into town.
The town is small and as we neared the beachfront it is totally dominated by large, featureless hotels. As we walked round we were surprised to see that most of the other foot traffic seemed to consist of wealthy and fat Westerners!
Found a small cafe, in the shadows of a particularly ugly posh hotel, where we had a great sausage sandwich and a cup of tea. They even do pies so will be heading back here on our return journey.
Bought some books then walked back to the station. We were going to catch a train to Pranburi but decided to get the bus instead. We walked the half km from the train to the bus station in searing heat.
Waited for about 45mins and then boarded a bus. The driver was a complete nutter so were very thankful when we got off at a small bus stop in Pranburi.
After an hour of waiting with no sign of a bus Sarb asked a couple of locals waiting patiently if this was the bus stop that would take us to Khao Sam Roi Yot. A little old lady explained that we should really get a taxi and these were to be had up the road.
We thanked her and set off puzzled slightly as the little old woman started following us. As we plodded up the road our newly acquired OAP kept pace and at one point when we were a little unsure as to which road to take at a junction she signalled that we ought to follow her.
We duly did and soon found a taxi. There followed a brief exchange, one way it has to be said, between our saviour and the taxi driver. Little and elderly she may have been, and she may have been speaking Thai at a high speed, but there was little doubt that she was telling the taxi driver where we wanted to go, how much we were going to pay and no mucking her or us about. At one point the taxi driver tried to interject, but was silenced with a loaded finger.
The lady had negotiated us a price of 300 baht for a 20km odd journey. We're sure that without her we would have been stiffed at least twice that amount. We wai'd the kindly old lady any number of times, threw our bags and ourselves into the back and set off.
After a little confusion concerning our route we finally got to our hotel about 1ish. Very nice place. Comfortable and clean room set around a lovely garden and a raised eating area that overlooks the sea.
Had a bite to eat at about 5pm and waited for Steve and Fiona to turn up. They duly arrived at about 6ish.
We had dinner at the restaurant and chatted about the adventures we'd been having since leaving Bangkok.
Dumped our large rucksacks in the station lockers and headed off into town.
The town is small and as we neared the beachfront it is totally dominated by large, featureless hotels. As we walked round we were surprised to see that most of the other foot traffic seemed to consist of wealthy and fat Westerners!
Found a small cafe, in the shadows of a particularly ugly posh hotel, where we had a great sausage sandwich and a cup of tea. They even do pies so will be heading back here on our return journey.
Bought some books then walked back to the station. We were going to catch a train to Pranburi but decided to get the bus instead. We walked the half km from the train to the bus station in searing heat.
Waited for about 45mins and then boarded a bus. The driver was a complete nutter so were very thankful when we got off at a small bus stop in Pranburi.
After an hour of waiting with no sign of a bus Sarb asked a couple of locals waiting patiently if this was the bus stop that would take us to Khao Sam Roi Yot. A little old lady explained that we should really get a taxi and these were to be had up the road.
We thanked her and set off puzzled slightly as the little old woman started following us. As we plodded up the road our newly acquired OAP kept pace and at one point when we were a little unsure as to which road to take at a junction she signalled that we ought to follow her.
We duly did and soon found a taxi. There followed a brief exchange, one way it has to be said, between our saviour and the taxi driver. Little and elderly she may have been, and she may have been speaking Thai at a high speed, but there was little doubt that she was telling the taxi driver where we wanted to go, how much we were going to pay and no mucking her or us about. At one point the taxi driver tried to interject, but was silenced with a loaded finger.
The lady had negotiated us a price of 300 baht for a 20km odd journey. We're sure that without her we would have been stiffed at least twice that amount. We wai'd the kindly old lady any number of times, threw our bags and ourselves into the back and set off.
After a little confusion concerning our route we finally got to our hotel about 1ish. Very nice place. Comfortable and clean room set around a lovely garden and a raised eating area that overlooks the sea.
Had a bite to eat at about 5pm and waited for Steve and Fiona to turn up. They duly arrived at about 6ish.
We had dinner at the restaurant and chatted about the adventures we'd been having since leaving Bangkok.
posted by Jo and Sarb at
2/09/2007 06:07:00 am
1 Comments:
what a horrendous journey - full marks for effort to come all the way back up the coast to see us - your jouney from south to central thailand took longer than for us to get from England to Thailand, but we're very gald you did!
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