The beach at Hua Hin, Thailand.
Our last stop before getting to Bangkok was one we initially hadn't planned, but it turned out to fit perfectly in every way. It would have been too much of a shock to go from the tranquil beauty of Koh Tao, straight to the polluted hustle and bustle of Bangkok, but Hua Hin, a pleasant little beach town exactly midway between the two proved to be just what the doctor ordered.
I was expecting one of those unpleasant tourist beach towns, with a grubby beach and poor tourist quality food, but it turned out quite the opposite was the case. Grat sea food and a fantastic white-sand beach. In fact, we realised that this was the first mainland beach that we had been to on the entire trip - since all the other beaches we visited were on one island or another.
We found a fantastic little room on one of the peers built over the sea - so we were pleasantly serenaded by waves all night long.
yup, that was our hotel room on the water.
The next day, it was only the next day when we first discovered the beach was far beyond our expectations - with such fine sand and lounge chairs you could cheaply rent for the day, it was inevitably a pleasant beach to spend the day.
a relaxing last day on the beach.
As this was out last beach stop after 7 weeks of many of them, I savoured every moment of it, as did Elisabeth.
Of course the beach venders, similar to on Koh Samui, were annoyingly persistent trying to sell countless items we had no interest in, but ultimately this kind of thing is all part of the experience anyway.
beach vendors.
hawker food and souvenirs by the water.
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