Yesterday, I arranged a driver and guide to do a day trip to Hua Hin- a beach area that was and is a favorite area for the royal family for the last 150 years. It has also involved into a nice beach area for long resort stays or for weekend excursions from Bangkok to escape the hot, polluted city.
On the way we stopped in Petchaburi to visit the hilltop palace built by King Rama V. It is in the classic Thai style of architecture. The grounds are thickly filled with trees and plants.
And there are hundreds of monkeys all over the grounds, begging for food.
Then we stopped at the Palace built by Rama VI which is in a classic European palace style.
Then we drove into the resort of Hua Hin proper where we ate a late lunch at a seaside restaurant built over the water. We had terrific seafood cooked in Thai style.....fried rice with shrimp with fish sauce; fried cottonfish with mango sauce; and large shrimp rolled with bacon in a very good sauce of some sort. And ice cream for dessert.
After we walked along the beach. Here it is quiet with beautiful water and dotted with resort hotels. As opposed to Pattaya where it is noisy & crazy, with questionable sea water and packed with hotels. But there is a lot more to do in Pattaya other than laze by the pool or water.
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Shame you did not take any photos of teenage boys Id like to see how they differ from thailand. in Vietnam
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