Ben's Visit to Thailand Part II

On Wednesday morning Ben and I got up early and made our way to Hualampong Train Station in Bangkok to begin our journey to Hua Hin. The train ticket there cost 44 baht each. That's about 90p for a 3 1/2 hour journey. Not bad, we thought! Although it was 3rd class which meant no aircon, but the windows were open all the way and we had a lovely breeze blowing in and some great views. 

Train station

Train similar to ours!

Pretty lamp post on the way out of Bangkok

Ben enjoying the breeze!

Small Thai building (maybe a temple?) we passed on the
way

Lonely old carriage 

Loooooong train

Beautiful blue skies and tall trees

Hua Hin Train Station

Boats in harbour

Once we had arrived, we dumped our bags at the hotel and had a wander around and lunch on the beach which was nice. Hua Hin's beaches are pretty, although quite touristy where we were. Which suited us - it was far to hot to stay on the beach without umbrellas! In the evening we looked around for somewhere nice for dinner and found a little gem called Orchids - Ben and I agreed this was the best restaurant meal out we had while he was here. We only had starters of spicy duck salad, spring rolls and satay, but they were incredible. We then decided to get dessert at the night market...

Ben waiting for his rotee

Lady cooking Ben's rotee

Ready for the condensed milk...!

Yum

Mum's favourite Kanom Kroc

We had a bag of these too...and another type of Thai
dessert as well - we were on holiday after all!

I got very excited when I saw this - until the missing letter
was revealed by the lamp post!

On the second day we spent the morning on the beach reading and taking photos before going for lunch at a lovely place called Cool Breeze Cafe - amazing tzatziki!

The view from our sun beds

We spent our evenings eating some more and wandering around the different night markets. This one was nice as it had lots of murals and some pretty art gallery/houses to go in.

Ben embraces the posing 

Pretty shell art work in the houses

Pretty shell decorations in the houses

The few days we spent in Hua Hin were lovely and relaxing. I'd definitely go back again! Especially for 44B! The train home was a little more expensive (382B) but we had aircon, which by then we were glad of!