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40B/free; 8.30am-5.30pm)
that goes to the summit. The park is a popular school-
group outing and you'll be as much of a photo-op as the historic buildings.
A
Monday night market
lines the street in front of Khao Wang with the usual food and
clothing stalls.
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
0 3240 1006; admission 150B;
8.30am-5pm
Getting Around
Motorcycle taxis go anywhere in the town centre for 40B to 50B.
Sŏrng·tăa·ou
cost
about the same.
Hua Hin
POP 98,896
Thailand's original beach resort is no palm-fringed castaway island and it is all the
better for it. Instead it is a delightful mix of city and sea, with a cosmopolitan ambi-
ance, lively markets, tasty street eats, long, wide beaches and fully functional city
services (meaning no septic streams bisect the beach like those
other
places).
Today all the international hotel chains have properties in Hua Hin, and a growing
number of wealthy expats retire to the nearby housing estates and condominiums.
Middle-class and high-society Thais from Bangkok swoop into town on weekends,
making parts of the city look a lot like upper Sukhumvit.
Hua Hin is a bustling Thai town, seafood is plentiful and affordable, there's cheap
public transport for beach hopping and it takes a lot less time and effort (and
money) to get here from Bangkok than to the southern islands.
Sights
The city's beaches are numerous, wide and long; swimming is safe, and Hua Hin
continues to enjoy some of the peninsula's driest weather. During stormy weather,
watch out for jellyfish.
