Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Thais adore the fried crab balls, while foreigners swoon over
đôm yam gûng
(shrimp soup with lemongrass).
Information
Medical Services
Hospital San Paolo
(
0 3253 2576; 222 Th Phetkasem)
Just south of town; has emer-
gency facilities.
Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin
( 0 3261 6800;
www.bangkokhospital.com/huahin
; Th Phet-
kasem btw Soi Hua Hin 94 & 106;)
The latest outpost of the luxury hospital chain.
Tourist Information
Hua Hin Tourist Information Office
(
0 3251 1047; cnr Th Phetkasem & Th Damnoen
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)
Conveniently located tourism office. There's an-
Kasem, Hua Hin;
other branch
(
0 3252 2797; Th Naebkehardt, Hua Hin;
9am-7.30pm Mon-Fri,
9.30am-5pm Sat & Sun)
.
Getting There & Away
Air
vices through
Nok Mini
(
0 2641 4190;
www.nokmini.com
)
.
Bus
Hua Hin's long-distance
bus station
(Th Phetkasem btw Soi Hua Hin 94 & 98)
is
south of town and serves the following destinations:
Chiang Mai
(785B, 12 hours, three daily departures)
Phuket
(856B, nine hours, one nightly departure)
Surat Thani
(480B, seven hours, two daily departures)
Bangkok buses (160B, three hours, every two hours from 8am to 9pm) also leave
from a bus company's in-town
office
(Th Sasong), near the night market.
Ordinary buses depart from a
station
(cnr Th Phetkasem & Th Chomsin)
, north of
the market, and go to the following destinations:
