Hua Hin

After a rattling weekend in Ko Chang and a very short week at school I figured that Hua Hin... 3 hour van ride from Bangkok with nice beaches and low-key markets.... was the perfect place to go next. A lot of people I usually travel with had already been so they were out but Eric came with me and Lauren met us there on Saturday afternoon.

By the time Eric and I got ourselves in a room and out again for the night it was 10:30pm on Friday. We went to the market near our hostel and got Pla Pow, Lob Moo, Kao, and Som Tam Thai. Aroi Mak Mak!! Then we walked to Burger King Way, passed over to Prostitute Circle, where we bar hopped and drank merrily. I picked up some really cool big neon sunglasses from a drunk British man and Eric and I shared some grasshoppers from a street vendor and tried to force other forangs and even Thai people to eat them. Typical. We even hit up an Irish bar and got cider on draft!! IN THAILAND!! WOWWW.

Afterwards we walked along the beach, tried to find our hotel from the beach, and unsuccessful turned around, had late-night burger king, and called it a day. Next day we got massages (very nice, only 200 baht!) and hit the beach. I managed to only get a little burned and we had green curry and cashew chicken for lunch on the beach. Afterward we went back to the hotel, showered, Lauren met up with us, and we headed out to dinner. Tuna sandwich, yumm!!

After dinner we headed to Cicada market, which Lauren had heard about from a guy at work. It was awesome! Totally different than like every other Thai market. It was a lot smaller, was in this open venue that had lots of art, break dancing, pictures... it had a very hipster emo vibe that was terrific. I bought a really cool knitted purple watch and Lauren got a candle and a few t-shirts. Afterwards we headed to the real Hua Hin market, got some dessert, and checked out the goods. Pretty awesome. Then it was back to Prostitute circle and Lady-Boy Lane. We got burgers at a burger stand (no crickets or grasshoppers tonight) and eventually got kicked out of the bars at 2am because of the cops (prostitution, no matter how rampant it is, is not in fact legal in Thailand).

Hua Hin was pretty great and such an easy trip on a Friday night that I would definitely do it again and see more of the national parks and what not in the area. Success!!