March 20, 2004
A friendly hotel in Hua Hin
I noticed that all of my google ads are currently about hotels in Hua Hin, so i thought I'd plug the little, friendly place where I stayed, Patchara House. We paid 900 baht/night during the high season in February. The room was nice and clean, but there was no view. Everything in Hua Hin is within walking distance; the beach was about 5 minutes away.
The owners are very friendly, and there was one person who spoke some English. We had no trouble getting extra towels (after we got ours dirty at the beach) or leaving our bags until 4:00 (checkout was 12:00 if I remember correctly) so that we could take a late train back to Bangcock. They even offered to let us shower in the bathroom downstairs after we'd checked out. I'm afraid that I no longer have their phone number, but we got it from Lonely Planet Thailand.
If you were wondering about Hua Hin, it is very touristy. We saw more white people than Asian people and more Italian food than Thai food. The beach is crowded with people trying to sell stuff (massages, donkey rides, fruit, thai boxing tickets, etc.) so it was sometimes hard to relax. However, the beach was beautiful and the water was great.
Posted by James Trotta at March 20, 2004 7:56 AM