Hyatt Regency in Royal Hua Hin !

Advantages: 5 Star luxury at affordable prices.
Disadvantages: A little off the beaten track.

...From the moment you arrive at the impressive front entrance with its long sweeping driveway you can tell that this hotel has 'class'. Situated on the edge of Hua hin (yet easily reached by foot in 15/20 minutes) the complex has low rise beautiful accomodation set around stunning gardens and pools and across from the enormous free form swimming pool (which has a wicked steep slide..not for the faint hearted!) lies a gorgeous stretch of white powdery sand.Turn right on the beach and your'e headed for the gigantic golden statue of Buddha which towers over the rocky headland.The local monks will be glad to see you and you can have them pray with you and give you a twisted coloured rope bracelet which is supposed to keep you from harm and bring you peace. Turn left and you can walk into town,this will take you close to the King of Thailands...

ROYALP 05.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hyatt Regency, Hua Hin

Lovely romantic little hotel close to Hua Hin

Advantages: Lovely rooms, nice touches like petals on your bed
Disadvantages: Some may find the location too far from Hua Hin centre

.... The hotel is right on the beach, although we were a bit disappointed with the beach and spent more time by the pool which is unusual for us. The garden and restaurant area offers wonderful views of the Khao Takiab Golden Buddha We were slightly concerned on arrival about the location, but it did not prove to be a problem as you could easily get a tuk-tuk outside the hotel for 100B which took less than 10 minutes to get to the centre of Hua Hin. There are also shared songthaews going back and forth between Khao Takiab and Hua Hin centre for just 10B each, but you have to time it right. The hotel also provided free transport a couple of times a day. There's not much in the town of Khao Takiab, except for the Gold Buddha at the end of the beach where you can climb the steps up to the temple....

annedwithane 03.05.2007 · Read review
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Review of Kaban Tamor Resort, Hua Hin

The land of Smiles

Advantages: Stunning scenery, cheap, lovely people, great facilities
Disadvantages: too many tourists, starting to 'Westernise'

...Hua Hin I lived in Hua Hin in Thailand for a while and thought it was time to write a review of my experience of the place. I have included the conversion from English £ to Thai baht to give you a rough idea when I'm mentioning cost further into the review. 1 British pound = 49.9982745 Thai baht Hua Hin is in the province of Prachuap Khiri Khan with a population of around 60,000 people. The name means 'Head Rock', which comes from the large rock that looks like a head rising from the rocks at Khao Takiab beach. Hua Hin is a reasonably small town, which is approximately 3 hours South in a taxi from Bangkok (which will cost you about 1500 - 2200 baht) on the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand. You can also access the town by train or by small plane as Hua Hin has both a small airport and a railway station. The resort was...

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Review of Hua Hin (Thailand)

The Land of Smiles

Advantages: relatively undiscovered when compared to Phuket & Koh Samui
Disadvantages: long journey from Bangkok

...of course). The TV had access to numerous satellite channels and there was also a stereo for playing CDs. There was also a king size bed. There was even a chocolate on the pillow. This and fresh orchids in the bath were a daily occurrence. After nearly 24 hours travelling and the time now past midnight we were exhausted and retired to bed. The next day was a lazy one and having missed breakfast due to jet lag we went and explored the hotel which was situated right on the beach, approximately 4 miles from Hua Hin Town Centre. It had extensive grounds with manicured lawns and exotic plants everywhere with ponds and streams interspersed. It is a very peaceful, relaxing location. We spent most of the day sat around the main pool which can only be described as huge of an irregular shape and caters for young kids to seasoned swimmers. There is...

TheWizardsSleeve 14.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hua Hin (Thailand)

Colonial Style at the Sofitel Central

Advantages: Quite, pleasant and relaxing.
Disadvantages: Limited activity outside the hotel.

...The royal resort of Hua Hin is a delightful sleepy little town in SE Thailand. There are no famous tourist attractions, not too many girlie bars and a lovely long sandy beach. The first week of our visit coincided with a travelling market and a funfair, so there was extra activity there. This was around the time of the queen's birthday (9th August if I recall) so there may have been a connection. There are a few shops and a small night market, a golf course and a pretty little railway station. The royal palace is not open to the public and there's little to see from the road, the bars and restaurants are mainly centred close to the Sofitel Central, so it makes that a very convenient hotel to stay at. Formerly the Railway Hotel, the Sofitel has been renovated and the original colonial style retained. It is a lovely hotel...

petehall 11.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of Hua Hin (Thailand)

A great stay at the Hilton

Advantages: Great rooms,spa,squash courts,pool area,beach
Disadvantages: A very hard bed

...We stayed at The Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa for 3 nights in the end of September 2002. We came to Hua Hin on a bus from Bangkok and just as we got of the bus it started to rain. And if you have been to Thailand you know that when it rains it pours. So we grabbed the first transportation that we could find and that was a pickup where we could sit in the back. So that is how we arrived at the Hilton in Hua Hin?in an old pickup more or less soaking wet. Once we got into the reception we saw that this was a nice hotel. A girl was playing on a string instrument and behind her was a big glass façade, which gave us our first view of the pool area and the beach. The lobby itself is huge and there are lots of places to sit down. A friend of ours had already made the hotel reservation for us and I have to say that the welcome at the hotel...

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Review of Hilton Hua Hin Resort & Spa (Thailand)

Bondi Beach

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...BONDI Bondi beach is perhaps the most famous beach in Australia if not the World. The glowing white sand, the cool breeze from the sea and the glorious whether make it one of the greatest tourist?s attractions in Australia. Everyone will tell you if you are in Sydney you have to go to Bondi Beach, and they are right, Bondi is one of the best experiences a tourist can have. History: Bondi Beach is located in the Area of Bondi, which is in Vaucluse, Sydney with an area population of about 10,000. Bondi which is originally an Aboriginal word means ?water breaking over rocks or noise of water breaking over rocks?. Between 1855 and 1877 the area was under private ownership and it was used to allow people to come and use the area as a leisure ground and picnic spot. Eventually the area of Bondi and the beach was taken over by...

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Review of Bondi Beach (Sydney)

On The Beach

Advantages: Sensual guitar solos's ; Good lyrical craftsmanship ; A good folk rock offering
Disadvantages: Some may find certain songs depressing ; Not as good as Young's pervious three iconic albums ; Not much in the way of linear notes

...one of the best live albums ever created. Then my curiosity took me into the weird and wonderful 'On the beach' lp. Neil Percival Young was born on November 12th, 1945 in Toronto, Canada. His father was a great talent himself a sportswriter and novelist. He spent the majority of his youth in a small town called Omemee, which he later wrote his hit song 'helpless' on. Tragically when he was six years old he caught a bad case of polio which weakened the left side of his body badly, he still walks with a limp as a result. His parents divorced when he was 12 and he moved back to Winnipeg with his mother and attended the local high school. He played in a variety of local rock outfits before befriending fellow folk stars Joni Mitchell and Steven Stills. He had fair success with a band called 'The buffalo Springfield' which projected...

darkangelwing 11.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of On The Beach [Remastered] - Neil Young

A Real Peach of a Beach!!

Advantages: A beautiful clean beach with something for everyone!
Disadvantages: It's so far away!!

...We usually like to try a new place every year for our summer holidays but this year we decided to return to the resort of Puerto Rico on the island of Gran Canaria after staying there last year. One of the main reasons for the return was the fact that we loved the apartments we had stayed in last year and the other main reason was for the wonderful Amadores Beach. Not being a family of beach lovers after visiting this beach once, we were totally hooked and just couldn?t get enough of it! Set with the unusual backdrop of newly built, extraordinary and very classy looking hotels built into the high volcanic rock the Amadores beach should not be missed. The beach itself is actually manmade and almost forms a complete circle with the sand being crescent shaped with huge boulders then arching out into the water leaving only a fairly...

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Review of Amadores Beach, Gran Canaria

Avonmouth Beach

Advantages: Easy parking, right on the beach, enough to keep you occupied all day.
Disadvantages: Seaweed

...I am going to admit that I must be mad. I am about to tell many readers about this little known beach in Mudeford, Christchurch, near Bournemouth and hence risk this quite little haven being bombarded with Ciao members. I have been a regular visitor to Mudeford for many years and never tire of this easy to reach beach . So it's about time I shared this secret area with you all, though I might regret this decision. ****** HOW TO GET THERE ******* Avonmouth Beach is in Christchurch, Dorset. Christchurch town centre with its very quaint shops is not over crowded even in peak season. With very easy parking facilities, this makes for an ideal holiday destination in the U.K. Leave the M3 and join the M27 at the M3 J13-J14 junction direction Bournemouth, M27, So'ton Docks. M27 Eastbound J4 -J 7. M3 - Southampton East...

mrsmopples 10.07.2006 · Read review
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