It`s time to have a closer look at the sight seeing spots in & around Hua Hin. So I chartered a scooter for a day and went to the most famous sights within 20kms.
I started 18km west at the Wat Huay Mongkol, which was home to the immensely popular monk Luang Phor Thuat who was famed for his ‘miracles’. Commissioned by the Queen of Thailand, Wat Huay Mongkol houses the largest statue of Luang Phor Thuat in Thailand in a park-like setting.
Every statue has its power for luck or even ... you can find out by yourself below ;-)
13km to the south you can find Khao Tao (Tutle Mountain) were you can find several tmeples with quiet uniqe statue`s - like those 2 friendly fellows:
Let`s have a break for local customs. For those who had never visited south east asia - I`d like to introduce the average toilet (if you are lucky it will look like this ;-)
They all consist of a whole in the ground (like the camping toilts in Italy in the past) - sometimes already offering a place to sit & a basin with water. To flush you use the bucket next to you, by taking the water out of the basin close by and you simulating the flush ... got it?!
Don`t search for toilet paper, you will find out why the left hand is seen as dirty one around this continent x-)
Wish you good luck next time and you will wonder how less trained you are when you have to do this in the same psotion as Hermann Maier during his world cup ski races ;-)
AND next to you will do this a 80 year old women in just half the time and a grin on her lips...
Next highlight is Khao Takiap (Monkey Mountain) - 6km south -which you immediatly will finsd out where the name come from:
Next highlight is Khao Takiap (Monkey Mountain) - 6km south -which you immediatly will finsd out where the name come from:
There is also a mix of several other gods & believes around
Finally I enjoyed the sunset on the hill, looking down on the 6km coast line of Hua Hin.
Time to say goodbye and move on to the southern islands.
One night in Rio
