as you can tell by the title of this video we are no longer in koh samui we rented a car we hopped
on the ferry and made our way to the beautiful beachside town of hua hin which is just the first
stop of our little road trip across thailand hua hin has always been a popular destination
for both thais and international tourists because of its close proximity to bangkok but
surprisingly it's our first time here so join us today as we explore the beauty of hua hin
should we share waffles
hey the coffee is actually not bad yours
is only 60 (baht) and mine is orange americano only 90 (baht)
so we're starting our day off with coffee at this place called BRIEF and it was actually recommended
by one of you guys on instagram we have never been to hua hin so we asked you guys on instagram
about where to go what to see so we're really appreciative of all the responses that came in
and we're checking those things off our list today okay we're gonna keep it brief here we're gonna
finish a coffee and a waffle and then we're going to head off to the national park called khao sam
roi yot and over there there will be a beautiful boardwalk that's kind of through the lotus ponds
so we'll check that out first and then we'll come back into town and check out hua hin beach
so we have been in hua hin for a couple days now and we have been to a few places so we went to the
wat khao takiap which actually means chopstick mountain but i was surprisingly afraid of
all the monkeys there there were tons so if you also are not a fan of monkeys you
might not want to visit there or go but stay in the car yeah or stay in the car
like what i did so the second place we went to was rajabhakti park which is a historical attraction
that honors seven past kings of thailand it was free of charge
but there isn't that much to do there so you can go there and take a couple of photos but
that's probably it the last place we also checked up is kind of off the beaten path we went to ice
cream and cats so the ice cream was delicious the cats are super cute you probably don't want to go
there if you're allergic to cats we couldn't stay long because note was starting to feel it a little
bit but yeah that was a couple things that we did that was fun this is how thais like to road trip
sticky rice and fried chicken the best
okay sorry sorry
so we're here at the khao sam roi yot national park
there's a few attractions that you can go to yeah it's pretty cool because we're here at the
nature education center where the lotus pond is but there's actually a beach on one side
a beach down here there's also a viewpoint down here with a boat trip and i think the most popular
one is the phraya nakhon cave so that one you have to hike i think like 30 minutes or maybe
an hour to get to that cave so let's go check out the bueng bua which is lotus pond
so unfortunately they just uh doing some construction on the bridge
you can only walk 500 meters no 50 meters out so we're now thinking of taking a boat and the boat
is 500 baht per boat obviously if you have more people it would be cheaper per person but we only
just have the two of us do you think they like teared down the bridge on purpose so that people
can take the boat i think they're just going to take their sweet time to repair the bridge
and hoping you would take the boat and we're gonna do it we're gonna fall for it okay let's
check out the bridge first then so we right away notice the no drone zone sign right here
so what did you have to do just now i just went into the office asked the rangers filled
a little form and we can fly a drone now and it was just this building over here the nature
education center yeah the lotus are dead yeah this is not the right season they started blooming in
january and last till may yeah we always miss it we also missed it when we were in phatthalung
we went to the lotus what is it called the lotus lake yeah talay noi well you can see a few look
there's some purple ones out there and maybe two pink ones and one yellow one
still nice though it's pretty sad when you are able to count how many are left
i kind of want to eat it from the shell itself but
she said it would be harder to eat it on the boat so she put in a carnation cup for us
for the meat
safety first safety first you can put this here for now yeah we just have to we just have to
wear it to get on the boat once you're on the boat it's okay so the boat tour is usually one hour and
it'll just go down the lotus um the marshlands here and then go towards the rice fields i think
but it's shaded so that's good okay he started the engine it's gonna be loud
there's actually way more lotus than we were expecting because they're like oh
it's dead it made it sound like it's going to be bare but there's a lot just over here
oh beautiful lotus are really resilient though aren't they like they can grow
like they they come back every every year yeah i'm just saying yes i have
no knowledge about lotus flowers oh this one wow this one is so beautiful
i want to know what's inside
lotus seeds too young to eat
oh
want to try some yes please fresh lotus seeds you don't have to take the core
out because it's still young so it wouldn't be as bitter so you can eat the whole thing
sweet it's kind of milky yeah
so the story behind the name sam roi yot is from way back then there used to be a
chinese merchant boat that came here and it sank and only 300 survived and it was
called sam roi rod rod means survive but as the time goes by people pronounce it differently
from rod now is to yot means peak but it has nothing to do with 300 peaks it's 300 survivors
so we learned before that the wetlands are super important as it provides a natural habitat for all
the animals like we can see a lot of birds there's a lot of fish in here but also the local people
use this wetland here as one of their main sources of food like they fish here a lot
which is very important and when this overflows it actually goes into the gulf
so i think environmentally it's also important to have a wetland here in case
of like flooding or anything like that so did you enjoy that yeah i think if it was
full bloom like full of lotuses it's gonna be so beautiful yeah so come during january to may
so we've made it now to hua hin beach just in time for sunset and today is sunday so we can see a lot
of families around i'm surprised to see though that there's a lot of vendors and restaurants set
up like all along the beach here it's something we don't see in samui yeah it's very different
because in samui i don't think you're allowed to set up umbrellas and seating on the beach
like right up to the water basically but i'm not complaining today because i'm quite hungry
even though we're going to go to the cicada market and the tamarind market after this i
think i do need a quick snack from one of the vendors over here they have hot dogs fish balls
imitation crabs tofu let's get two tofus
oh nice and hot
you want to eat them now yeah really hot
i think that it seems like hua hin beach is just a long stretch of beach with a lot
of resorts and hotels on it yeah there's a lot of chain hotel uh intercontinental
the hilton just right here centara grand it has a distinct smell though like horse poo
i don't think we're going to see much of a sunset today because it is super cloudy
but before we go to the night market we do want to share a little bit more about the road trip
that we are currently on so our first stop is hua hin and then we're going to head to
bangkok but ultimately the goal is to drive up to chiang mai and to pai which is a small town
in mae hong song where Note spent most of his childhood and teenage years yes we used to have
a bamboo hut resort and an elephant camp so we will go check that out when we're up there
it's probably going to look like a jungle right yeah it hasn't been taken care of for
more than 15 years and if you want to be part of our road trip you should add us on instagram
because we'll be asking for recommendations for places to go different cities different provinces
that we haven't been to in thailand and maybe you have so you can leave us some suggestions there
we're now at the tamarind market which was highly recommended by so many people and it's just full
of food there's western food there's thai food there's a lot of seating it just has a really
good vibe and they're nice and clean yeah there's even like a pizza oven like a stone oven
did you mention the live music oh yeah and there's also live music which is really nice
can i try one more it's too small right coconut jelly it's actually really delicious
she made it herself quite delicious
so we got dessert before we got a main meal here
do you feel adventurous do you want fresh oysters no okay
we did have fresh scallops just yesterday at the night market which were delicious like four
dollars for eight scallops we ended up getting 16 scallops it was it was really really good so
it wasn't easy to decide what to get because there are so many choices but we did go with
barbecue ribs in thai we call that "si krong moo" they use "ong" which is that traditional clay
container originally local thai people used that to store rainwater oh yeah and they converted into
their own clay oven oh yeah we saw them like pulling the ribs out of out of that clay oven
which is really cool that's kind of what got us to try it second thing we got is a thai favorite item
this is "yum mama" which is a instant noodle spicy salad this is like all thai's favorite
yeah uh dish everyone likes "yum" "yum" means salad because it leaves you that like what do
you call it that taste in your mouth really like it's so spicy "zaap" yeah even i'm
looking at it now it keeps salivating yeah so these are like traditional thai herbal drinks
so i got the longan one and Note got the roselle one and they taste very different i think because
a lot of foreigners come here they make it less sweet usually if you buy from the local thai
market it's super sweet yeah i would buy a bottle of water on the side and then i would like mix
it so this is really yummy i don't even know how to describe it you just have to try longan
it's one of my favorite favorite flavors okay let's go with ribs first let's try the ribs
it's not completely fall off the bone
but it has a really nice flavor to it like it's charred and it's kind of sweet
it tastes like "char siu" chinese style barbecue pork to be honest i usually don't order yum why
i don't know because maybe the way they lay out the ingredients outside it doesn't look
very appetizing but did you know they boil the stuff before they mix it yeah yeah so it kind of
kills the germs right yeah i guess i'm gonna make an ultimate bite with everything on it
oh not fishy at all
the spicy taste the "zaap" taste like hit your lips and your tongue right away
it's quite delicious i feel like all our choices today were very healthy
teamwork we didn't order like deep fried cheese balls but that does look really good too so right
next to the tamarind market there's actually one more night market called the cicada market but
that one is more like an arts and craft market they are both open fridays saturdays and sundays
so when you come to this market you might as well go browse the cicada market as well
we hope you enjoyed spending a day with us in hua hin next time you see us we will be in bangkok
as always thank you so much for watching have a wonderflo day we'll see you in the next one
oh
wow
that's probably the youngest child busker i've seen
he has a tip box