My original plan when I first came to Thailand eight years ago to live was that I would have a couple of years spilling my seed in Pattaya then I would head somewhere quieter for a more normal life such as Chiang Mai or Hua Hin. Today finds me living a more normal life with a great girlfriend and a nearly three year old daughter but I only made it as far as the Darkside, Pattaya.
Never actually got round to checking out Hua Hin until last month when I packed up the car and took off there for a weeks family style holiday.
Booked a couple of places through Agoda in advance, first of which was an apartment for 4 nights in Blue Lagoon Resort.
Hua Hin Apartments Villas Properties for Rent - Home
What was good about this place is that the apartment had direct access to what is claimed to be the longest swimming pool in Thailand. It runs for one and a half kilometres around the whole resort.
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The apartment was managed by a company called Sunvillas who were pretty shit as far as their management went but I couldn't fault the apartment itself. I say they are a shit company because there was nobody there to meet us on arrival to give us the keys for the place, nobody was answering the contact number we were given for their office in Bangkok and we had to chase up the local minders to get the place cleaned and towels changed after a couple of days.... But they were about 4000 baht per day cheaper than others for the same apartments so I let all that pass and got on with enjoying the holiday. (I ended up paying about 6000 baht per night after the electric was added on - still a bit steep but I think it was worth it...)
Couple of other bad things happened on arrival - the kids pet crab in a shell that we were going to release to freedom on the beach snuffed it on the journey and the missus reversed the car into a post while she was still in a rage after bollocking all and sundry about not being there to check us in.... But I had a couple of 5 litre wine boxes to aid my relaxation so none of this bothered me.
Few pics of the apartment:
We were bottom left of this block.
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Nice living room:
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Kitchen area:
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Direct access to the pool:
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Very nice going for a swim first thing every morning with the sprog while the missus cooked up breakfast....
And the little one loved it:
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(more coming - next resort and all the touristy stuff we did...)