Hua Hin, Thailand - Day 2 (Part 2)

It looks like a scene describe in a childhood fairytale story with walking poker cards but it isn't. It looks like a fun fair but it's not. Sharp eyes will spot the words 'Santorini Park' attached on the ferris wheel. YES! We went to Santorini Park located in Hua Hin, Thailand. 

The highly acclaimed Santorini Park is roughly 2 and a half hours away from Bangkok, Thailand. Entering the beautiful requires a small amount of fee - 50 Baht (RM5), which is worth each penny considering its reasonable price. It also has nicely designed entrance ticket too!

It was super colourful at the inside! Vibrant colours cheer people up and there were plenty of photogenic spots for photography lovers. It's not quite similar to the real deal in Greece, but yeah, it will suffice for now!

Even the washroom was nicely decorated! LOL!

Too bad it was drizzling on and off during our visit at Santorini Park. We had our lunch in one of the cafes to wait for the drizzle to stop and ate something like a local-made laksa. Not really filing and tasty, and not to mention too spicy and pricey. Well, it's a tourist spot anyway.  

After taking tons of photos to our hearts' content, we left Santorini Park and drop by the entrance of Swiss Sheep Farm which is located just 5 minutes away from the former. Surprisingly the entrance fee of the Swiss Sheep Farm is much dearer than Santorini Park, and we chose not to enter the sheep farm in the end as it doesn't look attractive enough for us. Took few photos at the entrance and off we go again.

20 minutes away from Swiss Sheep Farm lies The Venezia. It's a small place which resembles Venice, Italy. Yes, the gondola and canals definitely reminded me of the real Venice! It was a quiet day in the weekday, number of tourists were low, thus a boon for us to take photos in The Venezia. By the way, entrance fee is 50 Baht. 

Besides of Venice, that's a mini Rome inside The Venezia too! The Venezia a small place, basically you can explore the whole place in an hour and leave...

Our last stop was Plearn Wan shopping village. We wanted to go to a Hua Hin night market for dinner, but too bad it was raining. In the end, we spent more time in Plearn Wan before we head back to Bangkok. There were super many food stalls in Plearn Wan, perfect to cure our grumbling stomach! 

Tried the mango sticky rice here. The mango was sweet eventhough its skin is not yellowish at the outside! The rice were milky and sweet, perfecto!

Egg waffle or 鸡蛋仔 is a famous delicacy in Hong Kong, also found in Plearn Wan.Choose two flavours to mix them together. We chose chocolate and hot dog as our combination, weird but doesn't taste bad! 

After savouring different kind of food in Plearn Wan, it's time to say goodbye to Hua Hin. 3200 Baht is the fee for our driver-cum-'tour guide'. Albeit a little expensive, definitely no regrets hiring him to bring us from Bangkok to Hua Hin and back for a day. We also had a comfortable ride in his Altis, and we rested well in the long journey back to Bangkok.

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Hua Hin, Thailand - Day 2 (Part 1)

Scrumptious breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day. It can change your mood from bad to good. It fuels you with the energy needed to explore the day, like mine. A filling breakfast helped me explored Hua Hin happily! Hua Hin is a seaside city of Thailand located 3 hours away (travel with car) from Bangkok, where we visited few of its attractions during our visit in Thailand. 

Mode Sathorn Hotel provided a delicious buffet breakfast in a comfortable restaurant. You can have Western and Eastern food here, depending on your liking. The setting was so cozy, I feel like having my breakfast in there forever!

Bacon!!! Super crispy on the right!

We reluctantly left the restaurant and move on with our exploration, where we went to Hua Hin on our second day in Thailand. We took a hire & ride cab (costed us 3200 Baht, but it was worth it) where the driver picked us up at our hotel lobby. A dark skinned local, with tall-ish built, whose name is Mr. Eak was our cab driver of the day.

We hopped into his green Corolla Altis 1.6 and immediately he handed us a bottle of mineral water each, so nice of him! Thankfully our days in Thailand weren't that hot as it were raining almost everyday. We made a detour to Maeklong Railway Market while on our way to Hua Hin. As its name suggests, there's a railway which runs in the middle of a market! No, the railway is not abandoned. There is a train which travel everyday on that particular track! 

While waiting for the train to arrive, we explored the market a little bit. It was a pretty long market, I didn't manage to walk till the end of the market due to inadequate time (got to rush back to the entry point of the market to snap photos of the train arrival). If you have extra time, can try to spend a little more time here because the food and other merchandises here were pretty reasonably priced! 

Tried all kinds of local delicacies... I don't even know what are their names! Mr. Eak recommended us almost all kind of local food available in the market! 

Taste similar to daging salai + nasi pulut

Then, we heard a commotion. Whistles were blowing, the main road was blocked by local authorities, preventing the traffic from entering further into the area of the train track. Stalls' owners rushed to retract their goods and tents to make way for the train. Tourists stood by the rail with cameras in their hands, including mine, to try to capture the best picture of the rare moment.

Here comes the train! At a rather slow, walking speed to my surprise. Well, safety first, isn't it?

After witnessing the incredible moment, we moved on to our next stop, Santorini Park in Hua Hin with a 'mango flower' in our hands. The locals tend to consume it by peeling the flesh one by one like peeling the petals of a flower. A new way to eat a mango!

Cont. - Hua Hin, Thailand - Day 2 (Part 2)