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| This pic sums it up. Lounging by the pool at the Evason |
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| Evason King Room in Honeymoon Style |
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| Six Senses Duplex Pool Villa - Ground Floor |
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| Six Senses Duplex Pool Villa - Top Floor |
Our Activities while at the Resort
There are several little local Thai massage places along the road just outside the resort that were quite basic, but still very good, and more in our budget. There seemed to be a standard price of 300 Baht for 1.5 hours - for Thai or Oil massage. While the surroundings certainly weren't as pleasant as the award winning spa at the Six Senses Resort (voted 8th best spa in the world, 2007. 2,600 Baht for 50 minute massage) it was also a fifteenth of the price though, so that suited out budged much better! And I (PW) made use of their services twice during our stay, and can say it was 3 hours of total bliss!
Other than the occasional massage we basically just sat by the pool, whether it be the main pool at the Evason or the private pool in our villa. Most of the time it was so hot and humid that you didn't want to be outside unless you could jump in the water. The pool at the Evason was great and often pretty quiet. That being said while we stayed at the Six Senses we never really thought about using the pool at the Evason.
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| The pool at the Evason |
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| Walking around the Six Senses property. It was amazing! |
Our Dining Experiences
The dining options, and food/menus at the resort were absolutely amazing. Everything really natural, wholesome and organic. The resort has several of its own herb gardens, which they use throughout all the dining venues - and you can truely taste the difference of the freshness and quality of the food. Just so much flavour! "The Beach" was an italian themed outdoor restaurant right on the waters edge. Such a cute and comfortable place to eat, great menu choice, and outstanding service. As you are seated, they great you with a cold towl, with fresh lemon grass wrapped up in the centre, so you snap the towel first to get the fresh scent of refreshing lemon grass. They also bring you insect repellent lotion with this, so as to keep the many mosquitos away (the restaurant is in a great location, but in the lush forest, and right next to the water - be prepared for the mozzies!) Main meals average 550 baht. They also have a Thai themed restaurant "Chef Manao" with indoor and outdoor seating available. The outdoor tables sit right around a man made pond filled with flowering lilly pads. The ambiance is complete with local musicians playing authentic Thai music while you dine. The menu covers all regions of Thailand with varying styles. Great food, however the meal portion sizes are not huge. Main meals average 450 baht.
Breakfast - A beautiful and wholesome buffet breakfast is set up at the main restaurant in the resort, however it is somewhat pricey compared to lunch and dinner menu prices. 735 baht ($25 USD) per person. We trialed this the first day, however we ventured outside the hotel on the other days, and found amazing banana filled samosas at Singh's beach bar and grill down the road from the resort. 120 baht for 6 mini samosas was a much cheaper snack to hold us over until lunch time!
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| Dinner at Chef Manao |
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| The Beach restaurant |
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| Pamela going to work on some furry fruit. |
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| Sings Beach Bar - The best banana samosa you'll find. |
Getting To Hua Hin from Bangkok
We took a metered taxi from the Chatrium Resort to the Sai Tai Mai (Southern) bus terminal at a cost of 160 Thai Baht ($5.50 USD). The bus terminal is pretty new, however not air conditioned, and consists of a large food court and shopping area, in short it's a hot and busy place. We found our way to the back of the ticket stalls and purchased one-way tickets to Hua Hin at a cost of 160 baht each ($5.50 USD). The slightly air-conditioned public bus to Hua Hin left from departure gate 7. The trip was a very slow 3.5 hours, never going more than 70 kilometers an hour, or so we thought as none of the bus gauges actually worked. We made several stops along the way to pickup/drop-off other passengers. Once in Hua Hin we caught a songthaew to our resort which was located 15 kilometers south of Hua Hin in a town called Pranburi. We bargained down the songthaew driver to a price of 400 baht ($14.00 USD) which we split with two other travelers who were also going to our resort.
Traveling to Bangkok Airport from Hua Hin
The front desk at the Evason arranged a minivan shuttle to pick us up from the resort and drive us back to the Victory Monument area of Bangkok. The cost for us totalled 600 baht ($20.00 USD) as we bought three seats on the van as our luggage took up one whole seat. I have one phrase to describe our minivan driver and that is "Race Ready" for he ignored any applicable speed limits, road lines and any other driving law one could imagine. Several times we found ourselves making our own lane in the shoulder, flying over large bumps, sharing lanes with large vehicles and generally wishing the seat belts worked. Our guess was the driver was in a hurry after an hour stop at a petrol station waiting in line just to fill-up the van. Upon arrival in Bangkok we walked to the Victory Monument SkyTrain station where we caught the train one stop to the Phaya Thai station at a cost of 15 baht each (.50 cents US). At Phaya Thai we caught the wonderful Airport Link train to the Bangkok airport. The ride cost 45 baht each ($1.50 USD) for the all stops and took approximately 35 minutes. The train was pretty comfortable but we wouldn't want to do it during rush hour with any luggage. Still a far better option than the 1 hour 45 minute cab ride we took on the way into Bangkok.
At the airport we stuffed ourselves on the mediocre food at the Thai Royal Silk Lounge while we waited for our Thai Airways flight to Chiang Rai.
Next stop Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai -
Cheers for Now!
Pamela and Dave
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