Top small beach town in Thailand (+ visit/live costs) Prachuap Khiri Khan

*update - Several viewers have fairly commented on the overly fast text transitions. Thus, please click 'pause' to view any text of particular interest. Apologies all, this was an early video making attempt, much to learn. Thank you for your kind patience.
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-Is Prachuap Khiri Khan the nicest small beach town in Thailand? It's a VERY subjective topic (of course) as each person has their own ideal of what makes for the 'nicest' and combined with the category 'nicest small beach town in Thailand' a number of towns would rightly come up for consideration.

Will put my own bias right up front as Prachuap Khiri Khan (PKK;) town has long been a fav go-to getaway from my home in Bangkok. With its idyllic backdrop, nearby beautiful beaches, superb National parks, plus great amenities for a small town AND proximity to Bangkok, PKK is an absolute gem and always a genuine pleasure to visit.

Yet PKK is far less visited than its deservedly renowned Royal neighbour to the North (Hua Hin) which is an hour or so closer to Bangkok. Most Expats looking for a short central coast beach break opt for Hua Hin. Most tourists travelling via road or rail heading South either stop in Hua Hin as a solo / or enroute destination, or go straight on through to hop a ferry in Surat Thani to Koh Samui & surrounding Islands. One pities those in both groups who for whatever reason have not visited absolutely sublime PKK. One is also certain most local Expats & tourists living or regularly vacationing in PKK might comment 'Nothing to see here, no need to come'.... (with wry and knowing grins;)

Hope you enjoy the PKK video and if you do, shhhhh!!!!

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Footnote: Forgot to add specific train booking info/costs in the video as follows:

1) Best to book Thai train seats ahead of time either in person (at the station) or online:
Thailand SRT website: http://www.railway.co.th/main/index_e...
First select 'Online Booking' & then 'Southern Line' & then 'Prachuap Khiri Khan'

2) Recommend either of the following trains as both get you in before too late (there are others too):
Dep 8:05 - Arrv 12:28 SPECIAL EXPRESS #43
(aircon/commuter type train, a/c seat cost from 455 Baht)

** Dep 13:00 - Arrv 18:35 RAPID # 171
(aircon/seat in sleeper car but seat only converts to bed after Hua Hin or PKK up 2 u,
a/c seat/bed cost from 595 Baht for 'lower' = seat facing travel direction vs looking back)

Seating - select left or right side?
If taking the 8 am train sun will mostly be on left side
If taking the 1 pm train sun will mostly be on right side

***If booking online options say 'full', still go to the station & check as they 'may' have seats which are not avail online.
****Do NOT recommend non-aircon as it can be a 6 hr etc commute if delayed so can get a bit sticky.
A/C can be a bit too cold so bring a wrap ladies, or joggers etc guys.
There are usually electric plugins to charge phones etc.
As of this writing Hua Lamphong remains open and switch to Bang Sue 'super station' is pushed fwd to late 2022. Further, it's been announced Hualamphong Stn will continue in operation just not as the main stn.

Hope this helps some viewers!
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Prachuap Khiri Khan Hotels: ttps://www.agoda.com/search?city=18732&cid=1898974
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