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Pran Buri may not be as popular as
Hua
Hin, its neighbour to the north, but soon it's likely to catch up. The
beaches in this part of
Prachuab Khiri Khan are still nice and peaceful. And there's a backroad
that takes you along the coastline to those sandy stretches and continues
through
Sam Roi Yod National Park.
The road we're talking about is the Rural Highway 1020 which splits off
Highway 4 (Phetkasem) near the Pran Buri Police Station, a couple of
kilometres before the district's main intersection.
Almost four kilometres from the beginning of the road, the 1020 meets
with another road that goes to the mouth of Pran Buri River. Turn right for
just ten metres or so and then turn left. Now you're on another section of
the 1020. (For some reasons, the road builders didn't just let these two
roads intersect in a simple manner.)
Anyway, after another four kilometres the jagged limestone mountain of
Sam Roi Yod (translated as Three Hundred Peaks) will begin to come into
sight. Drive two kilometres further, then veer off onto a smaller road on
the left-hand side. This road leads you to Khao Kalok Beach and back out to
the rural highway again at Ban Nong Khaem Noi. Less than a kilometre from
there, you'll see another minor road that goes to the Sam Roi Yod Beach
which starts from Ban Nong Khao Niao to Ban Phu Noi and Ban Hua Tan Thaew.
Keep following that small road and it will take you back to the 1020. In a
few minutes, you'll reach the checkpoint of Sam Roi Yod National Park.
From there, you'll find yourself driving along the eastern side of the
jagged giant walls formed by the Sam Roi Yod Mountain. There're signs along
the way leading you to the park's several attractions.
To reach the big marsh on the other side of the giant natural wall, drive
all the way to the end of the 1020 and turn right onto Highway 4. Once you
see the Sam Roi Yod School, make a U-turn. The small road to the marsh is a
little further down the highway.
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