Need A Travel Brain

[sammieuk1]

Hello been living in CM for 6 years but have not done much traveling especially by car and want to do a 7-10 day drive and would like to know your thoughts and best way of approaching this trip?

My start point will be Chiang Mai i want to spend maybe 3 nights in Hua Hin 2-3 in Pattaya also want to see the bridge over the river Kwai and do a visa run as close as possible.

Also don't want to be on the road at night or longer than 6 hours drive per day (2 year old to consider) so some hotel /stop over knowledge would be helpful budget is not to important and a beach front hotel in Hua Hin is a must thanks..

[FritsSikkink]

You wil never make that in 10 days if you drive 6 hours a day.

[Khun Han]

Your biggest journeys are going to be to and from Chiang Mai. If budget isn't too tight, I'd fly down to Bangkok and pick up a hire car.

[Bredbury Blue]

I would suggest you drop Pattaya and visit HH and Kanchanaburi as they're close.

One day to sukhothai. The airport hotel is a cracking hotel. See sukhothai and si Satchanalai (latter is the better in my opinion). Nice drive via Lampang (take a horse and carriage tour) to si Satchanalai, stop at airport hotel.

Next day see sukhothai on the way south to Kanchanaburi.

Few days in kanchanaburi.

Kanchanaburi to HH is a few hours. Stay HH for few days.

HH to a stopoff place on the way home for an over night...maybe ayutthya.

Stop off place home to CM.

[Bredbury Blue]

11hrs and 885 km according to Google maps from HH to CM.

[FritsSikkink]

11hrs and 885 km according to Google maps from HH to CM.

google maps doesn't know Thai traffic then

[mogandave]

11 hour sound about right BKK to CM

[Bredbury Blue]

 

11hrs and 885 km according to Google maps from HH to CM.

google maps doesn't know Thai traffic then

 

You're definitely right. Ive never done a long journey in the time Google maps estimates. I always use their estimate as a guide plus atleast 1 hour. I was just illustrating to the OP it's a long journey, of +11hrs.