Hua Hin Vintage Car Parade 2009 @ Sofitel, Bangkok

This morning members of the Vintage Car Club of Thailand are setting off on the 7th Hua Hin Vintage Car Parade, a rally that will end at the costal resort city of Hua Hin, a 225 kilomter drive southwards. It is scheduled to take around eight hours, finishing up at the Sofitel Centara Grand Resort & Villas, Hua Hin. In Hua Hin, the favoured royal resort city which is also celebrating its 100th anniversay this year, the classic cars will take part in two days of events and parades, one jaunt round the city will see the crews dressed in traditional Thai costume, while there will also be a point when the public will be able to enjoy rides in some the cars. The event, which is aiming to raise the profile of the city of Hua Hin, will culminate in a special 50-foot long buffet comprising of 100 dishes cooked by chefs drawn from some of the resort's best 5-star rated hotels. The cavalcade is scheduled to head back to Bangkok on Sunday. The departure point for the event this morning was the Sofitel Centara Grand, an upmarket hotel that juts out of the back corner of the sprawling Central World mall in the retail heart of Bangkok with an early 8:00 AM getaway planned. The trip to Hua Hin today will see stops at the King Rama II Park, Samutsongkram, the cars resting briefly for a morning coffee break before the convoy heads to its lunch halt in Kaeng Kracharn, Phetchburi. The afternoon run was set to include two breaks, in the Alila Resort in Cha-Am and then at the Sheraton Hua Hin ...

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