Put Hua Hin on the backburner and stay a little closer to home with a visit to Petchaburi. The attraction-abundant town is this week hosting two festivals at the same time: the Tour Thailand 5 Regions Festival (Sep 13-15), where you can shop for cheap deals from hotels, restaurants and tour packages, and the Kin Hoi Du Nok Tok Muek (Eat the Shell, Watch the Birds, Fish the Squids) food festival (Sep 13-22). The latter event will see a great many seafood stalls line Cha-am Beach accompanied by mini-concerts every night. Another highlight is at night when you can jump on a boat to go squid-fishing with the locals, priced at only B100 per person. Meanwhile, for bird lovers, there are two round trips (7am and 4pm) to see the birds at Tung Kad Plee field and Khao Nang Panthurat Forest Park. Contact TAT Petchaburi 032-471-005/-6 for information and reservations.