Hua Hin Forum

Big Boy: Haven't heard anything about closure or bars etc. for the departed Princess. We did, however, bump into a collegue at the government run university where we work today and she said that there would be no parties, or suchlike for civil servants for the 15 day period - they should be sombre. ...

I agree with Norm, the volume of traffic has increased tremendously over the past couple of years. I certainly wouldn't blame it all on the Bangkokians, I guess there are a whole bunch of nouveau riche Hua Hinians who are behind the wheels some of the giant SUVs. We used to 'pop in' to Hua Hin once ...

I know this is very naughty of me, but I can't help thinking that there's more to this story. Generally elephants do not attack people, unless they are upset or provoked. These two young lads, and I've seen it many times when cows are walking down our local roads, probably beeped their horn (if they...

Had a 'senior moment' last night and couldn't remember the name.

I've got it now it's called L Service - I think it's written in both Thai and English. It's not a large place, just two or three townhouses wide, and it's literally right on the pavement.

VS

If you're looking for a second-hand car, for not a huge amount of money, I'd recommend Khun Gai. Not only does he deal in the cheaper end of the market, but he speaks extremely good English, and is a really nice bloke. We went to his place to buy a car to replace our ageing Nissan Cefiro (which we l...

Thanks Randy, I've posted it on a very local website in a tiny town in the East of England. When you type in their address it's hilarious (but maybe they'll think differently...).

VS

Had the same problem ADW - asked the students and colleagues about any charity shops and they gave me 'that look'. What are you talking about? They don't seem to exist here, unlike the UK. Plan B: I bundled all the stuff into a couple of bin bags and took it to a construction site on the campus. Onc...

We went to our favourite watering hole today and it was business usual. We didn't want to put them in an awkward situation so we said that we knew that alcohol was banned tomorrow (the big day), but if we felt the need could we have our usual? To put you in the picture this is a shop/restaurant run ...

Golly gosh. :oops: If I thought that my thoughts were going to be published on another website, I would have put more thought into it. I've never heard of this site and have no idea of the hits it gets, but it'll be interesting to see if the readership of HHAD increases or has increased over the pas...

Thanks for the great report Dawn. It sounds like our kind of tripette. Mr. Parahandy and I are already looking forward to going on this trip in March. I'm assuming, and hoping, that there will be one in March. :| Because of work we can't possibly make any of the mid-week dates until then. Well done ...

Had a bottle or two of Chang at our favourite watering hole today. Just 50 metres away from a polling station and out in the sticks. It was business as usual. No question of hiding the bottles or drinking out of mugs. Sadly, the crazy laws (and I use that term loosely) seem to only affect the farang...

Monsieur Cornhole: You can do things I can't with websites and suchlike, and Mr.P (he's in the land of nod at the moment) can work his way around UTorrent like Torveil & Dean on an ice rink. Sorry you're going to be in the dark for a while. I'm sure Monsieur Buksida can sort you out (metaphorica...

Hmmm. must have been a bit difficult not finding a footballer to give an award to. (I'm not a football fan). Neither am I a boxing fan so I have no idea who the winner is. I guess, from the above postings, he was a deserving recipient. Oh well, Lewis got 2nd. Why do they call it Sports Personality? ...

Caustic soda is great if you can find it here - which I haven't. Another solution (for want of a better word) is sachets of drain cleaner which you can buy at the supermarket in the shopping mall. It fizzes and reacts the same way as caustic soda and does the job pretty effectively. You can find the...

Watch out Mr. C. you'll soon get hooked.

I don't think it's strictly legal, but I'll say no more, other than the fact that most of our evening viewing (with some lovely old classics) is via this site.

Happy hunting - you'll be amazed at what you find.

VS