Hua Hin Forum

My wife and I (both Aussies) have been here just over 2 months now and neither of us speak any Thai other than hello and thank you. We were both a little surprised how little English is actually spoken by the locals here when we first arrived here. I guess we had been use to other bigger more touris...

As I live down at Takiab I decided to head up to Market Village via the beach as there weren't many buses running and the main road up from the Takiab Police Station looked like a car park. There seemed to be quite a few Thai families enjoying festivities at beach houses and restaurants. Gotta love ...

And regarding your AFL enquiry, I am currently sitting in a Sports Bar called Urban Infuzion watching Brisbane Lions v Nth Melbourne. It is across the road from the main Hua Hin Police Station.

AussieG, Yes mate, you can definitely watch NRL at El Murphys right in the middle of town. It is air conditioned also. There are a few other sports bars around but a lot of them seem to be showing European soccer etc. Not sure about AFL though as I'm not a big fan of it. Sounds like you are coming a...

Copy that usual suspect. Thanks for the info.

No worries Takiap. It is a sensitive subject that sometimes requires walking on eggshells to deal with. Don't want to offend anyone now, do we. It is a shame that some innocents are sometimes caught up in it all, and that some are unfairly treated just by their colour of their skin or their countrym...

Thanks Big Boy. We'll go and check it out. Cheers.

There is nothing wrong with what the Police did as that is normal operating procedures for targeting specific offences as described in the article. Doesn't matter what anyone says, racial profiling is still a big part of investigative work. If a certain group are committing offences, then why waste ...

Thanks guys. Was thinking town might be the way to go. Would you say that the evening of the 12th would be worth the effort, or just leave it until the 13th? Not that I do anything else during the day anyway. Cheers.

This is our first Songkran in Thailand and we have heard it's pretty tame in HH compared to CM etc. that doesn't bother us but we don't want to miss any of the fun. Now I see dates mentioned here of 12th and 13th, so am I correct in assuming that it is something like an Aussie New Years Eve where yo...

Thanks Grunter. We've only been in HH for a month today so still getting a feel for the place. Slowly but surely getting out of the tourist mentality. We are enjoying our time here so far and really like the laid back sort of lifestyle. The wife is not missing her job at all and seems way more de-st...

All good guys as did the big trip from HH to CA today. The wife and I did try to flag down an orange local bus near Soi 106, but that wasn't going where we were going. Ended up getting near the main bus stop in town where we saw another orange bus. I asked the driver if he was heading to CA, and he ...

Thanks guys. I will try other banks. The only reason I went with Bangkok Bank was the info I had read about it on An American in Bangkok's site. He has been here a while and has several accounts with various banks, suggesting that this was the better one of the bunch. Their website is also pretty ea...

Today I went into the Bangkok Bank branch just north of Market Village to open a basic savings account. I am here on double entry tourist visa and looking at switching over to the retirement type of visa (I qualify). I did my research on their website, which has excellent instructions. So basically ...

It has now been about 7 months since the original post in this thread was written, and I have been led to believe that the gym in question is no longer in existence. After having been a regular visitor to a Chiropractor in Oz for overall health reasons and a sometimes dicky back, I'd like to continu...