Hua Hin Forum

Has anyone been? Is it worth going?

The flight to Bkk from Gatwick seems a downgrade from previous daily flights from LHR to Bkk. Instead, daily flights to KL will fly from LHR. Thats quite a change from before. I wonder what's behind that decision?

It seems that everyone and their dog has an opinion about the referee re-starting the game with the Liverpool keeper, and if retired refs and pundits can't agree, I'll steer well clear of that. But if it should have gone to Forest, then the sequence of events that led to the goal, simply wouldn't ha...

but a little bit more than regular taxis in BKK, but you're paying for the convenience of the pickup and no hassle with haggling with the driver who probably doesn't want to go where you do which is often the case. As stated, I agree about the convenience of not having to find a cab and happy to pa...

Big Boy wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:22 pm Photo from 2013


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That's not the one I'm thinking of. It's this one:

Pay more for grab/bolt than a regular taxi? Really?! I took several Bolts in Bkk recently (bikes mostly) and they were cheap as chips. And cheaper than HH too. I went 6km across central Bkk for 50 baht. That would be more in Hua Hin Yes, pay more for using Grab taxi's in Bkk, compared to the cost o...

^ Thanks for that. :thumb: I've never tried it but it's always nice to have an alternative route where one can drive relaxed a bit. How much time does it add to the journey on the southbound trip? :cheers: Depends on how often you stop! If not at all, maybe about an extra 45 minutes? I have never t...

I don't think the Hua Hin taxi/tuk tuk drivers can complain when they're blatantly preying on and ripping off tourists (as they have always done). Bolt and Grab have put them in their place by threatening their cash cow which is a good thing for the consumer IMO. Likewise in Bangkok, how many times...

....... If I turn off for the scenic route past Samut Songkhram, then that obviously is a more relaxed drive and slower. Can you put up a link for a map of that route? :thumb: :cheers: I think it's known to most, but this should work, from Highway 35 by the PTT garage where the turn off is. It's a ...

Have you done the journey after around 9pm recently? If my theory is right, that is when the main carriageways are closed, and it becomes Hell, from Bangkok until just before Samut Songkhram. I've departed central Bangkok at around 9pm, and my satnav shows under 3 hours travel, but the carriageway ...

The report says the development is on a brownfield site, meaning it already has buidlings on it and has been used in industry of some sort, so it is ideal and probably already has good transport links.

If I now take more than 3.5 hours in either direction, I regard that as bad. So for me, the road is better now. The sticking point in either direction is the turning to highway 9, once past that, it's okay and coming out of Bkk, there are now 4 lanes open for a good while, which helps disperse traff...

Whenever Chelsea play Leeds, all the media love to highlight the 1970 cup final replay between the two teams. It does rather emphasise the amount of play acting that goes on today. The only serious ingury was Jones atttack on Bonetti, which left him limping for the rest of the game and directly to L...

It’ll be interesting to see how Liverpool get on tonight and what sort of team they put out, with all of their injuries. There isn't a team this season that hasn't suffered with an overload of injuries. At the core of it is how many significant players have been out for a long time. Liverpool are h...

Surely the whole point of the appeal process is to identify any shortcomings in the application of the law - I can only assume this was the case, hence the reduction in the penalty that was originally imposed? That would be my view. Simply guessing of course, but I would imagine this decision could...