101 reasons to love living in Hua Hin

[MrPlum]

My comment was meant to imply that being able to pay bills at a 7-11 is hardly a reason to love living in Thailand...

I can only assume you have never queued up at the Water Board. 'Love' is clearly a little strong but you could say that about 80 of the other suggestions.

I see your point but why are you being so pedantic about it? I haven't lived in Blighty for 13 years so some of these developments I have only seen here. I can go to the Driving Licence office and have a 5 year licence produced while I wait. In the UK when I left, I had to send everything to Swansea and had to wait weeks. The 90-day reporting takes 5 minutes. The issuing of an ID card took an hour. For an apparently third world country, these are pretty impressive services from a state bureaucracy and the costs are peanuts.

So, yes. I 'love' the convenience of not having to queue up at the Water Board or TOT to pay my bills, irrespective of whether you can also do it at a 7-11 locally, or online in Timbuktu. 70% of Thais are rural poor who can't afford internet access and I'm sure they 'love' the convenience too.

Hope that's ok.

[Bristolian]

70% of Thais are rural poor who can't afford internet access and I'm sure they 'love' the convenience too.

More than 70% of Thais don't have a bank account let alone internet, so again the likes of 7/11 provide a very valuable service

[Pleng]

My comment was meant to imply that being able to pay bills at a 7-11 is hardly a reason to love living in Thailand...

I can only assume you have never queued up at the Water Board. 'Love' is clearly a little strong but you could say that about 80 of the other suggestions.

I see your point but why are you being so pedantic about it?

Well I kind of think you're being pedantic here and I kind of am irritated with myself for even feeling the need to justify myself.

I just said it's not a reason to love living in Thailand as opposed to other countries who have far better systems in place. "A cheap plate of great Thai food" - great, much better than England. "All round warm climate" great. If you like hot climates, that's clearly much better than where yo came from. "Being able to" go to 7 to pay a bill when you can do it without leaving your house in the UK. Plus you can pay bills over the phone, by direct debit, all manor of ways that are more convenient than having to go to a 7 store.

70% of Thais are rural poor who can't afford internet access and I'm sure they 'love' the convenience too

And this is relevant to the benefits of living in Thailand as a farrang how?!

Anyway. I've bitten once. I shall not rise to any more bait.

Sorry thread, please continue.

[Roel]

I have gone through the 101 reasons to see why people love living in Hua Hin (or in Thailand in general) and found the following:

24x is referred to Thai people being friendly and willing to help.
17x is referred to bargains to be had and/or products and services are compared to western price level.
16x is referred to climate and environment.
14x is referred to the relaxed life style, the easy-going-experience.
11x is referred to Thai food.

Less but more than once mentioned:
The availability of western products/food.
The good health care system.
The convenient transportation system.

The rest of the reasons mentioned do either not fit in one of these categories (all subjective of course) or are not really reasons but merely side remarks or were meant tongue in cheek. Assuming that Thai people blocking the aisles in supermarkets is not a genuine reason someone loves living here.

So not surprisingly the outcome is no surprise:
We love it here because Thai people are friendly, the Thai food is great, everything is relatively cheap, weather and environment all you can wish for and last but not least we all (some secretly) love the mai pen rai way of life.

[sandemb]

[uncle tom]

101b) Swedes who know when they've had enough to drink (usually..)

101c) Very few Russians

101d) Even fewer Americans

101e) Waking up and trying to remember the name of the girl I'm in bed with

101f) 'Meals on heels' in soi Bint. whilst having a beer

101g) People who are even worse at pool than I am..

[Bristolian]

I have no experience of 101B)

But the additions of 101C) 101E) 101F) and 101G) are truly worthwhile additions

I need to omit 101D) as my American friends will make a misery of me trying to enjoy a Quiet beer.

[Takiap]

we all (some secretly) love the mai pen rai way of life.

Yes, that's what I was meaning in my last post. The mai pen rai attitude here affords me a great deal more freedom than I've ever experienced elsewhere.

[MrPlum]

10?. Love the ladies dressing up for Loy Krathong.

[MrPlum]

Not sure if it's been said but I spent a few weeks travelling to all the resorts, to see where I wished to live. After 2 years in Bangkok, Hua Hin seemed cleaner, less polluted, less congested, less expensive, more family-friendly, with fewer undesirable farangs per square metre than elsewhere. The King's residence being here was also an important factor.

Mustn't forget this forum which is one of the best, despite the odd bunfight.

[sandemb]

Mustn't forget this forum which is one of the best, despite the odd bunfight.[/quote]
Is one reason we picked HH, very low crime rate because of King's security.

[wpcoe]

101h. Well-behaved Indian tailors who do not accost/molest you when you pass their shop (like in Pattaya.)

[moose 961]

you english people won't believe this but, well some of you will

[sandemb]

101h. Well-behaved Indian tailors who do not accost/molest you when you pass their shop (like in Pattaya.)

And really, give me one reason why I need a suit with free shirt and tie!

[caller]

And really, give me one reason why I need a suit with free shirt and tie!

Just take the free shirt and tie!