Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Cha-Am, Tha-Yang, Kaeng Krachan, and Petchaburi. Discussion on areas north of Hua Hin.
User avatar
StevePIraq
Rock Star
Rock Star
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:21 pm
Location: Ting Tong Land

Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by StevePIraq »

Went to Cha Am yesterday for a beach lunch, something we have long enjoyed. We always rent a few lounge beds and umbrella's, I get out under the sun to do my boiled lobster impersonation, wife gets under the umbrella complete with large hat, long sleeved shirt, sunnies, and under a towel doing her Dracula impersonation and keeping out of the sun.

Low and behold no deckchairs, lounge beds or umbrella's to be seen. Personally I do think a beach should be au natural the way god intended but some people do have a need for a chair and umbrella. I do agree that Cha Am was overrun with chairs and umbrella's but to remove all is somewhat excessive.

We stopped at our local place and the guy was sitting forlornly under a tree trying to rent out reed mats, very few takers, hardly anyone on the extensive beach with just a few Thais under the trees. Our friend said all the businesses are ruined as the Thais do not spend money and bring everything with them (just leaving empty bottles and bags when the go), Farangs spend money but now do not come as nowhere to relax. Cha Am was largely deserted.

isn't this all going too far?
"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right." Muhammad Ali
User avatar
Big Boy
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 44954
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:36 pm
Location: Bon Kai

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by Big Boy »

Are you sure it wasn't just the weekly beach cleaning day?
Championship Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Preston NE :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Points 41; Position 18
User avatar
huahin4ever
Ace
Ace
Posts: 1076
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:07 pm
Location: Hua Hin

Post by huahin4ever »

Only on Wednesdays according to my resident friend in Cha Am.
User avatar
StevePIraq
Rock Star
Rock Star
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:21 pm
Location: Ting Tong Land

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by StevePIraq »

So they basically shut down a beach for a day? I didn't see any cleaning going on and the beach was in a bit of a mess.
"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right." Muhammad Ali
User avatar
huahin4ever
Ace
Ace
Posts: 1076
Joined: Tue Jul 17, 2012 12:07 pm
Location: Hua Hin

Post by huahin4ever »

After I called him he took a bike ride along the beach this morning. Business as usual he told me. The cleaning and removal of parasols, chairs and tables are done every Wednesday.
User avatar
StevePIraq
Rock Star
Rock Star
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:21 pm
Location: Ting Tong Land

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by StevePIraq »

Was like a ghost town with an empty beach at 11:30, next time I will take photos, not that it is really important.

If that was the case the guy we spoke to must have been referring to business in general especially for this time of year.
"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right." Muhammad Ali
User avatar
usual suspect
Ace
Ace
Posts: 1906
Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:10 pm
Location: Huahin

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by usual suspect »

This 'beach cleaning' every Wednesday..how many other places lose out on trade 1 day/week for this to take place?
As the OP mentioned..alas no cleaning in progress all the time he was there.. :?
When I 1st came to H.H. there was a tractor pulling a machine to pick up litter going up & down the beach on a regular basis..litter bins were all the way along..everyday a pick-up with oversize tyres would do it's rounds emptying the bins..
..no need to close all the beaches.. :banghead:
User avatar
StevePIraq
Rock Star
Rock Star
Posts: 3043
Joined: Sat Jun 28, 2008 1:21 pm
Location: Ting Tong Land

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by StevePIraq »

I used to live in Melbourne and one very popular beach was cleaned with a professional beach cleaning machine and complete by 4am each morning. This was implemented after a competitor in a triathlon received a jab from a discarded syringe. Why on earth an entire 5km stretch of beach should be closed and all facilities removed to do it is beyond me.

But then again this is Ting Tong land
"Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right." Muhammad Ali
Homer
Rock Star
Rock Star
Posts: 3336
Joined: Sun Mar 21, 2010 3:11 pm

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by Homer »

How can the government both create a disincentive to vendors for building structures on the beach and seeing that none such structures exist? Move everything off the beach once a week.
christopher1
Specialist
Specialist
Posts: 165
Joined: Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:19 pm

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by christopher1 »

Been happening for fifteen years, that I know of.
Tenplate
Novice
Novice
Posts: 2
Joined: Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:49 pm

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by Tenplate »

Can I assume from this threat, that there ARE rentable sunbeds and umrellas on Cha-Am beach on any given non-Wednesday?
User avatar
Big Boy
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 44954
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:36 pm
Location: Bon Kai

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by Big Boy »

Yes, it is hard to see the beach, there are so many.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Preston NE :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Points 41; Position 18
fach3003
Professional
Professional
Posts: 356
Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:22 am
Location: Sleepy Cha am

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by fach3003 »

Hi to all !
My retired friends from Amsterdam came over recently....they come every Jan for a month..
they love it here and spend days lying in the sun : ) this is their 6th or 7th annual trip...
This year whilst sunbathing in their normal spot on their rented loungers ..they where told they were
not allowed to move out ( forward ) a few metres from the first row of chairs and umbrellas...
So instead everyone was packed into a sardine like area behind a certain line...
mmmm .....anyone else experience this ????
The only Geordie in sleepy Cha am since 2009 :cheers:
User avatar
Big Boy
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 44954
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:36 pm
Location: Bon Kai

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by Big Boy »

Yes, whenever we go to Cha-Am I like to go out onto the sand a little bit i.e. beyond the ant line. This is no longer possible.
Championship Plymouth Argyle 0 - 1 Preston NE :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Points 41; Position 18
fach3003
Professional
Professional
Posts: 356
Joined: Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:22 am
Location: Sleepy Cha am

Re: Cha Am beach no chairs or umbrella's

Post by fach3003 »

Big Boy wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:40 am Yes, whenever we go to Cha-Am I like to go out onto the sand a little bit i.e. beyond the ant line. This is no longer possible.
A real shame isn't it...is the Ant line one of the sculptures at the view point?
The only Geordie in sleepy Cha am since 2009 :cheers:
Post Reply