Hua Hin Forum

I haven't had to stay in a hotel in Cha Am for some time, but I'm there every month. If I were to choose, I'd probably pick the Raya Resort. I have coffee there every morning when I'm in town. The grounds are lovely. It's right on the beach. Agoda has it for 1800 when I just looked. Another one that...

I know this doesn't help anyone, but we've had none of the problems with failed delivery or counterfeit items described here. Almost all of the drivers call when they're about to deliver and immediately hang up. If someone is home, they leave it at the house. If not, it's left at the guard shack. Ne...

The surface temperature was 32º in May of 2019 when the photo above was taken. As you can see, that resulted in severe bleaching of some coral. By September of the same year the surface temperature was down to 30º which was low enough for much of the coral to recover. I haven't been out this year (t...

buksida wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 8:26 am You need a permit to fart in this country, so I can't see another piece of paper making a difference to availability.

Just had a look at my dive log. There was a nasty bleaching event in May of 2019 at Losin in the Gulf. The photo is a screen grab of a video I took at the time. By September when we returned to the same spot, most of the bleaching was gone.

Cannabis permit system in pipeline “The permit system must not place an unreasonable burden on the public,” he said in a post on Facebook, adding that there would be a grace period for the public to adjust. Is it considered an unreasonable burden if we're required to present a copy of our "per...

I recall reading there were some issues over land ownership and that surveys had shown that some of the land commandeered, wasn't suitable to be used for an elevated road, which meant they had to re-route some plans, commandeer more land etc. This is completely baffling to me as they started survey...

It would probably move to Korat. It's on a very high plateau with zero risk of sinking. Part of the new motorway to Korat that they are building by hand, very slowly, concrete slab, by concrete slab, is finally open, but only from/to Pak Chong (to Korat) and the high speed rail is taking shape, wel...

I'm jumping into this thread without having reviewed all 127 pages except for a few from this year. We decided to get a new car late last year to replace our 10 year old Toyota Vios. I was leaning toward an EV until my wife needed to travel to Prachin Buri. I went along for the ride. Late in the dri...

And yesterdays offering from Chratchai Parasuk is quite sobering reading as well. Interesting factual data about reduced tourist spending, despite the numbers now visiting. https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2762229/structural-flaws-impede-our-economy I always look forward to his column. W...

I gave up years ago on doing it online, it's so quick and easy to pop in to main immigration as I live nearby I've only had one failure in quite a few years now. As I recall, that one failure was due to what Immigration said was a missing TM30. Until recently, the only browser that we could get to ...

Oh yes, great morning viewing that segment. I'd say 80% of the carnage is caused by the scooters not looking where they're going I was cycling down Naratip in Cha Am yesterday when, at the intersection with Chao Lai, a motorcyclist, obviously not looking, sped out from Chao Lai missing my rear whee...

Not sure if this has been mentioned before. Nite Hunter has a new-to-me IPA. The ABV is 6.8% with an IBU of 45. I like it. I still like the M32 IPA better, but this is pretty good. As expected, it's brewed in Chachoengsao by Thai Spirit Industries. I bought the last two that Lotus's Cha Am had on di...

I'm surprised nobody has actually posted any info from the RD on what is expected. RD will be looking at all income from overseas, Thais and expats (anyone residing here 180 days of the year) <snip> In other words, nothing has changed except the bit about when the income is earned. Those of us with...

The pm lives in Lala land. Ganga had been available practically everywhere from years ago. My first trip up in 1979/80, any hotel bellboy worth his salt could get you some. People have short memories, don't they. It wasn't so long ago that the tobacco ladies at most fresh markets kept a tin of ganj...