Hua Hin Forum

There are very few massage shops where you get ripped off. Every shop has a number of people working there. Some are very good and some are quite bad. If you don't choose the person you want it is a matter of luck whether you get a bad or a good one. Thus it is not the shop but the masseuse that cou...

I know all about caution, etc. My question however has not been answered. I would like to know approximately how often snake bites occur in the Hua Hin area. Are we talking about 1 a year or 1 a month or what?

I have seen quite a lot of posts about people seeing snakes in their gardens here in Hua Hin. I have never heard any7 stories about someone being actually bitten by a snake. Does this often happen?

Can anyone recommend a good GP in the Hua Hin area who speaks good English. Need quarterly check-ups, regular prescription medication, etc.

One of the sponsors of this Forum is Thai Orchid massage. I have been there often. They have there own oils and will gladly advise you.

What about Kap un Ka (female) en Kap un Kap (male). Probably not spelt them right but the words for thankyou.

Thanks. That's the way I learned Dutch many years ago. Had all the problems mentioned above (slightly wrong pronunciation and no one knows what your talking about). The advantage then was that the Dutch use almost a standard alphabet (with the exception of "ij" and "y" and all th...

Thanks for your comments. I have managed to get hold of a copy of "Thai for beginners" along with the accompanying CD's. I'll try to get through this in the coming weeks.

Can anyone give me an idea how long it will take to learn to speak basic Thai? I have been in Thailand many times and am aware that I can live there comfotably without learning to speak Thai. However I know that I will feel a lot more comfortable if I can understand what people around me are saying....