Hua Hin Forum

It is unlikely that casual "border hoppers" from Malaysia, who may cross for very short periods without formal immigration processes, are included in the official tourist arrival statistics. Tourist arrivals typically refer to those who officially enter the country with a recorded purpose...

I was looking at the toothpastes that the women in the house use and, following what appears to be a social media trend, they are all using herb toothpastes with a low fluoride content. I can remember the drop in tooth decay (and visits to the dentist!) when fluoride was added to the tap water in th...

The chances of the high speed train (not the dual track currently being built) passing through HH town are close to zero. I seem to recall that the original plan (10 years ago ?) had the station out toward the bypass.

Apparently, the number of flu cases this year world wide is higher than previous years as the lockdown ends.

Where in HH can the flu vaccine be obtained, and any idea of the price ?

Thanks.

According to the BK post, the 300 baht will provide 500k of medical insurance. Sounds like a good deal. Will be cheaper to do a quick in and out to Laos/Cambodia/Vietnam than buy an insurance policy.

Can't wait to read the small print....

How stupid !

On Thursday night the centara would not serve us wine with food, but today I get beer in the bottle with no food .

(post by myself copied here as maybe a better thread) Cha-Am can sell alcohol (legally) in restaurants from Dec 1st. Hua Hin can't. According to Surf 102.5, the authorities there are encouraging bars to apply for restaurant licenses (!!). I wonder where the tourists (whether thai or from overseas) w...

Interesting conversation in HH hospital. I had my first AZ in Bangkok and wanted to transfer the second jab to HH next week. I had gone to floor 8.9.10 in the car park and it is all stripped out. No people. Nothing. I asked at reception in the main building and was told that unless you had already r...

Pete, I think calling it herd immunity is a misnomer. The vaccine does not stop you getting covid, or stop you passing it on to others. What the vaccine does is greatly reduce the chance of having a serious illness - I.e. being hospitalised. It may reduce the severity of the covid you pass on to oth...

Can i get my second dose of AZ there ? I am part of the BCCT group who have to wait 12 weeks until mid november and am supposed to go to Bangkok which seems silly if i can get it in HH. I sent an email to BCCT a couple of weeks ago but had no response.

The school requires a rapid antigen test is done before my daughter is allowed back to school.

Quite happy to do it myself. But, where can I buy one ? Cheap as possible !

Thanks

Dont forget the tax cuts are the only on imported alcohol, which the average Thai never drinks. I suspect that the increased consumption of imported alcohol and tobacco will mean the loss in tax revenue will be very low, or may even lead to an increase in tax revenue from that source. Wine consumpti...

Very good article (quite long) in.BK post about why testing has gone down so much from 70l.a month ago to 40k now. Part of it below. "Are there solutions to save the bankrupted healthcare system (and government)? Instead of finding money to pay for necessary expenses, the government opts to cut...

Cases may be going down, but so is the amount of testing. Whereas a couple of months ago it was about 75,000 a day, it is now down to 48,000 a day. I wonder if the 2 things are linked :-) https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2173871/life-returning-to-normal-but-for-how-long- [ 20210830_092037...

As we're looking at vaccine comparisons, this looks similar to the chart I saw on Thai TV this morning. thai comparison.png How many days after the second or third injection was this comparison made ? We know that the antibody count reduces over time. Research in the UK over the last few months sho...