Hua Hin Forum

Citibank - set up Bangkok Bank New York as a linked domestic 'external' account. Need to confirm amount of two 'trial' transfers before established. Three business day transfers under $2000 are free. Exchange happens between BB New York and BB Thailand. Larger amounts cost $15. I had thought that a...

I had a (western) girlfriend tell me once, she would never seriously date anyone twice her age. .... or saying that differently, perhaps a man should never seriously date anyone less than 1/2 of their age. And even that is pushing it. I am 60, married with a Thai wife (who is 13 years younger) and f...

There are no viruses for Mac and At the end of the day virus makers are going to target MacOS because Apple keep claiming how secure it is. Yep, been hearing that for 10 years or more. One day it just might be true. :thumb: The above is true not only for Mac, but also for GNU/Linux, where both Mac ...

If you dont play golf and avoid buying bottles of wine then everything else is very cheap including girls. I liked your cost assessment. Some things you did not mention - which were major expenses for me: out of country visits - such as Visa Runs, and/or visiting relatives Toys - I confess I like t...

I'm now back in Europe - and likely next week (after catching up with many admin matters here) I'll start reviewing my notes and also looking at my many pictures, that I took while in Hua Hin.

A lot really depends on one's lifestyle. From 1997-99 I lived in Phuket, and my budget (which I used all of) was 110,000 baht/month. Where did it all go ? I lived in a very inexpensive place in Chalong. Rent was only ~10,000 baht/month (including phone bills which were high). I could walk to local i...

Its been an interesting visit to the Hua Hin area. We spent a good deal of our time today checking out the Cha Am beach area, which I sort of like. Still, after having visited the Cha Am beach area, the Hua Hin beach area, and Pra Am, I still prefer the look/feel of Pra Am. That should have read Pr...

Its also reasonably close to the big hospitals in Hua Hin, if one were to have need of medical attention. You will find lots of good things said about the army hospital in Pranburi (Fort Thannarat?) on the forum, a trip to Hua Hin for medical care may be moot. That's good to read. I'll have to chec...

If you would like to call by for a chat and a cold one, you're very welcome. Many thanks for this kind offer. Perhaps on our next 'check out the area' visit (either later this year or sometime next year) if the offer is still open, we would take you up on it. Its been an interesting visit to the Hu...

Retirement, what to do? 1. Golf. 2. Golf. 3. Golf. 4. Girls There is also the option of hanging out in bars and getting plastered every night, as some people do. But why go to Thailand for that? You can do that at home or anywhere in the world. Lol ! I lived in Thailand for two years prior to being...

It may be nice to do things together when retired? Not all the time, but most of the time? Thats a good idea. Currently we share a love for travel, and the preparation can make a good vacation even better. So often we will do the preparation together, in addition to the travel together. We are both...

Volunteer work can be unsatisfying for someone used to goals, targets, deadlines. The thought that you don't have to go in today if you don't feel like it can give rise to a feeling that it is meaningless. I also tend to think this is likely based on the individual. When helping someone online with...

Thank you all for your observations wrt Pran Buri. That is most encouraging. We spent a good part of the day today driving around North of Hua Hin, and also checked out the area inside Hua Hin just East of Highway 4 right by the coast. That small old area by the coast inside Hua Hin 'downtown' core ...

This IS an old thread - last post June-2013. Yet I think it an important question. I am 60 and I am looking at compulsory retirement in 2.5 years (from my place of work in Europe). My wife is Thai and 13 years younger than I. We are both engineers, and she is not forced to retire in 2.5 years. We bo...

I just joined the forum and I am posting for one of my first few times (the first couple of times were in the Introduction forum area). The first part of this post is a repeat of that intro (I am too new to the forum to post links). I hope this is the correct subforum area for such a general post . ...