Hua Hin Forum

Always change in Thailand not UK. At the mo its under 70baht to pound and looks as though the baht will remain strong and get a little stronger in the next few weeks. Check out xe.com for the most accurate spot rates.

There are many reasons, here are some of ours when we brought our young children here 4 years ago: Quality of life. When my kids finish school we can swim, go to beach, cycle. The weather is warm enough even if it is dark. Economically We can easily afford EVERYTHING for our kids, clothes, toys, boo...

Unfortunately there are millions of paedophiles across the globe. However very few are psycopathic, muderers or sociopaths. When we talk about the guy who murdered JonBenet, we are talking about a sadistic psychopathic murderer. Many of these people choose children only partially from a sexual stand...

To deny Pluto the status of a planet is simply that to keep it as a planet would allow 50 or so other "planets" that sit just beyond the Kuiper belt the same attention. Astronomers keep bringing up the fact that this would be far too complex for the text books. Well maybe the text books ar...

Good news is that he was not an "A" student in the UK (was expected to get c's and d's), but they encouraged him to do an extra 1 here so actually took 4. Bad news is that the cost was high financially. 120,000baht per term tuition plus 80,000baht per term boarding. :roll: But then he won ...

For Big Boy: your son's 2nd year of "A" level could be completed at a Bangkok boarding school - have you considered this? A friend of mine did the same 2 years ago and there 16year old went to complete his at the Regents school in Pattaya. Apparently he had a blast and he got 4 "A&quo...

Sorry HollygoLightly but I completely disagree. This thread started about Somtawin, and the point there is that they pay 30,000baht per month and have failed to attract a single qualified teacher! They only get native English speakers who may also possess a TEFL certificate - which is hardly a teach...

You can legally homeschool your own children, and you can set up a homeschool for a max of 8 kids without needing a school license. BUT, you cannot teach in a homeschool until you have a teachers license, and this is only obtainable if you work for a school recognised by the Education Ministry. Its ...

Theres a great open letter on thaivisa.com which concludes parents to be wary of any English programme or International school that charges LESS than 40k per term. For a GOOD school the fees should be from 120k per year. The proposed international school I read earlier charging 70k per year is about...

I recently flew business class to Germany and it cost 156,000 (return). However I had a huge trip to do shortly after this so looked into purchasing a "round the world" ticket. I was really suprised at how cheap flying from Bkk made it. If I started in Singapore it would have cost 2 thirds...

Just a thought but (as in UK) can you put your property in your childs name to be held in trust? Ok, you may still lose your investement but at least if things turn sour between you and your wife it will be your children that benefit?? And you've got 20 odd years to live in your investment - which i...

We moved to Hua HIn recently and rented a house that said they had a phone line. I am a Futures trader so it is imperative I have a consistent connection. Turned out that the house did not have a phone line and consequently I heard horror stories about the difficulties of getting one. However I was ...

I always try and avoid the main post offices as they can get really busy and you spend ages waiting. There are lots of small postal centres around. I'm not sure of the exact locations (anyone?) but I have definately seen signs for them in the niddle of Hua Hin and out toward Takiab (soi 85?). They a...

I just bought 4 watches from the night market, opposite where Kraka's Dad mentioned. In front of the main 7-eleven half way up the marketr on the right hand side. I managed to haggle from 2,200 down to 1,500 per watch and I only bought 1 at a time. Bought my last batch of watches in Pattaya 2.5 year...

has anyone tried to take a Flat screen LCD TV into Thailand and declared it to Customs. TV's are so much cheaper in the UK and I'd like to know what duty the Customs would charge when it is declared, as I don't want any hassle from them when I next visit.[/quote] I arrived in May from the UK and bro...