Hua Hin Forum

This is horrific and the worst one I've seen in a long time. :( Go to the link for photos. The death toll is up to 6 now and people burned to death in there as they couldn't get them out. The container truck is in the left slow lane and all that I can surmise is that the van tried a left lane pass a...

Indian MP's son killed in motorcycle accident in Hua Hin January 6, 2012 6:53 pm http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/Indian-MPs-son-killed-in-motorcycle-accident-in-Hu-30173286.html The youngest son of an Indian MP died in a motorcycle accident in Hua Hin town, in Prachuap Khiri Khan provin...

As short story about some (hopefully many) Thais getting sick and tired of their own logic. Went with the wife to the Rayong DMV office yesterday to renew the registrations for a car and scooter. I sat down while she got in line. The line was down to 5 people when the one and only clerk behind the w...

I liked the British guy on the BBC who I can only describe as the drunk chef as I don't recall his name. I think he had a restaurant in Phuket as well and has perhaps passed away already? He would start the shows sober and be drunk as a skunk by the end. :laugh: It was a mix or cooking and travel I ...

More 7/11's, I say, can't have too many of them! :laugh: ....... You want to have some fun refer to 7-11 in a conversation with a Thai as "jet/sip-ett". I would say one in ten will catch the meaning and the others stand there dumbfounded until you tell them what you mean. "Ja, I'm go...

Honda bike launch first of its kind http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/marketing/273909/honda-bike-launch-first-of-its-kind Published: 6/01/2012 at 12:00 AM Newspaper section: Business Honda plans to bombard the Thai market with seven new motorcycle models in a one-day launch, the biggest ever in t...

Yes, I think it's a case many times of just too proud to ask or have a foreigner proof read. Someone in an office pipes up and states that they have taken courses and know how to write something.....and that's all the boss needs to hear. It does make for some wonderful photos though as tourists trav...

........prcsct - The floods shouldnt be an excuse for EMS (or other mail) going overseas or coming south of bangkok. Packages from the UK and europe have been arriving in less than 2 weeks and other packages to the UK have been arriving in 4 days. Where did you see that 1m pieces of incoming and ou...

Another one anywhere here is the slight swerve right before going left into an entrance or side road. If you happen to be driving by at the time it can give you a good fright. I've been told by many reliable sources that they actually teach that at their driving school/test centers....to be used onl...

They had all these problems because of the floods with over a million pieces of inbound and outbound mail warehoused somewhere. Part of the problem could be the rush to clear all of that. Maybe try addressing it to Oesterreich and see what happens, but then again they may think that means Ostrich an...

Good to see the return of Carlsberg! Last night I did the rounds on the Bintabaht! I found Carlsberg in three venues and prices varied from 80 to a cool 160 baht each! The U Turn was charging a reasonable 80 baht and the London Bar 160 baht for one Carlsberg! Yes I inquired if this was an error and...

The goal keeper for Everton scores!? I have to see the replay of that later on this morning. Pete

Loch Ness is giant 'spirit level' By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16394421 Scientists have measured the way Loch Ness tilts back and forth as the whole of Scotland bends with the passing of the tides. It is a tiny signal seen in the way ...

That really takes the biscuit!

Anyone planning a visa run this week or next better investigate the situation further. Pete