dear me the place looks like New York!

[teelac777]

just found this forum quite by accident, very impressive.

i can't believe the size of Hua Hin these days

my name is Rick Ellis and i spent most of my time between 92 and 95 in Thailand, much of it in Hua Hin.

i owned the All Nations Guesthouse for a while with Tony Tonks of the UK, looks like it has disappeared. i also had a restaurant in Bangkok on Sukhumvit Soi 19.

it would be nice if anyone could drop a line about some of the people that were there at that time, OK, i expect no miracles, it's well over 10 years.

Terry Tansley
Frank Gilbride the golf pro from the UK
Don Inglis from NZ, the original owner of All Nations and his honey Jaew
Tony Tonks of course as mentioned
Kelly the golf pro, have to remember his last name (Polish) from Canada

will think of more

thanks for any info!

rick

[Norseman]

Hi and welcome to the board Rick.
As far as I know the All Nations Guesthouse is still up and running.
I believe a Canadian owned it around 2003/2004, but I don't know his name.
Have no idea if he still runs the place now.
It would be great if you have some old pictures of the town from the time you stayed here.

[Randy Cornhole]

Welcome to the forum teelac777...

[hhfarang]

I believe a Canadian owned it around 2003/2004, but I don't know his name.

His first name was Tim. I was at his going away party in late 2004 or 2005 when he decided to give it up and go back to Canada... don't know who runs the place now.

[hhfarang]

Rick,

You should read this thread...

http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/hu ... 10366.html

Parts of it may be a bit of a walk down memory lane for you....

[Huahinian]

it would be nice if anyone could drop a line about some of the people that were there at that time, OK, i expect no miracles, it's well over 10 years.

Terry Tansley
Frank Gilbride the golf pro from the UK
Don Inglis from NZ, the original owner of All Nations and his honey Jaew
Tony Tonks of course as mentioned
Kelly the golf pro, have to remember his last name (Polish) from Canada

will think of more

thanks for any info!

rick

Hi Rick and welcome to the forum.

Terry Tansley - if he is the guy who project managed the building of the Melia (now Hilton) Hotel and subsequently ran T's Bar, he is now located on the other side of the Gulf.

Frank Gilbride is still here but retired (I worked with him at Hua Hin Golf tours).

Kelly Cherkowski is now back in Canada.

Please PM me if you want more info.

[The understudy]

Hi there Teelac777

Maybe you can fil in some of my missing links of Hua Hin and how it looked like back then in 1992 to 95.

A Short info about me I'm The understudy I visited Hua Hin in 1989 and exaclty 10 years later fate had washed me again to Hua HIn which I had attended Stamford International University. from 1999 to 2004. During my tenure @ Stamford Int. Univ. I felt in Love with Hua Hin and it's small prstine fishing Village atmossprere. aAso duirng my tenure in Hua Hin I witnessed and expirienced the changes thaat had happened which made Hua Hin the "semi Thai Riviera Resort Town you see today!
How was it back in your days? How was Hua Hin pre Mekia Time, was there a Hua Hin night market, @ the time when you where there? When was openning of Hua Hin Shopping Mall next to Satukarn Square?
and lat but way not least welcome to our forum!!!

Your's The understudy!

[teelac777]

Many thanks!

I will look up Kelly and find him when I go to Canada sometime, he is from Alberta. I had a brain cramp about that Polish name :-)

Yes, that indeed is Terry that worked on the Melia by the ocean. A lot of people died building that hotel. T's Bar was red hot at one point, the babes were hot and the fried grasshoppers were delicious.

There was quite a golf crowd at one point, just remembered another name: Steve Agin.

Four more pls:

Duncan from NZ that owned a restaurant
Robert van Dompselaar from the Netherlands that owned a Guest House very close to All Nations, can't remember the name
Gary Green, a huge Englishman who had a Guest House way south of the center of town. He used to arm wrestle anyone for B500 and win.
The owner of the original Italian restaurant close to the ocean front, can't remember the name of it. He was super-integrated into Thai ways, had a red-hot Thai wife too.

Many thanks to all for the trip down memory lane!

It sure is a great town!

[canthai]

Kelly Cherkowski is from Vernon, BC and is living in Vernon at this time

[Huahinian]

There was quite a golf crowd at one point, just remembered another name: Steve Agin.



Four more pls:

Duncan from NZ that owned a restaurant
Robert van Dompselaar from the Netherlands that owned a Guest House very close to All Nations, can't remember the name
Gary Green, a huge Englishman who had a Guest House way south of the center of town. He used to arm wrestle anyone for B500 and win.
The owner of the original Italian restaurant close to the ocean front, can't remember the name of it. He was super-integrated into Thai ways, had a red-hot Thai wife too.

Many thanks to all for the trip down memory lane!

It sure is a great town!

Pleased to help where I can.

Steve Agin was the original course superintendant at Springfield and was there during the building of the course. He moved to China and was again involved in the building of a Nicklaus course. I believe he later returned to the US.

Duncan Campbell who had the restaurant on the corner of Naebkehards Road created a business making and selling Dunc's Pies. He passed away a few years ago.

Robert, I believe, had the Pattana Guest House. He is no longer here as far as I know.

Gary Green is still here and as large, if not larger than life but sold the Seaview Guesthouse and created the Dolphin Bay resort. He later sold that and now is busy with other things.

The Italian restaurant I guess would be Los Stivale and run by Enrico and his wife Orm. Enrico still has the restaurant. Enrico and Orm are no longer partners.

[teelac777]

wow you're good, what's your name? when i was there i knew pretty well every farang in town and most of the Thais too!

Thanks re Steve, had forgotten the China story.

Sorry about Duncan, nice guy.

Yes, Robert had the Pattana, couldn't remember the name, he went back to the Netherlands when i left end '95.

Yes, that was it Lo Stivale! Nice guy.

Many thanks again!

Rick

[santa]

Jaew & Don split upabout 6 years ago. She has a karaoke in HH, still a great old girl. He lives mainly in NZ, sometimes in Cha Am

[teelac777]

Jaew & Don split upabout 6 years ago. She has a karaoke in HH, still a great old girl. He lives mainly in NZ, sometimes in Cha Am

many thanks again, nice to know they are both still in the area, if i ever go back i will hunt them up.

i bought his half of All Nations but he bought it back from me later :-)

[Huahinian]

Rick, I have sent you a PM

[sandman67]

I wish someone would turn the Hilton or Tessabahn offices into Ground Zero then......