Online community update
Busy times on the forums last month as our membership reached 2,500 and readership exceeded 45,000 per month making HHAD officially the town’s best read website. Plenty of discussion on local issues such as Hua Hin’s water supply, the state of Soi 102 where the immigration office now resides, and litter problems around town and the beach and what we can do to help. As low season is now upon us the streets of downtown Hua Hin seem a little quieter but the number of people moving to the town on a semi-permanent basis is definitely on the increase.
All that jazz …
A great time was had by all at this years Hua Hin jazz festival, the music certainly didn’t disappoint with solid performances from Italian lounge jazz band Montefiori Cocktail. They were the only band of the evening to get the crowd up and dancing, some were even in the ocean and on Hua Hin’s famous rocks. Saturday’s lineup was also very impressive with some awesome guitar work by Prode Tanapat and a powerful performance from Caroline Henderson. Unfortunately though the overcrowding problems were worse than previous years due to the scaling back of the event from three nights to two and two venues to one. We hope the organizers will bear this in mind for next years jazz festival. A website has been setup by local jazz and Hua Hin aficionados to help promote the event online, it can be found at www.jazzfestivalhuahin.com
An online photo competition has been setup where readers can submit their pictures, the winner will be voted at the end of the month. We have had some great pictures sent to us, including some of the strange solar spectacle last month when the sun had a halo around it and the recent jazz festival. If you have a passion for photography get on the forum and send us your pics!
As rents increase around Hua Hin more and more small businesses will start moving out to Khao Takiab, we have already had a few reports of some that have done so. For further information on the area take a look at www.khaotakiab.com
More property debates waged on, it seems that there are two distinct opinions on this, and we simply provide the platform for the discussion. In general most people that have purchased property in Hua Hin are happy and the development seems to be continuing at a high rate regardless of the countries fragile political environment. We also would like thank Hot Property Hua Hin and Premier Property Center for their support of Hua Hin’s online community.
Some concerned travelers commented on the Bangkok minivan service and the fact that it seems to have stopped running. It appears that they were investigated by special branch according to a report in the Bangkok Post, however service has resumed at the time of writing. Most Huahinians would miss such a useful and time saving service. The alternative is a taxi which can now be booked online through www.taxihuahin.net who have teamed up with only the most reliable and reputable Hua Hin taxi operators.
Get online on the Hua Hin forum: Hua Hin Forum