We have a golfing bonanza to look forward to over the weekend as the Black Mountain Masters kicks off and runs from the 26th to the 29th. There is no entrance fee to the tournament so we expect it to be popular despite the heat. A new beer company called Federbrau will be one of the sponsors there so we hope that some bright spark in the government doesn’t decide to ban alcohol sales for it – there will be some thirsty people there.
Watch out for Hua Hin local Prom Meesawat who has been blasting balls down the range at Royal Hua Hin all week in preparation, the home favourite is Tongchai Jaidee but we’ll be rooting for Prom, the Hua Hin talent. Photos and reports from the event will be available on HHAD following the final day of play on Sunday.
Talk of a new bird park for Hua Hin had the local freshwater fishing lodge in a flap when it was mentioned that they could be keeping sea eagles. Fortunately though the feathered residents will be of a smaller variety and the fish at the lodge will still only need to fear the farang with a rod! There is always room for more of these attractions and parks around Hua Hin providing people can find out about them.
One major complaint by many Hua Hin visitors and residents is the lack of promotion, marketing and advertising of local attractions and events. There is plenty to do around town from animal parks to vineyards to off-road race tracks to elephant trekking but seldom does anyone hear about them. The local municipality is pretty much useless at promoting monthly events, which include food and wine festivals, funfairs, music concerts, races, rallies, car shows and marathons. You’ll be lucky if you can find a banner or two in Thai language only around town somewhere – we often get the feeling that they don’t actually want farangs attending these things!
Following a slew of computer conundrums the forum’s digital surgery section has materialised into a real concept with two workshops in Hua Hin. The primary problem with getting computers fixed locally seems to be the language barrier which often results in a formatted hard disk and loss of data. The geeks at the surgery will let you know exactly what is going on with your machine; you can drop it off for a service, cleanup, upgrade, and repair or virus removal. Locations and contact numbers can be found on the forum.
There is also discussion of a donation drop point to leave old computer parts that they will bring together in order to try and build working machines that can then be given to schools and needy causes. We’ll bring you more details on this if and when it happens.