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  • Hau Hin Hot Topics – Wet season sessions

    This time of the year always generates more discussion on the weather in Hau hin as we are in the middle of the rainy season and flooding is still common despite numerous efforts to alleviate the problem. Rain has been long overdue around the town followi...
  • Hua Hin Hot Topics – Murder rate climbing

    The expat community in Hua Hin has been shocked by a recent spate of murders, many of which have been under similar circumstances. The highest profile was the killing of Asia Times Online editor in chief Allen Quicke whose life was taken at his home in Na...
  • Hua Hin Hot Topics – Expat murder shocks community

    Hua Hin’s expats and visitors were shocked last month by the brutal murder of British retiree Raymond Hind in what was later discovered to be a pre-meditated attack carried out and arranged by relations of his estranged Thai wife. The forum was the firs...
  • Hua Hin Hot Topics – Hua Hin Jazz Festival

    Hua Hin received a welcome boost in visitor numbers in June as the annual Jazz Festival drew crowds from across the region for the three day event. Two stages were set up on the beach at the Sofitel and Intercontinental hotels, the latter being a welcome ...
  • Huan Hin Hot Topics – Low Season to No Season

    There are no prizes for guessing what the hot topic of discussion on the forums has been for the last few weeks. With Thailand’s political crisis deepening and tourist numbers plummeting the situation seems to be going from bad to worse for those in bus...
  • Hua Hin Hot Topics – Tourism Turmoil

    This month has been one of turmoil for many travellers to and from Hua Hin and Thailand with the political violence disrupting Bangkok, Songkran week resulting in the usual closures and road chaos, and the Icelandic volcano stranding thousands of passenge...
  • Hui Hin Hot Topics – Tigers Twitter Kites and Crackdowns

    Chinese New Year went off with a bang in Hua Hin as festivities at Market Village and all of the major hotels welcomed in the year of the tiger. The weekend celebration attracted the usual Bangkok crowd eager to get away from the big smoke to their favour...
  • Hua Hin Hot Topics – Return of the high season

    Following an expected lull over the holiday period the forums have burst into life again with more stories, experiences and information requests from Hua Hin’s visitors and residents. HHAD posted its annual readership stats which showed an increase on t...