pinkpanther99

I just saw a post on Facebook which claimed that Hua Hin Immigration will move to a huge new office on Tabtai Rd,Nong Khon and next to the Smart House Village1.

The post said this will become the new provinicial Immigration HQ.

I've no idea if this is true. Anyone else heard anything?

Here are some photos of the construction of the new building which will be ready on November 2016

My friend is head of security at an airport in Italy and when we recently visited Samui he couldn't believe how lax the security was.

Lets hope this new renovation fixes some of those issues

Prachuap Khiri Khan - anywhere just south of Hua Hin all the way down to Chumpon has some very quiet beach spots if that is what you are looking for. It's not uncommon to have the whole beach to yourself, especially during the week.

As others have said, Simon Calder is a respected travel writer. This article however, is not his finest work and is utter crap.

I like Inbox by Google. I previously liked Mailbox but that has closed down now, same kind of thing to Inbox

Considering Thailand's strict defamation laws, Thai media is well known for saying all manner of inaccurate things about people, normally poor people who can't afford to sue.

RIP to the lady and hope the British guy gets justice for his wife

Yes, and well they might.

It's quite staggering that those of us who live in HH are regularly left without water, yet just down the road they are building this thing.

Villas at this place start at 40 million baht. I can't imagine who on earth would spend 40 million baht on a house in hua hin but there you go.

On the ball reporting, happened on 14th ?

Very sad indeed though, RIP

Likely not reported before because it is being kept out of the Thai media for the fear of negative impact on tourism.

Notice this is from a source in Switzerland, not in Thailand.

Absolutely tragic story. RIP

I trust the people or organisation responsible will never be brought to justice over this gross negligence

Thanks very much

Hi

Where would a farang apply for a marriage or retirement extension if they live in Nakon Nayok?

Does Nakon Nayok have its own immigration office or would you have to go to Bangkok?

Also when applying for a marriage or retirement ext do you need to apply in the province where you live or could you do it in say Udon Thani, or some other province that you happened to be visiting in a couple of weeks?

Thanks

Good to see the OP has his finger on the pulse!

Seriously where have you been?

This story was huge, even covered on the BBC

What's the cost of your average dash cam?

I take it is it easy enough to get them installed in Thailand?

Are dash cams generally only available online or are they for sale in stores here?

After reading the headline I expected something entirely different.

My mistake.

Well for once it seems that this one actually was a suicide.

RIP

yes, and beggars is exactly what they are.

Why the hell would you do this?

Good on the Thai people for helping them but the authorities shouldn't allow this imo.

Shopping for ladies shoes with an iPhone in his hand.

This sums up Buddhism in Thailand

JHolmesJr, I think you've kind of hit the nail on the head. That's been my suspicion for a while.

Before I moved here I lived in Singapore where finding and dating attractive women was extremely easy, but perhaps I'm too nerdy for Thai women.

I assume the hi-so girls are less interested in the bad boy type; am I wrong on that?

Thai women don't care if you're nerdy, most of them wouldn't be able to tell if this was the case or not.

You're 35, right? And herein lies the problem.

From what I can see most Thai women have a real thing for western men twice their age and three times their size.

Sounds to me like you're not what most of them are looking for.

Yes, I would agree.

Just out of my fairly small social circle, there are 5 friends/acquaintances who have left Thailand. Two were here on ED visas and couldn't get them renewed. One was a guy who had lived in Thailand on tourist visas for years and the other two were teachers who didn't have degrees (and who were also on here on tourist visas).

Thailand has made it quite clear it isn't interested in foreigners staying here long term. It wants the two week holiday maker now.

There is a lot of miss information here.

A foreigner setting up a company for the purpose of buying a house is illegal. No two ways about it.

Foreigners can own any property in Thailand 100% in their name, they just can't own the land it sits on.

Therefore, buy the house, put it in your name and set up a usufruct to give you as much security as a foreigner can get when 'buying' property here.

If you're still worried - rent.

The other issue with going down the company route for buying property is that it is likely you will have no idea who the Thai shareholders are of 'your' company. It's a mess. There was recently a BBC video report posted on here about a guy who went down this route to buy houses in Phuket and seriously screwed over. Why put yourself at risk?

The govt have already started cracking down on a similar practice regarding foreigners who zig zag the rules to 'own' businesses in Thailand. It is only matter of time before this loophole of setting up companies to buy houses in closed too, in my opinion.

Student repair service?

Is this to patch them up after they've been shooting one another?

What a load of rubbish.

If it was a Thai saying this 'we' (and I include myself in that) would be ridiculing him for his comments.

But because a group of western scientists claim 'Doomsday' is imminent we are expected to take what they say seriously.

Pull the other one.

And they wonder why the Thai aviation industry is in a mess

19 degrees in Hua Hin this morning. It's feeling a bit fresh! Actually makes a nice change. I hope it lasts a week

Yes very lucky they were wearing a seatbelt.

Also very lucky the black car didn't slam into a school bus, a pick up with 20+ people in the back, a group of cyclists or someone on a motorbike.

Looks like the black car was probably trying to pull off some ridiculous overtaking but then again, how many time have we seen that?

In some parts Hua Hin there are always problems due to a lack of water as the province receives such little rainfall.

But this week we were told our communal pool is out of action due to a lack of water.

I dont want to think how bad it will be come April when it starts to get really hot.

What about when it's Songkran and they start with the water fights?