Hua Hin Municipality Should be Embarresed

[glamont002]

Last week was the inaugural Thailand Golf Classic at Black Mountain. An excellent event to promote Hua Hin. Many top golfers from the European and Asian tours attended. Most stayed in town at the Intercontinental Hotel and where taken by van or shuttle to the course. How was their experience (as well as the experience of the many visitors who came to watch?

Well I am sure they enjoyed the ride. They were driven through town and then turned off the bypass road and past the Hua Hin Dog Shelter. The road leading to the dog shelter was somewhat fixed last year when His Majesty the King paid a visit. Past the shelter the fun begins. Rounding the bend past the big temple they experienced the one of the worst rutted roads in all of Thailand. Pot holes big enough to swallow a small car. Then they turned left onto the road to Black Mountain. I am sure they were travelling slowly due to the numerous potholes so they were able to take in a wonderful view of the litter and rubbish strewn roadside. But they were probably bouncing around so much that maybe they could not take in all the scenery…… I’m sure a few tooth fillings were jarred lose on the ride.

Does anyone think the town leaders were embarrassed by this? Not a chance!

Hua Hin has some of the worst roads of any major tourist destination in Thailand. How mush money was wasted on the repaving and rerouting of Phetkasem road through town? Making U-turn lanes and then ripping them up and two weeks later to start again with a new design. Then yet again. It took months for them to paint the white lines showing the traffic what lanes to use (not that most Thai drivers follow line anyway). Within weeks the white lines turned back due to the poor quality of the asphalt, which contained too much tar and blacked the lines. Now they are all but impossible to see. Total chaos on the road. Seems each day some imbecile puts out traffic cones at different place along the road and at the U-turns, so each day is a new adventure.

Are any of the town leaders embarrassed or concerned by this? Mai Pen Rai.

Lastly a dig at Black Mountain. While all in all the tournament was enjoyable once you survived the trip there, there were some fiascos that Black Mountain needs to address next year (assuming any one comes back). First how about a big sign directly visitors to the off site parking by the water park? Most everyone turned into Black Mountain only to be told to turn around and go back out to the parking. Next the total havoc and chaos at the end on Sunday when the pick up point for the shuttle vans to the parking was totally jammed with no one capable of directing traffic and cars, vans and busses parked to as to make it unmanuverable. Most visitors were forced to walk to the parking lot. Even many Thais who probably had their first experience of walking more than 20 meters…….

[neverdie]

I do hope you feel better getting that off your chest.

I read it all and didn't see anything out of place for Thailand..... Normal run of the mill stuff really.

[tolsti]

I thought golfers liked a good walk?..... At least Mark Twain was allegedly inclined to think so.

[ColdSingha]

i ride that road every day on my road bike (the one with the skinny half inch tyres) and its not that bad.

i'm sure they have seen worse

[UKJASE]

i am sure the golfers dont mind being in the rough every now and then. all par for the course

bring your seat cushion next time mate, as it all sounds a bit too much for your derriere

[geriatrickid]

Sadly, it's true.

Worse, is that the Wat close to the dog shelter seems to host a few events. It's somewhat depressing to see all the garbage and empty whiskey bottles in the wat parking lot.

[casualbiker]

Roads that are outside the municipal have nothing to do with the municipality. You have the highways department for major roads and the the rural roads department for .... Rural roads

[darrendsd]

Not sure if the OP realises that he is a under developed country and was maybe expecting the roads to be strewn with flowers to mark this monumental golf event that in truth not many people care or even heard about?

[roo860]

Hua Hin, gone to the dogs!!!!!!