I love living in the tropics. Thailand affords a really nice lifestyle with beaches, restaurants, great food and really interesting flora and fauna. However, something that comes with living anywhere in the tropics is the fact that some of the fauna can do you some serious damage. I come from England, which is a country…
After living in Bangkok for 9 years and having done lots of travelling around Thailand I have settled in Hua Hin. Admittedly the opportunity arose to work here which I was more than happy to take as I’ve always loved Hua Hin and visited it many times, also my wife and I have started a…
Hua Hin is a location that is steeped in Golfing history. The first course was commissioned by the royal family to be built here in 1923. It has become a mecca for both golfers on holiday and people who wish to live / retire here. Here are the main reasons that Hua Hin has become…
Around 15 months ago my wife and I had our first child here in Hua Hin and we’ve recently received the exciting news that we are to become 4 by Christmas so it’s all very exciting at the moment. Knowing we are to be making our way through this process once more prompted me to…
We’ve all seen the stories coming up on our news feeds. Another ‘falang’ has got drunk on holiday, had a motorbike accident, been admitted to the emergency room and they haven’t got any health insurance. So what do they do in order to pay their $10,000 dollar hospital bill. It seems there are only 2…
Having moved from Bangkok to Hua Hin 15 months ago I’m very well situated to discuss the advantages of living in the seaside town over Bangkok, the huge capital city of Thailand. Now don’t get me wrong I think Bangkok is one of the greatest cities in the world; there’s nowhere else like it: it’s…
Having lived here in the Land of Smiles for 10 years now I feel I’m pretty well positioned to comment on what it is that makes a great life as an expat here. We’ve all seen people fall and crumble and head back to their home countries either miserable, heartbroken or penniless (or all 3).…
I was recently having an interesting discussion about whether or not I could ever move back to the UK. The point was being raised about retirees’ pensions going nowhere near as far as they used to, and people are jumping ship to head back to Europe. So I decided to do a little research regarding…
Firstly I’d like to state that I’m very much basing this article around living in Hua Hin. I lived in Bangkok for 9 years and although I love the capital I don’t miss the pollution and the traffic. Hua Hin offers a far healthier, more relaxed lifestyle; it’s been a breath of fresh air to…
There has been a fair bit floating around social media recently regarding what’s best for your child when it comes to education and schooling. A lot of the discussion I have read has centred around schooling in Thailand vs Schooling in the west and Thai Schools (government and private) vs International Schools. The school you…