Spent 3 days in Hua Hin last week. Very touristy. Conveniently located by train to Bangkok and southern Malaysia peninsula. Took 6 hour train to Koh Samui area but made a darn good choice finding a great 4 star resort for only $100 per night at Khanom Beach. Hua Hin stayed at a pretty nice Sheraton for only $150 per night but it was rather corporate, not typical Thai. Lots of white Euros in Hua Hin. Climate in February is hot and pretty muggy. Water is almost too warm. A great place for kite surfing. Visited a cave temple and a summer palace on drive down that was absolutely amazing. Truck like everywhere is to go a bit off the radar. Had a 5 star meal including a bottle of whiskey for 3 people for only $45. Thailand has literally zero Americans and that was eye opening. We have been treated like absolute royalty wherever we go. Thai people are incapable of being mean. Unlike Mexico or Hawaii, zero stink eye. I came for dental tourism in Bangkok and have been blown away by price, quality and service. We are from Seattle.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
6 ай бұрын
Thanks mate for watching and giving your feedback on Hua Hin much appreciated glad you enjoyed it so much👍🇹🇭
@ricke6854
5 ай бұрын
Americans tend to stay siloed at 5 star beach front properties, so maybe that's why it seems like zero Yanks, but I did see plenty myself over the past month. Maybe rarer still are Canadians just because of the population difference (less than 1/8 ratio)
@barryoneill-ec9zz
Ай бұрын
Many Americans are here
@PlaneNurd
7 ай бұрын
Hi George, I couldn't agree with you more, so much so that I took the plunge and moved from the UK end of November 23 with my Thai wife and two young children. We thought Hua Hin would be a great place to bring up a family. Fully agree with you about both Pranburi and Sam Roi Yot absolutely beautiful and we love going there often, the beaches are great and not crowded at all. We are loving living here and although its still early days I can't say I'm missing the UK much especially at this time of year! Enjoy all your videos, keep up the good work. All the best
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Cheers mate appreciate that you made a good choice with Hua Hin👍
@AuntyJack123
7 ай бұрын
Does anyone consider air quality when researching this area for retirement? It's awful this year, most days there's a haze over the mountains and the air smells of smoke. AQI around 80-120! Not good enough for me and it's only January. It's Thailand of course so up to you 😂
@epicurean1868
7 ай бұрын
You are in Hua Hin?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Hua Hin is one of the better areas in Thailand never had a problem there myself👍
@gif24gt60
7 ай бұрын
Stay out of the big cities of India then
@AuntyJack123
7 ай бұрын
@@epicurean1868 yes we live near the airport. From the beach you can hardly see Khao Takiap to the south. It's about 15km by road.
@AuntyJack123
7 ай бұрын
@@georgenewmaninthailand2495perhaps you are not looking or smelling. AQI today at 9am is 114.
@SebDangerfield-yu7cm
7 ай бұрын
Prices "exceptionally low"? A miserable 255gramme bottle of HP sauce for the best part of eight quid?!!!
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Maybe that wasn’t the best example 🇹🇭😂😂
@timkdiamond
7 ай бұрын
Straight to the point, no mucking about... Like it. 👍
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Thanks mate👍🇹🇭
@heavanstomergatroid9825
6 ай бұрын
I much preferred Hua Hin to Pattaya/Jomtien, it has everything those places have, but a much better beach life, a bit quieter & super safe too, if I ever retired to Thailand it would be Hua Hin.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
6 ай бұрын
Yes lovely place Hua Hin👍
@leongodwin69
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Geroge. My partner and I are 100% all in for Hua Hin. We had initially thought about doing a phased transition with multiple and ever longer visits ove rthe course of 3-5 years, but now we have decided to go reduce that down to the next 18 months. When it comes to creating a shortlits for long term rentals to view, in your experience is it better to look at the popular online rental sites, or do you think you can get better deals by working directly with a brick and mortar based agent in Hua Hin?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Just find a decent agent in Hua Hin personally I would just visit first and look around and see which area you like then narrow it down a bit👍
@user-cs1xg1rf3n
7 ай бұрын
HP sauce 350B...might put a few punters off 😢
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Yeh that was pretty pricey actually 😂😂
@JaySmith-jh2sd
7 ай бұрын
You can buy HP sauce online from expat foods who deliver forFREE if you spend 1000 baht for 199baht
@user-fe1jg3gs8l
2 ай бұрын
Awesome George. Looking forward to visiting HuaHin. Pattaya is not my scene but Phuket has been great visiting several times .
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it mate🇹🇭😎🙏
@adventurefreaksss
4 ай бұрын
Well done George. Enjoyed this video on Hua Hin!
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
4 ай бұрын
Thanks glad you enjoyed it👍
@BrianSiart
5 ай бұрын
Aloha! One thing I don't think I've ever seen mentioned if there is a cost for weekly trash removal? We have to pay for a service here in Hawaii for 2x a week (but that's because we live on a private road and don't qualify for the C&C pickups).
@intellectualgladiata
7 ай бұрын
Will be there in 5 weeks to kick our retirement off. 😊 Getting excited.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Nice one mate hope it all goes well 😊
@kevinf-b5065
7 ай бұрын
By the way I love Hua Hin, going back next month. Looking forward to seeing Lee Shamrock at Father Teds, Soi 61
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Nice one👍
@user-ei1ct4gn7s
3 ай бұрын
Food costs "exceptionally low" ... lol , lol - yea, for only Thai food .. but, just walk into Villa Foods ( up the road from the hospital going towards Cha Am ) that will generally provide you a "guage" of the cost of farang food sold in every "farang" friendly grocery market ... even Makro ( the only items I buy in there are blueberries and yogurt ) .... the costs of farang groceries will certainly open your eyes and wallet! For fresh fruit and veggies ( limited selections at times ) you are better off going to the outdoor markets ( day or night ) ... way to much traffic in Hua Hin ( super hard to find a place to park ) ...
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for your positivity 👍😂🇹🇭
@gif24gt60
7 ай бұрын
Is hua hin cheaper than jomtien and how is the public transportation compared to jomtien?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
I did a video about this ages ago maybe I’ll do an updated one soon👍
@137dylan
4 ай бұрын
Can you please clarify the two places south of HH you mentioned at 2 mins 40 seconds? One place you say is 30-40 mins, and the other a national park. The captions don't quite pick it up. Thanks!
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
4 ай бұрын
Pranburi national park and Sam Roy Yot National park they are both south of Hua Hin and lovely areas👍
@ricke6854
7 ай бұрын
Nice to see you can get your coveted HP sauce there. For a price, that is...
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
5 ай бұрын
Yes HP sauce for sale👍🇹🇭
@franciscusjohannesburger3720
7 ай бұрын
Goor advise , Thanks ,
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
🇹🇭🇹🇭thanks for watching 👍
@desmcleod2604
7 ай бұрын
Brilliant carnt wait to visit and check out in October
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Nice one mate👍👍
@jss1004
7 ай бұрын
I just spent a month in Hua Hin December 2023 with my gf. I had a great time. Lots of ex-pats.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Yes lovely place glad you enjoyed it 👍
@donleslie3402
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for you channel george, my question is, would about 1800 dollars a month in hua hin be enough to live on comfortably? If not looks like i will be working for another year, thanks. oh sorry to mention will be my wife and i.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
I’ll try and cover cost of living in another video where the amount is about 1700-2000 dollars a month soon because a lot of people have this kind of budget mate 👍
@donleslie3402
7 ай бұрын
Thanks, will be looking out for it
@MBKMA69
7 ай бұрын
Live like bloody royalty on that much.....
@AuntyJack123
7 ай бұрын
Is that 1800 USD or AUD or Canadian or Singapore dollars? Makes a difference. We live nicely enough in this area for about 70,000thb a month for 2 people. Some months there's spare adding up for road trips down south.
@user-ol3uj3fv7f
7 ай бұрын
Never trust estate agents. Friend stitched up by a Property Search company some years back. Too problematic. Also hospitals are expensive for farangs, especially Bangkok Hospital Hua Hin
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and sharing
@KeilikoGreg
6 ай бұрын
Hi George - love your channel. Can you recommend any real estate agents in Hua Hin for rental properties? Thank you!
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
6 ай бұрын
Thanks mate - i sorry mate I don’t really use real estate agents there Lat all and I don’t want to recommend someone I not worked with personally
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
6 ай бұрын
Maybe someone on here can recommend someone they have used 👍
@onesensuousguy
5 ай бұрын
@@georgenewmaninthailand2495 Hi George, How do you find places to live?
@adventurefreaksss
4 ай бұрын
What do rentals start at in Hua HIn these days?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
4 ай бұрын
Depends what area but start as little as 8000 baht one bedroom basic. Depends what you want some decent condos 15000-20000 baht a month
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
4 ай бұрын
But varies a lot mate on area
@ldjohnson22
4 ай бұрын
Great review
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
4 ай бұрын
Cheers mate 👍🇹🇭
@retvet
Ай бұрын
Super boring place to live full time. It's not cheap for Thailand standards and it gets slammed with Bangkoker's every weekend and holiday. It's gotten better since I lived there, but it's still not good. Anything past the railroad station is kind of ghetto, it's almost an odd spectacle when you see this multi-million dollar condo surrounded by tin sheds and garbage dumps. Tiny, pothole filled soi's, some still dirt and little shanties they call bars with some sad looking bar girls working in them, that should be home with their 3 kids. Nice place to visit for no more than a couple months, as long as you don't venture too far off the main road, but terrible place to live full-time if you can't afford to live on or near it. Just my opinion (been in Thailand 15 years).
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
Ай бұрын
Fair play thanks for your comment
@cadlac1533
7 ай бұрын
Follow up, appreciate that.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
👍
@chrisriam1
7 ай бұрын
Where in Hua Hin to find the sausages we see at 0:32?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Tamarind market mate open Friday Saturday Sunday 5pm - Late enjoy 😉
@chrisriam1
7 ай бұрын
Thanks... 🌭🌭🌭
@Roof_Pizza
7 ай бұрын
I like Hua Hun but can see why some wouldn't. Last I was there the latest Hollywood release wasn't in English so you may need to forgo some of these things or drive 3 hours to BKK.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
We are in Thailand 🇹🇭
@WendDesaulniers
6 ай бұрын
Any cheap rentals?
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
6 ай бұрын
Yes just have to look around away from the beach 🇹🇭👍
@freethehamster6737
2 ай бұрын
I don’t know if showing $15 USD HP sauce while saying it is affordable living was the best idea..lol
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
2 ай бұрын
😂😂yeh probably wasn’t a great idea
@kevinf-b5065
7 ай бұрын
It's not an Ocean!!!! It is the Gulf of Thailand which is a sea at best. My OCD but this is the 1st time I've heard a non North American making this mistake.
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
7 ай бұрын
Ha ha 😂🤣🤣
@billytopa
2 ай бұрын
You look like Uncle Leo from Seinfeld
@georgenewmaninthailand2495
2 ай бұрын
Is that a compliment 🇹🇭😂😂
@billytopa
2 ай бұрын
@@georgenewmaninthailand2495 He was very handsome!
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