To Hull And Back
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issue 3 00
19 September 2014
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Welcome to the 300th issue of AWOL! It is hard to believe that we have
reached this milestone, which almost coincides with another that arrives
at the beginning of October, when we will have been publishing for six
years. A lot has happened in that time, and hopefully we have kept you
abreast of a lot of it.
Looking back on all those issues, it is interesting to see that however much
has changed in Hua Hin (and Cha Am), there is a lot that remains the same,
both good and bad. The good encompasses the unique charm that both
Hua Hin and Cha Am still possess, the tolerance and friendliness that the
majority of the resident Thais show to the sometimes rude and ignorant
people who flock to the towns, the abundance of great restaurants, hotels
and guesthouses and the (now restored in Hua Hin) lovely beaches of the
area. The bad is largely to do with an infrastructure that struggles to keep
pace with the continuing and apparently accelerating growth of the area;
traffic congestion, water shortages, electricty brown and black outs and
telecommunication network outages.
While the authorities have clearly been trying to deal with many of the
issues, most notably the roads currently, it is, to use an appropriate Scottish
analogy as this week’s independence vote occurs, like painting the Forth
Bridge, a never ending job. It is also a job that is hampered by a number of
other things, some of which the current national government has vowed
to address, and has done to some extent. We can but hope that both local
and national government successfully tackles all the problems facing it.
AWOL still loves Hua Hin and its environs, good or bad, for better or worse,
and we hope that our readers and advertisers will continue to love AWOL,
because we can only continue if you do. Lets look forward to the next 300
issues!
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