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sfarkas103 · Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 47

I would appreciate hearing any information on Hua Hin; how much do I have to make to live there in a decent manner, safety, environment, etc.
Also, I am married to a Chinese woman with superb English skills and is a professional translator (we live in the USA now) will there be any work for her and is it a problem for her to come with me?? Thanks

roguegrafix · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 125

Cynically, you'd probably need German to live comfortably in Hua Hin. Seriously 30K baht/month would just suffice to live on the bread line but there are a lot of distractions there (good food etc.). Anything more is definately going to help. Is your Chinese friend an American citizen? That would certainly help and there may be a hint of work teaching Chinese (it's the new trendy language to learn) otherwise, she'd probably find work as a translator, especially if she did it on-line.

sfarkas103 · Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Posts: 47

I appreciate the reply. My wife has a permanent resident card for the USA, but is not yet a citizen and holds a Chinese passport. I have not received any word on salary yet, but I guess from what you say that 50,000+ to be comfortable and 40,000 minimum. With the heavy German influence can I expect proper western standard housing, etc.? Is the environment clean? Again, thanks very much for the response.

roguegrafix · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 125

I haven't been to Hua Hin for about 3 years--I prefer Prachuap Kiri Kahn about 70kms south of it. There will be a wide range of housing available--from bungalows through townhouses to villas. All depends on the price you want to pay. It's certainly cleaner than Bangkok although, in my opinion, the beach in town is pretty grotty but go 10kms either side and it gets better. There is a big ex-pat community there and lots of "food luxuries" similar to those of Bangkok that are hard to impossible to find in smaller rural towns. Obviously, on the coast, the seafood is very good. There is an American university there (Webster I think)--you would be well set up if you could score a job there. Check out other boards (Ajarn.com or Thaivisa.com etc etc) for more up to date info and current prices.