In the article Bangkok to Hua-Hin I explained why I came here.
From what I had seen of the city on the internet, it seemed to me to be a fairly modern and dynamic city. I knew it was a city of 70,000 people, with modern hospitals and several modern shopping malls, and I thought I would find it a very lively city.
In reality, Hua-Hin is a dead city. Not only is it quite run down, there are very old buildings that should have been beautiful but are now very run down and even abandoned, but overall the city is empty.
There are beautiful residences in various places, new or very recent condos where there is no one 
There are also not many people on the beach, and even in the central parts of the city, near the night market, there are far more staff than customers in the bars and restaurants.
I have walked the streets several times at night, in front of every restaurant and bar there are lovely young girls trying to attract the customer, but there are only one or two tables occupied. Similarly, the countless massage parlours seem to be waiting for the customer, sometimes there are four or five girls in front who are chatting, waiting, rather feebly proposing a massage to the westerners passing in front of them, most of the time without much success.
However, following some expat groups on Facebook, I had the impression that there was a certain dynamism in this city.
That doesn’t seem to be the case.
The other reason why this city really seduced me was the amount of golf courses (in principle 12 all over the city).
But again this is a big disappointment for me, not because the golf courses are not nice. The ones I have played so far are beautiful. But the amount of money I have to pay to play golf is very important for my budget and is more or less equivalent to what I have to pay in France or Spain, because although the price of the greenfee is not exaggerated, les or more equivalent as in Europa, I have to add the price of the caddy which is mandatory, and as I came without my equipment I have to rent it every time. In the end, the two rounds of golf I played cost me more than a hundred euros each, more than I would have paid in Europe.
I will come back to the golf part in another article.
Finally, what can I say about Hua Hin?
Being a cheap city in terms of food and travel
and quite quiet, it seems to me an ideal city to have a life like the one I see in the Europeans I observe, i.e. spending time eating, drinking, smoking illegal substances in Europe, often getting very fat (obviously, with their schedule, no time for physical activity), and living with or dating Thai girls, often very pretty (not always) who have the reputation of being very good wives, very devoted, very discreet, and determined to do everything in their power to keep their European husbands happy.
It is definitely not the place where I will spend the rest of my days, although in some respects I like this city very much. I appreciate here, even more than in Bangkok, the real friendliness of the Thais, their sense of service which, contrary to what some evil tongues say, is not only linked to the remuneration they expect, and of course the exceptional quality of the food at a price that defies all competition.
