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Home » Cities » Hua Hin in 1991 (video)
Hua Hin in 1991 (video)
A nice video of Hua Hin in times gone by. This 32-minute film features footage of Hua Hin shot in October 1991, when the popular resort town was a sleepy fishing village back then.
At the time of filming, the Hilton Hotel was still under construction. In Hua Hin, there were mostly unpaved roads, except between the Railway Hotel (Sofitel) and the train station. There were no apartments except for a condo in Takiab. Soi Bintabaht had only one bar called: Ladda bar.
Nice to see what Hua Hin looked like before tourism arrived.
Video: Hua Hin in 1991
Watch the video here:
Very recognizable images for me, because I was in Hua Hin in January 1992.
Also recognizable images for me, except Hilton,
because I was there 1989 for the first time in Hua Hin .
The beach was almost empty then and you don't see many farangs there.
You only had horses back then!
What it is in a short time but from a fishing village
in a mass tourist holiday ladybar multi kulti pension paradies ( ? )
changes .
I was in Hua-Hin in 1990 and 1991 and there was no Hilton under construction then!
I spent a lot of time in the evenings at the Gee restaurant next to the Jed Pee Nong hotel talking to the lady owner about taking over the terrace restaurant. Miss (widow) Gee had rented me a traditional wooden house in the middle of the old center for 70 THB per day including electricity, large fenced garden, 2 bedrooms….
Later I visited Rob & Lisa's Pattana Guesthouse with my Thai girlfriend at the time because Rob & Lisa had to go to the hospital and wanted to go back to the Netherlands because they were actually stuck in Hua-Hin on their way from a world trip. I know how it was at that time, that the Police managed the Motorsytaxi and 'saamlot' and could for example forbid them to take arriving Tourists by bus or train to certain guesthouses.
I didn't see the Hilton again until I vacationed with my kids in Hua-Hin in '97 and heard the first screams of barmaids from downtown. After that I had a guesthouse for another 4 years between the Sheraton and Dusit Thani Hotel, 10 km outside Hua-Hin, but Hua-Hin was chaotic, overrun by toursites, front la in the weekends and a lot of Asians and…..the Russians showed themselves…. that's a bad sign because then the mafia is there too.
The fact that no Hilton was under construction is correct because what is now the Hilton was called the Melia hotel in the 90s, which was indeed built in June-July (then I was in HH on my way to Koh Samui). It went by another name for about a year (forgot which one) and was not taken over by the Hilton until 1999 or 2000. Soi Bintabaht, where I ran a bar for a while at the beginning of this century, only had 1 small bar (Ladda bar) and I was the only foreigner in the nightlife together with a Canadian. And indeed, if everything was closed early, you could strike out in the Gee restaurant. Unforgettable…
http://www.thailand-guide.com/tica/central/melia_hua_hin.htm
Everything went very slowly. No Hamburger chain to be seen in the street scene. You could then really relax without, for example, your mobile phone blaring for attention. Back then you still had to go to a shop to be able to call overseas. Then we went modern and went to an internet cafe or internet shop. That event has also disappeared into the attic of history. Now it's taking a selfie or snapping a picture of your plate of lobster and adding it which is awesome!! and everyone who knows you knows in seconds how great it all is. I sometimes think I had been here 30 years ago. Away from the fast time of now. Get rid of Herman van Veens 'make room, but make room, we are in an incredible hurry.'
Fortunately, there are still places in Thailand where time has stood still.
No wailing mobile and lobster!
Learn to search the deepest within yourself.
My first stay in Hua Hin was in 1985. Indeed, things have changed on the spot, but that is due to supply and demand.