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Hua Hin, Thailand 🇹🇭
Verified Digital Nomad Trip Report 📄
Chris Cerra
March 29, 2024
What is Hua Hin, Thailand like for Digital Nomads?
Find out in this Digital Nomad Trip Report covering 4 weeks in this coastal Thai city, described as the “Da Nang of Thailand”, and “Chiang Mai with a beach”…
📆 Time Spent
4 weeks
👥 Traveling As
Couple - Without Pets
📍 Location / Area
Hua Hin
🏡 Accommodation
Studio Condo (Airbnb)
🌐 Internet / Working
Wifi is strong everywhere
If you or need back up, SIM cards and data is very affordable
Plenty of Cafes with strong wifi too ☕
🗣️ Language: Thai
English is spoken everywhere but I learnt some basic greetings in Thai too
🌤️ Weather
Hot all year round, typically ranging from 26 degrees (December) up to 35 degrees (April)
June- September has chances of rain
Pretty humid all year round
🎟️ Public Transport & Infrastructure
Really easy
You can take a tuktuk
Flag down a shared tuktuk style truck
Order a car or bike via Grab app
Or if you want your own transport, you can hire a scooter for the equivalent of $5 a day
Things to do
Kitesurf or Wingfoil on Hua Hin beach
Explore the local National Park
Visit Temples and Caves
Enjoy street food markets and arts & crafts markets
📈 Best things
The affordability. Everything from the food, transport, activities, rent etc…
The 7km long beach of Hua Hin. Lovely to take a stroll along, relax, do water sports, horse-ride or sip a coconut and people watch 🥥
The people. There is a wonderful mix of locals and expats who are all so friendly & welcoming.
📉 Worst things
There doesn’t seem to be a a hub of 'digital/creative' nomads here.
It’s a great place to work but maybe not such a good place to network with other digital nomads.
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Anything Else?
You can secure a really lovely studio or 1 bedroom apartment in many of the apartment blocks in Hua Hin.
Most of them have lovely maintained swimming pools, gyms and gardens - and they’re all very affordable.
If you plan on booking... book for longer than you think! You’ll realise how perfect this location is.
If you plan on drinking good coffee, doing some work, having a go at wind sports, and enjoying incredible local food… It’s place is for you.
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I’d also recommend hiring a scooter & exploring further down the coast.
There’s wonderful secret beaches, caves and a National Park.
✅ Go here if…
You want to live well on a low budget, have access to great coffee shops, good markets and food, whilst also being by the beach.
There are also plenty of gyms if you are into your fitness.
Also go here if you enjoy kitesurfing or wingfoiling. I spent my time working in the morning, and wingfoiling in the afternoon.
❌ Avoid here if…
You want to meet creative digital nomads.
You can find out more about Hua Hin in this video, and see the cost of living here.
This Report Was... |
👏 A Big Thank You To…
Sami Norman, from England, for submitting this report!
Sami’s a digital nomad, and a freelance headhunter. You can connect with her over on Linkedin, and follow her digital nomad journey on instagram.
See you back here next Friday with a fresh Digital Nomad Trip Report 🔵 until then…
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