A recent article in South China Morning Post about the increasing popularity of Huahin, described the seaside town as offering “sandy beaches and good restaurants, without Pattaya’s sleaze”. Harsh. But fair? It reignites an old debate about the relative merits of Huahin and Pattaya, sitting on opposing shores at the upper end of the Gulf of Thailand. Before I wade into this debate, let’s set some parameters. Let’s weigh the merits of both towns as a long weekend or vacation retreat for Bangkok residents. And let’s assume we are talking about the main towns and their immediate surrounds. Your Huahin experience would be very different if you were based in Cha Am or Pranburi. Likewise, you will form a very different view of Pattaya, if you are staying in Jomtien. We will start with the effort required to get there. Granted, it depends on which part of Bangkok you live in. But Pattaya wins this criterion handily. There are two highway options from Bangkok to Pattaya, with no re
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not much of an Apple guy. Never owned an iPhone and never owned a Mac. But I really do like the iPad. One of my curiosities – pre pandemic - was to see how light I can travel, while still being 100% productive. I guess that comes from too many business trips in the past, lugging around big heavy laptops and always hunting for an electrical outlet and a Wi-Fi connection. My laptop is far lighter these days, but an iPad is so much more convenient, as long as you can get real work done . In that blissful period between the first bout of COVID and delta variant, when we were able to move around, go to the office and visit clients – I checked an iPad out of our project stock to see if I could really use it for a full day as my work device. It is the cheapest, most basic iPad 8. Is is protected by a simple cover, no keyboard, no pencil. Because I use it mainly for work, the most frequently used apps are Teams, Outlook, ToDo etc. I rarely use an Apple app