Moving from Korat to Hua Hin (maybe)

spitfire · Member Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 92 Location: Thailand

Dear all,
Having lived in Korat in the northeast of Thailand for 6 years, I have decided to move to shake things up a little and regain the exciting feeling I possessed when I first moved here. I spent a few weeks in Hua hin last year and am considering a move there. I am qualified to teach here and have been doing so in Korat. My main question to you that live there is:
How available is teaching work in Hua Hin?
Secondary question:
Having spoke to a friend that lived in Hua Hin some years ago, I was told to look for a house to rent on the west side of the train tracks, is this a good suggestion? Cheers

dtaai-maai · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject:

Teaching - there are plenty of schools around, but plenty of teachers too. But you should be able to get a job easily enough. If you need to keep working, you'd be best sorting it out before you move (obviously...). If you prefer teaching at university level, jobs are harder to come by.

Renting west - too many ifs and buts to give you a yes/no answer, but obviously the closer you are to the town centre, the more expensive the rent is likely to be. There are lots of threads dealing with this. Presumably you have transport, so, as has been said many times, have a good drive round and look everywhere. There's plenty for all tastes and income levels.

Good luck!
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buksida · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:43 pm Post subject:

Theres a good guide to finding a long term rental here:

http://www.expathuahin.com/renting-huahin.php
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Ellinas2008 · Rookie Joined: 25 Apr 2008 Posts: 24

So what are the salaries for teachers like in Hua Hin?

johnnyk · Guru Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 827

not too difficult to rent west of rot fai, go up soi 88 and look around.
salaries pretty much the same as everywhere else in thailand.
hh will be more expensive to ive than korat, i think.
big money is only at real proper int'l schools which are mostly in bkk - over 100K a month can be earned but its master's degree, strong track record and knowing someone already inside.

Randy Cornhole · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:27 am Post subject:

johnnyk · Guru Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 827