Hua Hin Live
4 November 2011
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hua hin flooded... with people roads jammed and supplies sketchy as hundreds of thousands flee floods
hua hin, THAILAND The extended public holiday announced last week to help people escape the floods ended on Monday but the town is still inundated with ‘refugees’ from the still threatening waters in Bangkok and elsewhere. There have been no official estimates of how many people have descended on the town in the last week, but the roads have been far busier than the music festivals held earlier this year, such as the Honda Summer Fest, which reportedly attracted a crowd in excess of a hundred thousand, so it is likely that the number is at least double that. On Monday the northbound carriageway of Phetkasem Road was gridlocked for much of the day as many were returning to their homes in Bangkok and elsewhere, despite the fact that there is still a continuing creep of the waters in and around the capital. It has been an interesting test of Hua Hin’s ability to deal with the numbers involved, made more difficult by the scarcity of some foodstuffs, but in general, aside from the traffic jams, parking, bottled water and eggs it seems as if the town has dealt with its own type of flood pretty well. One negative to report is the amount of price gouging that has been going on, with several essential items being doubled or tripled in price, such as eggs, which are normally only about three baht each currently being sold for ten baht apiece in some places. Ironically, given the reason for so many people being in the town, there have also been some water shortages in certain areas as the pressure to take water to higher ground has not been available due to the level of demand, and this should be a warning shot to those in charge of the water supply in the town that there is still work to be doneas hua Hin continues to expand.
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