THAILAND ~ Hua Hin ~

...  View of the swimming pool in front of  the Anantara Hua Hin Resort (formerly the Royal Garden Village hotel)... Hua Hin is the oldest seaside resort of Thailand and a royal summer resort... by the mid-1920s Hua Hin was a full-fledged resort town for the Bangkok-based nobility... even Kings Rama VI and VII built summer palaces here...  it’s these close links with Thai royalty that ensures Hua Hin won’t become overdeveloped or lose its small-town vibe... but it is also loved with many Thais from Bangkok who want to go on a holiday or weekend getaway... Thanks Jobbo!! My Best Wishes for 2022! (✿◠‿◠)

Hua Hin town was originally named Samore Riang by a small group of settlers who moved there from the north, in around 1834, to escape a severe drought.The name was subsequently changed to Baan Laem Hin before it was given its present name in around 1911.

Since the 1980s, there have been major hotel and residential developments in Hua Hin and there is still a royal residence north of the town known as Phra Ratchawang Klai Kangwon (the Far from Worries Palace).

 Stamp:

King Bhumibol 

(Issued 09-01-1990)