They tend to prefer the high-rise glamour of the Melia Hua Hin Hotel next door, though Thai families do enjoy the bungalows on the Sofitel's adjacent property, called Central Hua Hin Village (Central comes from the hotel's management by the Central Group).

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Plearn Warn is designed to emulate the Hua Hin of old, and it includes reproductions of traditional Thai wooden houses.

WSJ: A Newer Nostalgia

State media said Naw Kham and his subordinates had collaborated with Thai soldiers in launching an attack on the ships, the Hua Ping and Yu Xing.

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