kflyco

Moved to Ubon from USA several months ago with wife and 3 year old son.  Picked Ubon as it was close to my wife family (about 2 hours) but not too close.  So far have really enjoyed living here.  I suspect that like you, when you have a young one your life and time tends to center around them. So don't have a huge need for hitting the bars or spending large amount of time socialising outside of family. I am still new here, so everyday is an adventure, but in my short time here is what I like about living here.

-Close to family (again not too close) that allows my son to hang out with grandparents, nephews, etc.  He absolutely loves spending time with them.  And...we now have family to help out and allows us to get occasional breaks for ourselves (like a weekend in Bangkok, etc).  A lot of my wife old university friends are also close by making for occasional get togethers.

-There are a number of farrang hangouts and restaurants to get your occasional fix for western food (Outside Inn, Wrong Way Cafe, Spaggo's, Peppers).  Clearly not as extensive as Hua Hin but enough for me and my budget.  The also now have  food delivery called Ubon Heros from a large number of local restaurants.

-Have found a group of westerners who golf twice a week at the two golf courses in the city.  Great group of people and have been very welcoming.  Suspect there are more out there as well.

-Flights to Bangkok are frequent and cheap...around 700B. UBP now has direct flights to Pattaya and Chiang Mai. UBP is easy to get to being located downtown.

-Places to take the little one such as the Ubon Zoo(it is actually pretty nice), waterpark, Pattaya Noi (lake about 30 minutes east of town with banana boats, jet skis, and food). Of course you have the Big C, Central, Tesco that have the kiddie areas.

Thats my two cents.  Have to say I have not been bored in the short time I have been here. Let me know you have any questions.  Good luck.

G/F looking for an internet shop to print, scan and resend me some documents. anyone know of an internet shop that has printer and scanner?

Cheers

Ken