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Does Cee still have his English girlfriend?

What happened to Ma,Pa and Seeou.Seeou was running the show when i was there and Cee was just the cocktail boy.

Certainly possible to have a farang guesthouse close to the capital of any Province.As you venture far out into the rice fields there is not a whole lot for a tourist to see.

Had hoped i might have seen the last of the UK royals.I guess he'll be going in to the army now he has finished university.

Here in Nong Khai the only place for a guesthouse is near the town with all the visa run guys passing through.

You would have to be an idiot to set up a guesthouse anywhere else in Nong Khai as no one passes through or comes to visit sites.

I think Patrick is spot on with a Coucal,makes a whooping sound from dense undergrowth.

On every forum there is always someone who loves to come along and hammer the average IQ of contributors

Do not worry.It comes with the territory.If you are going to post to a forum there will always be those whose mental age stuck at single digits and think it's funny to post idiotic ramblings.It takes very little to amuse such a small brain so just filter it out.In My Controls down on the left hand side is a manage ignored users button which can,if you wish, rid you of moronic scousers.

I hear the Bigsnake guesthouse is up for sale,been touted around the banks in the area.

Wow,they sure are getting quicker.When i first came here it could take up to ten months to get a reply back and your passport filled up with under consideration stamps.

The fact that he stuck a huge model of a chicken on his gate post speaks volumes.

I know where you mean,a large rooster on one gate post and a big eagle on the other about 8 km outside Phon Phisai.Know the seller and he still tells the story of how he bought the land for 300,000,filled it and sold it to a farang a short while later for 3,000,000.Chock dee.His relatives own the 10 rai up for sale nearby.No rush to sell as they have a employment agency sending chaps to Taiwan.

I would avoid that stretch anyway mate even if it was cheap as it is on a sharp outside bend of the Mekong.You don't have to have a degree in potology to realise an outside bend on a large powerful river will have heavy bank erosion and in twenty years the plot will be gone.Further up the river in Ban Had Bai they lost 100 rai of land along the riverbank.Heavy rains and water release from the Chinese dams creates havoc.

I would suggest that you survey for a plot on one of the inner bends where you may even have sediment deposits and your plot could get larger.

Bina,i saw some large goat herds around the North Bangkok area roaming freely along the verges of roads ,probably catering to the muslims in the city.A goat farm could possibly also work in the far South.If you set up in Isaan you would have high costs to reach your market.

You can produce your solar heated water with a few large pvc pipes painted black.There are some good photos on one of the threads.

There is a thread with some info on solar,i think it worked out at approx 2 dollars per watt.(400 dollars for a 200 watt panel)Thats 16000 baht for 200 watts,not cheap at all.

However,electricity poles are not cheap either,6000 Baht each a few years ago.

What you should have stated and which would have been far more accurate is something of this order, "I'll just continue to be a Moron and shoot sparks out my ass and maybe someone will pity me!"

Nice to see that one of the sweet talking barrow boys is a member of tv.

wimpy,what's your December 31st price for the Dow then?

There is a street in Udon where every shop along the road has furniture of one kind or another.Not far from the roundabouts.

Don't believe the copy price is going to put any of us into the poor house

I am naturally mean so the sixty odd baht was ten times local amphur copying price.

Those new to Nong Khai immigration might like to know that they do not take kindly to raised voices and demands from farang who walk in.Every time i go there is someone going nuts and last time a guy from London was shouting"Do you know how much property i have in London,do you?"Well they said his application would be done by the end of the day and this was early morning.Also there was a German demanding to see their superiors and he also was told no one was available until the afternoon.He wanted a signature to say he was seen to be alive for his insurance policy.

If you feel a little stressed there is a nice garden and pool out the front in the shade of trees so take a deep breath and pop outside.

You could always do a bit of sightseeing but stay in another area as Kensington is very expensive on the wallet.

Every year when i go to Nong Khai immigration there are slight variations on what needs to be copied depending on who processes the documents.

Last time as well as two copies of Passport front page and visa page with TM card number,they asked for copies of every confirmation pending stamp.

I think they must have shares in the photo copying place out the back.

sezzo,we have had a lot more road blocks in Nong Khai Province for a while now.Used to be only on the main road to Udon but now have them locally along the Mekong.

I understand that heavy drug suppression on the Burmese border means lots of drugs are being brought in by Laos and Cambodians and there have been some big shipments intercepted in Nong Khai.Also some dealers in Bangkok have named their big supplier as being from Nong Khai.

No one's a bigger fan of Mutmee than me,but it can easily fill up in high season.

Certainly cheap at Mutmee but have not been in a dorm room since way back.

Certainly not a wise move to be short sterling,long baht.

I would guess most tv members are expats with a few quid,but in case there are some who are "kee niow" or find themselves stuck in Nong Khai overnight with no dosh there appears to be a 99 Baht per night hotel.Good for backpackers if any stumble across this web site via a search engine.

It is just outside Nong Khai on the road to Phon Phisai,a hundred yards past St Pauls school on your right.There is a large row of shophouses on elevated land with one section having a green 99 Baht a night hotel sign on the roof.

Yep,but she has a full time job.There is always the evenings i suppose.

If you are patient it would appear that Thai interest rates are up an uptrend.Once Thaksin has borrowed all he needs there wont be any spare dosh left in the system and so rates will have to rise to encourage funds to switch.Also rates are rising to control Thai inflation,25 basis points on Thursday last.

The total guarantee on bank deposits is to be gradually reduced to a million Baht so it may be best not to lock in for too long.

Thai stocks sure do have good yields but that is a compensation for the huge risk one takes.