DILLIGAD

Err.. isn't the logical conclusion to what you posit, is that the increase must be due to something arbitrary .. like taxes?!
 
You can still buy a Cambodian dark ale at the jungle border market close to Nam Yuen ('Bergen's' stamping ground) for 40 baht (ABC stout is better but at 50 baht). Unfortunately you can only bring back 3 cans per person. Take 7 non-drinking family members with you* and you've got a case!
 
I couldn't, the only non-drinkers are under-age!

I think I've seen/heard him at Leo's before. If it's the same guy, he's brilliant....aeehh lovely. Dude bar, mate? 

My new favorite place. Be a cool Dude and try it!

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Time to lift the magic. Jenny was my ex, my best friend and somebody I'm really missing a lot. She passed away last year, in 2017. Sad was that I couldn't even say goodbye to her.
 
But thanks for the good news, will be there. Who's playing??. I hope that isn't too off topic, OP might want to join in with his Missus?
 
     

The temple that caused both countries to shoot at each other? OP, you might feel like home, there's a "Hong Kong Garden" in Sisaket.
 
 

Maybe he lives inside Srisaket city but didn't know I'm going into a jungle.... but that's ok his info comforts me, I don't need to worry about getting modern stuff at there.

 
If you mean me, - not Bergan - you assume right!

I would say, it’s the dangerous riders/drives are more a problem (especially after dark).


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Oh ya...... lottery again.
Seems it's a big thing to them, they talk about it all the time. Always come ask me HEY AWA GIVE ME A NUMBER. Luckily my gf doesn't really into it, she buys lottery sometime but just buy it then leave it and never talk about it.
 
I don't talk so much with people but indeed I need friends sometime. Thats why I join this forum ;-)
It's cool to make friend with Isaan locals but all we know its not so easy.
 
DILLIGAD yes I will keep a very "tight reign" on my money. Once I moved to there I won't make as much money as now.
 
Good to hear I get get most of the modern stuff from Ubon, silly me just worry too much.... 2 more days later I will be in Srisaket and feel the place.
 
 

Perhaps Thai taste buds are different from a farangs, so the beers in LOS are up Thai folks street..When I see and smell what Thai folk eat l could be right..

You will find most of everything you might need (computer, doctor, dentist...) in Ubon city, not in Sisaket city however...there is a big difference in development and wealth between both cities.

 

As far as living in a remote village is concerned, it is first and foremost a matter of taste and personality.

I visited Hong Kong, which I hated like I hated Monaco, because I don't feel good in a concrete jungle.

But for other people, it is the opposite...they hate nature.

 

By the way, you will see that most Isaan villagers are not nature friendly at all: they use massive quantities of pesticides, fertilizers, cut trees without replacing them and kill all the wild animals they can, and would gladly cover most of the land with cement.

 

While in Kantharalak, you might enjoy to visit the Asoke Community which is still living in the traditional Thai way, while being much more productive than the farmers around.

 

Your capacity to live and stay in an Isaan village will depend on how much you can live alone...I personaly spend months at a time without speaking to a foreigner, since there are none in my area...and that doesn't bother me, I never think about it.

 

Yet, do not expect to have with local villagers the kind of conversation you can have in Hong Kong, not only because of the language, but mostly because of the content which may seem rather childish to many foreigners...for example, they will talk for hours about the lottery results, twice a month, and how they played number 47 while the winning number was 57, which was not so far...then they will move on to the ghost that a neighbor just saw last night, and so on.

 

 

 

So true. I always say, when they are not eating, they are talking about eating!

OP, don’t worry about being without essentials in SSK/Ubon.

Things are moving fast and most things are available in shops or by online purchasing. Things that are not, can be sent from Bangkok in a day or 2. It might take you a while to adapt but it’s not impossible. Just go with the flow and keep a very ‘tight reign’ on your finances, is my recommendation. Beware of the ‘get rich quick’ schemes as something that seems too good to be true usually isn’t.

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Begs the question what happened to all the ASEAN free trade agreements

May you live in interesting times. 

Thanks guys for clearing that up. I’m easily confused this early in the morning!!!


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BL is good and consistently good. Thai lager is also good but I find it to be mostly a bit sweeter tasting and also less consistent in quality. The exception in taste I find, and the nearest to BL in being less sweet is, believe it or not, the humble Archaa beer which I am happily supping now as I write this. It is, however, notoriously inconsistent, and not by the bottle, but by the batch. The taste of a bad batch has a slightly rancid edge to it. So when a bad batch arrives in town I stop drinking it in favour or the quite palatable but sweeter taste of Leo. I try Archaa again after about a month as it always eventually returns to its top notch dry taste. The new 4.5% Singha Light also comes close to BL I think but hardly anyone sells it!
 
I also have a theory about BeerLao: Ive been coming to Thailand and doing border runs to Laos for 11yrs now and I reckon that BL was originally indeed quite special and superior. But I reckon that when they introduced BL Gold they re-labeled the original BL as BL Gold and introduced an inferior brew as BL which is still good but not as good as it used to be. And if correct, a very shrewd marketing move. Chang and Singha did similar in Thailand in a different way introducing Archaa and the s h i t e U beer.

Her village name is Kantaraluk (maybe wrong spelled...), really no idea where it is, but we found her sister's house nearby on Google map.

Thanks mate, yep i understand once i moved to there i should stop thinking about the past, im ready to step into the farm do what they do, just need a little bit of internet so I can keep up my freelance design work. At least food is not a problem in her village, and I have a house already, so i can just to make a little spare money from my profession, no more OT and card the time everyday.

Thanks Dave! You live in village or town? The internet is workable at there?

The price is different when it comes by longtail 

Mine came in a Leo box (seriously)!

It was 3 years ago.

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It makes no sense to me at all given how close Issan region is to Laos.  I understand why a quality beer from Belgium or Germany is expensive in Thailand but I really do not understand the pricing at all.  Is Thai beer really that bad?  

Yes. It’s all cheap gassy lager. As they say, same same but different.

Hence the price of BL Dark.

It used to be smuggled across by policemen for 1,000b a box (so they say).

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i love beer Lao regular,  Dark & Gold.   Give them a try.   I visited the brewey just across the border a few years ago was a great experience and recommended.

That’s Beer Lao Dark. Any changes for Beer Lao?????


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Legend Gentleman.
What’s that all about??


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....& VanVan ?!
Wha, wha dat dat ?

I beg your pardon. Thanks a lot !!

Jenny2017 have you still got your fear of water! 555!

Sisaket has also got quite a nice little Aquarium (30b entrance fee) in the center of a large lake.

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