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If you have the risk to get beaten by a soi dog...will be better to go to a hospital and get a 2 shots preventive rabies vaccination. Avoid to walk over a dog pack. Dogs get more aggressive when in groups..It is a typical "wolf" behavior. If just one attack...will be followed by all

I believe that the population of Chiang Rai Amphur Muang has doubled in the past 5 years. The growth is mostly young educated young Thais looking for quality of life and economic opportunities. I expect that the growth will double again in 5 years. Mae Fah Luang University is growing rapidly with a new medical doctorate and nurse program. A new medical school building is under construction. The engineering department is growing at a rapid rate. Very few retired farangs live in Chiang Rai and I don't see this changing very much. They much rather live in Chiang Mai. The two big bypass roads under construction will help relieve a lot of the north-south traffic through the center of the Chiang Rai city. There is not a lot of need for a new or expanded Highway 118 and I don't expect that it will be built in the next 10 years. They could do some badly needed improvements on 118 that would make it a lot safer to drive.

Hi Donald. I just found out that a 100 talang lot facing the new bypass to the airport was sold for 4 mil. Before the construction of the new road, just 2 years ago, those lots were selling for 1.5 mil. The same is happening with the new mix use townhouses built by the Airport and Bandu main roads, where new housing and commercial projects are in the way. In my opinion, Chiang Rai will develop faster than Chiang Mai, not only because the Chinese tourist traffic.The commercial traffic will use Phayao-Lampang route to Bangkok. Any new industrial development in North Thailand will prefer to be located on that route, than close to Chiang Mai where real estate cost is a lot higher. I can see a future development and increase in real estate cost in Phayao and Lampang too.

Look at this..... https://youtu.be/9RF9wV-57dE

DENGUE MOSQUITO IN ACTION

https://youtu.be/dSm-N-C7BA0

This monster looking creature also can transmit malaria......

PREVENTION IN ACTION

https://youtu.be/3nVQL9t7kns

Easy to make..and looks like works!

Let me know if works.

Before going sleep at night, and after washing all the acne areas with soap, cover all with body powder,. and do that every night. Try for a week to see if makes a difference. If do, continue doing it every night.

Thanks Prayut!

The Trade Pact designed by the big US Corporations and Banks, is not more than an EMBARGO to countries not accepting their commercial rules. That's is why no BRICS countries are on it...even invited. The US is afraid of the emerging economic and commercial power of Brazil, India, China, South Africa.....and other emergent economies. Just in oil Russia and Brazil are richer than the Arab countries...but the case is that the US and its Oil Corporation wants to keep world dependent in oil...on THEIR oil, when already Brazil and India are getting into alternatives sources of energy. The US is not interested in anything that will change its corporation profits. That's all....and that is why this pact still a secret.

A very bad deal for the world's future and peace.

My wife wants to sell her building in Chiang Mai with 7 rooms, fully rented to university students. If you are interested send me a message. The place contains also a 2 rooms/2 bath house, and its is over a 100 wah size lot.

No doubts....if TRUMP become the President of the US. Following the US bankruptcy...Saudi Arabia!

Will be the best accomplishment of his foreign policy.

His dream coming true.

GOOD NEWS!!!!

Trump and Carson may be a good team for President and Vice President of the US.

Trump is insane and he will need an urgent brain surgery..... with a very long convalescence. During that time the US will bankrupt, that it is exactly in what Trump is an expert. After that, Trump will take all the billions he can stole and move to Dubai.

Carson will become the President in substitution, and will have to work very hard to resolve the country's problems. He may succeed.

All Americans will need brain surgery at that time.

God make the World ..and rested.for 7 days.

God make Men ...and rested for 7 years.

God Make Women..and....never God, Men, and the World rested....

Relax.

Nothing really bad will happen until the US have a woman Commander in Chief......but.... that may happens soon.

A woman or a Republican,....!!?!?!?

Hillary Clinton...unfortunately.

God make the World ..and rested.for 7 days.

God make Men ...and rested for 7 years.

God Make Women..and....never God, Men, and the World rested....

Relax.

Nothing really bad will happen until the US have a woman Commander in Chief......but.... that may happens soon.

Thinking in safety, and on the 1 mill range, a AWD drive is a very good option. The best car for the money in that range and AWD is the Subaru show in the picture for 998K...discounted from 1350000 when introduced last year.

The only concern will be the service in Thailand, and the resale value. Subarus are not very popular in Thailand, but have a very good reputation in Japan, and do not sell better in the US because are more expensive than Toyotas and Hondas.

A AWD Honda will be my option over 900K. I do not know if available in the HRV model, my favorite. Very good looking sport SUV.

This one can, and it is the best car cam you can buy for the price, around 1000 thb in Lazada.

MGT Car Camcorder G1W NT96650

Around 600K the best buy will be a 2015 Honda Jazz or City 1.5 for a small car, roomy and powerful.

Good resale value and many good used ones on the market.

The 2015 Ford Fiesta sedan 4 doors automatic 1.5 still selling for under 500K. But service and resale value are not very good.

The 2015 Nissan Almera 1.2 for about 500K may be a good buy for the money, but resale value in Nissan is not so good like Honda and Toyota.

The Toyota Yaris 1.2 for about 550K is a nice car, but is not competition to the Honda Jazz, in space and power.

Over 750K there are a lot of good options, if you wants to spend that kind of money.

Be away of imported cars if you wants to be free of service troubles, and to pay more expensive insurance....but...sometimes... taking a risk in an imported second hand car can be very exciting experience..... if lucky. Even a 15 years old Mercedes Benz, Audi, or BMW, easy to find for under 400K, can beat easily a top of the line 2015 Honda or Toyota in every aspect.

I still missing my 2000 Mercedes Benz 300 CD diesel station wagon I had in the US.....and very difficult to find here.

Nobody will sell a good one. I sold mine for $8,000 in 2010...to move here.

If you find one..let me know.

. How is that possible so soon after winning the Nobel $$. That never happens in Thailand.

OP states

years of illness that left him nearly penniless

Perhaps Philippines hospitals are similar to Thai ones in their charges.

RIP

Hope I'm not off topic. 3 days ago doctor said he would like to see MRI of my shoulder. When I was quoted 13,000 Bt (about 520 AUD) for the procedure I refused.

Wonder why some people claim Thailand a hub of Medical Tourism?

13,000 THB?...Just that for a MRI??? In the US, without insurance, a visit to a hospital emergency room for any reason may cost $500......

No doubts that Trump is a very smart business guy...in the worst sense, but what amaze me is that so many other business people get in trouble because him, and so many people still getting into his sweet talk.

Trump pulls the same scams in many other developments, one I know directly in Baja California, Mexico....but now he is building another in Argentina, starting another in Scotia, and I will be not surprise if he will get into Asia soon. He is the King of Scams....and he may be nominated by the Republican party for the US Presidency.....

Trump never will be elected, what just to see him in the presidential race..it is a shame.

Most carpet material in the US for commercial use is made with nylon fibers, cheaper than any other floor materials, easier to install, clean, fix, and remove, and most commercial spaces in the US have air conditioning.

In Thailand, and many tropical countries, mold is a big problem, and not only in organic fibers carpets.

Interesting.

Now I understand how so many Thai couples working together, making 5000THB a month each, can live decently. In some Western countries, to have the same living, will need to spend at least 10 times more. In many countries, just the AC is a luxury.

Chiang Rai flooded??? My ducks said...not yet!

I just consulted my balls....Trump will be nominated, Clinton too, and she will be the next President.

Sanders? Will have to wait until EVERY American finally awake to the reality.....

In Thailand...and with a good girl?

If you force a French kiss on her in private.....you may face rape charges.....

If you do it in public.... you will be jailed and tortured without charges...

If you do it in front of her family.... you will be cremated against your will...

Negativity? Only from people living in $10,000/month minimum budget in their countries, thinking that can do the same with $1000 in Thailand.

Insurance is good advice, but if you're over 62, good luck, it's outrageous, so you pay or run the risk. Most of us, run the risk.

Not for AIA. The only one that qualify any up to 70 years old, without medical exam, and without pre existing conditions, and it is valid until 80 years old, for under 3000thb/month.

The BIG difference by my own experience, is that Filipino women enjoy sex very much, are not tied up by religion believes, and most speak good English. A Filipino woman is a Western with Asian flavor.