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Just finishing a new house near Yasothon and I'm looking for help finding a few locations in or around the town.

 I heard there was lawn turf available somewhere near the bus station but can't find it. Do any of the garden centres have it?

Our truck needs new tyres and if bought online, does anyone know of a friendly local tyre garage who would fit them for a reasonable figure.

Finally, can anyone give me the location where a few foreigners meet up occasionally, again somewhere near the bus station? 

Thanks in anticipation

20 minutes ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

Dan Kwian pottery markets have  many.        Forget the exact price,   but       somewhere around 500 baht, I think.

 

Dan Kwian  is  on Highway 224, ,  south,  between  Korat and  Chok Chai  lies Dan Kwian.   all along the road    thru  the  village  are many pottery works.

Thanks for that. The location you give is a little too far but I will google the potteries name to see what that gives.

I found the ones around Sara Buri where I bought some items maybe 15 years ago, But also too far.

Thanks again.

3 minutes ago, lungbing said:

Our local garden centre has similar to that.  But I'm in Khon Kaen.

Thanks for that. Did you happen to see how much?

Either way, if I don't hear of anything closer, we would drive over to KK.

11 minutes ago, Daffy D said:

Here you go:-

Cheers. Now all I need is where to buy them. anywhere between Yaso and Roi Et.

4 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I could not open that file. Perhaps try posting it as a image (jpeg, png and etc).

I cannot change it, but since your post, I have double left clicked on the link which downlaods it then (on mine) double clicked to open the download. 

That definitely works every time.

Thanks anyway.

I don't know the name of the item I'm looking for so I've enclosed a generic picture similar to what I need.

We have a small piece of empty wall at the front of our new house and we would like to make it a focal point. I suppose it could be called a Thai traditional mural or mosaic but I'm, looking for something made from ceramic tile or stone as per the sample. Only 1.5m x 1.5m would be perfect.

If anyone knows a garden centre or merchants who have these on display in Yasothon or Roi Et, could you please send me details.

Tiled base relief wall plaque of a traditional Thai rural village scene. Thailand S. E. Asia Stock Photo - Alamy.html

11 hours ago, bbko said:

Does the hospital staff read this forum? 

Not necessary in Nakhon Phanom as some Hospital Staff have foreign partners. Word of of mouth will always work.

May I add to the OP that our local staff have also been fantastic on my 4 visits to the local vaccinating centre. I had my 2 and went with the wife for hers.

The village volunteers were also very kind and efficient. Smiling faces everywhere even on the days when they pushed more than 1,000 through.

I'm not in Ubon but I had my second Astra Zeneca only yesterday.

The slip they issued me with before leaving has a 13 digit number 3rd row down which has no meaning to me or my identity. It is in the space saying ID CARD Number.

Maybe this is the number you need.

I opened this forum looking for the above and saw a similar recent one currently under discussion.

I have been married for almost 20 years and the retirement visa has been the best for me for many years. Previously the 400,000 in the bank worked but a wicked and totally unhelpful IO would give my wife a hard time and we needed to make several trips to the bank and neighbours to satisfy her (made up) requirements.

In a few months, due to an unforeseen overseas commitment, I may just fall short of the required 65k/month necessary for the retirement visa. My question is, would I be able to change as per the heading? My current extension is up for renewal next March and if necessary, I would probably need to change around October.

For many reasons, I have always been against using agencies. If others like or need to, then that's OK for them.

If the local office will change for me, I have the following questions.

Will the issue a new marriage visa costing 1,900 thb?

Is the requirement for this visa a 40k/month transfer?

Would I need to complete all the required paperwork (40 sheets as I recall)?

Will we need to visit the local registrar to confirm we are still legally married?

And what else would I/we need to do?

I should be able to find all this out from the Immigration website but I recently learned that even some of the downloadable forms are out of date. Plus I find things a little harder these days in my dotage.

Thanks in advance for any useful advice..

There are hundreds of knockdown house builder videos on YouTube from all around the country. Some featuring foreign customers.

We are interested in viewing some being constructed in the Roi Et area. Unfortunately, the only one we could contact near highway 23 east of town replied they are not allowed to have customers visit because of current covid restrictions.

We have tried a few numbers from Facebook Market Place (maybe on the 214) site but cannot get replies to phone calls.

We would appreciate if anybody in the Roi Et/Mahasarakham/Amnat/Yaso areas can give us any information at all on any of these house builders. Better still phone numbers or Google Map locations. If you have any personal dealing with any such tradesmen, we would also appreciate any comments using pm.

Interprovincial travel permitting, we intend touring around next week searching for these guys.

Thanks in advance

When visiting Nong Phok a few months ago, we saw a few foreigners enjoying a beer near the night market. Unfortunately I couldn't join them on that visit. We are here again until 28/12 but the group was missing last night. I was told they have a new venue as that shop has stopped selling beer. Anyway, if anyone local knows where they now meet, please post me as the wife would like me out of her hair for an hour one evening --- except the 25th..

18 minutes ago, marty147 said:

 

Insulin - sorry, no info.

 

Houses - I've seen a few dotted around on my travels though most seem to be advertised via word-of-mouth.  It might be worth checking out Facebook marketplace where there are 4-5 properties currently showing.

 

Newsletter - this fizzled out many months ago and has not been resurrected.

Thanks for your response Marty. I had a quick look on Facebook but I got one Roi Et page showing a democracy salute followed by a write on the Skipper Garden Coffee place. No house rentals though.

I don't use Facebook a lot but if you saw a specific site with house could you please forward by pm. Thanks.

Shame about the newsletter.

We're thinking about making a move to Roi Et. Already been visiting for a few years, had great treatment from the Thonburi Hospital and generally like the feel of the town. It's also 200 km closer to the wife's family near Phanom Phrai than our current location.

We're due another visit there in a few weeks and would like any helpful suggestions on the following points.

Does anyone know if insulin 70/30 for diabetics can be bought over the counter or is it necessary to register with any of the local hospitals and buy from them?

Anyone know of house rentals? We saw one last year on Ronnachaicharnyut Road on the way to Le 23 Resort.  We passed there again last month and it appeared to be occupied but in a rather untidy state. I've searched the Internet inside out but found nothing.

Has the Roi Et expat monthly circular been restarted? I had a year's issues from the original editor then the new one sort of let it slip and I heard no more.

Anyway, I'd be very grateful if any kind resident can answer any or all of these questions either by pm or open forum.

Thanks in advance.

Unfortunately, not a penny. A few years ago they even stopped the 2,000 Pounds death benefit which I was able to get from my friend's widow only a few years before. 

That said, if you read through the entire pages on Gov.Uk website, there was a clause saying each case would be considered on merit. I made a note of this on my will paperwork and a friend will make a claim for my missus after I've gone.

And if some resident foreigner chooses a hotel which is already full of quarantine cases, for which the hoteliers receive a huge premium on their standard rates, will those quarantine cases be evicted to make rooms available? More importantly, would anyone wish to occupy those rooms regardless of discounts?

This was still happening in a Roi Et hotel last month where they couldn't honour our booking as they had given an entire floor over to quarantines. Car Park had a new security barrier and front door was locked.

In Roi Et for a few more days and unexpectedly need a dentist.

I see there are quite a few clinics around the lake so can anyone recommend a good reasonably priced one. Or, any to avoid.

Thanks in advance.

20 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

A baiting post and the expected replies to it have been removed.

Thanks -- genuinely

Thanks to everyone for taking the time to respond.

3 minutes ago, Peter Denis said:

The window for doing your 90-day report on-line has been enlarged from 15 days before till actual due date.  So if your 90-day report is due today, you could still do it on-line.

As UJ correctly mentioned it is not required to do your 90-day report during the Amnesty-period (till 31 July).

But if you can do it on-line, it is recommended to do so as it is not sure that you would be able to do your NEXT 90-day report on-line, if you let the present due date slip.  And that would force you to do that next one either in person or by mail.

Thanks for that, very useful

Thanks a lot Joe.

Been busy for weeks so my oversight. My 90 day check is due today so too late to even attempt online.

So, my question is, are 90 day checks still unnecessary or was that earlier and now reverted to a must do today requirement?

And, did you ever use the 2 page paperwork you had completed and attached to your first posting.?

My wife wants to go from Nakhon Phanom to Mukdahan, on to Yasothon then finally to Roi Et Province.

Would she need a new set of these papers for every interprovincial move?

4 minutes ago, lopburi3 said:

Am quite sure emergency treatment is still allowed so if in such pain treatment should be provided.  Did you try hospital?  Oil of Clove works wonders for pain and likely means loss of tooth (been there when Dacca became Dhaka and being bombed by India, to the cheers of local population - unreal).

Yes General Hospital also closed. Stopped the cloves for now as pain's receding 

Not in your area, but, probably the same where u are. Four days ago I tried to get any including private dentists and was told Dental Clinics have ALL been closed under the virus laws until further notice.

Strategically placed cloves and strong mouthwash have deadened the pain until I can find one open.