golfpro47

Contrary to what’s been posted and to what most people I knew told me to forget about it and write it off, I chose to ignore what people were saying and decided to fight with a Court Case.

Now my House was in her name yet I kicked her out,due to her gambling whilst I was out of the Country working.

 I found a Solicitor,well the Thai Manager of our Village did, I spoke to him via the Manager a number of times and attended Court also 3 / 4 times and barely uttered a word,it took just under a Year to resolve I got the House and all the contents and she never got 1 baht,so you see you don’t have to write it off or give in, give it a try,consult a Solicitor and take his advice,I did and I received over 4 million baht when I Sold it.

I have lived in Thailand 25 Years and Cambodia was my bolt hole when I needed a change , I visited many many times,usually for 1-2 weeks and always enjoyed my time there,the biggest mistake I made was moving over to Phnom Penh Full  time.Looking  for what I call a decent Condo/Apartment to Rent the ones I viewed were in the 450 600US,I had looked at what Barang were calling good Condos at 300-350US and they were shocking couldn’t believe how some Barang were living. I settled on a playyyce just over 2klms from the City Center,a brand new Building Furnished,they were looking for 650US I offered to pay 550US 6Months in advance and got it for that.

 I didn’t find the food to bad(except the street food)plenty of Euro Restaurants prices decent,but really missed Thai Food.

what surprises me are that most of the comments by people who have lived there  or have visited regularly is they nearly all say cheap beer,cheap and ready available drugs,I often wonder what kind of life they lead when they are the first 2 things they mention.

After about 6Months I was getting bored,relief was my Work as I was Working all around Asia,so at about 9-10 Months I decided I had had enough and moved back to Thailand.

Most of my friends I had there have also departed,some to Thailand,Vietnam and some back to Europe, I am told by people I still know there that they are also considering leaving,they are fed up with the usual things,dirty,attitude,Crime more prevalent and far to many Chinese now with there bad attitude,and of course getting more expensive.

Did I enjoy my long stay there no,did I enjoy my frequent visits prior to moving there most definitely,but my experience living there and the stories I am being told, I am glad I left when I did, I made a big mistake moving there and as such I have never been back.

I lived with a Thai girl for quite a few Years it was a good relationship for most of the time but as a lot of people (Farang)know it doesn’t always last.

 I was working outside of Thailand on a regular basis and things started to change in our relationship and then I found out she has started gambling losing and borrowing money to feed her gambling habit.

Coming Home one time she had asked me to go to a Wedding in Bangkok which I refused due to what had happened at the previous one we went to,after paying for the Whisky and Beer I was “one of the boys”after refusing to buy anymore they all(Thai guys) left the table,so I refused to go to this one.

So she went off to Bangkok with the daughter for 3 Days,I went round to friends of ours to see why they hadn’t been round to our House as they always came round,then the news came to me from them as they wouldn’t come round as my girl wanted them to lie to me about her playing cards,they wouldn’t do that but told me what she had been up to and now had problems with the mafia as she had borrowed from them.

Confronting her when she came back home from Bangkok she eventually told me some of the things she had done to get money to gamble.so with what she told me I kicked her out of the House and next Day started Legal proceedings to get the House back.

 I was confronted by all the Bar Beer Lawyers and the neigh sayers all telling me I was an idiot for trying to get the House back as everything was in her name.

 I took no notice of the doom sayers and pressed on, I hired a Thai Lawyer,it took just under a Year to finalize the Case which I won and got the House back,it cost me 200,000baht but I was very happy the way that the Lawyer performed and thought his Costs were very reasonable,obviously this is a wartered down version of events but if anyone is interested in knowing ask and I will try to help.