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I used to live in new york city, people were afraid to go there because of the violence, but newspapers and media are deceptive, you only hear about the stuff that makes news, so your head is filled with negatives. I am too old to let fear dictate my life. got a ticket to hat yai. going in march.

Teh Lanna kingdom was ruled by a seperate king from Chiang Mai until 1937 when the two kingdoms merged.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_Kings_of_Lan_Na

North has a reputation of being a bit laid back.

The game in kad farang but it is south of town about 12 k

If it is her cousins land then it should be at family prices. Have someone go to the land office and inquire about recent land sales similar to what you want to purchase. Read up on appraising local property. 350k seems high to me for farm land. Farangs are fair game in turkey season. Also you may want to look into a usufruct or long term lease on the land. I have a contract with my GF and bought family land at 10k per rai for one lot and 25k for another. It is mine until I die. After that it is hers. She acknowledges that all the money is mine in all business dealings. If I have to go to court the judge would take that into consideration.

Don't worry about failure or other people's opinions. Do what you fell is in your best interest. We are free to do whatever our own spirit tells us to do. Who am I to judge another's journey.

You're no longer in the western world. You have to leave western thinking behind. Just try to have fun and you will meet many like minded people along the way. My advise is to wing it and let it happen.

On Sukumvit a few years ago they painted a bicycle path on the sidewalk. Hard to peddle between the shops and street stalls.

I find myself getting grumpy and political or maybe I am just getting old. :-/

My get up and go has got up and went but I take care of a small family and have made a good life for them. What is love but creating happiness.

Nah, in Rotary doing charity work. Stopped drinking 26 years ago. Crazy is ok. Stupid and crazy not so much.

I am in khao lak, the diving store has a trip to the Simian Islands 2 dives (perhaps 3)!!!

They are only interested in the money, B1600. Has nothing to do with fixing any problems. It is just another of many shake downs.

Are the bars closed in Phuket? The rather frantic, accusatory, foul-mouthed posts in this thread seem even more maniacal than usual, suggesting a collective withdrawal from something.

Some of you need to use one of these pacifiers for a few minutes, it may help you relax and regain perspective.

Can you turn it round, I can't get my teeth on it

Life is what you make it, I love it here in chiang mai and I am surrounded by great friends and doing great stuff.

The economy may have something to do with the numbers also, not a lot of disposable income in the USA nowadays.

In the USA, they have the affluence defense, and people have gotten away with murder because they are spoiled brats, all the justice you can afford.

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I am helping the woman at my restaurant. "Huge plates 50 baht"

Send her son to college. I give 2000 a month. He is brilliant and wants to be an aviation engineer. Different way of looking at things I guess.

Expect many arrests. Not as bad as usa where they take your money and accuse you of a crime then you have to sue to get it back. They use it for discretionary purchases like margarita machines.

Start talking to them in Spanish. "If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bull,,,,"

Inside the moat. Un Irish pub

I go to the little print shop across from the Irish pub. I have a retirement visa. They make a wallet sized laminated copy with my visa and photo page. Yeesip baht.

I have on occasion showed it to police and they are impressed. Of course I have a drivers license that works as well.

Feed small pieces to the dogs and keep them hungry. But let it take

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Week or two at least.

Sad and horrific.