blackcountryboing

Hi, I recently purchased a 1964 Vespa VBB in Pattaya. Its in need of restoration, I have looked and asked around Pattaya but there dont seem to be any specialiality places where i can get it done. Does anyone know of anywhere. Im probally thinking of taking a look in Bangkok as I hear they are more popular there. But I dont have any information on where to start looking.

Can anyone give me some guidance, know of any good places to get it done.

Also anymore Farrangs out there who have a Vespa would be good to hear from you.

Cheers

DB

Hi, I recently purchased a 1964 Vespa VBB in Pattaya. Its in need of restoration, I have looked and asked around Pattaya but there dont seem to be any specialiality places where i can get it done. Does anyone know of anywhere. Im probally thinking of taking a look in Bangkok as I hear they are more popular there. But I dont have any information on where to start looking.

Can anyone give me some guidance, know of any good places to get it done.

Also anymore Farrangs out there who have a Vespa would be good to hear from you.

Cheers

DB

Just seen there is an upadate for Parrallels if anyone has it, downloading it now, apparently it cures all the usb issues with mac... wait and see..

Thanks guys for all the replys.

I have had to use Parrallels version build 1940 2006 as the gprs modem i have only works with Windows. I asked around but could not find a usb gprs modem that supported Mac... is there one out there?

Im out at work for the next couple of weeks and will have another bash at it when i get back to Pattaya before heading up country.

Regards

Dean

Hi,

I have purchased a GPRS USB modem for internet when im up country, however I have to use it on Parralels on my mac. when i try running it i get an error message saying the USB port has been blocked by another application.

Has anyone got any advise on this or any other solutions for using GPRS up country?

Cheers

Many thanks.

Does anyone know of any good stores for this in Pattaya, I have had a look in Home works but dont seem to cheap.

Hi,

I am currently building a house in Si Chomphu (Chum Phae) area of Issan. I would like to know the best place to buy the electric fittings/cable etc? I spend some time in Pattaya and can venture to Kohn Kaen when up North East. Any other info on building supplies would be very useful.

Regards

Hi,

I would like to know where to get GPS mapping for my Garmin GPS CSX. I have been looking around Pattaya but no joy, asking about 13 to 19k. I would like to get mapping for the North East Issan area if possible. A nice set of copied CDS would go down well......

Any ideas.

Cheers

Cheers for the Offer Mobaan, Im in Pattaya at the mo for the next few days got to sort out some admin then will be heading up North. I may give you a shout when im up there. Would be good to see what other farrangs are getting up to and have a look a bit more around the area.

Best get me self off down town to sort me GPRS card out....

Cheers for all the info again.

Boing Boing

Hi,

Thanks so far for the welcomes and advice, every little bit helps.

Lite Beer your Bore hole sounds a right bargain, I have read about some crazy prices on here. I plan on getting the system that will supply the house and then have an irrigation system runninng over the rest of the land.

I have got the land in the Girlfriends name, and not set up anything about the company stuff, i planned that if i had to just take the hit. But i dont think it will ever wind up like that. After all its nothing in comparison to the costs of UK and I prefer the life.

Im looking to develop the land with trees providing fruit etc, and stuff that we can live off. Even have an idea on the back burner to set up some kind of Bushcraft type school in the future.. show people the real Thailand. It just seems some of them have lost lots of there skills and have hit the bottle..... im sure you have all seen it.

Im going to be heading over to Kohn Kaen in the next week or so to seek out some building supplies, i take it they have all the good shops there.

What is the best internet connection to set up if you are in the middle of nowhere? I take it, it will be the Sat dish, but who is the best provider?

On me travels back to Thailand now...

Hi All,

I have been happilly scanning the pages for weeks now gaining valuable information. I have got a plot of land about 5 Rai, I have the land built up and looking to start building soon. I'm just seeing if anyone else is living in the area, and looking for anymore top tips.

I plan on building a single storie house with about 3 bedrooms on a 25m square plot, with the house about 16x16metres.

Im also looking at getting a borehole to supply water to the house and also water vegetable areas.

I have a pond dug to use the soil that is about 20 meteres by 8 metres which i plan to put some fish in.

I will also be keeping about 6 cows and 2 pigs on the land in a seperate area.

Just purchased my Toyota Hilux that im picking up this weekend in Pattaya to help me with the task.

Any info will be helpful. I plan to put some pics on and add bits and pieces as i go along the way as the knowledge i have gained from this site is great.

Cheers

Dean

Boing Boing