villagefarang

This is the Hua Hin I remember.  I am not about to spend my valuable time looking for garbage.????

I find reading this stuff interesting, or at least entertaining, but non of it bears any resemblance to my relationship with my wife.  Not sure I would be married if my life resembled any of this.????

Just now, elgenon said:

What's that blue stuff called?

Not sure but it sure hurts my eyes.

The only time I hear women use Krup, it is anything but offensive.  Usually they are trying to reenforce use of the word with younger male children.  I suppose the Farang could be acting childish and she could be using the same technique she would use with a Thai child.????

Taking her to see snow for the first time was great.  It was offseason in Yosemite National Park with hardly a soul around so the snow was pristine.  Lots of places after that but the first time was amazing.

Skydiving on the North Shore of Oahu and hiking the Grand Canyon were both great shared experiences.

We have been together 22 years so all the little stuff was done long ago and we share similar taste in most things.  She is really into NLP and the Life Coach scene so she is dragging me off to see Tony Robins in Singapore next month.  

The first 10 plus years I was sharing things with her but now she has turned the tables and found some things to share with me.  She has us signed up for a 20 km trail run in Chiang Rai, in a couple months but I am not expecting that to include too much pleasure, guilty or otherwise.????

I believe 57170 covers Wiang Pa Pao.

I have already given you my best guess from the information you provided, so the rest is up to you.

@ballpoint has got it spelled out for you.

I did find a San Sali on Google Maps.

Wiang Pa Pao is the most common spelling and there should probably be a village name connected with 297 Moo 4. ________________

Assuming the basic information is correct, this is the way one would write it without abbreviations.

Mr. Papung

297 Moo 4

Tambon Sasalin

Amphur Wiang Pa Pao

Chiang Rai 57170 Thailand

Tambon and Amphur are local government designations.

3 hours ago, Kadilo said:

3 hours ago, villagefarang said:

I spent my first 20 years in Thailand single and the last 22 years married.   No kids. 

Clearly came over from a young age. You did well to stay single for 20 years 555

Moved here at 23 and was having too much fun to even consider settling down during my twenties and thirties.  In my forties I began to see the writing on the wall and stumbled onto someone I could actually see myself living with for the rest of my life.  When younger I was voted most likely to remain single but I surprised everyone, in the end.

I spent my first 20 years in Thailand single and the last 22 years married.   No kids. 

1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

I never really left home.... 

 

After graduating Uni at 22 yrs old I came over to Thailand and lived in Company accommodation for the first year while working throughout South East Asia on rotation.

At first it was a a job to help with travel, then I realized it was a decent career, I'm still in the same industry two decades later. 

 

Over that period I travel back to the UK a couple of times per year (for a month in the summer and 1-2 weeks over Christmas) and stay at my Parents home in the UK where I still have plenty of belongings and 'stuff'....

 

Although I have my own home, family and life in Thailand part of me still considers my home in the UK, home. 

I can identify in a general way with your situation.  My parents always had a room for me throughout my life.  I had clothes and a few other possessions stored there.  Whenever I visited, I always felt at home.  Having the security of that fallback location emboldened me on my adventures.  I knew I had a safe place to land if I ever stumbled and failed.  I also knew I never wanted to be in a situation where had to use it for any more than brief visit.

28 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

really beautiful. what country is that?

It’s called VFvill, located just North of Wonderful. 

Over the years I have watched things change, when many said they would never change.  Thais will change when they are good and ready and not when we want them to.  It is after all their country not ours.  It takes time to move people who are group oriented and reluctant to rock the boat or deviate from the path they find themselves on.  Without cheap alternative forms of safer transportation it is hard to make inroads into the motorcycle deaths.  People don't necessarily want to ride three or four on a bike but it is either that or stay home and go nowhere, for many.

I have no data to back it up, but my opinion is that Thais where I live tend to be superstitious and don't necessarily feel they have any control over what happens in life, unlike people in the West.  I don't see it as careless, but more to do with their belief in karma and a perceived lack of control over their destiny.  There is plenty of pain and anguish on display at local funerals so it is not they don't care or feel.  They are just more stoic and accepting of death because of the way they celebrate the end of life.

I have not changed my spending habits at all.  I do note the difference in exchange rates from one year to the next but so far I haven't felt the need to change anything.