sandman333

Whats all the surprise about?. Everybody in the world knew that once The Pheua Thai party got into power, it, was only a matter of time before they would bring in a law to allow Thaksin to come back. His sister was only they to handle things till he got back and then he would take over power and Government.

Not matter which party is in power you will have corruption. It is just a matter of how corrupt and will it be to the detriment of the people.

Watch out for the next round of demonstrations.

I am really concerend about being able to find the food I like and breakfast being important to me , I wonder about a good British breakfast , Bacon , ham , sasuages, and other food. When in Dubai I could not get bacon in the country. I want my hog .........

Any hotels that serve a good Brit breakfast ?

I've just had a fine Bacon, Ham, Eggs, Toast, Coffee and Orange Juice breakfast at Bon Cafe on Narklua Road.... Since I'm heading back to Saudi this week I'm making the best of these things.

Bacon,ham,eggs for breakfast!!!...Do you have a death wish?..i can hear your arteries hardening from here.

Hi,

Having family up near Sakorn Kakhon and visiting often we are thinking of building a house there. We have about 20 Rai of land and a truck, so that's not a problem.

I just want to ask some of the people who have "been there, done that" to get a few pointers.

This will be more a holiday home than a permanent residence and we are thinking of a single story two bedroom place.

I just wonder how you guys get on with TV / Internet etc. because due to my work I need to be able to check email at the very least once a day and it must be reliable. Is it possible to have sattelite TV/Internet in Issan? The TV isn't critical but would be nice but I must have internet access.

Also, (and I know this is bal park) how much do you think I will need to spend for a small 2 bedroom place, I am getting rough ideas from family between 500,000 and 1,500,000.

Any help and tips about things i haven't mentioned would be welcome.

Thanks in advance.

my girlfrined and I have just built a 3 bedroon house just outside Surin, it cost us just over 1800000baht.Unless you live in the city and can get a landline to your house you will have to use mobile phone connection which is very bad.The signal keeps going off.make sure you own the land youare building on.Thai law is not always clear on ownership.

my girlfriend is a teacher and her grasp of English is limitd ,but at least she has tried to learn.i Rely on her to translate for me to her family and friends.i am trying to learn there are so many ways of saying the same thing. 1 word in English is 5 words in Thai.

Thai's want to learn English but farangs dont want to learn Thai.If you go to live in another country you should learn their language and not expect them to speak yours.I have found it difficult because each region has its own dialect, and in the northwest were i am they speak Kamer.

Hi Everybody,this is my first time here.I am coming to Thailand to teach English in a school.Has anybody heard of Thai Dragonfly, its a charity that does placements in Isaan.I would welcome any comments.By the way , anybody from England living in Korat or Surin I would like to hear from.