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  To welcome the tourists, the local residents have improved the landscape of a campsite which can now accommodate 1,500 people. Meanwhile, new infrastructures are being constructed to support the increasing number of tourists. 

Never a good sign, "improved" usually meaning cut down any trees or flora, put in as many lights and as much paving as possible. Camping among 1,500 people - nothing beats getting away from the crowds.

18 hours ago, MisterDM said:

I'm Black-American and I've been to the North, Northeast, South of Thailand and, I have been welcomed happily. So,.....There's that. The Northeast in particular has been VERY welcoming to me and, I appreciate their hospitality 

 I think he means sex - 

Cocaine is a poor choice of drug to abuse in Thailand, the quality is abysmal and the price for a bindle that's been trodden beneath every foot between LOS and Colombia is ridiculous. 

To all,

 I am a contributing editor with newsgroup called International Living and am interested in profiling anyone currently working and or retired and living in Myanmar. All this would entail from your side is answering about ten question from a set that I would send you. These will be about living conditions, cost to salary, comparisons with your life there and back in Aus, social life etc. If you have your own business there great. If you are married to a citizen great as well. I can not pay you for taking part in this as there is no budget, but you may feel compensated by knowing your experiences will go forward to help those considering the move. Please contact me here at first and then we move on to direct emails or whatever makes sense. 

To all

I am researching the cost of starting a small cattle ranch either in Laos or Issan. I know nothing about raising cattle and have no intention of doing so, only doing some reasearch for a much larger piece of writing. I am hoping some one can give me some broad figures on what it would take investment wise to buy, build and maintain a small ranch of 50 head of cattle. Any help would be appreciated. 

21 hours ago, Notagain said:

How long is a piece of string ? I know one guy cattle farmer all his life just sold all his cattle as its not worth raising them, beef prices are way too low now. But hey someone will come along soon and tell you how they are making  money doing it, they just dont keep any records of their ROI.

I wasn't asking about profit, Im trying to get a handle on how much investment it would take to start a cattle farm of around 50 head. How much land would cost, building barns, getting special feed, what it might cost per month to maintain that herd. If like Kwaibah you dont want to help me for whatever reason just say so. 

23 hours ago, khwaibah said:

Zero cost as this is a government sponsored and backed operation. I suggest you go back and re read.

I did read it, I wasnt asking how much your feed or the cattle cost, I was asking how much it cost to set up, what did you pay for the land, to build a barn, for the well etc. I wasnt asking you what you paid out of pocket but just for some round figures to guide me. I assume you must have some idea of what the numbers of are - were but if you dont want to help just say so. 

Hey All

  I am doing some research on raising cattle in Laos for an article I'm writing and wonder if anybody can help me out with giving me some figures on the size of your operation, the cost of setting it up and the monthly bill for running it. I understand Laos will be different but these are ball park figures and don't need to be exact. Thanks for any and all help. 

I had my motorcycle stolen from there while I was in Myanmar for the 30 minutes it took to do my visa, the whole place is dodgy avoid if possible. 

11 hours ago, VillageIdiot said:

It's a gal.

But maybe she was fronting for a guy... for whatever reason.

If you recognize the name of the person who 'gave' back what was most likely purchased in river city or some other market in Bangkok She certainly doesn't need a card to remind her she is elite.

Despite the normal TV forum / Thai Expat bitter old men who deride any other foreigner in the country doing anything besides bellying up to the beer bar in order to bitch about soi dogs or their wives or the driving, some come here when they are still young and interested in life. I know it's hard, but I didn't read anything negative comments about the recent volunteers who came here to save the cave boys. But that was two weeks ago and this is Thailand and what have you done for me lately?

On 7/26/2018 at 9:40 AM, pokerface1 said:

Where an injury has occurred to the other driver or passengers it doesn't matter who's fault it is. You will have to pay compensation to them or let the court decide a fair amount. Of course foreigners pay through the nose. 

That's what Iv'e been told by my Thai Wife.   

One of the biggest mistakes foreigners make living here is listening to their Thai wives as if because they are Thai they somehow know all and everything about Thailand. I listen to my friends' wives who don't know either the basic laws of the country or even the local geography. 

It's good to see all the filler material about the wild pigs has finally settled down so we can get back to the real news again. 

The story rings ironic to me as when a biologist friend who has comes to Thailand yearly to conduct research last year had all of his camera traps stolen by the park rangers. 

there are tons of sighs where people dump old spirit houses, normally around a Bodhi tree. Like many Thai customs, you might get a lot of backlash if you cart it off but Thai's will dump them off the back of their pickup trucks like any other piece of garbage. 

2 hours ago, transam said:

Any country has folk with weapons under the bed......

But in Thailand they are not under the bed, they are in the hands of morons and lunatics who use them pretty damn freely. Reminds me of being back in the good ole US of A.