Chantaburi

[Sing_Sling]

Spent the last week in and around Chantaburi opening up another location for our business. Driving around the place I saw several black Africans, presumably Nigerians or Ghanaians due to the gems business, but very few Caucasians.

Nice place, though. Great seafood, the best fruits and seemingly little pollution.

There doesn't seem to be a section on this area of Thailand here - does anyone have any info on this area that would relate to TV? If there is a section and I have overlooked it, my apologies, and please re-direct.

Edited March 12, 2007 by Sing_Sling

[astral]

A few farangs pass though on the way to the Cambodian border at Had Lek.

[Sing_Sling]

Ah . . . and that's it? While driving around the rubber plantations the driver pointed out a few houses here and there owned by Caucasians (German, Brit, Australian) but they don't seem to be here.

Odd, nice place. Much nicer than many other places that seem to be inundated with expats.

[dgoz]

Ah . . . and that's it? While driving around the rubber plantations the driver pointed out a few houses here and there owned by Caucasians (German, Brit, Australian) but they don't seem to be here.

Odd, nice place. Much nicer than many other places that seem to be inundated with expats.

Yes it is, but it's also extremely boring.

You're very brave, expanding (which I guess is investing more money in) a biz in this country.

Best of luck. You'll need it.

[Sing_Sling]

Well, the expansion is self-funding so not a drain on the budet as such and its based on organic growth. Still trying to decide on moving to Thailand or staying here for another few years.

Thankfully the industries we are in can't be buggered about too much by the government . . . . yet!

[ThaiPauly]

I usually go near it on the way to Koh Chang...but they have a bypass now so i have never really seen it..but I dont really think there are many farang living there. Probably 1,000 towns just like it in in LOS where farangs are very few and far between !

[retiredusn]

Ah . . . and that's it? While driving around the rubber plantations the driver pointed out a few houses here and there owned by Caucasians (German, Brit, Australian) but they don't seem to be here.

Odd, nice place. Much nicer than many other places that seem to be inundated with expats.

I live in Chanthaburi and find it very nice. You do not have the lights and glitter of the tourest cities but you do have great air, beach's that are uncrowded and clean, three major department stores and local folks that make you feel wanted.

[Sing_Sling]

I must admit that I found it to be quite 'charming', as far as Asian cities can be charming with the dust and general run-down look.

It's in the middle of the rubber industry in the east and that helps as well.

We only found Robinson's, as far as shopping centres is concerned . . .

[tiger tanaka]

I have lived in Chanthaburi a few years, and I like it generally, but it is a bit quiet. There are a few dozen foreigners around, most of them in the gem business. The locals are still friendly since they rarely deal with the embarrassing jetsam and flotsam of the other tourist places. This region also is fairly prosperous, so there are a lot of very nice, tidy villages and towns in Chanthaburi Province, such as Tha Mai, Laem Sing, or Chao Lao beach. Almost no farang around, which is both good and bad and it helps a lot to speak Thai here. I have been all over Thailand and this is one of my favorite regions for sure. I don't even bother locking my house a lot of the time its that safe, which is a very nice feeling.

Do appreciate the air and water here, especially after returning from the North a few days ago. (Wow, what nasty air up there!) And the great, cheap seafood.

If you have any questions, let me know. I know this area pretty well.

Edited March 15, 2007 by tiger tanaka

[jayjayjayjay]

Spent the last week in and around Chantaburi opening up another location for our business. Driving around the place I saw several black Africans, presumably Nigerians or Ghanaians due to the gems business, but very few Caucasians.

Nice place, though. Great seafood, the best fruits and seemingly little pollution.

There doesn't seem to be a section on this area of Thailand here - does anyone have any info on this area that would relate to TV? If there is a section and I have overlooked it, my apologies, and please re-direct.

Definitely a couple of farangs in Chantaburi.. Dom and Andres are in the gem business, but keep to themselves. You can't miss Dom, drives a Lambo!

[Sing_Sling]

I have lived in Chanthaburi a few years, and I like it generally, but it is a bit quiet. There are a few dozen foreigners around, most of them in the gem business. The locals are still friendly since they rarely deal with the embarrassing jetsam and flotsam of the other tourist places. This region also is fairly prosperous, so there are a lot of very nice, tidy villages and towns in Chanthaburi Province, such as Tha Mai, Laem Sing, or Chao Lao beach. Almost no farang around, which is both good and bad and it helps a lot to speak Thai here. I have been all over Thailand and this is one of my favorite regions for sure. I don't even bother locking my house a lot of the time its that safe, which is a very nice feeling.

Do appreciate the air and water here, especially after returning from the North a few days ago. (Wow, what nasty air up there!) And the great, cheap seafood.

If you have any questions, let me know. I know this area pretty well.

Thanks, tiger tanaka - I will certainly take you up on that. neither my wife nor I speak Thai but are learning it slowlyyyyy. We have a business in Loei and have now opened one up in Chantaburi, the scale of which has now reached the stage where we should be there all the time instead of just every two weeks.

Lambo? we might be mixing in different circles then . . . I can understand people having those cars here (kind of) the roads are good, but would the thing bottom out at every streetcorner?

Yup, cheap seafood!

[mumin999]

Hi guys, my wife is from Chantaburi originally and a couple of years ago we have been able to buy some land in Silarporn Ville and build our own house. We've been to a lot of the places down south including Pattaya, Rayong, Trat and also some of the islands and have to say that Chantaburi is a great place to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and enjoy the nice peaceful life. You do see the odd farang here and there and its generally a nice feeling as you acknowledge each other in the knowledge that theres not many of you around!

Unfortunatey we havent been able to visit this year so our house is currently unoccupied but kept nice and clean by our cousin! If anyone wants to visit and needs a place to stay let me know.

[srifah]

A reminiscence of my maternal grandmother, aunts and uncles, nice breeze with cool air on January morning of the town called Tha Mai; the famous beef noodle soup, ga-bok, durian that sweet with a tint of bitter taste which counldn't find anywhere else, and Chantaboon (that's what people called)-- Sriya-nusorn HS.

The village life made me as an ordinary, simple person that I'm now today.

BTW, for good seafood, try small village at Tha Cha-laap (sp?)

[katana]

Spent the last week in and around Chantaburi opening up another location for our business. Driving around the place I saw several black Africans, presumably Nigerians or Ghanaians due to the gems business, but very few Caucasians.

Nice place, though. Great seafood, the best fruits and seemingly little pollution.

There doesn't seem to be a section on this area of Thailand here - does anyone have any info on this area that would relate to TV? If there is a section and I have overlooked it, my apologies, and please re-direct.

A while back, I came across this slightly surreal report of a trip to Chantaburi fair in 1984:

http://www.samsloan.com/chantabu.htm