The Fugitive Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 23 minutes ago, Burma Bill said: Yes indeed. I lived in the western extremities of Khon Kaen Province near Chumphae and Phu Wiang. Between the two were the mountains of the Phu Wiang National Park. Also in the region was the Ubonrat Lake (reservoir and dam) which had lakeside resorts including Pattaya 2. Photos of Phu Wiang National Park and Ubonrat Lake. Wow! Location is everything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat is a type of crazy Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 2 hours ago, bignok said: Melbourne is expensive with bad weather. Melbournes not that cold but it is a long winter. Melbourne Australia. Think the others are talking Florida. Hot there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 473geo Posted May 31, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2023 Just visited a couple of moo barns (housing estates) where your neighbour is about 3 mters away ???? Nah, give me a farm in Isaan, with occasional interruptions, open roads most of the day, trouble free cycling, and quiet mostly interspaced with birdsong And a decent sized town 20 minutes away 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 (edited) On 5/30/2023 at 10:19 AM, Rimbuman said: Nice photograph! That was a stock photo - this is one I actually took somewhere around 1993 Edited May 31, 2023 by jerrymahoney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Reginald Prewster Posted June 1, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 2:24 PM, Gecko123 said: My "eureka" moment came when I realized that whenever I considered relocating somewhere else, the goal was always to recreate the same lifestyle which I enjoy here in Thailand, i.e. quiet country living in a village which offered a sense of community. As I fully moved to Isaan Pattaya became for me like a shock of my past. All these warm hearted and helpful people asking for nothing but a meal, standing in the kitchen together and after sitting all together and yek yek with lots of laughing... In the background a crowing rooster, some hens, a few birds singing and a barking frog in the lake.. Countryside: I asked at the immigration for a work permit helping my wife on the farm. The answer was, no Sir, you can help your wife but not outside your farm. Look, you are married and need to help your wife like all husband do, she cannot do alone.. But not outside the Farm, then you need work permit... Pattaya: ...after got trouble for no work permit, helping my wife in the garden... It was Friday, 20.000 Baht or Prison till Monday.. I felt locked in a golden cage... (Just one example why I changed to the better - in my oppinion) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fugitive Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Reginald Prewster said: As I fully moved to Isaan Pattaya became for me like a shock of my past. All these warm hearted and helpful people asking for nothing but a meal, standing in the kitchen together and after sitting all together and yek yek with lots of laughing... In the background a crowing rooster, some hens, a few birds singing and a barking frog in the lake.. Countryside: I asked at the immigration for a work permit helping my wife on the farm. The answer was, no Sir, you can help your wife but not outside your farm. Look, you are married and need to help your wife like all husband do, she cannot do alone.. But not outside the Farm, then you need work permit... Pattaya: ...after got trouble for no work permit, helping my wife in the garden... It was Friday, 20.000 Baht or Prison till Monday.. I felt locked in a golden cage... (Just one example why I changed to the better - in my oppinion) Thanks for your info. The scaremongers always try to worry you about this. There is such a concept as assisting your wife in her business. It is perfectly natural and reasonable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereyougo Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 5/30/2023 at 12:51 PM, Hummin said: It is a decent life ???? How woulld you know? Your post count is typically high for jungle boys. It's fair to say your not hiking through the jungle everyday but more craving conversation with your own people . It's a lonely existance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, whereyougo said: Your post count is typically high for jungle boys. It's fair to say your not hiking through the jungle everyday but more craving conversation with your own people . It's a lonely existance I wish you did know more about me and the life I had and the life I have now, but if that is your image of me, I couldnt care less. We all create our own illusions, and some like to think others do not have a life at all. Could it be a mirror effect? For me, living in any Tourist destination is not anything I want, but I do visit on holidays, or passing by on one of my motorbikes quite often. Have a good day sir 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 Very hot today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, bignok said: Very hot today About 13c this morning ???? Nice and chill actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 26 minutes ago, Hummin said: About 13c this morning ???? Nice and chill actually Feels like 40 now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 5/27/2023 at 8:20 PM, bignok said: it is just dry and dusty. my last thai gf said the same about me after 3 months ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 Couldn't agree more. Issan, can't wait until I get out of here. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 On 5/28/2023 at 7:22 AM, 2009 said: No good work or education. Too many cross eyed hillbillies to worry about We just refer to them as Maga in the states ???? Can spot them by the red hats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Rice Balls Posted June 1, 2023 Share Posted June 1, 2023 23 minutes ago, bignok said: Feels like 40 now but is it a dry heat??? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 1, 2023 Author Share Posted June 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: but is it a dry heat??? ???? Humid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinBoy2 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/27/2023 at 6:56 PM, jerrymahoney said: I have lived at or near both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans California (Pt. Reyes) and Florida (Melbourne). I don't need to be near (as some insist on calling it ) the Thai Ocean. A minimum 25 meter salt water pool does it for me. Lucky man to live in Point Reyes, beautiful part of the world. I was a pauper and lived in Santa Rosa, couldn't afford the Marin stratosphere let alone the national seashore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
save the frogs Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) On 5/31/2023 at 6:34 AM, jerrymahoney said: That was a stock photo - this is one I actually took somewhere around 1993 was the sky actually green back then? Edited June 2, 2023 by save the frogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidneybear Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 On 5/28/2023 at 10:09 AM, bignok said: Nong Khai has potential but its not there. It needs a Central Mall. It needs some more temples. Some better hotels. Undeveloped is charming. Why do so many people want Thai towns to be just like towns in the west, plus extra temples of course. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 17 minutes ago, sidneybear said: Undeveloped is charming. Why do so many people want Thai towns to be just like towns in the west, plus extra temples of course. Khon Kaen has a Central Mall. It is nothing like the west. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereyougo Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 22 hours ago, Hummin said: I wish you did know more about me and the life I had and the life I have now, but if that is your image of me, I couldnt care less. We all create our own illusions, and some like to think others do not have a life at all. Could it be a mirror effect? For me, living in any Tourist destination is not anything I want, but I do visit on holidays, or passing by on one of my motorbikes quite often. Have a good day sir Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrymahoney Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 5 hours ago, save the frogs said: was the sky actually green back then? Old film camera negatives converted to CD-ROM about 15 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted June 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2023 3 hours ago, sidneybear said: Undeveloped is charming. Why do so many people want Thai towns to be just like towns in the west, plus extra temples of course. Quite right, those people who want malls etc might as well stay in farangland 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 3 hours ago, sidneybear said: Undeveloped is charming. Why do so many people want Thai towns to be just like towns in the west, plus extra temples of course. Rubbish! I can’t think of any Thai town that resembles anywhere I have been in the west. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 18 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said: Quite right, those people who want malls etc might as well stay in farangland Where do you live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 15 minutes ago, hotandsticky said: Rubbish! I can’t think of any Thai town that resembles anywhere I have been in the west. Patong and Chaweng are close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotandsticky Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 4 minutes ago, bignok said: Patong and Chaweng are close. To what/where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 (edited) On 5/28/2023 at 7:09 AM, bignok said: Nong Khai has potential but its not there. It needs a Central Mall. It needs some more temples. Do you really need more ... ???? ... or was that sarcasm Edited June 2, 2023 by KhunLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignok Posted June 2, 2023 Author Share Posted June 2, 2023 35 minutes ago, hotandsticky said: To what/where? They look like cheesy western beach areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 48 minutes ago, bignok said: Where do you live? Pattaya but I'd be happy without all the shopping malls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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