Could you be a beach bum for a year?

[bignok]

This is something for the next 5 years. Get a bungalow on say KPN a motorbike and just relax. Beach daily. Read. Muay Thai. Few beers. 

 

Is this your cup of tea? It sounds good to me.

[stoner]

 

maybe golf ? 

[bignok]

1 minute ago, stoner said:

 

maybe golf ? 

No golf.

[StayinThailand2much]

8 minutes ago, bignok said:

This is something for the next 5 years. Get a bungalow on say KPN a motorbike and just relax. Beach daily. Read. Muay Thai. Few beers. 

 

Is this your cup of tea? It sounds good to me.

 

Would feel bored after one, or, at best, two weeks...

[impulse]

How much foot traffic on the street the barstool faces?

 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Once I retire not too long in the future I have thought of living in Pattaya, Phuket etc. But in September when staying in Koh Chang I thought I could afford to simply stay at the resorts I like for at least a few months. Hopefully get a good deal. Appealing to me. I don't mind the simple life. 

I was watching this guy 'Retired Working for you' today who talks about Thailand and he said about the moving costs to Thailand. I think I might take my normal 7kg bag for the first few months - don't need anything from here. Shorts and tshirts fine by me. 

[bignok]

1 minute ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Once I retire not too long in the future I have thought of living in Pattaya, Phuket etc. But in September when staying in Koh Chang I thought I could afford to simply stay at the resorts I like for at least a few months. Hopefully get a good deal. Appealing to me. I don't mind the simple life. 

I was watching this guy 'Retired Working for you' today who talks about Thailand and he said about the moving costs to Thailand. I think I might take my normal 7kg bag for the first few months - don't need anything from here. Shorts and tshirts fine by me. 

My bag is a duffel bag heavy duty but light. Take carry on. All you need is a few clothes for 6 days. Then wash.

 

 

 

 

[brianthainess]

Being a beach bum in a Bungalow is hardly being a bum. I have stayed for 6 weeks on the beach in a plain bamboo hut, shared ablutions, in my younger years, I didn't want to leave but had to go back for work, I did that for about 4yrs. in a row.

[scubascuba3]

Sounds boring, beaches are boring, nice to look at, drugs might help

Edited December 3, 2023 by scubascuba3

[Lacessit]

Not interested in acquiring a melanoma.

[scubascuba3]

Few beer a day isn't good either, form a habit that could easily lead to alcoholism, see Pattaya, AA available off Buakhao 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

38 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Sounds boring, beaches are boring, nice to look at, drugs might help

Could be. But with a nice girlfriend I can get into the routine fairly easily. 

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

Could be. But with a nice girlfriend I can get into the routine fairly easily. 

i see guys by my condo pool every day cooking themselves like chickens on one of those rotisseries, crazy thing to do

[Fat is a type of crazy]

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

i see guys by my condo pool every day cooking themselves like chickens on one of those rotisseries, crazy thing to do

I am not a sunbather as such. But I like swimming and the beach nearby and since my possible retirement starts in May the few months would be at the start of the wet season which is my favourite time to go - big empty beaches, some intermittent rain but lots of time to swim with cloudy weather and some sunshine  - could stay at a nice hotel too for a good price. Could be that when I have no limits on time as I did in the past it seems less fun. See what happens. 

[bignok]

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

i see guys by my condo pool every day cooking themselves like chickens on one of those rotisseries, crazy thing to do

Go before 10am and after 3pm

[save the frogs]

6 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

i see guys by my condo pool every day cooking themselves like chickens on one of those rotisseries, crazy thing to do

 

there is such a thing as too much sun.

and also too little sun. most people don't get enough. 

 

[KhunLA]

Nah, too small an island.  Same w/Samui, though not a fan anyway.

 

Phuket maybe.  PKK fine, being a long province surfside, so easy to kill a year here.  But one spot, one resort, one town... NO, that would get old fast.

[scubascuba3]

21 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

there is such a thing as too much sun.

and also too little sun. most people don't get enough. 

 

Thais often have vit D deficiency, when i see Thais at golf they are almost totally covered

[stoner]

2 hours ago, bignok said:

No golf.

but mid 70's

[bignok]

Just now, stoner said:

but mid 70's

I gave up. Played enough for 5 lifetimes. If I cant shoot 72 which i cant why bother? After being -1 after 11 holes and shooting 80 i decided enough. 

[stoner]

1 minute ago, bignok said:

I gave up. Played enough for 5 lifetimes. If I cant shoot 72 which i cant why bother? After being -1 after 11 holes and shooting 80 i decided enough. 

 

ya it's not for everyone. 

 

also ps....you sound so lost in life man hope you find your way. 

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, bignok said:

I gave up. Played enough for 5 lifetimes. If I cant shoot 72 which i cant why bother? After being -1 after 11 holes and shooting 80 i decided enough. 

Golf is a good interest to have once retired, easily better than sitting on a beach. A lot of people do give up golf, too difficult, pretend they don't like it

Edited December 3, 2023 by scubascuba3

[bignok]

After 15 +1. Then quadripple, double, bogey. Ended +8. 

 

+7 last 3. Broke my will to play.

[Chris Daley]

Sounds good to me.

[V8M8]

3 hours ago, bignok said:

After 15 +1. Then quadripple, double, bogey. Ended +8. 

 

+7 last 3. Broke my will to play.

Didn't know that the "quadripple" had been introduced to the rules of golf. However, a "Quadruple" is referred to as a "Turkey" and that is a more than adequate lable for someone who can so easily have their will to play broken by scoring a "plus 8". Which, in golfing parlance is actually an 8 over. So, in conclusion, there may be some economical telling of the truth on your part.

Edited December 3, 2023 by V8M8
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[V8M8]

4 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Thais often have vit D deficiency, when i see Thais at golf they are almost totally covered

I don't think that your statement is entirely accurate.

I've played golf with Thais, both men and ladies for many years. They cover up because they just don't want to be black. Bugger all effect on vitiman deficiency over what probably amounts to 4-5 hours being covered up.

[scubascuba3]

5 hours ago, V8M8 said:

I don't think that your statement is entirely accurate.

I've played golf with Thais, both men and ladies for many years. They cover up because they just don't want to be black. Bugger all effect on vitiman deficiency over what probably amounts to 4-5 hours being covered up.

Evidence suggests otherwise. Covering up from the sun to the extreme as they do does have an impact

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685050/#:~:text=[12] conducted the largest-,<50 nmol%2FL).

[EVENKEEL]

It's good not everyone is the same. For me the beach is a magical place, I love it. For decades my living was made traveling the world's oceans. Now retired I love kicking back on the warn sand with a cooler of beer and some herb. A great way to contemplate life. I feel so much healthier with some color on me.

[Prubangboy]

14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

drugs might help

If you can't make a structure for yourself and stick to it, that's where you're headed. Say what you will about booze and drugs, they are very effective and wonderful time fillers.

 

Prob not even one person in a hundred can live an un-externally motivated, unstructured life happily or productively (me neither). In a place where everyone else is either adrift or on vacation (means: temporarily very happy adrift), motivation and traction will be hard to find.

 

Since I moved to Chiang Mai 15 months ago, I've done about a third of what I thought I might do. So a fair bit better than average.

 

But on a less stimulating, less stuff to do-place like the beach?  The people who don't go mad there came with a purpose like yoga-teaching or having a business. The golfers here take some stick, but showing up for the golf game is a very useful way to structure your day or week.

[Prubangboy]

14 hours ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

But with a nice girlfriend I can get into the routine fairly easily. 

 

Perhaps the trickiest, thorniest life style enhancer to line up.

 

My long ago time on Ko Chang often had a guy move into the hut next to me with a girlfriend du jour. I'd ask to move or check out.

 

That lady wants to be back with her friends, not trapped with horny, bored Farang Curuso and nothing to do. Loud fighting ensuing no later than the morning of day 2.