Years ago , (10 years) I went twice to area called Mae Hong Son 

 

It had a big lake with small paddle boats you could hire 

.is this a good area to retire ?

 

There was a Muslim area I think called Mae Sot ,the people seemed friendly 

 

Does anyone live near these areas ?

 

I don't want to be around tourists so I need to keep away from the Pai area as there are bad Israelis I read 

 

I like to retire to wet rainy hot rainforest areas where no one can bother me as I read my books and compile my statistics on life and make my lists 

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

There was a Muslim area I think called Mae Sot ,the people seemed friendly 

Mae Sot sounds like a nice place, full of Muslims and scamming bloody foreigners.

 

The Mae Sot border area is currently seeing foreigners fleeing from large-scale Myanmar-based online scam (call center) operations, not being scammed by the border itself; thousands were trafficked into these hubs, forced to scam others, and are now escaping crackdowns by Myanmar authorities and international pressure, crossing into Thailand seeking safety, while the original scam centers are being dismantled but continue to pop up elsewhere. Common scams in Thailand near Mae Sot still exist, like the "zig-zag" or gem scams targeting tourists, but the current major story involves victims escaping forced labor in the scam centers near the border. 

17 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Mae Sot sounds like a nice place, full of Muslims and scamming bloody foreigners.

 

The Mae Sot border area is currently seeing foreigners fleeing from large-scale Myanmar-based online scam (call center) operations, not being scammed by the border itself; thousands were trafficked into these hubs, forced to scam others, and are now escaping crackdowns by Myanmar authorities and international pressure, crossing into Thailand seeking safety, while the original scam centers are being dismantled but continue to pop up elsewhere. Common scams in Thailand near Mae Sot still exist, like the "zig-zag" or gem scams targeting tourists, but the current major story involves victims escaping forced labor in the scam centers near the border. 

Oh don't be a party pooper !!

Isn't the rain forest filled with angry monkeys?

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Years ago , (10 years) I went twice to area called Mae Hong Son 

 

It had a big lake with small paddle boats you could hire 

.is this a good area to retire ?

 

There was a Muslim area I think called Mae Sot ,the people seemed friendly 

 

Does anyone live near these areas ?

 

I don't want to be around tourists so I need to keep away from the Pai area as there are bad Israelis I read 

 

I like to retire to wet rainy hot rainforest areas where no one can bother me as I read my books and compile my statistics on life and make my lists 

Sorry matey, no rainforest in that part of Thailand. Your dream is dead already.

18 minutes ago, couchpotato said:

Sorry matey, no rainforest in that part of Thailand. Your dream is dead already.

There is rainforest somewhere 

I'm sure it's up that way 

Not much left in Thailand and not rainforest north of chumpon, mostly jungle forests

 

Surat Thani and shout have some true rainforest left, where Khao Sok with the biggest protected national park. 

MaeHong Son is fabulous during the summer rains and well into the winter.

 

But by the middle of November the forests become very dry and by mid January the PM2.5 pollution becomes a real threat to health.

 

For rainforests, go south, perhaps Surat Thani

Considering you're a hypochondriac, so if and when you ever retire (no free healthcare in TH), then you really need to retire at Chumphon province or below.   If you want clean air about 10 months of the year, less PM2.5 So that you won't have to worry about breathing everyday, just maybe 2 months a year.

 

 

 

And today is a good day at MHS, as I've been there, and you couldn't see the airport from the wat on the hill, and actually closed it, as you couldn't see the hills.  AQI of 200+

 

 

Yes I don't want to get lung cancer 

I need to be in clean air

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

There is rainforest somewhere 

I'm sure it's up that way 

Only when it’s raining. Soon the entire region will be dry and smoke filled.

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes I don't want to get lung cancer 

I need to be in clean air

If you want to live in a rainforest with clean air then move to the top of Waialeale Kauai, after a couple months you’ll want to live in a desert.

52 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes I don't want to get lung cancer 

I need to be in clean air

 

My only negative about TH, a couple months of not so good air.   If daughter didn't live at Krung Thep, we'd live further south.

 

Posted this the other day, this should stress you out, and make you reconsider TH as retirement location 

 

https://aseannow.com/topic/1381186-are-you-leaving-thailand-for-the-burning-season/page/2/#comment-20267969

 

Mae Sot is in Tak, not Mae Hong Son. And the lake with paddle boats you're thinking of might be Ban Rak Thai in Mae Hong Son - not Muslims but ethnic Chinese. 

2 hours ago, lordblackader said:

Ban Rak Thai in Mae Hong Son

…a congested tourist trap.

On 12/12/2025 at 11:50 AM, georgegeorgia said:

where no one can bother me as I read my books and compile my statistics on life and make my lists

And hopefully no internet !

On 12/12/2025 at 3:01 PM, EVENKEEL said:

Isn't the rain forest filled with angry monkeys?

Plenty of angry monkey's about, without going to rain forests.

On 12/12/2025 at 3:47 PM, Hummin said:

Not much left in Thailand and not rainforest north of chumpon, mostly jungle forests

 

Surat Thani and shout have some true rainforest left, where Khao Sok with the biggest protected national park. 

 

I have an ex GF who lives in a village near there .

Got her own house .

Wants me to go and live with  her, but I'm not interested .

Go and live with her if you want  

4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

I have an ex GF who lives in a village near there .

Got her own house .

Wants me to go and live with  her, but I'm not interested .

Go and live with her if you want  

Give me her contact details

Just now, Harrisfan said:

Give me her contact details

 

   What do you want them for ?

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   What do you want them for ?

To go stay with her

Just now, Harrisfan said:

To go stay with her

 

  You will get bored after a few days and move on 

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   What do you want them for ?

To see if she wants her lawn mowed, only 140 bht an hour.....................

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  You will get bored after a few days and move on 

5 or 6 roots be ok

Just now, Harrisfan said:

5 or 6 roots be ok

 

  She will expect that per night , that's partly why I don't want to go back .

She broke my knob and its never worked properly since 

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  She will expect that per night , that's partly why I don't want to go back .

She broke my knob and its never worked properly since 

Mine is bigger and stronger

5 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Mine is bigger and stronger

 

   How big is yours ?

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   How big is yours ?

Are you hitting on me?

12 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Are you hitting on me?

 

   We can compare at the Gym if you want .

You up for it ?