7 minutes ago, marin said:

This is the sad part. All my friends have wives that enjoy international travel. Those women who are married to Americans all have 10 year visa's.

My best friend here is from Ohio, then Sweden, and met his second wife here. He goes back to Sweden with her for a few of the warm months then comes back when it starts to get real cold, like November, as he still has a house there.

On 5/29/2026 at 5:57 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Her first video, give her a break, she did well and was pretty which sells it usually

Her first video should be her best, because if she doesn't sell anything, there will not be any more videos.

She sounds like AI, and has just learned what was written for her to say.

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

What are those cities and whats so interesting about them ?

Muslim and Chinese food and culture. Different scenary. Songkhla has beaches, cafes and mountain views. Better than watching Rambo 3 for the 10th time.

I'll believe people live in TH, when they post a vid of themselves in TH. Most never posted a photo of themselves, anywhere. Not that being many places means anything, but does become suspect when not even a photo is taken.

Don't even have to post a photo of you, just your location.

Take it with your phone, and the GPS coordinates will be in the properties, details of.

Tell us where you are, take the photo, screenshot the properties. Until then ...

... you all be suspect, not that any of it matters.

Edited May 30May 30 by KhunLA

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You will be 80yo. Kind of creepy for an 18yo to have an 80yo dad.

Actually she'll be 20 when I'm 80. and what's creepy about being a dad when you're older? The older a father is, the more he can teach his children.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Actually she'll be 20 when I'm 80. and what's creepy about being a dad when you're older? The older a father is, the more he can teach his children.

How can she be 9yo if you only went to Thailand 8 years ago? Obviously not yours then.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

Muslim and Chinese food and culture. Different scenary. Songkhla has beaches, cafes and mountain views. Better than watching Rambo 3 for the 10th time.

I can get Muslim and Chinese for even here in Sisaket province. Mountains I wouldn't visit as they're either mined or have venomous snakes, very unlike those I walked thousands of miles back in America.I can look out my front porch and see mountains, but those have mines so it isn't smart to walk through them. Beaches are all over Thailand's lower areas, from Bangkok south. cafes, food, coffee, all over. I've watched Rambo 3 a dozen times. Just the other day with my daughter for a matter of fact.

7 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You will be 80yo. Kind of creepy for an 18yo to have an 80yo dad.

I am 78, my sons are 38 and 34, my Thai grandson is 6.5. and UK grandkids 6 & 4. What's creepy about that?

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

I can get Muslim and Chinese for even here in Sisaket province. Mountains I wouldn't visit as they're either mined or have venomous snakes, very unlike those I walked thousands of miles back in America.I can look out my front porch and see mountains, but those have mines so it isn't smart to walk through them. Beaches are all over Thailand's lower areas, from Bangkok south. cafes, food, coffee, all over. I've watched Rambo 3 a dozen times. Just the other day with my daughter for a matter of fact.

Watch it 20 times. Amazing movie. Better than real life.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Actually she'll be 20 when I'm 80. and what's creepy about being a dad when you're older? The older a father is, the more he can teach his children.

I waited till I had the time & money, to raise a kid properly. Didn't even need the mother, a wife or a GF to do so

Just felt money & time was more important to raise her properly. Why I avoided playing parent any earlier, as never enough time or money, before retiring, as children should be the priority.

Much older than 46 though, and I probably would have passed on the idea.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

How can she be 9yo if you only went to Thailand 8 years ago? Obviously not yours then.

Seeing you keep missing what I say, or, your words, don't read everything, you might have missed that I went back to Thailand for my honeymoon, to Phuket, where she was created, then went back to Texas to sell my house, then moved back when she was over a year old, meanwhile visiting 4 times during that time. She's surely mine, as she looks a lot like my other daughter, me, has a strong build, unlike her mom or other Thais, was born at 8 months at almost 6 kilos, and shares the same attitudes, along with figuring her mom out very quick.

Edited May 30May 30 by fredwiggy

Just now, fredwiggy said:

Seeing you keep missing what I say, or, your words, don't read everything, you might have missed that I went back to Thailand for my honeymoon, to Phuket, where she was created, then went back to Texas to sell my house, then moved back when she was over a year old, meanwhile visiting 4 times during that time. She's surely mine, as she looks a lot like my other daughter, me, has a strong build, unlike her mom or other Thais, was born at 8 months at over 6 kilos, and shares the same attitudes, along with figuring her mom out very quick.

4 weeks ago you said you weren't from Texas when I said you were.

1 hour ago, Rockyroad said:

I knew more about Thailand 20 years ago then you do in 2026. You moved to Sisaket which is boring. No proper research. Divorced in months. Stuck there doing nothing for 8 years. You still have not visited the most interesting cities.

Okay, Sparky....please tell us what these "most interesting cities" in Thailand are. What about them is interesting?

 

I like Thailand and enjoy living here, but that is primarily for the people, not anything particularly interesting about any city or area. Yes, Ayutthaya is worth a visit. Some of the geography in the upper north west, where one could conceivably call the hills "mountains" is nice. Most cities and towns, however, are same same, been there, done that. If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Drop somebody in Sa Kaeo or any of the small cities on the Maesai to Chiangrai route, and unless he or she saw an Akha person, they couldn't tell the difference. The place would have a Big C, a 7-11, a vegetable market, and a Honda scooter dealer. Absent the nice people and laid back environment, Thailand could be covered in a week.

 

I can contrast that with my admittedly limited experience of having resided in countries like India, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, France, and a few others. An "interesting city" is a place like Jodhpur, with its fort on the hill, it's many souks, and homages to about fifty of Hindu's million plus deities. I've built a collection of ancient tapestries I found there, allowing me to honor the skill of artisans long since dead. Jailsamer is every bit as interesting, and one can stay in a room at the fort built 1100 years ago. Israel has the history of Nazareth, Jerusalem, Masaada, etc. In Japan I can go into the inaka and watch the process of a National Treasure mining iron, making blue steel, and then fashioning that into a Samurai sword or a chisel for woodworking....quality unmatched anywhere else in the world. Saudi has its ancient spice souks and gold markets, incredible Red Sea scuba diving, Turkish trains laying barren in the desert, having been blown up more than 100 years ago by El Awrence. In France, I own an 800 year old castle with its own church, a half dozen fireplaces, 3 foot thick stone walls, hand sewn old oak beams on the ceilings, some of which are 60 feet long, and outbuildings with actual Roman columns supporting the structure (looted hundreds of years ago from 2000 year old Roman structures), all of which sits on 100 acres of mostly wooded land replete with deer and wild boar (on vacation here now). I've spent a few years furnishing it with old neo-Gothic hand carved furniture, as they fit the mood of the structure. In the local Marie's office, I've found old documents detailing owners going back to the late 1400s, which remind me I'm more a custodian than an owner, caring for it before I pass it on to the next lucky person. Even if I wanted to, I could not buy such a place in Thailand, nor know of its history from records kept by the local mayor.

 

Now I will repeat that I do enjoy Thailand, but not for any history or particularly exciting city or geography. Not every place can be as exciting as Jerusalem or with the topographical variety of India, with deserts, jungles and snow capped Himalayan peaks. Nice people, delightful food, and a chilled sort of mood of Thailand that is another nice stop on one's cradle to grave journey. I'm not expert on Thailand, but I think I've run through pretty much all it has to offer. As much as I enjoy Thailand now, I know it's a way station before I move on to whatever the next stop is going to be.

 

So, I'll ask again---and here's your chance to shine---what are these "most interesting cities" of Thailand? What have other members here, most of whom have found their own paradise in Thailand, missed out on? Why are their lives left wanting by what you claim to know so much better?

Oh, and if you want to disparage my home country, go ahead. I know most every city and town is a carbon copy of the others, with Macs, Starbucks, Costco or Walmart, a pizza shop, take out Chinese, and a gun shop. <--- All that is one reason I left and have spent my adult life exploring wherever circumstance and dumb luck took me.

1 minute ago, KhunLA said:

I waited till I had the time & money, to raise a kid properly. Didn't even need the mother, a wife or a GF to do so

Just felt money & time was more important to raise her properly. Why I avoided playing parent any earlier, as never enough time or money, before retiring, as children should be the priority.

Much older than 46 though, and I probably would have passed on the idea.

I wasn't planning to have a child at 60, although things happen, but she's a very smart, beautiful child who's one of the gang already. I had my first at 27. I was doing most of the raising for all of them.

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

4 weeks ago you said you weren't from Texas when I said you were.

I never said I wasn't from Texas. I was born in New Jersey, near NYC, lived there 30 years, then moved to Texas in 1985. I was from Texas before I moved to Thailand. You might be confused with someone else, as you say, you don't read everything.

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

I never said I wasn't from Texas. I was born in New Jersey, near NYC, lived there 30 years, then moved to Texas in 1985. I was from Texas before I moved to Thailand. You might be confused with someone else, as you say, you don't read everything.

No, you said it to me. You don't remember cause you are old.

5 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

I am 78, my sons are 38 and 34, my Thai grandson is 6.5. and UK grandkids 6 & 4. What's creepy about that?

Me 71, mentor to my 27 yr old daughter, and a chip off the ol' block she is.

"Daddy, how do I retire early, like you did ?"

... "RE, and pay the mortgages off ASAP."

Already bought 2 rental properties, and just got another job offer, 97k a month, living expenses <50k a month. Present 30 yr mortgages will be paid off in <15 yrs.

Got her own online thing going, and her younger fiancé makes about the same income as she does.

Good to love a kid that actually listens to you ❤️

Edited May 30May 30 by KhunLA

2 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

No, you said it to me. You don't remember cause you are old.

Show me the post.I remember things when I was 2, and haven't forgotten but very little, so again you are assuming.

9 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I wasn't planning to have a child at 60, although things happen, but she's a very smart, beautiful child who's one of the gang already. I had my first at 27. I was doing most of the raising for all of them.

I was way too irresponsible to have kids prior to retirement. Besides never meeting anyone I considered 'mother' material, or I'd want to be with 'till death do we part'

3 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Show me the post.I remember things when I was 2, and haven't forgotten but very little, so again you are assuming.

Yes, memory is strange in that I can remeber stuff from 3-4 years old, and loads of stuff in between. I can name almost any song from 60-70-80s, but cannot remember what I ate for dinner last night, or where I left my phone.

Personally I thought she explained things very well

Speaks good English

Up to those Watching if they would invest in a Condo to live in there

2 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

Yes, memory is strange in that I can remeber stuff from 3-4 years old, and loads of stuff in between. I can name almost any song from 60-70-80s, but cannot remember what I ate for dinner last night, or where I left my phone.

Same here. A song can come on and I'll know all the lyrics, from the 50's on, but I will go to the kitchen and wonder what the hell I went there for.

2 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I was way too irresponsible to have kids prior to retirement. Besides never meeting anyone I considered 'mother' material, or I'd want to be with 'till death do we part'

That phrase is part of the Christian wedding vows, and should be 'til death us do part' I know it is bad English, and 'until one of us dies' would be much more appropriate these days.

38 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Putting money aside, its nice to retain a property in your home Country , so you can go back and live anytime you like

Awkward to go back anytime one likes as rental contracts are usually for a year. Also renters' laws have changed this month and not in a favourable way to the landlord....It's getting tougher and tougher for those that want to be a landlord in the UK.

Some are getting priced out of ownership with fast and ever increasing taxes and bills coming from everywhere.

As an example, some councils are now charging double on (an already extortionate and perpetually increasing) council tax rate if a property is left unoccupied on periods over 1 year.

But i would absolutely agree, if one is fortunate enough to own a property back home, then doing one's best to keep it and maintain it whilst abroad is prudent and reassuring....................

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I was way too irresponsible to have kids prior to retirement. Besides never meeting anyone I considered 'mother' material, or I'd want to be with 'till death do we part'

I've had children with a few that weren't mother material, so I had to take over, including this one, who gave away her first 2 at 9 and 11 years old, and had the second one bouncing back and forth from grandmas, her ex's mom, her, her first daughter and like a football, passed around until she turned 18, and she's staying again with her sister. It's the main reason I haven't yet been able to do my bucket list of traveling.

1 minute ago, wil iam not said:

That phrase is part of the Christian wedding vows, and should be 'til death us do part' I know it is bad English, and 'until one of us dies' would be much more appropriate these days.

Which ever ... It sounded like a really long time.

That said, been living with present wife 20+ years, and it will be 'till death', one way or the other ...

12 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Got her own online thing going, and her younger fiancé makes about the same income as she does.

Earning how much, doing what online?

I want my 6 year old to retire at 21 in order to look after ME! 555

Edited May 30May 30 by wil iam not
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36 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I'll believe people live in TH, when they post a vid of themselves in TH. Most never posted a photo of themselves, anywhere. Not that being many places means anything, but does become suspect when not even a photo is taken.

Don't even have to post a photo of you, just your location.

Take it with your phone, and the GPS coordinates will be in the properties, details of.

Tell us where you are, take the photo, screenshot the properties. Until then ...

... you all be suspect, not that any of it matters.

You last words say it all. WHY did you post this?

There used to be a place where you could say your location, although many were silly, ficticious places like "Over t'Rainbow, weigh a pie!

Edited May 30May 30 by wil iam not

10 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I've had children with a few that weren't mother material, so I had to take over, including this one, who gave away her first 2 at 9 and 11 years old, and had the second one bouncing back and forth from grandmas, her ex's mom, her, her first daughter and like a football, passed around until she turned 18, and she's staying again with her sister. It's the main reason I haven't yet been able to do my bucket list of traveling.

Every city is the same. No need to travel.

3 minutes ago, wil iam not said:

Earning how much, doing what online?

I want my 6 year old to retire at 221 in order to look after ME! 555

Online fashion (clothes), via shopee & line. Why she took marketing at Uni. First job was with LAZ, managing international brand accounts, just left Samsung for another online vendor.

Hopefully her last (of 5) jobs. Steady pay increases, but the hours put in, just silly. Somehow she finds time for CN, her online business holiday, and just got back from JP, R&R holiday, as wanted to see snow, and fell in love with JP.

Edited May 30May 30 by KhunLA