Folks

I have a few questions for you - however, a little bit of background first:

I lived in Thailand from aged 21-28 and worked as an EFL teacher, nice life but financial suicide and it was killing my ambition. I then made a move to the Middle East, started as a teacher, lasted a few months and then got a well paid job. I do business development in the oil sector. Anyways, to cut a long story short, I'm hoping to be out of here by April 2009, I'll have been here 7 years and I'll be turning 35.

I've got a bungalow built and paid for in Rayong but it's not somewhere I want to live - though it suits for familt visits etc. My Thai is pretty good and I can get along with the locals but I need farang company and there just isn't many farangs there and the ones that are there are the type who do their level best to not make eye contact or they dont want another chap invading their wee surfdom - though ofcourse, not all!

Also, I have done pretty well and will be arriving home in Thailand with around 900 - 100,000,000 USD riding on my hip - though I have worked like Kunta Kintey to get it.

So, I am thinking of Hua Hin - quite a few guys working here keep places in Hua Hin and the Mrs likes it. We will also have a toddler by then, fingers crossed.

Anyways, I dont want to blow my capital, Im too young to retire, I don't want to be in the Middle East - I just want to be back in Thailand. And there is zero chance of me going back to pushing the present perfect as an EFL teacher.I will have a little bit of ongoing personal business in the Middle East though nothing that would take up more than 3-4 days a month tops.

My question is what do you guys do there to bring in some living money? Im interested to know how many of you work, how many own a business and what kind and how many just chill and enjoy the fruits of your labour!?

Why do you prefer Hua Hin to say Samui or Phuket? whats the scene like down there for meeting some relatively normal farangs for a few beers?

Cheers

Desertexile

hi there, my name's neil, the mrs is sharon,we live in England at the moment but have just had a house built in Hua Hin. we were going to move to Thailand to live this year but to work or set up a business is a bitch.

So our plan of action is wait till we're 50, 5 years to go, then move there on a retirement visa. we are there back & forth a good 3 times a year, in fact i'm there in 4 weeks time, then august and again december.

How do i do it?...i tapped into the silver market, buy in Bangkok, then bring it back to England and sell it to dealers and on good old Ebay, www.stores.ebay.co.uk/jewellery-company. It pays my mortgage in England £1,200 a month, the trip, and living as the markup is fantastic.

This is one idea for you to make money without breaking your back, i work on the computer about 3 hours a day listing.

The reason we chose Hua Hin, well i went scouting on my own a couple of years back, and that was the friendliest place i found, traveling down from bangkok. With your child on the way, it's ideal, not seedy like pattaya, not expensive like phuket.

If you'd like to know more and see pictures of the house, PM me

regards

neil

with around 900 - 100,000,000 USD riding on my hip [/b

With that sort of money......why not just buy Hua Hin.

Then sit back and relax and decide what you want to do with it

Folks

I have a few questions for you - however, a little bit of background first:

I lived in Thailand from aged 21-28 and worked as an EFL teacher, nice life but financial suicide and it was killing my ambition. I then made a move to the Middle East, started as a teacher, lasted a few months and then got a well paid job. I do business development in the oil sector. Anyways, to cut a long story short, I'm hoping to be out of here by April 2009, I'll have been here 7 years and I'll be turning 35.

I've got a bungalow built and paid for in Rayong but it's not somewhere I want to live - though it suits for familt visits etc. My Thai is pretty good and I can get along with the locals but I need farang company and there just isn't many farangs there and the ones that are there are the type who do their level best to not make eye contact or they dont want another chap invading their wee surfdom - though ofcourse, not all!

Also, I have done pretty well and will be arriving home in Thailand with around 900 - 100,000,000 USD riding on my hip - though I have worked like Kunta Kintey to get it.

So, I am thinking of Hua Hin - quite a few guys working here keep places in Hua Hin and the Mrs likes it. We will also have a toddler by then, fingers crossed.

Anyways, I dont want to blow my capital, Im too young to retire, I don't want to be in the Middle East - I just want to be back in Thailand. And there is zero chance of me going back to pushing the present perfect as an EFL teacher.I will have a little bit of ongoing personal business in the Middle East though nothing that would take up more than 3-4 days a month tops.

My question is what do you guys do there to bring in some living money? Im interested to know how many of you work, how many own a business and what kind and how many just chill and enjoy the fruits of your labour!?

Why do you prefer Hua Hin to say Samui or Phuket? whats the scene like down there for meeting some relatively normal farangs for a few beers?

Cheers

Desertexile

hi there, my name's neil, the mrs is sharon,we live in England at the moment but have just had a house built in Hua Hin. we were going to move to Thailand to live this year but to work or set up a business is a bitch.

So our plan of action is wait till we're 50, 5 years to go, then move there on a retirement visa. we are there back & forth a good 3 times a year, in fact i'm there in 4 weeks time, then august and again december.

How do i do it?...i tapped into the silver market, buy in Bangkok, then bring it back to England and sell it to dealers and on good old Ebay, www.stores.ebay.co.uk/jewellery-company. It pays my mortgage in England £1,200 a month, the trip, and living as the markup is fantastic.

This is one idea for you to make money without breaking your back, i work on the computer about 3 hours a day listing.

The reason we chose Hua Hin, well i went scouting on my own a couple of years back, and that was the friendliest place i found, traveling down from bangkok. With your child on the way, it's ideal, not seedy like pattaya, not expensive like phuket.

If you'd like to know more and see pictures of the house, PM me

neil

good post mate - will definately drop you an email. I know a German chap who does the same but ona large scale to wholesalers etc. Perhaps you two should have a beer, he's often in Hua hin.

with around 900 - 100,000,000 USD riding on my hip [/b

With that sort of money......why not just buy Hua Hin.

Then sit back and relax and decide what you want to do with it

Absolutely..... I have stashed away enough to take a year off already and its tucked away nicely in Thailand! Beers, seafood and lots of chilling.

Assuming you can "manage" on 1 million baht per year (80k per month) and allowing for the offshore interest factor, I reckon you could live on your capital alone for c.45 years. Then you're in the mire!

So, at 80 years old you'll be job hunting!

That's when the kids come in.

Keep breeding - don't worry about working.

desertexile I'm reading that as $100,000,000 USD (One Hundred Million US Dollars) did you mean it to read that? If so I think you should be able to live reasonable comfortable most anywhere.

desertexile I'm reading that as $100,000,000 USD (One Hundred Million US Dollars) did you mean it to read that? If so I think you should be able to live reasonable comfortable most anywhere.

LOL if only....no, it should read 900,000 to 1,000,000 USD

Assuming you can "manage" on 1 million baht per year (80k per month) and allowing for the offshore interest factor, I reckon you could live on your capital alone for c.45 years. Then you're in the mire!

So, at 80 years old you'll be job hunting!

That's when the kids come in.

Keep breeding - don't worry about working.

Think you've kinda missed the point of the OP mate.

Just a lighthearted response - no inferences meant

Wish you well in your pursuits

If you play golf, there are tons of good courses nearby Rayong. Should make for some decent social outings.

My question is what do you guys do there to bring in some living money? Im interested to know how many of you work, how many own a business and what kind and how many just chill and enjoy the fruits of your labour!?

DesertExile, I think that question got lost among the rest of your opening post. I doubt there are many working stiffs among the farang in HuaHin. One guy had the Subway Sandwich franchise, some operate bars and ..shall we say...escort services. The occasional TEFLer, pool hall operator, real estate agent, and Harley mechanic, etc. - not many of those, really. Hardly any oil field business development experts like yourself. Not even many farang cleaning pool studs.

What kind of work are you looking for that would be worth your effort?

DesertExile, I think that question got lost among the rest of your opening post. I doubt there are many working stiffs among the farang in HuaHin. One guy had the Subway Sandwich franchise, some operate bars and ..shall we say...escort services. The occasional TEFLer, pool hall operator, real estate agent, and Harley mechanic, etc. - not many of those, really. Hardly any oil field business development experts like yourself. Not even many farang cleaning pool studs.

What kind of work are you looking for that would be worth your effort?

Escort Service's, where would that be, please pm for detail's.

DesertExile, I think that question got lost among the rest of your opening post. I doubt there are many working stiffs among the farang in HuaHin. One guy had the Subway Sandwich franchise, some operate bars and ..shall we say...escort services. The occasional TEFLer, pool hall operator, real estate agent, and Harley mechanic, etc. - not many of those, really. Hardly any oil field business development experts like yourself. Not even many farang cleaning pool studs.

What kind of work are you looking for that would be worth your effort?

Escort Service's, where would that be, please pm for detail's.

The escort service workers are with the working stiffs.

DesertExile, I think that question got lost among the rest of your opening post. I doubt there are many working stiffs among the farang in HuaHin. One guy had the Subway Sandwich franchise, some operate bars and ..shall we say...escort services. The occasional TEFLer, pool hall operator, real estate agent, and Harley mechanic, etc. - not many of those, really. Hardly any oil field business development experts like yourself. Not even many farang cleaning pool studs.

What kind of work are you looking for that would be worth your effort?

Yeh, the opening post was meant to give some background - short one line posts rarely get the meaning accross.

I'm more interested in what the folks who work actually do - but you outlined some of the occupations atleast. I'm sure i'll be able to open some kind of business after a year or so.

I certainly dont want a stressful job even if it is disgustingly over paid . However, I'd rather clean pools than teach TEFL. Too many fuc_k ups and never has beens in that game.

Hua Hin is nice but if you are starting a family then good international schools are non-existent down there.

Personally Id invest your capital to make your $ then choose whatever it is that you want to do that will fullfill your sense of purpose and stop you going crazy with boredom without expecting too much financial reward from it. Good luck

Hua Hin is nice but if you are starting a family then good international schools are non-existent down there.

Personally Id invest your capital to make your $ then choose whatever it is that you want to do that will fullfill your sense of purpose and stop you going crazy with boredom without expecting too much financial reward from it. Good luck

That's the ONLY thing stopping me from being in Hua Hin BUT it's something i can't do anything about & if that's the case, i have to sacrifice for the sake of the little Person..

With a million dollars in a savings account (never mind smarter investing) you could conceivably make 50,000 dollars a year at 5%

More than enough to retire on in my opinion, and continue investing.

Of course there will be others posting that I'm wrong.....but I've never had a million dollars to play with.....only dreams.