PattaniMan Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Relative to where you live, how far away is the nearest farang? Answers might be: 1. in the apartment next to me 2. three houses away 3. I'm in soi 2 -- there's a German guy over in soi 8 4. there's that fat guy on the other side of town -- about half a mile away 5. 2 villages away -- probably about 6 miles from here 6. what's a farang? As for me, the Red Cross guys quit town a few weeks back and I may now be the only farang for miles and miles and miles. The last time I saw a farang was more than a month ago in Had Yai -- about 100km from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submaniac Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Your isolation may be due to the fact that you are in Pattani. With all the unrest down their my family moved out of the area because it was too dangerous...and they were Thai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The only foreigner -other than I- in my village is a South-Korean industrial tycoon. There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beano2274 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The only foreigner -other than I- in my village is a South-Korean industrial tycoon. There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Am sure you see loads of foreigners rushing to get to Immigration in the mornings as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaethon Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Are you showering often enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattaniMan Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Cruel but true! It's always good to enjoy a beer while watching sad farangs rushing to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Gourmet mate they're most probably sad because they're thinking " Look at that destitute old alkie who needs a beer for breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. Shit it's the rapture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 If you are in Pattani then you got the answer, even most Thai don't even dream of visiting the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The only foreigner -other than I- in my village is a South-Korean industrial tycoon. There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Am sure you see loads of foreigners rushing to get to Immigration in the mornings as well. Correct... Even -from time to time when I am in a good mood- I am giving them a lift to the nearest taxi stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The closer farangs are the teachers at Kasintorn St-Peter school -several kilometers away-, but I only see their sad faces when I am having a morning beer in the market, while they are rushing to go to work. Gourmet mate they're most probably sad because they're thinking " Look at that destitute old alkie who needs a beer for breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 5 doors up. i live in the sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. Shit it's the rapture! Scary.... I wonder if there was a sudden increase of stock at the second hand clothes shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 There were a group of mormons who rented a villa, a year -or so- ago, but they mysteriously disappeared. Shit it's the rapture! I'm not exactly surprised that I'm still here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The last one that I saw was two weeks ago when I went to Tesco in Singburi 105 kilometers from my home. We looked at each other and grunted hello. Ilive in farmland, the last house and electric pole on a dirt road in the middle of sugar cand and corn fields 13 kilomters from the nearest small town on love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xthAi76s Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) Are we talking only about Falangs (White foreigners), or can we expand it to include all non-Thais? Edited November 28, 2011 by ThailandMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckamuck Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Currently there are farangs in my Moo Bahn, but I am almost finished building my house in the sticks. There is a house about 25 minutes drive from my new place that is rumored to belong to an Italian. Other than that it is probably an hours drive to find the next paleskin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosha Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I'm in the sticks, and 16km from the nearest current resident Farang. Little English, so we don't meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinscarr Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I think the nearest Farangs live about 15 kms away. Usually see one or two when I go to Tesco Lotus in Salok Bat, Changwat Kampaeng Phet. We usually exchange a nod and a 'hello' and continue on our separate ways. If I'd needed Farang company I'd be living in Bangers, Pattaya or perhaps Chiang Mai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lomatopo Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Alive or dead? Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrfeild Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The Nearest farang is about 80klm away. I'm well up country. There are no other resident farang in the area. I can't say I miss being amongst other farangs. from those I have had contact with. Well I'd rather not bother with them. Only a couple guys worth chatting to when I do go to the provincial city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Houses around me are full of germans and poms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The further, the better. It would be nice if my nearest European neighbor was living in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattaniMan Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 The Nearest farang is about 80klm away. I'm well up country. There are no other resident farang in the area. I can't say I miss being amongst other farangs. from those I have had contact with. Well I'd rather not bother with them. Only a couple guys worth chatting to when I do go to the provincial city. Wow! You're probably about the same as me. Wouldn't it be strange, though, if one day you discovered that another farang not only lived very close to you, but had actually been living very close to you for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattaniMan Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Are we talking only about Falangs (White foreigners), or can we expand it to include all non-Thais? I guess I'm talking about the kind of people we chat to here on Thai Visa: Americans, Brits, Europeans, Australians, South Africans, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tutsiwarrior Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 (edited) in nearly 10 years of living in our town of about 12k pop. I've only seen about 5 other foreigners mostly at the local, small Lotus or near the food area by bus station, never seen the same one twice...I'm usually ready with a smile and a nod but am always ignored... <deleted> 'em; I get plenty of attention from the bums down the market... Edited November 28, 2011 by tutsiwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrfeild Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 The Nearest farang is about 80klm away. I'm well up country. There are no other resident farang in the area. I can't say I miss being amongst other farangs. from those I have had contact with. Well I'd rather not bother with them. Only a couple guys worth chatting to when I do go to the provincial city. Wow! You're probably about the same as me. Wouldn't it be strange, though, if one day you discovered that another farang not only lived very close to you, but had actually been living very close to you for years. I know of a couple ladies in the tambon who are married to foreigners, but they don't live here. If there were any farang living here I think I would know about it. Unless they were more of a hermit than myself, lol. I would guess the province doesn't have a very large farang community anyway, if you don't include the farang teachers who come and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mca Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Wouldn't it be strange, though, if one day you discovered that another farang not only lived very close to you, but had actually been living very close to you for years. Especially if it was under your bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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