On my way to Kalasin

[Barnet]

Hi all,

Hopefully I've found the right place to post this.

Myself and my wife to be will be moving to her hometown of Kalasin in November from my current home of 7 years in Chonburi. If it's possible I would like to know a few things and would appreciate any information you can offer.

Firstly, we'll be looking at renting a small house with a garden, not too expensive, near or near enough to get into the town every day, say no more than a 20 minute bike ride. If anyone knows of any places we can go and look at or phone numbers that would be excellent.

Secondly, if there are any ex-pats living there please could you give me your general feelings about the area. What you do at weekends or are there any places people meet up for a few beers, game of football, coffee etc?

Lastly, having accumulated a fair bit of gear down here what would you say would be the cheapest way to get it sent up? I can get the smaller things in the car but regarding furniture, 2 motorbikes and a fridge, what would be the best couse of action? POst them possibly, I have no idea.

Thank in advance and look forward to seeing some of you in the next few months.

[pianoman]

I posted to your other post regarding Kalasin, so I will not go into all that I said before, but will address your question regarding moving larger items up this way...

There are multiple trucks that make at least weekly runs between here and Pattaya, and I am relatively sure that we can find you someone who, for not an Huge Sum, would be willing to bring a truck load up for you... I used one of them 2 years ago to send a Honda Phantom Motorcycle to Pattaya, and was only charged 500 baht, and that included loading at my place and delivering to the new owner in Pattaya... I would only be guessing, but I would think that an entire truckload would be around 2,000 to 2,500 baht range...

Pianoman

[Barnet]

That's great news, thanks a lot.

Yep, I bodged up the thread so now I have 2 on the same subject. I'll address the other from now on.

Thanks again for your help.