NEXT YEAR I WILL RETIRE...MY WIFE AND I WANT TO LIVE IN THAILAND...SHE COMES FROM A CITY CALLED PHRAE...ITS UP NORTH ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH OF CHIANG MAI...HER HOME IS 25 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN...ITS LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME A 100 YEARS...WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS THERE ANY EXPATS LIVING UP IN THAT GENERAL AREA OR WILL I BE THE ONLY ONE?????IT WOULD BE NICE TO TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT LIVING UP THERE...ONE THING FOR SURE...YOU ALMOST HAVE TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE THEY DONT SPEAK REGULAR THAI.....THANKS...WALT

My TGF is lives in Prasat a small city in Surin province north eastern Thailand, and your right they speak Kamir. The only expats i saw up there are German expats, only one or two. The nly reason i would not live up there is that there is absolutely nothing to do.

Don't worry mate, you will not be alone, I have been living here in Phrae for about seven years.

My guess would be about 30 falangs retired here.

What village does your wife come from ??

Me tooo almost 10 years now in your area, we are just over the hill. a village on the main road to Chiang Rai, quite a few farrang retired or semi retired