So the date of my retirement is quickly approaching on 23 February 2017. We have prepared and are ready for the move to Lahansai Buriram. This is where we plan on starting and will travel extensively inside Thailand the first year or two.  I will take any advise/words of wisdom and derisive comments that anyone cares to provide.

Congratulations.....Who is we?

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12 hours ago, samuibeachcomber said:

Congratulations.....Who is we?

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to be so excited it could be ONE MAN AND HIS DOG.

Actually it is one man and his dog, and my (formerly Thai, but now thoroughly westernized) wife. My wife has been living in the USA since 1993.

 

Good luck. The islands always make a good trip. Ko Chang and Ko Phayam are great!

Have fun.
 

Have a great and exciting retirement.

You will like Buriaum , I my self think it is a very good  province , have live and stayed it lots of towns in issan , and I put buriram at one of the top 5 . 

Vert  Central for traveling around the northeast.

you can PM me if you like and I will tell you more , as you know on this  site thai visa has lots of  people who like to put rubbish on other members .

I have  travel a lot out of buriram around the north east and south of bangkok by car .

Congrats!

Lahan Sai is a wonderful community. My Thai wife and I have a farm house out on the farm (not a village) about 9 km. from Lahan Sai and frequent the town for supplies, the Saturday evening market for veggies and other eats and to run into local Thai friends. Although I only live here about 3-4 months of the year (I'm from Harlem, USA), I always look forward to the extreme swing from the chaos of NYC to the settled and naturalness of the farm. I much more enjoy the rural farm areas and it's genuine Thai people than the bustle of Bangkok and the calamity of the more popular resorts. Although, as mentioned, the more isolated beaches and resorts are beautiful for a visit. Enjoy.

you will like Buriram. Have been here 19 years and have enjoyed being here in my home and there is no place like home!

Don't worry the excitement will soon pass and be replaced with utter amazement at the every day stupidity you will see. 

Greetings!

Buriram is a cool place and lots to see and do in itself.Having taken train journeys all over Thailand the Bangkok to Buriram is one of my favourite because of the fab scenery on the way! Lots of different places to see with other trains out of Buriram. So would highly recommend to use the trains where possible as so much more to see! 

 

Canary Sun ( choo choo ) x

If you are driving or riding in Roi Et be very careful, they are really mental there.

31 minutes ago, Jackin1960 said:

Don't worry the excitement will soon pass and be replaced with utter amazement at the every day stupidity you will see. 

I take it you mean mainly on the roads, yes, that is definitely the case.

31 minutes ago, canarysun said:

Greetings!

Buriram is a cool place and lots to see and do in itself.Having taken train journeys all over Thailand the Bangkok to Buriram is one of my favourite because of the fab scenery on the way! Lots of different places to see with other trains out of Buriram. So would highly recommend to use the trains where possible as so much more to see! 

 

Canary Sun ( choo choo ) x

Nice to see you again Canary Sun, Don't stay away too long in future.

Good for you both enjoy don't listen to the dark side on here just enjoy yourselfs. As for wherever go and what to see just go with the flow if you arrive somewhere that looks good stay a while. Travel with plans never work.

Good luck and look out for whales...everywhere seems to have more of them than svelte dolphins.

Welcome – it's a really good idea to travel around and see different parts of the Kingdom – wish you good luck...

I have most enjoyed the out of the way places w/the fewest tourists... bask in the sun, cool off in a waterfall... have fun and good travels.

Advice......avoid Buriram. It's a small town that has delusions of grandeur...not helped by that prick Nevin who believes he's a local God.

Glad I left that tinpot town.

Of course, just my humble opinion....each to their own. 

Different strokes for different folks. As for myself, I love Issan. I originally wanted to live near the sea, in particular Prachuap Kirikhan. I did travel extensively around Thailand, top to bottom, east to west. I eventually ended up in a scenic area of Loei province. That was more than twelve years ago. I did spend quite a bit of time in a village called Phnom Pai but Loei won out mainly because of the beautiful mountain areas. 

1 hour ago, chudless said:

Advice......avoid Buriram. It's a small town that has delusions of grandeur...not helped by that prick Nevin who believes he's a local God.

Glad I left that tinpot town.

Of course, just my humble opinion....each to their own. 

Not one thing wrong with buriram , if you not get on with someone dose not mean the town has a problem.

i Keep to my self and my thai when I am in town.

keep away from those so called pricks and you will not have a problem.

i understand you as well , but if you not  hang around with f??? Wits you will be ok .

1 hour ago, georgemandm said:

2 hours ago, chudless said:

Advice......avoid Buriram. It's a small town that has delusions of grandeur...not helped by that prick Nevin who believes he's a local God.

Glad I left that tinpot town.

Of course, just my humble opinion....each to their own. 

Not one thing wrong with buriram , if you not get on with someone dose not mean the town has a problem.

i Keep to my self and my thai when I am in town.

keep away from those so called pricks and you will not have a problem.

i understand you as well , but if you not  hang around with f??? Wits you will be ok .

He is referring to Newin Chidcob, a Thai politician from Buriram.

 

2 hours ago, chudless said:

Advice......avoid Buriram. It's a small town that has delusions of grandeur...not helped by that prick Nevin who believes he's a local God.

Glad I left that tinpot town.

Of course, just my humble opinion....each to their own. 

But it has changed for the better. You leaving was the start of it. Lol. 

1 hour ago, seancbk said:

He is referring to Newin Chidcob, a Thai politician from Buriram.

 

Ok thanks , but still dose not need to run the place down who cares about a thai politician not me 

3 hours ago, puchooay said:

But it has changed for the better. You leaving was the start of it. Lol. 

And your presence the exact reason I left the horrible place.....your response typifies that. Full of falang who believe it's a glorious big city in Isaan....or rather the number one city in Isaan.

 

You are 5 years behind Udon Thai, Korat and Khon Kaen 

54 minutes ago, chudless said:

4 hours ago, puchooay said:

But it has changed for the better. You leaving was the start of it. Lol. 

And your presence the exact reason I left the horrible place.....your response typifies that. Full of falang who believe it's a glorious big city in Isaan....or rather the number one city in Isaan.

 

You are 5 years behind Udon Thai, Korat and Khon Kaen 

 

None of those places offer much do they?

I cannot for the life of me understand why someone would choose to live out in the sticks instead of Bangkok.   

I guess to live out there you need to be a pretty anti-social person who doesn't like having fun with lots of friends.

 

22 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

None of those places offer much do they?

I cannot for the life of me understand why someone would choose to live out in the sticks instead of Bangkok.   

I guess to live out there you need to be a pretty anti-social person who doesn't like having fun with lots of friends.

 

FYI..I still live in Isaan, but for me a better place.

 

Not entirely sure what your last comments says

3 minutes ago, chudless said:

27 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

None of those places offer much do they?

I cannot for the life of me understand why someone would choose to live out in the sticks instead of Bangkok.   

I guess to live out there you need to be a pretty anti-social person who doesn't like having fun with lots of friends.

 

FYI..I still live in Isaan, but for me a better place.

 

Not entirely sure what your last comments says

 

 

How many friends do you have living nearby?   

How many times a week do you go out and have fun with your friends?   

Do people get together for dinner parties or BBQ's at each other's houses?

 

From what I've read it seems that most of the people living in the sticks hardly do any socialising.

What is public transport like?   Can you stand at the side of the road and get a meter taxi?   Can you call an uber?