Thread: Newbies from St. Louis, MO

Hello fellow TD's.
My husband "Menko" signed me up on this site a few days ago, reiterating to me that this is a pretty cool site with lots of interesting people and lots of viable on-line tools, which appear to be quite useful especially while residing or visiting Thailand.
My husband of 43 years is a native born German, who immigrated to the United States in 1963, and who served 20 years in the United States Air Force. He served three combat tours in SEA during the Vietnam war, but was lucky enough to escape unscathed.
I was born in Na Noi, Thailand, way up north in Nan province, and married my husband in 1968, while he was stationed at Bitburg Air Base Germany. Both of us are naturalized US citizens, and both of us are fully retired. During my husband's USAF career we lived on three different continents, and we pretty much traveled the whole world. But now, as we grow older we developed a yearning for wanting to re-visit Thailand more-and-more again, and at the same time escape the colder winter periods here in Missouri - where we currently reside.
In closing, we look forward being part of the TD community, and hope no one minds when from time to time we have to ask a perhaps "silly sounding" question. After all we are not the youngest anymore, but hope to be around a bit longer.
Cheers,
Menko & Amina Christoph

Welcome to TD Amina!

How long is it since your last visit to Thailand?

welcome.
you met in 1968 !

Somewhere here at TeakDoor is a good thread with photographs from Thailand in the 1960's, it looked like a very interesting time and place .

Welcome, look forward to seeing you posting some interesting stories!

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Welcome to TD Amina!

How long is it since your last visit to Thailand?

Fresh Prince:
It's been about 20 months since we were in Thailand the last time. We plan another 60-day visit this December through January 2012.
If at all possible, we want to fly straight into Chiang Mai via Seoul this time - bypassing BKK altogether. We then want to rent a vehicle, and do some extensive northern exploration and trekking - visiting my family in Na Noi, Nan, Phayao, and Chiang Rai, plus checking out some of the surrounding areas we are not so familiar with, or have not been to ever!
However, I'd be interested to know if anyone in our group has ever used the Northern Provincial Roads 1217, to 1216 (past Khun Sathan NP), and then 1028 - between Rong Kwan and Na Noi?
Instead of going around the long way through Wiang Sa via Route 1026, and then south to Na Noi. Most of my family and friends tell me these roads are too bad, mountainous, and it requires 4X4 truck capability. Just wondering if this is actually true or only Thai hearsay? As all of you know, sometimes these local rumors are hard to squelch or to eradicate.
Thanks for anyone's input, and at the same time Cheers,
Amina

Originally Posted by blue

welcome.
you met in 1968 !

Somewhere here at TeakDoor is a good thread with photographs from Thailand in the 1960's, it looked like a very interesting time and place .

Blue,
I actually met my husband in 1966 in BKK, while he was helping out with the Presidential Detail for President Lyndon Johnson's visit. Then in 1967 my husband was reassigned from Takhli RTAFB, south of Nakhon Sawan in Thailand, to Bitburg Air Base in Germany. I followed him to Germany in December 1967, and we got married in April 1968. Talk about some real culture shock and some totally unfamiliar temperatures - I experienced it first hand, and I can say: "Been There - Done That."
Cheers - Amina

Originally Posted by khmen

Welcome, look forward to seeing you posting some interesting stories!

Thank you Khmen for your kind welcome wishes. I just hope I don't get too long winded, and bore people to death.
Amina

Originally Posted by blue

welcome.
you met in 1968 !

Somewhere here at TeakDoor is a good thread with photographs from Thailand in the 1960's, it looked like a very interesting time and place .

BTW Blue - I entered the Photo Gallery today and saw some pretty nice photos. But also some what I would classify simply as raw and tasteless
"pornography." - NOT SO NICE! - That was disappointing and a rude awakening!
Amina

Amina ,sorry to hear about the naughty photos ...


anyway here the link for the 1960s ones
https://teakdoor.com/pattaya-forum/92...e-1960s-3.html

^555555, Amina, yes, some of the guys have poro type pics in their galleries. Sawat dee kha and yin dee from me. I'm sure you'll have a great time in northern Thailand. That sounds like a great route you're taking.

Amina, in life you must take the good with the bad and I can assure you there are plenty of pluses on this forum that very much outweigh the negatives.

Welcome to Teakdoor and we look forward to your contributions.

Welcome Amina. Sounds like you two have a nice trip planned.

I open the gallery sometimes, too, and see some fairly nasty stuff. It isn't there all of the time, only occasionally does it pop up.

And that's ok with me, but I just wonder who posted and exactly what the heck they are doing in some of those photos!

Amina, welcome to TD. It is a great place for social banter and has some usefull information on just about everything you need to know about living in Thailand. I have learned quite a bit and appreciate all the constuctive information the members have to offer. It is also a place where you can have some lively and amusing debates.
Good Luck

Originally Posted by blue

Amina ,sorry to hear about the naughty photos ...


anyway here the link for the 1960s ones
https://teakdoor.com/pattaya-forum/92...e-1960s-3.html

Blue,
No apology needed on your behalf. But I really appreciate you sharing the link with the 1960s pictures. Thank You. It sure brought back a lot of memories for me and my husband. One can say it was a different Thailand for sure. I remember a red 100 Baht note was the biggest denomination then, and one could buy quite a lot of goods. And I recall the one Baht paper note, used primarily for the Samlors, along with the small Satang coins. Wow - time flies and so many things have changed - unforunately, not always for the better. - Cheers,
Amina

Originally Posted by natalie8

^555555, Amina, yes, some of the guys have poro type pics in their galleries. Sawat dee kha and yin dee from me. I'm sure you'll have a great time in northern Thailand. That sounds like a great route you're taking.

Natalie Eight:
Thanks for the kind welcome. Your warm wishes are well received and always appreciated. Sawat Dee Khaa.
Amina

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Amina, in life you must take the good with the bad and I can assure you there are plenty of pluses on this forum that very much outweigh the negatives.

Welcome to Teakdoor and we look forward to your contributions.

Loy Toy,
I fully agree with your assessment and outlook on life. It takes all sorts of people to make this world go around. And you are correct, we believe the good will outweigh the bad.
BTW - When I learn to how to post pictures (I'm still reading the how to) I'll share some of our stories/photos from our travels.
Amina

Originally Posted by Neo

Originally Posted by Amina

I just hope I don't get too long winded, and bore people to death.
Amina

We've got plenty of those types on here already, and they are far less interesting and have much less to talk about than yourself.
You both sound like a valuable addition to the forum.
We have travel sections for different parts of the world and I'm sure we'd all appreciate any photo threads and anecdotes you could upload of your travels.
It's quite time consuming, but very worthwhile, and really adds to the quality of the forum.

Here are a collection of some of the best photo threads from South East Asia and Thailand, with the links it's a good way to find your way around the forum and perhaps discover some places you never knew about.
TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum 100 Best Asian Photos

The moderation is purposely relaxed, we are all adults after all, but there are those that see it as an opportunity to be unpleasant, if you find you are being targetted there is an icon like this to the left of the offending post, click it and report any problems to the mods, it just helps them do their job.


You will also see this icon .. if you like what someone has posted, click on it to send them a 'green' for their effort.

Welcome to the forum

Thanks Neo,
I really appreciate the kind words and your valuable user tips. These suggestions are quite useful and I will try to remember them in the future.
Also, the photo link you included was spectacular and well received by me and my husband. Kup Khun Maak and Chok Dee! - Stay well,
Amina

Originally Posted by misskit

Welcome Amina. Sounds like you two have a nice trip planned.

I open the gallery sometimes, too, and see some fairly nasty stuff. It isn't there all of the time, only occasionally does it pop up.

And that's ok with me, but I just wonder who posted and exactly what the heck they are doing in some of those photos!

Miss Kit:
I appreciate your feedback and support in the Photo Gallery issue.
Thanks,
Amina

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Amina, welcome to TD. It is a great place for social banter and has some usefull information on just about everything you need to know about living in Thailand. I have learned quite a bit and appreciate all the constuctive information the members have to offer. It is also a place where you can have some lively and amusing debates.
Good Luck

Rick Schoppers:
Thanks for your come back. I agree, the site seems to offer a lot of positive and valuable suggestions for living and/or travelling in Thailand. Look forward to some of the more lively and amusing debates in the future.
Cheers,
Amina