ISSAN curious ?

[jamescollister]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago and am still the only farang. Nearest neigbhor 7 odd km away on the main road.
Have to say one English speaking, beer drinking farang in the village would be ok, get sick of talking to the dog and the dog never pays for the beer. Jim

[sabang]

how long does it take on the bus?

It takes roughly eight hours, on the bus, to get from one side of Isaan to the other. A bit faster in a Rolls Royce. Us locals prefer to do it in a buffalo cart though, which takes a lifetime.

[Fabian]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

[sabang]

The first foreigner around here was an afromerkin dude, deserter. I'm quite friendly with the old gal that shacked up with him (of course she was young then). No one seems to know what happened to him. The second was a Norwegian, who had a bit of a thriving business renting out carts to the villagers, mainly to transport their water from the well to the ban. He lives in Ubon muang now.

[jamescollister]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Live here, no farangs, was a helocopter landing pad near Buntharik during the Vietnam war, buts that's 27 km away. Have a few visitors come to visit me for a few days. Once in a blue moon a farang will come up with his Thai wife, G/F, but they usually get back in the car and head for Ubon before the night falls.
Dead end road into the jungle, no where to go and nothing to do. Also very few girls go south to work the bars, not a done thing out this way. Jim

[wasabi]

Do NOT invest in a Pig farm.You will not heed my warning.Here is the Pig farm that you will invest all,yes all of your money into. Starting price is 500 mil Bt

[Neo]

Take books... lots of books

[English Noodles]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

Probably what the farang before you said too.

[Norton]

The quality of life for foreigners in Isaan has little to do with Isaan. It's all do with the attitude of the foreigner.

[poorfalang]

^ now that i got it , i agree,

[LEGENDARY]

Fully support the thrust of this message... Isaan is not typical Falang territory. Those of us who live here appreciate it for what it is, not what we want to make it to be...

[poorfalang]

Yo

Do NOT invest in a Pig farm.You will not heed my warning.Here is the Pig farm that you will invest all,yes all of your money into. Starting price is 500 mil Bt

That my frind is not a pig farm, , that is a moo ban(pig house), for the amateurs pig wanabee farmers

[Boon Mee]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Main base in Thailand for Air America.

The Ravens used to fly out of there too.

[poorfalang]

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago and am still the only farang. Nearest neigbhor 7 odd km away on the main road.
Have to say one English speaking, beer drinking farang in the village would be ok, get sick of talking to the dog and the dog never pays for the beer. Jim

about 10 in my village all of them away, working 11 months of the year, while their missus are here spending, and most of them like to visit me in the rubber field at night they always say they have come from the bush, been looking for mushrooms, i have a nice hut in the field very confi bed and all they love the place

[Rural Surin]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Main base in Thailand for Air America.

The Ravens used to fly out of there too.

One could debate the first and principle base of operations for the likes of AA, Ravens, etc.....Udon was important, yes.
NKP was even more valuable and stationed much more of these "covert" types.

[Boon Mee]

You got that right Jim. Don't need any more farangs.

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Main base in Thailand for Air America.

The Ravens used to fly out of there too.

One could debate the first and principle base of operations for the likes of AA, Ravens, etc.....Udon was important, yes.
NKP was even more valuable and stationed much more of these "covert" types.

That's right. Forgot about Nakhon Pathom.

[Rural Surin]

No farang problems out my way, was the first farang out here 10 or so years ago

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Main base in Thailand for Air America.

The Ravens used to fly out of there too.

One could debate the first and principle base of operations for the likes of AA, Ravens, etc.....Udon was important, yes.
NKP was even more valuable and stationed much more of these "covert" types.

That's right. Forgot about Nakhon Pathom.

Vientiane....
They didn't even pretend to disguise.
Open offices, warehouses, and airstrips with appropriate displays.

The real HQ for Laos operations.
During both Lao civil wars ad the run off from Vietnam, Laos receive sorties 20 fold in comparison to Vietnam. [20 years]

[Boon Mee]

Du they still tell the fairy tale of "you are the first foreigner here"? Foreigners have been everywhere in Isaan in the 70s when Udon Thani Airport was used by the US as an air base.

Main base in Thailand for Air America.

The Ravens used to fly out of there too.

One could debate the first and principle base of operations for the likes of AA, Ravens, etc.....Udon was important, yes.
NKP was even more valuable and stationed much more of these "covert" types.

That's right. Forgot about Nakhon Pathom.

Vientiane....
They didn't even pretend to disguise.
Open offices, warehouses, and airstrips with appropriate displays.

The real HQ for Laos operations.
During both Lao civil wars ad the run off from Vietnam, Laos receive sorties 20 fold in comparison to Vietnam. [20 years]

Not to forget that 'secret' base north of Vientiane where the Ravens flew missions from. Not far from the Plain of Jars.

[Laphanphon]

Well Udon Thani is nothing but a cespool. Why anyone wants to live in this sh*thole is beyond me. As soon as I can I am out of here and near the beach on the west coast

[Koetjeka]

What exactly is the difference between Udon Thani and for example Bangkok? I dislike Bangkok most of all Thai cities... Don't understand me wrong, I like the village life more than big cities but I can't see any difference.

[Laphanphon]

Bangkok has a lot more to offer then Udon Thani. Resturants, english sound track movies, theaters, concerts, schools, farlang food, the list is endless.

[jamescollister]

The yanks weren't the first here, Brits were in Country straight after the war. Old man was in a fire fight in the plain of jars. Recovering French territory. Jim

[Rural Surin]

The quality of life for foreigners in Isaan has little to do with Isaan. It's all do with the attitude of the foreigner.

Well constructed, Norts.

[per usual]

[Koetjeka]

Bangkok has a lot more to offer then Udon Thani. Resturants, english sound track movies, theaters, concerts, schools, farlang food, the list is endless.

I guess it's just a matter of taste, I can understand one wants to have foreign food, schools and concerts.

I myself like Thai food more than European food, if I want to eat European food I better cook it myself. Movies I just download for free, I don't like theaters and don't have children so schools aren't important.

[Ozcol]

I am in full agreement with Norton , life in the sticks is good.