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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    ^ OK but you are asking for advice without offering TD advisors any hints at what your locational requirements must have - given your comment about free posh digs in Samui its case and thread closed.

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    Is he paying the gas, water & electric?
    Huh? Did you not read my OP? I gave lots of requirements/likes/dislikes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Indeed!

    Good internet connection? - Usually no issues at all nowadays. I use 4g which is more than adequate. I check the nperf website for 4g coverage
    Power Outages? - I have a large 12 volt battery and power inverter (I use for my radio transmitter). Outages don't affect me!
    Access to shops? - I eat salads, fresh food, Thai food. No fast food, no 'western' food (except a good Indian curry perhaps)
    Immigration access? Immigration? I never go. Nowadays I pay an agent to do everything.
    Access to Hospitals? - The only issue really. I'm fit and healthy, but who knows what might happen in the future
    Access to Airport? - I have a car to drive to the nearest airport. I currently have no time for holidays or trips. Trying to fit in driving from Pattaya to my new destination is a pita....
    Meets all your needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Huh? Did you not read my OP? I gave lots of requirements/likes/dislikes!
    I did and it majored on BDSM, warbling and a beach which is fine if that is all you do, but i gather you may have other requirements for when you aren't getting tied up by a kathoey in a Karaoke room getting a Chang Yai worked up your derriere whilst belting out Delilah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    I did and it majored on BDSM, warbling and a beach which is fine if that is all you do, but i gather you may have other requirements for when you aren't getting tied up by a kathoey in a Karaoke room getting a Chang Yai worked up your derriere whilst belting out Delilah.
    Well, actually no. All those requirements you mention above keep me quite satisfied (I have simple needs)

    Norton, forgive me for being an uneducated twat, but what city is in your photo? Do they have karaoke bars?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Norton, forgive me for being an uneducated twat, but what city is in your photo? Do they have karaoke bars?
    Roi Et.

    Mai Thai Karaoke | Roiet | Roi-Et | Thailand | Isaan | Issan – Isaan.com

    Hope you like Morlum.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    I listen to Jintara when I jog in the morning Saw her in concert in Isaan yonks ago, one of my favourite Morlam singers.

    I've never been to Roi-Et. Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Sisaket, Sakhon Nakhon, Surin etc, but somehow missed out on Roi-Et.

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    I think you like the simple (but adequate) life Simon, so I reckon your original idea of Mukdahan or Nakhon Phanon ticks the right boxes. Very close to immigration/ border, all the mod-cons you need, lovely people. Not sure if it would tip the scales, but NP has a great riverside promenade for your jogging, and a quiet ale or two combined with, umm, non-gender specific people watching.


    Samui? What a great offer, but it is not a part of the world I would care to be perceived as crossing the interests of a local family/ clan.. Those southerners/ island folk can make life pretty difficult. Plus, taking on a big house & property is a fair commitment- are you up for that? At minimum, I would want a diplomatic partner in tow to maintain relations with the locals.


    ^ Jintara. I like Mowlam. Isaan it is then. Just my opinion.

    ** Mowlam question- I like a mowlam guy called (phonetically) "Loong Lorch". Anyone know who that is in Thai, or correct English spelling?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Saw her in concert in Isaan yonks ago, one of my favourite Morlam singers.
    Roi et gal. Agree she is fantastic. She does Thai pop quite well too.


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    Ever thought of Surin? It is a really nice quiet town with lots of things to do around the area + easy access to Cambodia.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bonecollector View Post
    Ever thought of Surin? It is a really nice quiet town with lots of things to do around the area + easy access to Cambodia.
    Surin still remains lovely and quite old school countryfied-like.
    Less Farang is always a plus.


    Might try neighboring Sisaket. Many similarities to Surin.

    Good luck on your search, Simon!!
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    I don't think you can go wrong with Nong Khai; Udon Thani if you fancy a bit of farang nightlife every now and then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Where to live in Thailand?
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    needs someone to 'house-sit' until he retires in a few years.
    Many island houses re available for a house sitter. Maybe similar in Isaan.

    I would suggest the Samui island version of Thailand is of a somewhat dubious quality. More aligned with the two-week foreign tourists crowd, but my experience is only based on a 2-week stay in a 5* international hotel some decades ago. Outside the hotel, it was pretty dismal.

    Issan for me would be one area, it's rather flat though. Having seen Thai village life both in Isaan and Trat which are both very similar. For me, I would choose Trat province, purely for varied landscapes, mountains (thai versions), clear streams to cool of in and the access to the many untouched Thai beaches, rather than the Mekong river.

    Both would have similar Thai amenities, banks, hospitals, TIOs, even a small airport.

    Good luck, wherever to rest your head.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh
    Must go, she who must be obeyed is requiring another service.
    TMI
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    [QUOTE=Edmond;4397188]which turns the air into orange ash.[/QUOT

    How exotic.

    Ash is usually black or grey.

    It's before it becomes ash, that it appears ..orange.

    But if you say so

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    The Samui housesit offer initially sounded good, but my enthusiasm declined when I started to consider what might go wrong! Interestingly, I was offered a free Samui housesit by 2 different people who are vacant owners. I guess that because it's Samui, there are probably quite a few empty 'posh' houses that could do with housesitters.

    I lived in Nong Khai before when mad ex#2 became too much of a handful at our little hotel in Phuket. We (me and her immediate family) thought that she couldn't do so much 'damage' if banished to NK. How wrong we were She would go for a walk every day and not return! Every afternoon, I had to drive out of NK and ask local folk if they had seen a mad woman. They would point me in the right direction and I would 'catch' her and return back to NK. One day, she managed to get on the express bus to Bangers and her sister had to phone the bus company and bribe them to get the driver to stop at a petrol station so that we could grab her before she disappeared into Bangers. Oh what fun times (NOT!).

    I mention towns by the Mekong because I really love this river. So I lived in NK, Bueng Kan and Luang Prabang, always within 100 metres of that river. Hence Mukdahan and perhaps Nakhon Phanom are places for me to book into a hotel when I leave Pattaya and see which place takes my fancy. I'll pass on NK because it really seems to have grown in size since I lived there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    I mention towns by the Mekong because I really love this river.
    Well fond memories will have to serve you, for 9 months a year its a sandbar with puddles and the equivalent volume of water as a trout stream since everyone upstream has decide to take a share of the catchment water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon43 View Post
    Nakhon Phanom
    That would be my choice in your position. Great place and not that far from Udon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Must go, she who must be obeyed is requiring another service.
    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    TMI
    ....
    It's not even that. Because it's just stupid, teenage b/s like LatinWife carrying on about getting some 'rumpy puppy' from some 1 month girlfriend. Who over 30 or 40 boasts about sex?

    If true it's cringe.

    If not true, it's double cringe.

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    Some here believe a "service" has only one definition. What pathetic English language skils.

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    Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
    How exotic.

    Ash is usually black or grey.

    It's before it becomes ash, that it appears ..orange.

    But if you say so
    It's 100% orange, actually, Mr. Know-it-all.



    If you're wearing orange tinted sunglasses.

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    Personally, I recommend a suburb of Bangkok until your pension kicks in. Power, water and internet are generally rock solid and once your pension is available move up country where you're less reliant on stable services.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Some here believe a "service" has only one definition. What pathetic English language skils.
    What I think is pathetic is your constant support for dictators and murderers, you pathetic waste of oxygen.

    The sooner you put your head on a train track and do the world a favour, the better.

    You utter cnut.

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    How long do you live in one place ? 3 months ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Some here believe a "service" has only one definition. What pathetic English language skils.

    What a weasel attempt at backtracking. Fooling nobody wanker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    How long do you live in one place ? 3 months ?
    LoL, I can give some numbers:

    Pattaya - 2 months (but only because it was intended as short term while I received some Lazada parcels)
    Mauritius - 3 months (clean, hot, civilised... and boring)
    Turkish coast - 2 months (big mistake on my part! Nice but freezing cold in the winter)
    Laos (Luang Prabang) - 3 years
    Myanmar - 4 years
    Laos (job) - 1 year
    Thailand - 10 years

    So it's only recently that I've been hopping around a bit

    @Topper, stable services is really not an issue. Years ago, I needed to use fibre internet for a speedy connection. Nowadays in Thailand I am getting typically 30MB/sec upload and download using 4G. It is very reliable and I have yet to cancel a lesson due to slow/bad internet. Electricity outages are uncommon and short - my laptop battery can cope and I also have my car battery/inverter for my radio which I can use for about 3 days cover! So I really am almost independent of utility supply issues.

    Choosing between Mukdahan and Nakhon Phanom - one reason for choosing Muk is that there is a water park close to town. I'm not aware of a water park near to NP. I know that NP has a good promenade, but also hear that Muk has an adequate (for jogging) path by the river. I plan to base myself in a hotel by the river and then check out possible places to live. I won't live in either town/city, but will live in a rural village (this is more to do with finding a house with a garden big enough for my radio antennas and with less electrical noise etc).
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