A Singaporean's guide to living in Thailand

[tonychat]

You drink beer for breakfast. Steady lah.

 

[Froggy]

Shootz Isaan (NE Thailand) is even colder, these places I'll be traveling



sure gonna be consuming lots of brandy these few days.

Khon Kaen airport is a small airport with only 2 carousels

 

[Froggy]

You drink beer for breakfast. Steady lah.

Too bad they don't serve any of my drinks on board in domestic flights, but though it's a short flight they still serve some breakfast

 

[Froggy]

These are the two of six A380 in TG's stock



Suvarnabhumbi Airport from the sky






Did not know Thai police has their own Fokker, spotted in Khon Kaen airport

 

[Charlie99]

There are many who put in their two baht like me and I congratulate all in this thread.

brother [joetys],

You are just being humble, because you are more than the spark plug and the engine here.

 

[Froggy]

This house in a cluster housing community with security swimming pool and all condo amenities sitting on 328sqm with build-in floor area of 210sqm (3 bedrooms and family room upstairs ; 1 bedroom downstairs) costs 4.8mil baht S$192k. Annual maintenance fee including rubbish disposal is less than $500 per year.

 

[Froggy]

Forgot to add Chiangmai which is very well known to Singaporeans is probably the most important city in the north of Thailand however when it comes to the Northeast of Thailand Khon Kaen is probably the most important city there being centrally located.

Therefore in the past 15 years or so there are lots of new development including foreign investments in this province. Properly prices also increased significantly past 5 years. For my work this is probably the most important place outside Bangkok which explains for my high focus and investments here I'm this province. Khon Kaen can be a supply base to Burma, Laos and in someway Cambodia too.

Like Chiangmai, Khon Kaen is a bastion of the redshirts and stronghold of Thaksin.

 

[Froggy]

brother [joetys],

You are just being humble, because you are more than the spark plug and the engine here.

Thank you for your kind words Charlie

 

[yinyang]

Some money jitters with Wells Fargo exiting usd4bil

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/390521/thai-default-risk-soars-as-funds-pull-4-billion

 

[Froggy]

Arrived in Udon Thani


The hotel Centara is connected to Central Plaza mall




The room is not bad
[video=youtube;mqnh0apYsQo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqnh0apYsQo[/video]

 

[Froggy]

[video=youtube_share;49Nw0OBIjaA]http://youtu.be/49Nw0OBIjaA[/video]



Free flow wine - I like the barrels. Inside is actually those soft aluminum bags of wine.

 

[Charlie99]

455 Thai Baht is about Cdn$15.20

Just tasting half a glass of each barrel of wine is more than worth the 455 TB

 

[Froggy]

455 Thai Baht is about Cdn$15.20

Just tasting half a glass of each barrel of wine is more than worth the 455 TB

Honestly I wouldn't touch these few barrels of wine

 

[Charlie99]

Honestly I wouldn't touch these few barrels of wine

Ok,
that bad?
not from a good source?

 

[Froggy]

The weather was pretty chili last night sabai sabai so we decided to have dinner outside. Found a beautiful place just outside Udon Thani town centre. Restaurant Beung Mai Hom is by a lake meaning of the name is Fragrant Wood Lake.



Watching the above video it looks like kampong kampong exactly it's is even the
music. Very sabai sabai.













http://www.buengmaihom.com

 

[Froggy]

Although in Isaan land this restaurant serves Thai instead of Isaan. Saw quite a few angmohs.

First to arrive is mixed yam (yam luam)


Yam hoon sen


Tom yam catfish (Tom yam pla kang)


Hot plate catfish with Thai herbs (Pla buk patcha)


Deep fried minced ppork laab (laab moo thod)


Shredded coconut miang (miang samonpai)


And my friend Mr. Hennessy

 

[Equalisation]

Joe,

Itu female singer of the Live band, now yai mai ?

 

[Froggy]

Joe,

Itu female singer of the Live band, now yai mai ?

Big your head la. Ask so much come and see la.

 

[Froggy]

A very popular breakfast in Udon Thani is Khai Krata, it's basically eggs on pan with some meat. Heard it originated from Vietnamese immigrants and there is a huge Vietnamese population here in Udon.

The roadside shop


First pan with butter over charcoal stove


Then the egg and cover for 5 minutes then add meat and vege


The meal with old style coffee (12 bath for coffee)


Khai Krata (30 baht)


Toast (Kanum pang) (8 baht each)


I have to say I had a great breakfast this morning fro only 58 baht

 

[yinyang]

Joetys, simple street food fare but wholesome.

Just few (belated) pics from Patts other week.

Had a apartment (>60sqm) in View Talay condo, good central location fronting Beach Rd and next door to Central Festival mall. Got lucky with upgrade, balcony all round unit and great view of ocean front. Circa thb2k.





With classic bath tub (pity I didn't make good use of):p