The elections are over. So time for another poll. We would like an answer to a question that has led to many discussions: “where is the best place to live as an expat or pensioner in Thailand? "
Every city or location has its advantages and disadvantages. In Bangkok you have everything you wish for, but the traffic is a drama and it is very busy. Chiang Mai is beautiful but at some times of the year the air is extremely polluted. Hua Hin is wonderfully quiet for some, others think it is an old people's home.
Pattaya is vibrant and international. But there are also expats who don't want to spend a day there. A number of expats completely relax in Isaan, on the other hand, there are also those who go crazy with boredom. In short, so many people, so many opinions. But what do you think is the best place to live in Thailand?
In any case, vote and you can give your motivation in a comment on this post.
You can choose from the following options:
- Bangkok center
- Bangkok suburbs
- Chiang Mai
- Isaan
- Hua Hin
- Pattaya
- Jomtien
- Koh Samui
- Phuket
- By the sea
- Doesn't belong here
- No idea
- I don't want to live in Thailand
I am curious about the result.
@ I hesitated between Hua Hin and Jomtien. I voted Jomtien anyway. Motivation? Outside the party bustle, but still everything within reach, such as nightlife and beach. Close to the airport and close to Bangkok.
Khan Peter,
You hit exactly the 2 points I wanted to mention.
If you want to see the rest of the world on a square meter, take it 10 minutes from jomtien and you're there.
Very central and close to the main road to go in any direction.
For the rest, nice and quiet living in Jomtien and would never want to leave here.
Louise
I would like to expand the question with: Where would you like to live and HOW?
In a Thai house on stilts, villa, residential area, condo, condo by the sea, swimming pool or many more sports / relaxation options, golf courses or malls nearby.
Do you want surveillance if so how?
Do you want to live among the Thai or among the whites?
A condo in Jomtien is something completely different from a villa in a better residential area between 100% Thai.
Everyone has to decide for themselves what is best.
It's not here,
But I choose Ko Lanta because I have to choose my wife's
And my wife says I have to say that's a good choice 😉
How much do we have to contribute?
Bangkok Centre. Logical choice for me, since I've never lived anywhere else and therefore have hardly any comparison material. When I was recently on Koh Chang, during a coastal walk I passed a Phratom school, some of which had a view of the sea. I said to my wife; “I would like to work here” (I now work at a school in the center of BKK, a 5-minute moped ride from my house)
Imagine; a gentle sea breeze constantly blowing through the classroom, checking homework in a beach chair, taking students on a daily beachcombing trip, naming all the things the waves left behind on the beach (muse, dream)
Later it occurred to me that working in paradise will rub off after a while. The question then is; where the hell are you supposed to go during those endless school holidays?
@Cor, but which center in Bangkok do you mean; there are so many centers there? I love the city, Chiangmai and Bangkok, because I have everything I need at hand and I don't have to buy a car or even a motorcycle.
In my eyes, the old center of Bangkok is the true center: Rattakonasin, Chinatown, Banglampoo, Tewet. I only live across the street (on the other side of the river) in Thonburi, which is actually not the center, but I'm in Banglampoo within fifteen minutes from my house. I live near Central Pinklao.
The possibilities of the North, motorcycle tours through the mountains, tranquility, extremely friendly people. Nightlife, cinemas, all reasonably priced. And sometimes I sing to my wife: “We go to Huan Hin there, by the sea, we bring coffee and food, Oh how wonderful it would be if we were on the beaches, we go to Hua Hin, there by the sea ”
What is the most beautiful thing about Hua Hin, the last train to Chiang Mai.
Then you have to transfer to Hualampong ... Just report the next time you come to HH.
At least never never in Pattaya. Scum City, didn't see me…
I choose Bangkok. There's something in that city that can't be explained. Dynamic, alive 24 hours a day and there is always something to do.
I share your opinion about Pattaya. After 2 days I usually have seen it again. After 5 years in Bangkok, I think life in Hua Hin is a lot more pleasant. You can get almost anywhere quickly with the motorsy and you will find something to your liking in every area. The sea provides fresh seafood. I find Bangkok city center fascinating, but you have to take the dirty air for granted. If you live on the outskirts of the city like I do, it takes more than an hour to get to the city center every time. I can imagine that you choose Bangkok, but (maybe it's the age) I feel more senang in HH.
Hans Bos,
Why does everything have to be hung on age???
Couldn't it just be a person's taste???
I think that's a bit shortsighted.
Maybe problems with aging???
After the first time in Pattaya, 24 years ago, first once a year but later twice a year to the Royal Cliff, having the feeling of coming home there and already telling each other that they wanted to live near here, but not in the middle in.
Sorted out/bought everything we couldn't afford in the Netherlands, a nice house and yes a nice swimming pool.
So 35 years of hard work for this.
All this decided in 1 month, since we had a buyer for the whole thing when we returned home (from Thailand), so after returning home, unpacked, washed and packed our suitcases and dived into the deep end.
Many ask “Jeez, are you going to emigrate all the way to Thailand”??
No, we said, we are just moving and therefore have a different address.
That's how it went with us and we haven't regretted it for a minute.
Eee happened 7 years ago..
We have a wonderful life with people with a smile, serious or not, but always better looking than those long faces in the Netherlands.
Rules in Thailand are there to flout your boot.
In traffic, the only side you don't need to look at is up (albeit, a crashing helicopter) and otherwise regular 360 degrees if you want to change lanes.
In the beginning I regularly had a hard sagging, now this works on my laughing muscles.
Just stay alert.
People, despite all the very annoying things, this is still a wonderful country to live.
Louise
I live in BKK for financial-economic reasons (my job ;-), and I don't know how fast I have to get out of the city on weekends to relax on the coast, eg in Hua Hin. Life in mainly concrete Bangkok can be really boring on the weekends if you are not a shopper and walker. Give me nature!
It is probably due to age. I just turned 30, have a lot of friends in Bangkok (both Thai and foreigners) and it never gets boring. But maybe it's also because I'm only there on vacation.
Can imagine that you will think differently when you actually live and work there. For relaxation I would rather go to Hua Hin or Cha Am instead of Pattaya. Kanchanaburi – not far from Bangkok – is also very relaxed 🙂
It won't be due to age - I'm not that much older than you - but being on holiday in BKK is indeed a completely different story of course. The first 6 months I also had a great time here and I didn't have to leave BKK.
I lived in Chachoengsao province for a short time.
And longer time on Phuket.
That is why I would choose Phuket, but then the northern, less touristy part.
give my but jomtien nice by the sea and reasonably quiet
For me the tranquility of the Isaan. If we still want to see or experience something else, we can always go there quite cheaply as a kind of holiday. We choose the Ubon Ratchatani area, there is at least an airport nearby.
totally agree . Ubon Ratchathani is also a great place for me. city of 100.000 thousand inhabitants. River, shops and airport at hand. And Thai lessons are needed everywhere if you do not want to live in a camp of foreigners.
You won't see me in a tourist spot in a bungalow park with all my fellow sufferers together.
Choose Thailand, close to a larger city
g peter
I think that every corner of this country has its charm, even busy Bangkok, bustling Pattaya or the quiet Isan or 'the rose of the north'.
I personally like a lot of people around me, good public transport, variety every day, so Bangkok is my favourite, but see you in the rest of the country….
Paul
Dolphin Bay, Prachuap Khiri Khan. In the nature reserve SamRoiYot approx 30 km below Huahin. A paradise place. Silence, beautiful nature, beach.
Every day a local market where you can buy food.
Land for sale directly by the sea. Choose from detached houses, a number of beautiful compounds or the newly built apartment (three floors) by the sea.
The atmosphere of Thailand circa 25 years ago with the luxury of 2011.
A giant Tesco Lotus in Pranburi 15km. Within half an hour with the shuttle in Huahin where everything you need can be found.
To Bangkok 2,5 hours by minibus stopping at National Monument. So you are right in the middle of the city. In short, silence and entertainment within reach.
Highly recommended, but don't all come now, because then it's over with the rest.
give me Lad Phrao (suburb BKK) and if it sometimes gets too much for me then go to the far north to relax (Nan Province)
Not listed, I've been to several places, one more beautiful than the other. but I still don't want to leave Udon Thani, but never say never.
I would never want to live in Thailand, but if I had to choose it would also be Jomtien, nice and quiet and yet close to the big city where they have everything.
I wouldn't want to be found dead in the Isan, what a silence, laziness and if you do nothing endless days with people always staring at you as if you were a fairground attraction, even after 3 months, yes I know the Isan is very big but However.
Ok dying is very cheap there.
Dying in Holland is also very cheap, if you let the family pay.
Do agree with you that living in Thailand seems more fun than it is; you remain a second-class citizen, there is no legal certainty, owning real estate? forget it. Walking on the sidewalks is like walking the gauntlet between passers-by and traders, if you can survive the bumps and bumps at all. After a rain shower up to your ankles in water and when you finally drive your car, there is a good chance that a cop will stop you with an excuse that as a white person you always have some money to give away. Buy with warranty? Forget it. Living in Bangkok means unnoticed consuming a pack of heavy tobacco every day and still being a non-smoker.
Well, and you easily forget all that when the Thai restaurant mother puts her delicious Pad-Thai in front of you with her friendliest smile. And because I'm Dutch, I choose living by the sea, as long as it's not Pattaya.
I'm glad you can think of something positive at the end....
Dear Dirk: Idd. we are seen as second-class citizens. Most Thai make you feel that clearly. The only thing they are committed to (a little bit) when the walking ATM comes out with pennies. Too bad because there are a lot of good people here. Legal certainty is never certain here. The land of smiles??? a Thai friend once told me: “The land of the grim smile” is better translated, well this is not coming from my mouth, is it….
You just have to anticipate a minor collision and be clear in your right. Then you will soon find out where your place is in the land of grimlach.
Good luck to the farangs who have never experienced any disadvantage here.
Thailand is a beautiful country, just a pity about...... Please complete it yourself.
Peter, it depends where in the Isaan, I live in Sungnoen about 35 km from Korat, nice living here, many shops 7.11 Tesco morning-night and day market, beautiful surroundings, house and land cheap, and sometimes a few days on vacation , Pattaya-Huiain, and sometimes to the North, it all depends on how you see and experience everything yourself, at least I live here to my liking
Hua hin.
Can be found for everyone what you want except 1 ice rink.
I live with Laksi in a beautiful compound, with surveillance, lake, swimming pools, parks. Etc, and pleasant neighbours, int. school within walking distance, internally. Ideal for Bangkok . I don't even have a car. Only. A. Electric golf cart.
For nature, we have a house by the sea, opposite Koh Samui, very Thai, none. foreigners. Very pleasant but no facilities, such as int. Schools and good shopping and entertainment options.
So we don't make a choice but do both.
Good luck, Carol
Have plm. Lived in Bangkok for 1 year (Soi 13 Sukumvit, Silom and Yarowat rd)
In Prachuap Khiri khan and Petchabhun.
I have been living in Pattatya for about 12 years now and I really like it.
Well I will pls. Once a month, for a week, look for peace in the Isaan (Lam Plai Mat).
Kamala Beach, after wandering around in Thailand for years, found paradise here for us (60 ers).
also the people who come here are quiet and Phuket town around the corner etc
Will spend the winter there again for 3 months
I would like to live alternately in Trat and Isaan.
Mass tourism is not (yet) present there.
Hua Hin, but in a house close to the sea, was not there 🙂
And occasionally a week in Bangkok, because that is a very special city.
I can be in Bangkok in a few hours, and I prefer to live in peace and visit bustle, rather than the other way around.
we also choose peace to live and we can look up crowds.
After thorough research, I opted 6 years ago for an apartment on a golf course near Pattaya and deliberately not for Hua Hin. Why?
Well, from the airport I am “home” in 75 minutes,
Pattaya (15 minutes by car) offers more and better facilities than in Hua Hin and .... I skip what I don't want to see. Then BKK is only 90 minutes away!!!!!
HaJe
I live in Lat Krabang in a village near the airport with (good) security, swimming pool and fitness room and I am in the heart of Bangkok within 30 minutes. Later I want another house by the sea or Bankrut Prachuap or Koh Samui.
we choose chiangmai, just outside the city. Now we live in Chiangrai, also outside the city. Wonderfully quiet in nature. But the city of Chiangmai and the surrounding area has something more to offer
I have lived in Phuket and Isaan. Now I live in Chiangmai and that is, for me, the best place. You have everything you need there, relaxation, beautiful nature, the people are very friendly because of the band, the climate is good, there is an international airport. It is a big city, but on a human scale.
Where would you like to live in the Netherlands? This question is no less difficult to answer and depends on many things. Work, friends, family, family composition, hobbies, income, recreational opportunities, cultural activities, accessibility and, last but not least, personal preferences and circumstances. These are just a few lists that will work out differently for everyone. Would love to come to Thailand but would definitely not want to live there. But that is also very personal.
I choose khon kaen coast you can have with all that scum that come and sit there. Life is also here in khon kaen 30% better buy here you can find everything like in the big cities So I am not short of everything here shops within walking distance so what else would I choose. There are also foreigners here, but no more people need to come here. If we want a holiday then we travel to the coast or the north. I can also do my hobby perfectly here, fishing for large fresh water fish, golf and tennis, going on a motorcycle tour here, certainly better than on the coast somewhere. Do not tell this to the Dutch.
yes san me too…..I was in BKK in Bang Kapi, so the center of Bangkok is an hour by taxi.
thought it was horrible.
then Mae Rim, between the rice fields and the mountains, very charming, dollhouse, with too much nature.
I am referring to the fact that nature in Thailand is very loud, if not noisy just like the residents…
I had too many problems with mosquitoes and mayflies, millions of frogs, snakes in the garden, screeching birds, why do Thai birds never sing? although there is one the bulbul….]
internet was K.and a lot of kareoke, not my thing.
So I searched further and now I live in Doi Suthep National Park, 10 minutes north of Chiang Mai and 20 minutes from the international airport, with a fantastic shopping center, and so nice, it is quiet here at night. and it is also cool. a relief to sit outside in a temperature of 22 degrees.
the road to the city is very pleasant, much better than the road to Mae Rim which is very difficult.
and clean air here, in Mae Rim everything that wants to burn burns, especially the household waste was nice...
In short, I like it in the mountains, because yes, I do miss the snow peaks of the Pyrenees where I came from...
the nice thing about Chiang Mai is that you are an hour or 2 from the sea by plane, but that is not my great love that sea.
and in Bangkok I wish not to be seen again; urban jungle.
I will have to be there every now and then for the money…incognito then…
So I would like to live HH lovely between the Thai nice walk on the beach
so if you all want to live somewhere else, and live, then I will stay nice and quiet there
with the Thai I don't feel the need to meet Dutch people there again.
don't mean anything else by it.
I prefer the north (Cnx) it must have something to do with the fact that I know my way through there.
If I had to buy or rent a house, it would be somewhere near the chiangmai zoo.
The preference strongly depends on personal circumstances & preferences. Therefore, such a poll is essentially useless. I have lived in Pattaya for 17 years, a city that doubles in size every five years. 'Metropolitan Pattaya' now has more than 1 million inhabitants, some say even more than 2 million. Pattaya now has all the modern amenities one could wish for, but unfortunately no concert hall.
The city has changed a lot in the last 5 years in particular, and is definitely not a 'scum city' anymore – if you avoid certain areas, and you can do that very easily. This last characterization of one of the respondents actually says more about the respondent than about Pattaya.
To be honest, at first I regretted my choice, but now I'm glad I live there, and not in Bangkok, where I often have to go and spend hours getting around BKK. Bangkok is a great city, but not to live there permanently.
Chiang Mai and Phuket are also very beautiful, but much too far away from Bangkok - where everything happens. The other places excel mainly because of provincialism & isolationism, with all the very big disadvantages that entails - especially for a city person like me.
@ True Martin, this poll does not say everything. Of course it's also for fun 😉 The subject is alive and well among expats given the many reactions. It is also interesting to read why expats choose a certain location.
Give me the Isaan. Preferably as few tourists as possible and live with the Thai. I enjoy it every year. Of course that's just a holiday, but I get along well, make my plan and drink a pint in the evening with “the village” in the local shop. A little knowledge of Thai is of course necessary because there are Thais who have never seen a “farang” live let alone speak English and even less Dutch. When I'm there I sometimes go to Pattaya for an evening, but to celebrate a birthday of an acquaintance who lives there. After an evening I have seen it because Pattaya is actually one big amusement park for men, isn't it? Of course all respect for those who do live there or spend their holidays, each to his own.
No, I've been living in the middle of no where for four years now. Live and eat with the Thai and no I am not some walking TMB machine. Everyone pays their own pint or they treat each other. My girlfriend takes good care of me and if I've looked too deep into the glass, she'll take me home or else Pepsi (the dog) will.
I look forward to my vacation every year and hope to be able to live there one day. Hopefully before my retirement, which is still far away from me.
I chose Jomtien. I don't live there myself, but it's the closest to me
my place where i live. I live in Bangsare (between Pattaya and Sattahip).
1200 meters from the sea and beach. 20km from Pattaya. Nice and quiet between the Thai.
It is an old fishing village. Bangsare bay overlooking a beautiful
green mountain range that ends in the sea is still fantastic. They never get there
large hotel chains and it always stays green. It is owned by the Thai Navy and
no one touches that. There is also beautiful nature and temples nearby in the hinterland. The weather between Sattahip and Pattaya is the best in Thailand.
Little natural violence and most of the sun. And even then, 20 km away you can get everything an expat wants. Delicious bread, cheese, steak, delicious spreads, butter and
so on. Then of course if you live in the farm you have somewhere in the middle
or nowhere at 50 km a tesco lotus, but I couldn't find it there.
Sometimes have a nice drink in Pattaya and then go back home.
Cor.
In the end I chose a village near Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is, in terms of natural beauty, perhaps one of the most beautiful provinces of Thailand and is about an hour's drive from Bangkok, which is important to me because of possible future medical problems. We are all getting older!
Kanchanaburi is very much in vogue right now and the expat community is growing day by day. Especially the expats who are fed up with the noise and pollution of other tourist resorts. Take Jomtien as an example…
Finally, I would strongly recommend anyone who is thinking of settling in Thailand to learn to speak the Thai language and preferably read and write. It's doable. Really and truly!! Only then will you get to know the country and its inhabitants well. Of course not everything is perfect here, but I have lived here for ten years now and would NEVER want to and could live in the Netherlands again. Although I will of course always remain proud of the Netherlands and consider myself lucky that I was born there and not here...
Have been living in HuaHin for quite some time now and I like this very much.
If desired, I am so in Bkk with its cultural offer or other places if necessary.
If you know a nice apartment for me, let me know.
I now live in prachuap khiri khan (klong wang) in a house by the sea, it is very beautiful there, but I wonder too quiet. Now go for hua hin, sometimes you want to fool around with a farang.
Isaan Udon thani 3 months sitting there in an isaan hamlet, you think you take a breath of fresh air in the morning, there is always a garbage dump somewhere. And that's not even counting the vermin and food.
Bangkok, Pattaya, Jomtien Changmai, whatever.
I've been living in Chiangrai for five years now and I like it. If I feel like it I pack my bag and go to Bangkok or Changmai.
I have a house in KhonKaen just outside the city and I like it very much.
Sometimes a week at the sea that's the only thing I miss in the isaan
Jos where do you live in khon kaen? I don't live too far from the airport maybe we can meet?
guido my house is in ban non muang that is just outside the university grounds, but now i am (unfortunately) in holland
For me that is Chiang Mai, I have been living there for 6 years now and I like it there very much, it is a big city but not as busy as Bangkok, Phuket and Pattaya.
Everything can be found there and if there is something new in Bangkok a month later it will be in Chiang Mai so that is my choice.
Life is also a lot cheaper there than elsewhere
Been living in jomtien for 8 years. Luxury condo, beautiful swimming pool, security with perfect surveillance. Away from pattaya city, but close when I want, and everything from food close by and good restaurants. Have a moped and car. The weather is ideal, not as much rain as BKK. Massage at 100b/H. Very safe, never had problems and tourist police, and everything you think is close by. Mostly Thai on the Jomtien coast and I speak the language. Very good medical care and clinics. Abundant restaurants at low prices with good hygiene. Nightlife close by in south pattaya, but quiet in jomtien. Airport close by direct to koh samui or phuket .Leave my car there . I prefer to drive my honda moped PCX around the area where there is plenty to see and people cannot get bored. Mostly contact with thais and some belgian friends when I meet them. Always low prices in pattaya due to too much thai competition. Transport taxi 10 baht. Bus from airport directly to jomtien for 125 baht. Not the prettiest coast , but OK. Markets open day and night somewhere for food (very cheap) and everything one can think of.
Chiang Mai, I've been living here for a few years now in Nong Hoi, just outside the center, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else for the world. Everything is here, shopping malls and large supermarkets; around the corner from my house a 7/11 and Lotus express as well as many small shops and a market. Temperature here is the best in Thailand in winter. I've been to almost all the mentioned seaside resorts but really wouldn't know what to look for there, even a short holiday there is too much for me. Bangkok….out of order, too busy and stuffy for me. I still have to discover Isaan but I think I will drop it because I also like some liveliness around me
I think chiangmai is also very good, but sometimes quite busy, and too cold to swim. Did it once and had pneumonia. Otherwise very friendly people and good food and cheap and beautiful views along the water.
I have not fully seen Thailand yet, but I find the quietest and most beautiful in the region loei, pronounced lazy.
beautiful climate less hot and humid, and yet sufficient comfort, although it is a bit far apart sometimes
Hard choice
In Chiang Mai the weather is more pleasant and you have a lot of nature nearby but no beach.
In Phuket (the side of Chalong or Rawai) you have beautiful beaches and you are directly in Patong if you want to go out.
Khao lak is quieter than Phuket, you have beautiful beaches and mountainous nature with many beautiful waterfalls. Nangthong Bay is fine by me. And you are only 100 km from Patong and Pangnga
But I would never want to live in Bangkok too busy
Isan in the Khao Wong Valley at the foot of the Phu Pan mountains in pure nature.
And Kho chang where we have a winter palace on Laem Sai Koi the only private cape on the southern tip of the island no tourists and a view of 44 islands south of us.
More info on my facebook site below
http://www.facebook.com/directory/people/R-25217761-25217880#!/profile.php?id=100001778243253
This is Thailand 100 years ago with the joys of modern comfort living like a prince in Thailand.
Khon Kaen less than 2 hours away and less than 1 hour 3 airports if that is important because the roads here are better than in the USA and EU.
Wonderful to live with our animals tame and wild (muntjac deer) around us 24/7.
Far enough and close enough to the thais and falangs but most importantly in the middle of nature with views that few of us get presented for free every day.
Europe and the USA are now in the state of the xxx fall of the roman empire (history repeated) and won't really get out of there just as 2nd and 3rd in a row in the world economy if they are lucky.
Asia is the future as the world continues to spin and Thailand is the France of Asia.
Our (Thailand) oil and gold is the rice, vegetables, fruits and tourism and the standard of living and attitude and climate (not too extreme).
Enough rambling greetings to all compatriots and have a nice day everyone.
Roy and Ning
Dear Roy and Ning,
It is that you yourself call it drivel, but that does not alter the fact that people now get a one-sided impression of Khon Kaen.
From the time I worked there, about five years ago, I don't remember any better roads than in the US. or EUR. But of driving kitchens and drunk drivers.
The beautiful nature, I agree with you. But also mention the cobras in your utility room when the rice fields are flooded during the rainy season.
Incidentally, the views (I think you mean the views?) are nice but not spectacular and constantly ruined by discarded rubbish.
Climate? I remember very hot, clammy days when almost all energy disappears.
The future? Yes it's fine as long as the US. and EUR. keep buying.
This, as far as the correction on my part, does not alter the fact that I found KK to be a very nice, albeit somewhat sleepy, town.
Greetings.
I have already lived in different places in Thailand. Currently I am in Isaan (Udon Thani) and I think this is by far the best location. Everything is available here as in a big city, but not the big crowds of BKK or Pattaya, for example. Of course people are not on the beach here, but that is not necessary for me. Previously I lived on the coast (Pattaya) but hardly ever got to the beach there.
So: give me Isaan.
You're absolutely right Gilbert, I don't need a beach either, I don't sit in the sun anyway. Udon thani is a city on the rise. I just got back. And the new cinema building is ready. The Plaza is open again and completely renovated.
for me that jomtien is nice and quiet and yet busy fun going out and cozy
only the word what lasted there too much.....
pay everything they ask but pretty nice living there
so jomtien for me
For me it will be (future) Khon Kaen. My wife grew up there and would like to live there, nice and close to her family. We just became proud parents and when the little one is 4 we are going that way. Khon Kaen is a large city with good modern facilities. I know the position well by now and I can see myself living there.
Bangkok comes in a good second place with its nightlife and shopping centers, but that pack of heavy rolling tobacco (as a previous writer rightly reports) disappoints me.
we commute back and forth between samui, udon and the Netherlands. An ideal combination for us. The beach and restaurants of samui, the tranquility, my in-laws, but also the developments in udon, provide an ideal balance.
For me, Jomtien and its surroundings are the best place to live in Thailand
I lived on koh samui for 4 years
live in chiang mai now since march
I have to say that I find some things disappointing here
across koh samui including eating from local restaurants
They make everything here spycie you can say 10 times no peppers doesn't help.
also the big stores such as home pro etc etc they have nothing in stock, not even a table
the roads are all one way traffic like a maze.
I did not expect these things on the mainland
I certainly would have expected it to be there when you buy something
that was the case on samui for a small island
Here too they are now building it completely, just like on Samui.
must say that the corruption here is much less than there .
all in all i like chiang mai
whether it's the best place to stay for the rest of your life.
Only time will tell, I have not yet been to many places in Thailand.
I am happy and happy in Hua Hin!
It may look a bit clumsy and (too) quiet, but that's not a problem for me.
I enjoy the peace and space. Black Mountain is nearby and just driving there is a party in itself. You can also perfect kitesurfing in Hua Hin.
Live in the beautiful Summerland village. A dream has come true for me.
Don't all come to Hua Hin right away, because the peace must be preserved 😉