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"Hope it all works out for you OP. Sounds ideal for those who’ve got no Thais " I've 4 daughters, (my youngest 28), and 10 grandchildren, my intention being to come back to the UK and visit them for a couple of months each summer. There all settled and doing well though, so as far as I'm concerned, it's time for a little me time | |||
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"Oo good luck! I loved Koh Lanta when I was there Nov 2017. (Flew BKK to Krabi) Had my first skinny dipping experience there haha. Best of luck and enjoy the beaches and the amazing food!! " I'm not looking forward to the journey there, with me flying from Edinburgh to Warsaw first thing in the morning, a 6 hour stopover in Warsaw, then Warsaw to Delhi, a 2 hour stop over in Delhi, then on to Bangkok where I have an overnight stay, then next morning Bangkok to Krabi at around 2.10pm Tuesday afternoon where I'm being met by my old friend who's then going to take me on a speedboat ride to Koh Lanta Not going to be the best of journeys, but I can't wait to get there and have one of the local bars special mushroom drinks they serve out there "Good luck mate. Hope you enjoy. Love seeing people live the dream. " If you don't live the dream, you die without ever having really lived | |||
" I've 4 daughters, (my youngest 28), and 10 grandchildren, my intention being to come back to the UK and visit them for a couple of months each summer. " Well if you need someone to pop out and keep an eye on the place, my fees are very reasonable | |||
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"Well, after 3 nightmare days of travelling I finally got to the isle of Koh Lanta last Tuesday afternoon, and apart from the mosquito bites I'm loving it Loving it so much that I've decided I'm not coming back, with me having taken a 10 year lease on a plot of land with a lovely bungalow on it that needs a new roof for 30,000 Baht a year, (around £62 a month), but I've been given the first year rent free if I put a new roof on it, (that will cost me around 50,000 Baht, around £1,000), that's already been arranged with a local builder, so from now on I'm a resident of Koh Lanta Holmey " Just a word of warning, land registry transactions are not like the uk. There is a blockchain / ledger you can use though , Google it it’s essential when transacting land, property, businesses, assets etc in Asia, Africa & LATAM. | |||
"Well, after 3 nightmare days of travelling I finally got to the isle of Koh Lanta last Tuesday afternoon, and apart from the mosquito bites I'm loving it Loving it so much that I've decided I'm not coming back, with me having taken a 10 year lease on a plot of land with a lovely bungalow on it that needs a new roof for 30,000 Baht a year, (around £62 a month), but I've been given the first year rent free if I put a new roof on it, (that will cost me around 50,000 Baht, around £1,000), that's already been arranged with a local builder, so from now on I'm a resident of Koh Lanta Holmey Just a word of warning, land registry transactions are not like the uk. There is a blockchain / ledger you can use though , Google it it’s essential when transacting land, property, businesses, assets etc in Asia, Africa & LATAM." Thanks, with me being more than familiar with how things work in this part of the world me having spent around 5 of the past 25 years out here and speaking the language well, everything with the land and bungalow is totally legit. | |||
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"Hey hun its Claire. I remember us talking about this when I was over at your place. Awww wow I'm made up for you I really am. That's amazing news that its finally happening. All the best hunni and I wish you a long and happy retirement x" Hi Claire, I tried to send you a reply privately, but you've blocked all us blokes Send me a PM so we can have a natter and catch up | |||
"Hey hun its Claire. I remember us talking about this when I was over at your place. Awww wow I'm made up for you I really am. That's amazing news that its finally happening. All the best hunni and I wish you a long and happy retirement x Hi Claire, I tried to send you a reply privately, but you've blocked all us blokes Send me a PM so we can have a natter and catch up " Messaged you x | |||
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"I’m finally doing it, got everything sorted for me to move to Thailand, well to Koh Lanta, a small Thai island around an hour’s speedboat ride away from Phuket in November For the past 15 years it’s been my intention to spend my “retirement” in Thailand, with it being this that prompted me into moving from motor trade sales management and learning website design in my late 40’s, and now my times come, I'm flying over there the second week in August and spending a month on the island where I’ll be finalising the construction of my air conditioned bungalow on the beautiful Klong Nin Beach that's only a couple of hundred meters from an old friend’s bar, then returning to the UK mid September before going back to live on Koh Lanta for good in November. The Thai’s are funny, (or sensible, depending on your viewpoint), when it comes to Farangs, (as they call us), buying property over there, basically, we can’t buy property outright, but we can have a 30 year lease, and then only when 51% of an apartment block is Thai owned, the Thai’s doing this to stop wealthy Farangs moving in and buying up all their cheap properties as investments like the super rich Arabs and Russians have done in London and many of our major cities, but I’ve really been lucky and got a 30 year lease on around 1/3 acre of land with beach frontage for only ?45,000 a year, (around £85 a month), that’s currently got a derelict pizza parlour on it that I’m having converted into a 2 bed air conditioned bungalow finished to a high standard with a hot tub on decking out front that’s got a sea view for under £5,000, I just can’t wait to get out there, with it helping big style that I’ve recently secured a Remote Senior Web Developers post with one of the biggest web design agencies in Washington DC where my laptop is my office, wherever I am, so I can do my work sitting on a sun lounger on the beach, a glass of Sang Som whisky, (a rum really that costs less than £3.00 a litre), and lemonade in one hand and a cigarette in the other, what more could anybody want? With a bit of luck, I've another good 10 years in front of me, possibly 20 if I stick with women over 40 A very happy Holmey " Hey good luck with your move hope you love every minute | |||
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"It all sounds amazing...do you want a lodger haha. Thanks for the updates." You're welcome to come visit and stay at my place anytime Holmey X | |||
"It all sounds amazing...do you want a lodger haha. Thanks for the updates. You're welcome to come visit and stay at my place anytime Holmey X" Thats very good of you...i might take you up on it sometime..it would only be mr as mrs wont travel (miserable cow) haha...thank you | |||