Its 21.40 and the ‘Oboto’ ( district office) is having some kind of celebration. The music is soooo loud. Its live music and someone must really like playing with the volume because it changes all the time. I’m not a fan of thai karaoke folk music but here is clip for you anyway… […]
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Unlike in Switzerland where most people pay their bills on-line these days, here in Chiang Mai we still pay most of the bills the ‘old fashion’ way. You go to the bank or office and pay cash. To make things more complicated we can’t pay our house rent at lets say Kasikonthai Bank because the […]
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I’ve switched from hard contacts to soft ones. I bought Bausch&Lomb Soflens at Tokyo Optical C.,LTD which has a shop in Airport Plaza, Chiang Mai. Two boxes which will last me 6 months cost Baht 3180. Yesterday, after wearing them for 6 days, the lenses felt so uncomfortable that I wondered if I was […]
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Chris worked hard on a very long list of detailed costs of living in Bangkok. I know, I live in Chiang Mai and I’ll work on a list like this, but till then, go to his blog and have a look ! Its great !
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Dear Family and Friends. May I please remind you NOT to use my husbands , children my surname on this blog. Or when you make a link to my blog…I know some of you find that hard to understand but I just that I need some privacy When the children are […]
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9am we arrived at immigration with our lawyer who had been there since 8am. All the papers were ready. My husband got his visa approved a month ago and now it was his families turn to get one. Don’t ask me why they couldn’t do it all at the same time..new policy….. At 10.30 we […]
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About two weeks ago I got an email from a friend who stayed in Chiang Mai for 3 months and this is what he wrote.It fill me with hope if we ever have to go back to Switzerland, there just might be a way for me to survive haha
”I found a great place here in […]
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There is a lovely park in town.. called the Buak Hard Public Park. A great place for kids to use their in-line skates or skateboards. We usually go towards lunch and buy some ’somtam’, sticky rice and chicken and eat it there. Yummy. In the evenings you’ll find alot more people here. Joggers, walkers, families […]
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