LIVING IN CHIANGMAI,THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY,  

"Why are you not in school"? Lol Busted:)

Prior to the mid-eighties, high-rise buildings were illegal here. The Rimping Condo was controversial and called "the building that ruins the environment" and some famous monk I forget his name, tried to halt its construction but there were big plans for the coming condo boom. Then they ended up mostly vacant and hard to sell, so hard to sell that they passed a new law allowing Farang to own condos.

No doubt --- CM is a love affair. Something I am very grateful to have found.

I can’t wait to come 🙏

Hello Bill always love you words of wisdom and advice. Very enjoyable walkaround as always. Hope you enjoyed your pizza take care.

Spot on Bill. Great vid ! Thank you... big time !

I never knew that walkway was down there. Looks very nice, a great place to chill.

Wonderful Video I Like your stories and your walks around Chiang Mai Awesome Amazing place I from small town in Kentucky here 🇺🇸 your so cool😎👍

Yeah, another great walk Bill and enjoyed listening to your opinions on Good, Bad, Ugly . Ill be there in 2 weeks. Hopefully see you walking about.

Just found your channel ! So great to see Chiang Mai my favourite place in Thailand. Enjoying the walk through the old city. Hoping to have an extended visit this year. Can't wait to watch all your videos! Cheers from🇨🇦

Love the walk-n-talk style videos. Lots of great information. The Thai people seem to be extremely friendly. Stay safe and avoid the smoke. 🤙

Thank you for momentarily pausing on Thai signs now and again. It lets me pause the video, load Google Translate on my phone and translating the language to English using the camera. Awesome videos, I look forward to them every day, they really take me back to my holidays, which I will have again in Chiang Mai soon!

Hot here in Ubon even when it rains , hope to get up maybe Chang Rai sometime. Good vid.

Great vlog Bill. Our daughter loves Chiang Mai, she says that she feels safe there. She's here with us at the moment but we have no worries about her living there on her own. We're looking forward to coming in October. Keep up the good work. Alan and Lillian in OZ

Thanks so much for the walk around my old digs. I have two problems with Chiangmai. Food! I gained 60 lbs living there. Lost it since. The real problem is air pollution. We had to leave on Doctor advice. My wife had repeated bronchitis that disappeared on return to Florida. When you live there you wish to deny the damage as it is such a happy place to live. When you understand that the 2.5u particles in the air pollution enter your bloodstream and Rips up your innards it gets hard to justify the harm to your body. Nicest people I’ve found. Money goes a long way.

Good walk! It was blistering hot here in Seka as well. I had to do my video into back at the hotel today, the heat made me lose focus.

bravo- super . ccatch you later.;))

Please visit Ranong Canyon which is 5 degrees cooler than Ranong with a steady breeze, hot springs, water falls and a warm water river: Fly Nok Air and fly south to Ranong ❤!

I like the title...am sure it will be soooooooo helpful video !!! Sure

Good on ya mate.

Love your channel. My first time in Chiang Mai was 1989 I was 23. My wife and four kids in their 20’s are visiting again in June. We are staying at the Buri Gallery in the old city. Would love to see the Buri, and what’s around it. We will also be there for the Sunday Night Market. Thank you

Thanks for the tour. First visit to your channel. You seem like a pleasant fellow. I suggest you'll enjoy your life there even more if you hire a tutor and learn Thai. It opened a whole new world for me when I did.

Most of the times i listen to Westerners from the Philippines and Thailand saying the least amount to live in those two countries is 1500 US dollars. Before i went to my wife in the Philippines, she found a 2 bedrooms house made of bamboo and cement for 3500 pesos which was 70 US dollars at that time. Beautiful house in fence in a very good location. My wife used to cook a lot so we don't go out that much to ear out. We bought our fish and shrimps from the river. We lived comfortably and we really enjoyed at that time. We refused to live western style. By the way i am originally from West Africa and i am married to filipina. Now we built a 30,000 USD 3 bedrooms house in Bohol Philippines

Thank you very much for this video on the condo definitely somewhere that I would like to check into and see if that’s where I would like to be the fact that it has two restaurants walking distance and the Riverview makes it very appealing

I enjoyed reading about your love of Chiangmai. I, presently, live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I maybe moving to Chiangmai next year.

Lived two years in Rim Ping Condo. Overall good on the 13th floor. Room service from the restaurant, laundry on property, weekly housekeeping. Ear plugs and sleeping pills needed at songkran. Some traffic noise on south side and too many dogs barking on the north side, pool too cool for swimming as it is shaded. Be happy to live there again..

Nice walk, Bill. Thanks for your time.

Great video. I was worried the "ugly" would be the same as Malaysia, where everyone without exception will rip off an orang putih

Nice i love chiangmay from your videos 😍😍😍😍😍

Nice video. Would be nice when quoting Thai baht to give us a rough estimate in USD. I listen to your videos while walking or running so I cant always do a currency conversion.

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I enjoy your video very much. I was in Chiangmai two weeks ago. Now I am back to the cold in Vancouver.I stayed in Chiangmai for almost a month this time….I just love it there …..wish I stay longer. I heard the smoke season is getting bad there now. I would love to move to Chiangmai. Only problem I have is I don’t drive so it’s a bit hard for me to get around. I wish there is a better transportation system in Chiangmai.

With my (now) wife being a primary school teacher, I always spent 2 or 3 days each week acting as her teaching assistant. Apart from it being great fun, the other teachers got to know me, as did the children. Then the children would point me out to their parents, so they got to know me. All of which meant that in the local area I was never charged "tourist price", and I'm always accepted as an adopted resident . . . Which after 18 years ought to be the case anyway :) It is occasionally a bit confusing now when a pretty 20-something young lady walks up and greets me by name, though 555

Interesting that you did not enjoy Hua Hin, which I am planning to try out as my retirement destination. Chiangmai sounds wonderful, but the pollution rules it out for me as a permanent destination. But I will certainly visit CM when I come in October. Love your vlogs by the way. So natural and relaxed. Cheers, Colin

I have already fallen in love with Chiang Mai and I’m not even there yet!

Another good topic. I'm a retired single gent, non drinker, looking to retire there. I have been to CM a few times & always feel welcomed. What area would you recommend?

How bad is the air quality during burning season? (when is it) Other than traveling, what do most people do to reduce it in their home?

Ive gotten into a condo in chiang, I wonder, I do think I have side neighbours etc. but I never seem to hear anything other than chairs moving, did they make it really sound proof, brilliant

I loved Chiangmai and would move back in a heartbeat, but I moved to Phuket because of the horrible pollution. I got very sick a couple of times.I visited in December and my eyes were burning, there were a few days like that. I’m going back to visit in July, can’t wait, so excited. I wish something could be done about the pollution.

I agree with you in every part. But American people I met were also very friendly and open minded. There is good and bad in everyone and in every country

Very good video. Smoke season is the only reason that I wouldn't consider staying in Chiang Mai, but I see from the video that you love the city so much that you moved back. Is that because it's not as bad as it seems? In my head because I haven't experienced it, I think I would find it hard to feel comfortable living in a city that for 4 - 6 months a year, it's difficult to breath, the air in general is bad for my health, and I would feel like a prisoner in my own home as I would try to avoid going outside as much as possible. Can someone tell me what I'm misunderstanding here? Sounds miserable.

Hello friend, Where did you guys moved when you left Chiangmai?

I was expecting something on stray dogs in the negatives. Is that an issue in Chiang Mai?

Hi Bill. I believe you to be a genuinely kind person as too. Every question I've asked you via email, you answered sincerely and with good advice! I can't wait to move to Thailand. Surely our quality of life can only get better. At a fraction of the cost as well. More importantly, I care about the way I treat people. It goes both ways. You get what you give so to speak. Thank you again so very much for taking the time to answer my many questions. As the time for our jump over, I'll contact you again for the best places to live until we're familiar with the area and such. Best P

I appreciate you for explaining for costs of living in Thailand. I'm glad It's not inflation like here in The united States it's is so Inflation from Oil and gasoline are very high right now. Because of the war in

I've been to the PI and Thailand. I enjoyed both but overall Thailand is much better. I think CM is the best city in Thailand.

Changmai was one of my top possibilities but the lack of a good beach and sailing tipped the decision to Jomtien. I'm pretty happy in Jomtien. A lot of good places to live here I think except if you're a skier🤣🤣🤣

It's still better than the Philippines. Here it's all the same thing. You see a mall or a garbage filled slum. A big condo and a garbage filled slum. A Catholic Church and then a garbage filled slum . It's the same thing over and over here. And I really like your Walk and talks

Philippines is cheaper to live than Thailand but Thailand has developed infrastructures than the Philippines. The sceneries in the Philippines is amazing. The beautiful white sand beaches, waterfalls and others

I enjoy watching your videos and agree with most of what you have to say but I think you make the smog issue a bit to serious. I’ve lived here about 6 years , Hang Dong area, and yes there are days I wouldn’t spend to much time outdoors but in the same respect there are hot days I stay in. Might be the air effects elderly people differently.

I love living in Thailand, but my husband was just ok with it. He said that it was very hard to find people who speak English compared to Philippines. I had a Thai best friend when I lived there who was educated in Texas A&M but moved back to Thailand to be close to family. She told me English was just an elective in their senior year. In the Philippines, you learn to speak English as a small girl. Sometimes, you are look down if you don't. More Koreans are flocking the Philippines to learn to speak English. It did not bother me if I struggle to find someone for english translator. It was the same thing when my husband worked in Dusseldorf, Germany for 3 years. Thai people are very friendly to me. For all I know, my friend told me that they Thai locals knew I was a farang because I wore shorts everyday. I am not afraid to get dark. LOL!!! When my husband conduced a meeting at IBM BKK, he needed sometimes an interpreter. My husband is also Filipino if you are wondering. I can live in Thailand, but maybe not the Philippines. I am set in my own ways that I will have a culture shock since I grew up in SF. CA. In fact, when I lived in BKK, IBM, sent me to school to learn to speak Thai.

Other than Japan, Thailand is probably the best country to live when considering avoiding personal crime.

I lived in Cha Am and enjoyed it but when I got back to CM it was much nicer. A bicycle let me bypass the traffic jams.

Bill, Very nice video. I really like Chiang Mai. You need to try and start your walks much earlier, before it gets hot if you can. How long have you lived in Chiang Mai ? My experience is that they only mask their feelings to strangers and those that they do not know well. Remember, Western logic does not apply. Stay Safe, and Stay Blessed ! Cheers,

We only stayed 2 months in HuaHin

Chiang Mai is a great place to live most of the time..I concur with your analysis in regards to the traffic and smoke season..the traffic is also very dangerous at times..in the smoke season it can become unbearable so I recommend taking a break down south..but, please stop promoting CM too much...it's busy enough with expats.. cheers for the vlog.

The way you feel about ChiangMai is how I feel about Changrai.I consider it my home away from Home.