Thailand Week Two

A  very dear friend has chided me about the reason for having a blog is to post to it!!!!....  sorry about that....but we have been pretty busy ..I have a piece about breakfasting in Bangkok ready to go but thought I would change it up this morning to share some news with you.

We have acquired a home to run as a guest house or B and B in Nan, Thailand.!!!!    

 It is a  brand new Traditional Thai Built house ..wood and windows and two floors ... Four bedrooms for guests ..and bordered on two sides by rice paddies.. the frogs peep and croak all night long!!   The house was not built for westerners.....  so we have added hot water in the bathrooms and AC in the bedrooms. Traditionally all cooking and dish washing is done outside the house ... that is what we are doing now and have not quite decided about how it will work in the future.    Make great sense as there is still enough heat without adding more from cooking.    Are in the process of purchasing more furniture and beds and bits and bobs required to run a business here. There is construction happening on the lower floor to add  a bedroom office for Lee and I as well and storage and bathroom.  We have given ourselves until Nov. 15 to be ready.  

 If our Visas work out the way we have been told they will ...we will be here until about 20th of Jan.,  at which point we will have to return to Houston to close up a house and stuff there.   We are eligible ..we are pretty sure for retirement visas which will allow us to stay 365 days a year once it it processed. For certain Lee and Mum qualify once they show their Thai birth certificates or equivalents. Non Thais ...that would be me....need to show monthly income and a chunk of $ in the bank to qualify.

   To Find Nan on a map of Thailand ..locate Chiang Mai and then look east almost to the border with Laos...  that's where we are.   The flight from Bangkok takes 1 1/2 hours and runs three times a day.

   So pack your bags and come and see us. The coolest months are from now til February and we would love to see you.  Just let us know which flight to meet at the airport!!