Intl guy jim
American looking for information about Thailand
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Registration: 06 March 2026
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Impact of ME tensions on fuel and electricity in Thailand? by Intl guy jim
Hi folks,Some news about how the cost and availability of oil due to the Mid-East problems has popped up in the news here. One article mentioned Thailand.Are you seeing problems, whether availability of gas for cars, cuts in electricity, ...
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Impact of ME tensions on fuel and electricity in Thailand? by Intl guy jim
Hi folks,Some news about how the cost and availability of oil due to the Mid-East problems has popped up in the news here. One article mentioned Thailand.Are you seeing problems, whether availability of gas for cars, cuts in electricity, ...
Thanks! Read More
Impact of ME tensions on fuel and electricity in Thailand? by Intl guy jim
Hi folks,Some news about how the cost and availability of oil due to the Mid-East problems has popped up in the news here. One article mentioned Thailand.Are you seeing problems, whether availability of gas for cars, cuts in electricity, ...
Greetings! Hope you all had a pleasant weekend!As I'm reading about airlines cancelling flights due to fuel costs, and news items around much of the world about energy costs, continued fallout like Iranian tankers being diverted, .....How is this ... Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
@OceanBeach92107 Thanks! Are the "water taxis" to which you refer hydrofoils? Sadly I am vulnerable to motion sickness, so need to plane above waves to feel confident of not getting ill.... I would imagine the airport is some years from reality? Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
@jayrozzetti23 Thanks for your detailed answer!! I had distantly followed some of that over the years, but a MUCH stronger impression laid out completely! I lived in countries with danger of coup d'etat as a kid, and have friends & family who ... Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
Please see first line of the article. Mistake, says 125 km, so 75-80Miles? (top of head) from HCMC.https://www.expat.com/en/guide/asia/vietnam/vung-tau/ Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
@jayrozzetti23 Thanks, Jay. Appreciate your sharing your experience! You may have actually helped with recovering a recommendation that someone made a year or so ago, which I didn't record: Phu Quoc Island. Will check out to see if there is a ... Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
Thanks, Aidan and Bhavna!Checked out Vung Tau and it looks like a winner! One confusion though:The page on Vung Tau starts out saying that it is 125 miles from Ho Chi Mihn, but on Google.maps it appears to be only 20-30 miles, even taking into ... Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
Aidan, thanks for your offer. Yes, please ask them to shift/copy me to general forum. Read More
Scouting Vietnam? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ...
Thanks, Aidan,I actually am scouting for my retirement home worldwide. Spent a couple of months each in two countries in LatAm (advantage I've been fluent in Spanish almost all of my life, and both lived and did substantial business around the ... Read More
Scouting Vietnam?
Greetings all!I hope to be arriving in Thailand (beach areas south of Bangkok) in a couple of months (had to postpone departure two times already) looking for my retirement home.While in Asia I want to also investigate Vietnam. While I don't like ... Read More
Looking for a reputable real estate company by Urbanwildlife
I am looking for reputable real estate company as I am interested in buying a property with a ocean view. I am open to all areas at this point. The website of this company needs to have the opportunity to change the pricing from Baht to ...
Just in case, I'll add my inquiry..... Looking for a property management company which represents beachfront apartments in the area south of central Hua Hin (close to Thakiap Thong),which will respond to requests made on their website!!Realize this ... Read More
Impact of ME tensions on fuel and electricity in Thailand? by Intl guy jim
Hi folks,Some news about how the cost and availability of oil due to the Mid-East problems has popped up in the news here. One article mentioned Thailand.Are you seeing problems, whether availability of gas for cars, cuts in electricity, ...
Hi folks,As this global clusterf.. continues to unroll, are you seeing more negative results? Totally apart, but there is a family matter which may push me to move my arrival back a few additional weeks (AARRRGGGHHHH!!!)Hopefully this idiocy is ... Read More
Wish I had found Expat.com sooner! Mar del Plata? by Intl guy jim
Greetings all,Last year I lived almost 8 months in Argentina, almost all of that in Mar del Plata. During that time I only heard English spoken in the street twice! The second time was just before I left Argentina, and the person told me that, ...
Thanks, Osage. Figures, everyone wants to do things on the platform I will NEVER log onto. If anyone wants to buy my personal, private info they can make me an offer, not pay Zuckburger for it. Since this platform (and for example, "International ... Read More
Wish I had found Expat.com sooner! Mar del Plata?
Greetings all,Last year I lived almost 8 months in Argentina, almost all of that in Mar del Plata. During that time I only heard English spoken in the street twice! The second time was just before I left Argentina, and the person told me that, ... Read More