I am a Brit, who has lived almost 30 years in Japan. I would never move back to Blighty. I don’t dislike our homeland, but life is so much more interesting in Asia. I know Southeast Asia very well, and I understand the appeal. Having said all that, to truly find happiness in an adopted land requires effort. It is important to engage with the culture of your adopted home. Many foreigners living in Japan, expect Japan to come to them, and I am sure it’s the same in Thailand. It won’t happen. My advice to anyone moving to a new culture, is to find some aspect of the culture that appeals to you, embrace and engage with it 100%. This will open doors to lifelong friendships and magical experiences. As I said, I live in Japan, so Zen practice was my opening. However, it can be anything. Just find what interests you and go for it. You won’t regret doing so. Whilst gaijin and farang bubbles are necessary from time to time to find reprieve from being an outsider, don’t immerse yourself too deeply in them.
Those flowers are going to look really pretty along the fence. Nice to see that you are back to Isaan. The end of the rain and starting to feel the winter wind, it's the best time of the year. Enjoy!
I really enjoyed watching this one Ben , thanks mate. And I even got a mention as the 'DIY commentor' too, thanks for that! And I'm sure you know by now, as a fellow Brit, I was only taking the pee, which is what we're so good at mate. It's great having you back, keep up the good work, and thanks again 👍 PS Regards to Anna.
Glad you are back ! I had huge snake in my outside bathroom , crawled in via drain pipe from sugar cane farm. Scared the shit out of me , but left the same way. I keep a brick on top of it now ......😂
This might be OCD, but when opening a packet of cable ties, please cut a 1/2" slit halfway down the long side of the packet, and pull the ties out through that. Cutting the top of the packet off allows the ties to spill out everywhere. Thanks for the great videos, Ben!
We get snakes, quite a bit of them. One of them ate the neighbor's kitten a few weeks back. We setup some plastic square fencing all around the property to hold them back which helps. Jungle living bro. We get scorpions, big ass spiders, and plenty of fire ants. I always go out in socks and knee-high rubber boots especially after a good rain as you will surely get a bunch of biting insects around here. Mozzy's aren't too bad as we have planted a ton of lemongrass bush which they don't like. No flooding this year too mate. Our rice is dying unfortunately but that's life...
Oh, I really enjoy seeing what you’re doing, how you’re creating a oasis in the jungle. But you really need to get that yard under control!!! I bought a Rover Rancher 547/42 riding lawn tractor at our local HomePro store. It does an amazing job even through the rainy season when the grass grows like crazy. Keeps our lawn looking like a golf course here in northern Chiang Rai.
Ben, there are snakes. I have seen at least six different varieties here on our property in Nakhon Phanom. They love to climb trees. Thanks for another great relaxing video.
We had a month earlier this year at our house and the temperature was 40 + every day a bit too hot for me and even the wife wasn't comfortable with it either which is unusual for a Thai but we have been back in the UK for 12 years now. Enjoyed it though we coming out later next year, we found a temple with lots of monkeys near us so we went there every few days to feed them. Need to do my garden I see lots of concrete in my future visit.
Missed your videos, welcome back. those numbers across your windscreen on the tint can be removed using blue alcohol. I live in Chanthaburi and have removed mine as it is end of roll and they are supposed to wipe it off. Love your Mustang truck haha. Is it 7 ltrs . Anyway have been subscribed since you started. Cheers
Yah man, slow life around a "klong" is the shite and exactly what I'm looking forward to right now! Just get a trimmer and clear a path around the pond, dotted with plenty of cocconut-breaks in between! Nice set-up youve got!
Coming back to the solar so if you say you have 2 battery of 10kw each means you have 2x 48V 200Ah batteries so with my 300 Ah i will be a little short, maybe i will have to buy two the prices go down every day now still have 3 month time before the adventure starts. We will have Fish and greenery farm tilapia ponds and hydroponic vegetable for profit, so i enjoying my last days in Bangkok 5555.
I would've done the flowers the same way I think. How would you otherwise strap them, being heavy and difficult to reach for the holes. If the world could only be so peaceful as your farm.
UV resistant plastic is a lot more expensive than the ordinary stuff and I doubt those zip tags and flower boxes are UV resistant. If not and in direct sunlight they won’t last long as the UV will strip out the color and plasticizer and they become brittle and disintegrate. If you painted the boxes using a primer for plastic and exterior house paint as a top coat they would last and you could use steel S hooks you find in every shop that sells plastics and all the odds and sods to fix them to the fence. You could also put them out of direct sunlight and UV rays like window boxes where the roof stops exposure to direct sun light and put in plants that don’t like direct sunlight. Exposure to direct sunlight does so much damage. It strip binder out of paint, varnish of wood, destroys non UV resistant plastic. Your water tanks will be UV resistant and life expectancy is 15 to 20 years but they will last longer if you put them under a sun shade.
@@LifeinThailand777 one man’s grass is another man’s treasure. Having seen you ascend our great British peaks earlier in the year, any chance you’ll be ascending the mountain in the background?
AW bless you and your hard life in Amazing Thasiland ,will u swap for me Cottage in the bog in Ireland candle light go on swap .it is true Brits moan about everything .
Just a suggestion. Let people come camp at your place in exchange for work and meals. I had a little farm and was widowed. I converted a shack into a little house and it was a grand watch to get cutting done, in a tropical island, PR
I am a Brit, who has lived almost 30 years in Japan. I would never move back to Blighty. I don’t dislike our homeland, but life is so much more interesting in Asia. I know Southeast Asia very well, and I understand the appeal.
Having said all that, to truly find happiness in an adopted land requires effort. It is important to engage with the culture of your adopted home. Many foreigners living in Japan, expect Japan to come to them, and I am sure it’s the same in Thailand. It won’t happen. My advice to anyone moving to a new culture, is to find some aspect of the culture that appeals to you, embrace and engage with it 100%. This will open doors to lifelong friendships and magical experiences. As I said, I live in Japan, so Zen practice was my opening. However, it can be anything. Just find what interests you and go for it. You won’t regret doing so. Whilst gaijin and farang bubbles are necessary from time to time to find reprieve from being an outsider, don’t immerse yourself too deeply in them.
Great advice 👍
@@LifeinThailand777 Love your videos, Ben! Glad to have you back.
Good to see you back. I enjoy the simplicity of your videos, you come across genuinely. 👏
Those flowers are going to look really pretty along the fence. Nice to see that you are back to Isaan. The end of the rain and starting to feel the winter wind, it's the best time of the year. Enjoy!
Very nice video. Good to see you back enjoying Thai life
I really enjoyed watching this one Ben , thanks mate. And I even got a mention as the 'DIY commentor' too, thanks for that! And I'm sure you know by now, as a fellow Brit, I was only taking the pee, which is what we're so good at mate.
It's great having you back, keep up the good work, and thanks again 👍 PS Regards to Anna.
Great video Ben, it's really good to see you back on TH-cam.
❤👍🏻must have felt good to have plunge pool after working so hard. ❤the flowers.Have a great weekend.💞
Welcome back ben
Glad you are back !
I had huge snake in my outside bathroom , crawled in via drain pipe from sugar cane farm.
Scared the shit out of me , but left the same way.
I keep a brick on top of it now ......😂
This might be OCD, but when opening a packet of cable ties, please cut a 1/2" slit halfway down the long side of the packet, and pull the ties out through that. Cutting the top of the packet off allows the ties to spill out everywhere. Thanks for the great videos, Ben!
Thats a handy tip
Always work required on the Farm. Love every video. Best wishes.
Cheers Les, congratulations on your weight loss too mate. You look great 👍
Great video Ben! You’re lucky you have a plunge pool especially on a very hot day…thanks for posting this 😊
We get snakes, quite a bit of them. One of them ate the neighbor's kitten a few weeks back. We setup some plastic square fencing all around the property to hold them back which helps. Jungle living bro. We get scorpions, big ass spiders, and plenty of fire ants. I always go out in socks and knee-high rubber boots especially after a good rain as you will surely get a bunch of biting insects around here. Mozzy's aren't too bad as we have planted a ton of lemongrass bush which they don't like. No flooding this year too mate. Our rice is dying unfortunately but that's life...
the good thing about 2dollar sunglasses are you can 3 backup for another 6, those little bananas are superb so sweet!
Oh, I really enjoy seeing what you’re doing, how you’re creating a oasis in the jungle. But you really need to get that yard under control!!!
I bought a Rover Rancher 547/42 riding lawn tractor at our local HomePro store. It does an amazing job even through the rainy season when the grass grows like crazy. Keeps our lawn looking like a golf course here in northern Chiang Rai.
Ben, there are snakes. I have seen at least six different varieties here on our property in Nakhon Phanom. They love to climb trees. Thanks for another great relaxing video.
We had a month earlier this year at our house and the temperature was 40 + every day a bit too hot for me and even the wife wasn't comfortable with it either which is unusual for a Thai but we have been back in the UK for 12 years now. Enjoyed it though we coming out later next year, we found a temple with lots of monkeys near us so we went there every few days to feed them. Need to do my garden I see lots of concrete in my future visit.
Try not using them blades on your whipper snipper. You can find many stories of Thai people bleed out in the long grass.
Missed your videos, welcome back.
those numbers across your windscreen on the tint can be removed using blue alcohol. I live in Chanthaburi and have removed mine as it is end of roll and they are supposed to wipe it off.
Love your Mustang truck haha. Is it 7 ltrs .
Anyway have been subscribed since you started. Cheers
I'll try that thanks 🙏
Yah man, slow life around a "klong" is the shite and exactly what I'm looking forward to right now! Just get a trimmer and clear a path around the pond, dotted with plenty of cocconut-breaks in between! Nice set-up youve got!
Welcome back. 👍
your living in a paradise shift
Coming back to the solar so if you say you have 2 battery of 10kw each means you have 2x 48V 200Ah batteries so with my 300 Ah i will be a little short, maybe i will have to buy two the prices go down every day now still have 3 month time before the adventure starts. We will have Fish and greenery farm tilapia ponds and hydroponic vegetable for profit, so i enjoying my last days in Bangkok 5555.
Great video again thanks Ben
Nice vid.
I reckon whoever wants that road fixed will have to sort it themselves. A couple trucks of soil and an excavator
I saw a Snake last night on the BBC , The Prime Minister 😂
OH i wasent slagging u just taking piss ur a grand lad honest good to see u back now no more moaning .
I would've done the flowers the same way I think. How would you otherwise strap them, being heavy and difficult to reach for the holes.
If the world could only be so peaceful as your farm.
UV resistant plastic is a lot more expensive than the ordinary stuff and I doubt those zip tags and flower boxes are UV resistant. If not and in direct sunlight they won’t last long as the UV will strip out the color and plasticizer and they become brittle and disintegrate. If you painted the boxes using a primer for plastic and exterior house paint as a top coat they would last and you could use steel S hooks you find in every shop that sells plastics and all the odds and sods to fix them to the fence. You could also put them out of direct sunlight and UV rays like window boxes where the roof stops exposure to direct sun light and put in plants that don’t like direct sunlight. Exposure to direct sunlight does so much damage. It strip binder out of paint, varnish of wood, destroys non UV resistant plastic. Your water tanks will be UV resistant and life expectancy is 15 to 20 years but they will last longer if you put them under a sun shade.
Great videos, I do love your setup there. Do you have a drone that can get some aerial video's? I'd really like to see the whole farm from above.
Normal service resumed. Excellent.
Are you going to let your old foe with the buffalo have your cut down grass?
Haha I say hello to him every morning these days. He's not getting my grass though 😅
@@LifeinThailand777 one man’s grass is another man’s treasure.
Having seen you ascend our great British peaks earlier in the year, any chance you’ll be ascending the mountain in the background?
Great lifestyle
I envy you, so much, in a good way!
I am in the southern USA, hell on earth. Blessings! 🥹🙏🌍🌏🌎🙏🥹
I hope a company sponsores you a small tractor or ride on lawn mower 🍻
next time you open your zip ties open halfway down the side so you can get them out but they don't all fall out of the top
Hi, just wondering what province are you in! Keep well and good luck.
I'm in the northeast 🙏 Nong bua lamphu province
After 20 years there make a new video and tell us how it was
Dude! Wear a hat outside!
@@AmericanInThailand definitely
For what?
@@AmericanInThailand He should wear medieval armor, it will be safer.
AW bless you and your hard life in Amazing Thasiland ,will u swap for me Cottage in the bog in Ireland candle light go on swap .it is true Brits moan about everything .
You say mistakes, I see the opposite, living in a tropical paradise is no mistake
LOL, long grass with boots ALWAYS????? You and I need to bet, the next time I see you in flip flops, I'd win.
Them little ants love biting me there worst than the mosquitoes
Just a suggestion.
Let people come camp at your place in exchange for work and meals. I had a little farm and was widowed. I converted a shack into a little house and it was a grand watch to get cutting done, in a tropical island, PR
Where about do you live please?
Nong bua lamphu province