I moved from the UK to rural Thailand to start a brand new life…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2023
- Farming in rural Thailand as a foreigner is brutal and also rewarding…
Life in Thailand after leaving the UK.
Join me on my Thailand adventure as I attempt to create a fruit farm on five acres of land, build a house, dig a well for my own water source and install solar panels to become completely off grid!
Watch me generally fumble my way through every process, trying to keep positive and upbeat throughout 🧘♂️
✅support the farm by becoming a member on our Patreon page. We plant your choice of fruit tree and attach your name to it, so that you can watch it grow over the years. Choose from Mango, Banana, Avacado or Lime trees… just $5
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✅our holiday rental villa in Southern Spain, if you’d like a relaxing and peaceful holiday away from the hustle and bustle
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✅support the farm by becoming a member on our Patreon page. We plant your choice of fruit tree and attach your name to it, so that you can watch it grow over the years. Choose from Mango, Banana, Avacado or Lime trees… just $5
patreon.com/LifeinThailand777
✅our holiday rental villa in Southern Spain, if you’d like a relaxing and peaceful holiday away from the hustle and bustle
abnb.me/t5RcAVwSKub
✅if you’d like to generously buy me a coffee I will love you forever 🥰 www.buymeacoffee.com/benthailanZ
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What was the cost to build the house
I'm so very happy 😊 just watching this ❤😊🎉less stress listening to the birds 🐦 and beer 🍺 👌 🐝 living in countryside lifestyle with mother's nature created jungle peaceful ✌ healthy 👎 no hassle no headache no pollution no crowded no crime that's is my long dreamed just little house on a Prairie 😊❤🎉farmers house 🚜 🐖 🏠 organic everything's else chicken cow pig horse fish 🐟 fruits trees 🌳 vegetables what more could you ask for simple nothing too luxury who's needs I don't materials stuffs
I love Thailand from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦❤️🇹🇭
I love thailand ❤❤ from india 🇮🇳
That's the best move you can do 👍I did it also last September and came to Thailand with just hand luggage but with a lot of positivity and curiosity.
Weather, cost of living, people's positivity, and life partner. Good reasons to make big changes in your life, leave your home country and live in Thailand.
Not cheap anymore! Go to Laos, Cambodia or VietNam. Thai people are sweet. The Thai government and it's policies treat farang like shit!
Passport is needed to pay PEA, 3BB or telephone bill.
Throw a dart at a map of the World! Timor Leste sounds good!
Staying registered in the UK does allow you to contribute to the state pension if required and also increases the inflation rate increase on your state pension otherwise the Expat status freezes any increase
I'm too planning, to move,
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I’m planning on leaving Japan (non-Japanese) and starting over in Thailand in the next three years. The video and comments are very encouraging, thank you everyone
Hi! I don’t know if you still keep your plan. Japanese and Thai are very similar in manners. Shy, traditional and respect for the elderly. But we are totally opposite how to live our life. Japanese is intense, serious, hardworking and well-organized. Thai are easygoing, fun (we eat and laugh all day), work hard on the clock but we know how to enjoy everything even when we work and we are chaotic. Lol 😂😂
You will get some culture shock during your transition from Japan to Thailand.
I hope you succeed long term. Most guys who have tried this don't. Good luck.
interesting food
Very nice house and garden
In Thailand, having enough money is important for a comfortable life. With around 1,000 euros per month (36,000 Thai baht), you can live adequately. However, with 1,500 euros per month (54,000 Thai baht), you can enjoy a more comfortable lifestyle. And if you have 2,000+ euros per month (72,000-100,000 Thai baht), you'll be able to live like a king.🎉❤
Not me reading this with 12,000 THB😀😀😀 and realize I'm so far away for a comfortable life.😀😀😀
@@Saii900You live comfortably with 12K THB?
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The guy in his comment said he does not live in a comfortable life, with his
12 k Thai bat
Anyhow thank you for commenting , and I am very interested in tailand, thank you so much sir, peace be on you ,
Ĝood luck with your project 😅
Ive sed it before, what a wonderful peaceful life Ben,
bit more eventful in and around the village,
a bag of frogs 200 bht !!
Whenever i see baby frogs which the locals make into a soup i buy them all up and release them into the nearest pond...wife never too happy with that!!
and dont for christ sake let her mother know..
Whenever we get big big rain the locals are out gathering up the frogs by torchlight, considered a delicasy round here.
Cheers..
Good luck with that ,, a month of that is plenty for me
Great job at your farm 👍👍👍
We are back in Texas after being our property in Thailand and your videos keep me excited about our next trip back. Thanks again for the videos mate!
Awww...that smiling dog 😍
Miss Thailand mak mak
Thanks for sharing
Thailand is an incredible place!
I love every day here. 🇹🇭
Beautiful tranquility...good luck to you.!
Awesome brother! I’m cheering for you all! Thank you for providing the video and information! Peace and love☮️❤️🙏🏻
Definitely wanted the biscuit !
Thanks for creating and sharing
Good on you. Wishing you and family a happy life ahead. Ryan of channel 'Life in Bamboo - Thailand' did the same. You may well be familiar with he and his rural property in Buriram. Interesting guy.
I'm thoroughly enjoying seeing your farm grow. Great work mate.
Thanks 🙏
Nice video.. you're very brave. Well done.
I think i speak for many of us, we are jealus. We want the same lifestyle as you but the hard part is to find a honest, loyal and trustworty Thai lady. I been traveling to Thailand for the last 15 years and still to find that lady ( im not a bar guy) Good luck to you and hope all will be what you wish for in the end. Enjoying your content
U will get what your looking for no matter what country you are in!!
Totally agree, there are some disaster storys with failed falang relationships, rental is the only credible option in for most of us which is still a good option
Am 42 years old. I never travelled outside india. I rarely had physical relationship but i like to. I don't like hookup or hookers. I like to be in relationship with one girl . is Thailand village life good for me to find girl?
If I was young again I would move back to Thailand
Exactly i m thinking that u have already done .i m gonna ask you lot of questions.hope u will guide.
Tried that banana coconut thing a couple of weeks ago. Not bad!
It's really great 💥 I would love to join you someday....❤️ God bless you 🙏
I am coming to Thailand in the first week of September ❤😊
Lovely!!!
Im moving too
Hope you have a great week! Happy planting! Lucky you! 💞💞
Enjoying your videos, they get more interesting, thank you. You seem to be doing much the same as we are, growing seeds, plant rice. It's a nice way of life... Enjoy
love your videos
Those Thai deserts always taste better than they look.
Im in Sakon Nakhon, just getting started. Thanks for the info.
That food 😅😅😅 that's a no from me..House and farm is looking amazing Ben, keep the vlogs coming 🙂🙂👍👍
Thailand I Go To Retired Later !
I have Thai Wife too !
Came From Surin !
All the Best to You !
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Thank you for the Heart !
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Hi nice to see your video. Great work
How interesting! I am from Puerto Rico, dad grows coffe and citrus. Mom is from central Louisiana USA, her father planted rice, huge rice fields….beautiful.Many BLESSINGS! New follower! Where are you? I am going to a village north of Chiang Mai
Just joined your channel. I also watch Life In Bamboo as he lives close to me. 10 years now living in Lahan Sai. Love your house and the land. Wish I had bought a larger plot so I could grow some stuff and have a fishing pond.
1:16 So cute toddler!! But she must be tired or some sort.😂
Looking at your rice planted to mitigate soil erosion, I just got 10,000 free, Lemon grass plants. Lemon grass, so my GF's mother says, is excellent for the prevention of soil erosion, with the added benefit of the Mossies hate it!!! Just a thought if you have more to plant. The plants were free from the Government as my GF's mother is a registered farmer. Looking good mate
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Great video mate. It is wonderful and inspiring to see a man fulfilling his dreams. Your little patch of heavenly Paradise is beautiful. Cheers 🎉
Mate, nice video.
the minute the hose is completed, expect trouble, LOL.
lol it’s all good. Me and Anna have built businesses together for the past 10 + years, she’s not waiting to screw me over. Thanks for the advice nonetheless, I know there are plenty of horror stories out there
What a mansion you building in there :D
Som tam with Boo kem or salt crab is one of my favorite dishes in Thailand. I about cried when I saw hard green mangos growing on your farm. I so love them with salt, sugar, and pepper. I could go on and on about all the things I miss. Right now my wife is in no big hurry to return to Thailand due to the political situation. Happy life to you and Anna.
That was a fantastic video which helped me to familiarise myself to the village life of Thailand. Thanks again. Expecting to see more videos from you.
Glad it was helpful!
Good for you fella,❤
Never listen to the negative. Ask GOD to lead and guide you! ❤️🙏
what?
Sawasdee... new farmers You use to throw rice But if you plant the rice by seed Rice yields better results with grain size. but will be much more tired
You grow jasmine rice if you harvest and when you eat it for the first time It will be the most delicious rice in the world. 😊👍🌾🌾🌾🌴
thanks for the puppy
Get some trees growing around your BIG beautiful home. Lots of "yardwork" to keep you busy. Looking good!!
If that 90 degree bend in the field was moveable you could control the amount of water in the field.
Good luck. I loved Thailand, been there twice.
That Thai dessert is Banana, Coconut and red bean. That's probably what you thought the Pork was😅 My Wife eats them a lot. They are quite delicious aren't they?
Delicious
Aroy mak mak! My Thai wife's mother made it for our wedding and I can't get enough haha!
Tasty: pronounced katoom.
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What area of tsiland is it.
If you think its a good region. Maybe I'll get a place there. Is it generally a safe and good place ? Mike nice to meet
Hi great to see the builders working on your house again. Another option for stabilising the banks of your canal and pond is bamboo. I would provide shade to reduce evaporation, and material for projects. Some species could get too thick and reduce prevent access tho. HTH
I love your farm, I really enjoy your content. Keep doing what your doing. You're living the dream. Cheers, Ben from Downunder!
Thanks so much Ben 🙏🙏🙏
Love their mma/muay-thai over there. Could hear it in the background at the start of the vid :D
You’re right. The fight was over in just 47 seconds though 😅
@@LifeinThailand777 Best part of that fight was the bloke doing the chicken dance when he got back up 🤣
l live before in korat 5 years
Great videos. I love them all. You're always very positive and easy to watch.
I built a house in Chiang Mai 10 years ago. Luckily we are connected to PEA so don't need to worry about power like you do. I've found with the Thai punishing climate, quality of products and workmanship, things go wrong far more here then in the UK and require more maintenance. You have a great house but the one thing I would do differently myself is to locate the solar panels nearer ground level for easy maintenance, cleaning or adding additional units one day as you have plenty of land available.
As you often have a breeze coming from the mountain, perhaps a small wind turbine would be useful too to consider for the future?
Thanks so much. Yes a wind turbine is something I’ve looked into. Once we move into the house I’ll look at it more seriously. Thanks again for the comment 🙏🙏🌞🪴
I really enjoy your uploads. M family and I watch them together. we’re in the process of selling off our US holdings and will be setting up a home base in Hua Hin for the rest of our travels. Hopefully by the first of 2024. Thanks again.
That is awesome!
Great place you have there,looking to make the move over there in a year or two👍
Best of luck!
@@LifeinThailand777👋 hi dude it's good 👍 to be sweating 😓 your ass off working 💪 👷♂️ hard in the sun vitamins D3 😆 🤣 lmfao I loved 😍 living in country lifestyle 👎 no pollution no crowded no crime no hassle no headache peaceful mother's nature created jungle ❤😊🎉❤my son been in Thailand 5 years I been there twice next door to Cambodia Country 🇰🇭 how 🤔 do you extended your eb3 work visa because government kept kicking my son out he's goes back and forth trying to work in Thailand 🇹🇭 I told him get marriage 💑 🤵♀️ 👰♀ if he wants to live permanently legal 😢😢please some advice 😢😢thanks God bless 🙌 😊❤❤🎉🎉
Boi get your ass home. We’re eatin’ biscuits ;)
Another great video 👍🏼
Blessings ☦️, looking good everything is. But I think you should put boulders and rocks around the lower base of the earth near your home and the road near to it.
Great idea
Hey would u think of putting mesh over that overflow pipe so it doesn't get blocked up with leaves etc
Rice doesn’t have a lot of root. You sure they didn’t put down Vetiver grass by the ditch?
Amazing stuff mate. What part of Thailand are you in? I’m thinking of buying a plot near Pai and doing something similar. Keep up the good work 👍
We’re in nong Bua Lamphu province 👍👍
Hello farmer, i thought you were planting grass and some trees (Flamboyan is the ideal one) around the house...! Nice shadow to enjoy the landscape !
We’re planting trees etc around the outside wall once that raised land is finished. Inside the wall (around the house) we want totally low maintenance TBH, opposite of the farm 🙏
@@LifeinThailand777 Excellent ! Try flamboyans, they grow quickly and are beautiful.
May I come visit when I'm up that way next month?
As a native 'on the ground' english speaker, have you thought about setting up a Thai property real estate website?
Another great video. When I see your new house towering above the flat land, I wonder if you need to put a lightning rod on top? Plenty of lightning in this region but I’ve never seen lightning rods on isolated buildings around here.
It’s not something I’ve actually thought about William. I’ll check with the boss (Anna) 🙏🙏
Hi Ben @ Anna thank you for sharing very helpful and good videos , myself planning ( wishing) to move back Thailand in the next few years. But my partner he worried that he not going to be able to understand local people when they’re speaking Thai. But after watched your video seeing you speaking Thai quite well my partner seem to relax more about Thailand ( My partner he never been to Thailand yet) But we are going very soon.
Best of luck!
can wr get a 4k version pls?
I think, you're having a laugh 😂
l like lsaan toooooooooooo much
You have got a amazing house there mate, that would be cost a million plus in the UK do you pay rates or any similar cost, I am thinking of selling my house in the UK and moving to Thailand.
Will you keep the rice or sell it, if you keep it you will need a rat proof barn to keep it in, keep the vlogs coming mate they are interesting.
Them desserts wrapped in banana leaves, are amazing I buy them everyday.
There are no rates or equivalent here Robert. Just electric and water bills.
In our rented 2 bed house in the city, our latest electricity bill was 1400 baht (£32) and water 70 baht (£1.60) for the month. Also the rental amount is just 5000 baht (£115) per month.
Thailand is only expensive if you eat imported food, drink beer every day and chase too many women 😇
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Can I join you down there ? Or live near ? I would like to help you building... and other work and things I can do nearby .
The house is already built, we moved in a few months ago. But thanks for the offer 🙏
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We can build garage, with driveway, walking paths, and plan for more buildings:)
Cheers mate fellow Brit coming this December. Can't wait. Find a good wife come back for a year earn 30k them move for good. Everything about the family orientated life and the nature is all I need. Everything else is a bonus.
What’s it cost to build house, and the cost of land
Nice video..Is this in Issan? I've been living in Pattaya but considering a similar move...
Yes, it is👍
Please do a video on the cost of the house. I’d love to know how much it cost.
Coming soon 👍
@@LifeinThailand777waiting mate !😅
Scary about the height of the flood water last year. Got a little scary out here along the Chi River last year too. What breed is your dog btw?
She’s a JackChi, chihuahua and jack Russel cross. Very dramatic but great company 😅
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Hi mate, just wondering how on earth did you get the house and land? Haha, of course without sharing the touchy details 😅
My wife is originally from thailand so we were able to buy the land in her name 👍
Budget for your move ?
How did you afford such a beautiful home?
We opted to build a house here in Thailand rather than pay into a mortgage for a property in the Uk. The house and land total cost here is only about £100,000, as opposed to average price of a house in Uk £290,000. Neither of us own property in the Uk 🙏
Make e dream come true forever in Thailand don't rush sale
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When i move to Thailand i definitely dont plan on living in the city. I want to live in nature. What places would yall recommend?
In Thailand in see them planting the rice, not sow the rice.
Both,
sowing can be hit n miss
so the old ladies come along after and fill in the gaps by hand
Have you moved into your new house in the country
did u bought a land ?
Hi how much cost the hause big laik this is expensive? I watching video in Thailand how people live there some poor some have very good live there im really loved to move there
Does anyone know if you do remote work in Thailand, would I still need to pay tax in the U.K. 🇬🇧? Cheers!
What province are you in? I see your property is surrounded by hills, so you're probably not in Isarn, unless its near the Cambodian or Lao border, where there are actually some hills.
I’m in the Isaan province of nong Bua Lamphu 🙏
Hey mate, where about are you in Thailand?
Nong Bua lamphu 👍
Show me the state of the art health care system within a few km of where your living. Not available in your area? Why does that not surprise me.
I don’t base my life on where the closest hospital is. Maybe I’ll regret that if I cut my leg off one afternoon, but the chances are slim 👍
I've planned to move to Ayutthaya next summer to move in with my Thai G/F of 4 years I'm 50 is there any tips on things you wished you had done before leaving the UK reference moving ? I hope I've got everything sorted but doesn't hurt to get tips from someone who's already done it .
We brought everything we owned inc furniture etc in a 20 ft shipping container. It cost us about £4000. Probably if I did it again I’d sell most of my belongings in Uk and buy them again over here, just bringing suitcases.
It was middle of covid lockdown when we moved here, so we didn’t really have the option of selling our stuff as every bugger was locked in their houses 😅
@@LifeinThailand777 that's mental taking all your furniture when you could easily buy furniture in Thailand for a fraction of the cost.
Yeah we considered all options, but we have some antique furniture, as well as sentimental stuff that couldn’t be bought again in Thailand. It was better for us to pay for shipping 👍
Hi Ben,could you tell me your wife's remedy for cleaning the pond with the cow shit sandwich, I can't find the video, thanks
Hi mark, she layers dried cow shit with hay, and skewers it with bamboo into the bed of the pond. The shit and the hay need to basically be in the water without separating and floating away. There’s probably better ways of doing it using something like chicken wire mesh, but the bamboo skewers seem to work ok. It’s not an immediate result, because the shit sandwich will produce plankton which is what cleans the water, but you’ll definitely see a difference over 6 months. We tend to make a new sandwich twice a year 😅. Hope this helps mate
Edit - my wife says chicken wire is a bad idea 😅
This is funny , its like a steamed banana cake ,