Great new video Jon. Optimism is creeping up daily. Hope your mom had quality time there with you and your wife. I have been following your route on Google Maps. Cheers.
Man I have so many memories in the alley you're walking right at the beginning lol. I used to stay at the hi-city guesthouse right on Loi Kroh soi 1 on the right side. I actually lived for a year directly at the building that you're pointing at lol. Decent room and they're like 3500-4000 baht for a month There's also an amazing japanese restaurant on the left right there. So many late night parties and amazing memories from 2013 there. Kinda miss the old days now lol.
First! Thanks for the awesome video Jon. I hope your mom has a safe trip home. We were informed that the place you got the Malaysian currency is the best money exchange place. Haha, the massage ladies near "I'm Shy" didn't seem too shy.
Thanks for your latest video which does cover my part of CM with Thapae Rd where MY flat is located not being all that far away, Jon! It IS getting closer to departure time from Boston but in the timespan I've still got here, your videos help to show me how matters are going and get me even more excited to fly into CNX from Hong Kong! Cheers from Cape Cod. 🙂
Glad to see you’re doing well, nice to see things picking back up again 🙂 Will be back out there shortly and up north for part/most of December 🥳 Haha would be cool to see what you think/find of the UK now, being away for that amount of time. Cool to see what has and hasn’t changed - Reverse culture shock 😲
Hey man, good video where we can see how streets are looking right now. I’m trying to understand the disaster and the people’s reaction to it and especially Thai people’s behaviour. I’m just trying to apply what I saw to other disasters, like tsunami in Japan, floods in Saudi Arabia, hurricane in Florida and Carolina. I’m not trying to be a smartA$s or anything but please tell me if you know. Was it any warning from the meteorologists about floods coming, was it anything from the C.M. city channels about get out and leave. One silly question- what was preventing someone getting on the bike and driving it to let’s say CMU or Zoo area where it is a higher ground and park the motorbike there for 5 days to save it. Again I’m not trying to point to people inaction, I understand that average citizen is not an army trained sergeant, just wanted to know why not to drive the bike to higher grounds rather than sitting and watching it to gobble the water. Like how you showed the currency exchange rates. I’m walking to Maya Mall tonight to change Euros.
Yeah there was a warning that Chiang Mai could flood, but the warning didn't extend to areas such as ours, wasn't meant to flood there. Also we were in Malaysia when it started to flood which is why we couldn't move the bike/car :)
@@jondcanton got it thanks for the answer. Being away is totally understandable. I just couldn't wrap my head around when I saw people standing on the porch watching water rising and NOT DRIVING THE CAR AWAY. Tsunami in Japan is totally different, water was approaching 5-10 km/hr. Not everyone can outrun it or think about the plan. Here people had time to react, it's just so hard to believe that it can happen to your car that many just watched it and haven't acted. All the best to you and your family in taking care of this crazy flood.
I wouldn’t be wanting that car back mate from the insurance company! Once a car gets flood damage or water damage to that extent, it’s a write off, if you get it back, you will always have problems with it. Don’t let the insurance convince you to take it back, fight for a new one or cash.
Yeah worst flood maybe ever but I was discussing it with some people and it has a lot to do with deforestation and farmers planting maze. Forests at least stop flash floods.
@@jondcanton No one knows and I cant see anyone coming out with any reasons why this one happened, but something went wrong and it needs looking at and needs to be talked about and not just left to go away.
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Great new video Jon. Optimism is creeping up daily. Hope your mom had quality time there with you and your wife. I have been following your route on Google Maps. Cheers.
Thanks mate, yeah she likes Chiang Mai :)
Man I have so many memories in the alley you're walking right at the beginning lol. I used to stay at the hi-city guesthouse right on Loi Kroh soi 1 on the right side. I actually lived for a year directly at the building that you're pointing at lol. Decent room and they're like 3500-4000 baht for a month
There's also an amazing japanese restaurant on the left right there. So many late night parties and amazing memories from 2013 there.
Kinda miss the old days now lol.
Ah cool, yeah it's a great part of Chiang Mai, I still have fond memories of my first times in Chiang Mai as well :)
Please provide a link or the name of the other channel you referred to. Good to see things starting to get back on track.
Unseen Thailand in Chiang Mai :)
Glad things are looking up Jon 👍🏻
I’ve noticed it getting a lot busier here in Hua Hin too 🙌
Thanks mate :)
Opposite City House you can not only buy a condo, you can buy a whole condo building. The red and white one at the other side of the soi.
That would be the dream Jaco, just need the money to buy it :)
@@jondcanton I think the price is mentioned at the banner on the gate.
Good to know your family is safe! Take Care
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First! Thanks for the awesome video Jon. I hope your mom has a safe trip home. We were informed that the place you got the Malaysian currency is the best money exchange place. Haha, the massage ladies near "I'm Shy" didn't seem too shy.
Thanks mate, haha yeah not shy at all 😂
Thanks for your latest video which does cover my part of CM with Thapae Rd where MY flat is located not being all that far away, Jon! It IS getting closer to departure time from Boston but in the timespan I've still got here, your videos help to show me how matters are going and get me even more excited to fly into CNX from Hong Kong! Cheers from Cape Cod. 🙂
Thanks Sean, love that part of Chiang Mai as well, hope to live there one day :)
@@jondcanton I hope you DO succeed in that attempt, Jon, as I LOVE MY part of the city as much as I do! 🙂
Glad to see you’re doing well, nice to see things picking back up again 🙂
Will be back out there shortly and up north for part/most of December 🥳
Haha would be cool to see what you think/find of the UK now, being away for that amount of time. Cool to see what has and hasn’t changed - Reverse culture shock 😲
Thanks Karl, have a good one when you're back :) Yeah if I visit the UK I expecting to find things very different from 2015 :)
Landed in Chiang Mai last night. It does seem to be busy, because I had a tough time finding a Honda 160 to rent. Everything was already rented out.
Yep will likely be the same for a few months
Hey man, good video where we can see how streets are looking right now.
I’m trying to understand the disaster and the people’s reaction to it and especially Thai people’s behaviour. I’m just trying to apply what I saw to other disasters, like tsunami in Japan, floods in Saudi Arabia, hurricane in Florida and Carolina. I’m not trying to be a smartA$s or anything but please tell me if you know. Was it any warning from the meteorologists about floods coming, was it anything from the C.M. city channels about get out and leave. One silly question- what was preventing someone getting on the bike and driving it to let’s say CMU or Zoo area where it is a higher ground and park the motorbike there for 5 days to save it. Again I’m not trying to point to people inaction, I understand that average citizen is not an army trained sergeant, just wanted to know why not to drive the bike to higher grounds rather than sitting and watching it to gobble the water.
Like how you showed the currency exchange rates. I’m walking to Maya Mall tonight to change Euros.
Yeah there was a warning that Chiang Mai could flood, but the warning didn't extend to areas such as ours, wasn't meant to flood there. Also we were in Malaysia when it started to flood which is why we couldn't move the bike/car :)
@@jondcanton got it thanks for the answer. Being away is totally understandable. I just couldn't wrap my head around when I saw people standing on the porch watching water rising and NOT DRIVING THE CAR AWAY. Tsunami in Japan is totally different, water was approaching 5-10 km/hr. Not everyone can outrun it or think about the plan. Here people had time to react, it's just so hard to believe that it can happen to your car that many just watched it and haven't acted. All the best to you and your family in taking care of this crazy flood.
I wouldn’t be wanting that car back mate from the insurance company! Once a car gets flood damage or water damage to that extent, it’s a write off, if you get it back, you will always have problems with it. Don’t let the insurance convince you to take it back, fight for a new one or cash.
100%, I’m trying :)
I arrive in CM next Friday
21 days motorcycle tour and 7 days r and r
Nice! Enjoy the ride, I'm doing a 4 day trip down South on the bike soon :)
Yeah worst flood maybe ever but I was discussing it with some people and it has a lot to do with deforestation and farmers planting maze. Forests at least stop flash floods.
Building houses where they shouldn't really be building them, water management, drainage, the list goes on..
Yeah it’s a difficult one, should we expect this every year or is it a one off, would just be guessing :)
@@jondcanton No one knows and I cant see anyone coming out with any reasons why this one happened, but something went wrong and it needs looking at and needs to be talked about and not just left to go away.
If that's busy I don't know what quiet looks like lol
Yup the shop was busy today.
Getting busy. It was getting busy 10 years ago
9k Baht will almost pay for your drill.
No massage again I see lol.
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