Livinginexile

I have a few rai spare in Kanchanaburi I want to plant with something.
The land is very fertile and connects to the river Kwai so water is not a problem.

I love macadamia nuts and the going market price seems to be 155 bht per 100g! not bad coin if one has a few rai of trees.

Has anyone got experience growing them?

Thanks in advance

I don't know...
My work takes me to many places around the world. Australia, Maldives, Koh Samui Qatar, Dubai, Burma and at the moment Cambodia.
On the surface it looks like I have the perfect job working in places most people back home would give their hind teeth to have, but actually I am miserable.
I have a young family in Thailand, I have a 6 year old boy and an absolutely beautiful wife who adores me and I miss them so much.
It was fun in the early days, my wife and son would travel with me, saving money, living on the cheap to save up for our dream of a self sufficient life in Thailand where we can live a simple life and be happy. But now my son is at school age and I can’t drag them all over the place any more.
We have bought the farm, we are building the house, we have plans for a home stay…you know, the usual Thai dream. But the truth is I am miserable.
I am so close to packing it all in and just live on the farm and make the best of it but my head just keeps thinking about the future.
The money WILL run out but my wife tells me “don’t worry we have everything to live here”. But I still worry that we don’t have enough. So I keep on working.
How do other guys here cope with working overseas and trying to manage a family in Thailand?

Hi All,
This bike is not available to the public but I have one (brand new, still in the box, full military specs)on it's way to Thailand.

I would like to register it in Thailand but i'm worried because there is no other type available on the market if I can get it registered.

Here are the specs:

    The HDT-RMCS motorcycle is a collaborative venture between Hayes Diversified Technologies (HDT) of California and RMCS to develop a production diesel motorcycle. The engine was designed at RMCS and is being produced by HDT. Development has been undertaken jointly by HDT and RMCS. The bike uses a Kawasaki KLR 650 rolling chassis, modified for military use. Current status of the project is that pre-production bikes have been fully trialled and evaluated by the US Marine Corps. As a result of these trials, the USMC has now accepted the bike for service, and production is expected to commence next year. USMC currently has gasoline KLR650s in service and all these will ultimately be converted for the diesel engine. The UK MoD currently has several bikes under test, and other NATO armies, including France and Germany, have expressed serious interest. We are now looking at other applications, both motorcycle and non-motorcycle, for this engine technology. However, there are NO immediate plans to offer the motorcycle to civilian customers, as we are presently fully committed in satisfying military orders. It is possible that a civilian version of the bike will be made available eventually but this the cost would be about 20% up from a standard bike. For the foreseeable future, while the Military are swallowing the cost of this machine, they are unlikely to want to see it sold cheaply to the general public.

    Based on a Kawasaki KLR650 the current version of the bike sports a 670cc engine is designed to run on either diesel or aviation kerosene. Some parts from the original engine, such as the generator, have been used on the new machine in order to save money but essentially this motorcycles engine is completely new. This makes this machine completely unique, it being the first purpose built diesel motorcycle engine ever built.

Anyone out there know what is the process to legally register this bike in Thailand?

Cheers in advance

There's all sorts of creatures coming out of the woodwork now.
Imagine this thing crawling up your trouser leg!

Be careful out there!  

This from the Australian press....

"Medical experts are warning of an outbreak of disease in Bangkok as the floods look set to recede and the government says the cost to the Thai economy may exceed $A30 billion.

The Australian embassy in Bangkok is urging travellers to reconsider their travel plans and to exercise caution".

More here: http://news.ninemsn....aspx?id=8372562

Didn't the Thai minister for tourism recently state that the floods will have zero effect on tourism?