Welcome to the channel! I hear we have a Taco Bell now. Iv’e lived in Joshua since 1976.

I know who this is now. I just watched your video on your channel. Very nice!

Thank you so much! You did a great job. You’re very natural on video. I was thinking I ought to come back and help you guys make a commercial for your business that you can put on your facebook page or on Google. This was one of my favorite places I've been so far.

Yes! I miss a few things from Texas. Catfish fried in cornmeal, tamales, chicken fried steak, BBQ, chili… I just made pinto beans here. They were expensive. $7.00 for a small bag. I made salsa and tacos also. Corn chips, salsa, cheese, beans and tortillas are expensive here. San Antonio may be the place for you to see for great food and a lot of fun attractions. Stay in touch if you go and I’ll give you a few suggestions of places to visit based on what time of year you go.

@texasruss I will. Ty for your replies

Yes it is. I’ll be going back soon.

Absolutely! You’ll have to come check it out sometime for yourself.

Thanks! You’ll love it here.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the videos and that the snowstorm isn't too much of a pain. Thanks for watching!

@@texasruss I was just beginning one of your videos when you replied, lol

Lol. I sure don’t want to distract you from watching such high quality entertainment!

Thank you and welcome to the channel. I try to provide content other Thailand KZbinrs aren’t covering so let me know if you’d like me to cover a topic and I’ll try to accommodate you. I have another good video set to premier in about 12 hours. Stay tuned!

Yeah. Some start slow and take off later. Some never take off. I’ll stick with it though. I’ve got a good one coming out this Sunday at 8:00 PM. I’ll be shocked if it doesn't do well. Good content and some fun editing. Thanks for watching!

Thanks! I appreciate the advice. I think buying older condos to renovate in tourist areas is a safe bet. I don’t plan to invest much because I don’t have much to invest. Worst case scenario is I end up with several places to stay in several tourist areas. I think Phukett, Pattaya, Chiang Mai… I may just use them like an Air B&B. I’m just in planning stages right now though. Thank you so much for watching! Hope you come back.

Hey there fellow Texan! I spent the day shopping for some of my favorite Texas food yesterday. It was expensive and I had to go to 3 stores. I may have to do a video on that. Thanks for watching!

Thank you. I’ve got a new one coming up soon from another day I spent out in Issan way out in the country soon. You’ll probably like that one also. Stay tuned and thanks for watching!

Thanks! Yes, it’s beautiful just about everywhere you look here.

I couldn't agree more.

Ha ha. I just can’t unhear it!

@ me too now hahaha. Also, I just want to say I admire how you can just turn on the camera and let your thoughts flow out naturally. I recently started filming and, I too, have these little interesting observations about Thailand, but it seems like every time I hit record, my mind goes blank and even though I wouldn’t normally not know what to say socially, it seems to happen when I know the camera is on me. So well done man, from one Texan to another.

Keep at it! That day it came a little easier than it normally does but also when you mess up just keep rolling, pause and start the whole sentence over again. I’m about to do a video on what I learned the first year as a KZbinr. The first thing is to just do it. Sure you want it to be good. You’ll spend 200 hours editing your first video (I did) and nobody will watch it anyway. Just make them and start putting them out there. You’ll improve. I can’t wait to see what you upload! What part of Texas? I’m from Joshua just a few minutes South of Fort Worth.

I currently live in Jomtien. I’m just based there until next October while I look for my permanent home. I have a few criteria for my permanent place. It has to be secluded but 20 minutes to the convenience of a town with good supermarkets and conveniences. I am planning on selling my land in the US to buy something here. I’m only bringing what I can get on the airplane. Filling my suitcase with western food, and some of my cooking stuff, I’ll pay a little extra to bring a couple of my favorite guitars and the rest will be sold, trashed or given away. Yes. I’d be happy to help you get settled here. Feel free to contact me and I’ll look into anything you may need help with.

Great information is key ! Thank you so much for replying. I don't mean to be bold or intrusive. I have traveled much over the years on a simple basis, but time has changed. I reach out in kindness and believe to have a similar attitude towards the outlook of life. As I recce out many places on this globe, recently with similar advice to Thailand, I wish to check this out in the near future. Happy New Year

@ Happy New Year to you also. Feel free to get in touch anytime and thanks for watching.

Definitely will keep watching, and I have subscribed. Knee deep in numbers and procedures regarding Thialand. Seeing that now is the best time, weather wise to visit. Jomtien and that coastal area.......why that location and area? The best airport to commute with and carry on ward would be in Bangkok? Do you have an email address. Monty

Yes. This is the start of high season in Thailand. Most people find the rest of the year too hot or too wet. I find high season too crowded for my liking. Roads are too congested with tourists to get where you’re going safely and efficiently. Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok is usually the best place to enter Thailand. I see there are other options to fly straight to Phukett or a couple of other cities but they are always more expensive. Once you enter Thailand from Bangkok you can fly to Phukett or Chiang Mai or wherever else you may want to go for about $35.00 but the trains and bus services are also cheap and easy. I rode the buss home from Bangkok yesterday for 143 baht or $4.16 US yesterday. About an hour and a half ride or you can take a taxi for 1000-1200 baht $30.00-$35.00. My email is on my page somewhere but I’ll edit the page to make it more visible. It’s [email protected]

I was staying with a Thai family there but I had to go make my own coffee.

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@@คะนิฐาตุปฏิ ขอบคุณและสวัสดีปีใหม่ครับ! ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ช่องครับ

Just riding around looking for a place to move away from the city.

@@texasruss I have been to quite a few rural communities in Isaan, Fao Rai was to me, one of the more 'rural' feeling places.

I could see myself moving there. I felt very welcome. Thanks for watching. More good stuff coming up soon!

Find yourself a Thai partner that already has land , house , farm and just live there plus she or he can look after u at the same time 😅😅

Sound advice.

Man I hope you’re a subscriber. I have a story to tell you and it will be coming out very soon. I was involved in a high speed motorcycle accident in March of this year. I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to tell the story ever since. I’ll try to get the video out around January 1st. Don’t miss it! You’re correct about the dangers of motorbikes here. I see a light truck in my future unfortunately a motorbike is a necessity to navigate around the city. Cars get trapped in gridlock for hours.

Thanks! I just got back and i have a lot of video to edit. I’ll have some really good content coming out very soon.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll try the next video without it.

Thanks for the feedback. I’m still learning. Trying to keep them interesting but don’t want to overpower the commentary with the music. They don’t always upload the way I edit. Stick around. They’ll get better. I got some good stuff coming up from the rural farm communities soon. I’m on my way back to Jomtien now.

@ I will keep an eye out for the next video. I wouldn’t even know where to begin to try to video so I can imagine it can be complicated. Keep at it and I am sure you will get it worked out.

Thank you and welcome to the channel. Let me know if there are any topics you would like me to cover for you.

It was other than something that got on my back porch in the night and made a little racket. Sounded like a raccoon but I haven’t ever seen one here. It was only for a minute then very quiet the rest of the night.

@@texasruss I was sneaky . . .

@@sycomputing Ha ha

Thank you so much. What a wonderful compliment! I’m glad you enjoyed it and thank you for the subscribe!

@@texasruss You've inspired me and my girlfriend to buy cowboy hats, they seem perfect for the Thai weather! We might be visiting Pattaya after the new year, but ive heard mixed things, how is the vibe? Keep up the great videos, currently watching your bike tour 2023 video, great stuff!

@ I guess the vibe depends on who you talk to. Thailand can be brutal or it can be wonderful. Shoot me an email and I’ll help you plan a great trip. Give you a bucket list of places to see and food to try. I even have a few phone numbers of tuk tuk drivers and such that speak good English. I guess I need to make a video on travelers making a first trip here. I get the hats at gas stations and flea markets in Texas. $15.00-$20.00 I get a bootlace and thread it through, add on a little plastic draw string keeper and make my own stamped string for when I’m riding the motorbike. Cheap. My email is [email protected] if you want to know more. Hope to see you guys in January!

I hope you got to see it!

Not at all. Noodles usually are pretty tame unless you add all the good stuff they serve up with them.

Thanks! I see quite a few Ducatis while i’m doing my day to day stuff around Pattaya. More here than I ever saw riding around Fort Worth.

[email protected]. I’m the same way. I’m just based out of Pattaya because it was easy for me to take care of my business here of making the transition. I’ll leave soon on a long road trip to find a more suitable place for me to base out of. I really love the small farm communities. Happy to help you.

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That’s where I’m headed. I’m basing out of Pattaya but I'm making some modifications on the bike and taking the show on the road. I hate living in the touristy areas and prefer to be in the country with Thai people. I’ll be looking for the area I want to move to permanently. My first item of business is to ride to Korat to pick up a camera I had repaired. I’ll stop at any point of interest along the way and post. It will be interesting to see what happens on the road.

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ขอบคุณที่รับชมครับ.

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

ใช่ค่ะ พวกเขาคือคนโปรดของฉัน ขอบคุณที่รับชมค่ะ!

Thank you! I’m so glad you like it. Let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like for to cover and I’ll try to make a video for you. I’m still very new at this so I’m sure my photography and editing skills will improve more with time.

I saw that on Facebook this morning. I’m not ashamed to admit I shed a tear or two. Dan was a friend and a pillar of the community. Cleburne was a better place because of him. I watched this video in his honor. I wish I had done a better job on the audio. I was new to the whole KZbin thing and this was my first try with the new microphones. Thank you for watching.

@ no problem! thanks for showing people the depot! it’ll hopefully stay open

Yes! It really needs to. I was hoping people will show up there to pay their respects to Dan. I would love to attend his send off but I’ll be here in Thailand until May. I’m with you all in spirit though. I’m sorry for your loss.

@@texasruss no problem! Thanks!

It’s called “So Tasty Market” VWJ2+J9P, Chaiyaphruek 2 Rd, Pattaya City, Bang Lamung District, Chon Buri 20150 It was so much fun. I’m dying to go back.

Thank you for watching!

I haven't had any bugs since i got here this time. I’ll probably get some pretty soon. I don’t care for the scorpions or maybe I just didn’t get a good one. Maybe I’ll try one more just to be certain. The grasshoppers and coconut worms are really good.

@@texasruss "The grasshoppers and coconut worms are really good." So you'll be cooking some up next time your in town here I guess?

@@sycomputing I tried to cook some up last time I was back but couldn’t find the hoppers. I’d like to have my friends over to try them.

@@texasruss I'd like to have your friends over to try them too . . .

@ if we can catch some around July or August we’ll do it!

Thanks! I spend a lot of time looking for just the right tunes to go with the footage. Epidemic Sound has 30,000 tunes to choose from. The problem is having to listen to so many. A lot of times I’ll listen to 30 or more only to end up choosing the very first one I looked at.

Glad you liked it!

Yes. Much better.

Thank you! Let me know what you want me to show you I’ll try to do a video on it.

I want to see it all. The foodie thing and locals. I enjoy that.

Iv’e been working on some of that for you. I haven’t quite got the shots I’m looking for yet but I’ve been busy with other stuff. After today I can get back to focusing on the channel again.

Welcome. Thanks for watching.

I’m all about having a good time without breaking the bank.

Some of those ain’t girls too. Yeah pretty girls are abundant out here but I didn’t come for that. I came to ride a motorcycle across Thailand alone. I don’t mess with the girls here because I’ve got places I want to see and a short time to get there.

@@texasruss Whatever tickles your fancy, Russ. I left Jomtien two days ago and now in Chiang Mai for a week. I am considering moving part time to Thailand. So far, my heart and soul is drawn to Pattaya / Jomtien. Rayong is too calm, Sriracha too industrial, Bangkok too busy, and so on. Oh, and BTW, I am motorcycle endorsed in my home state Louisiana, but gave up riding about a decade ago. Still keep my endorsement though!

Riding out here is fun and terrifying at the same time. I got a story to tell on an upcoming video about a bad wreck i was in here in March. It was a miracle someone didn’t die. I’m tired of the traffic here close to the beach. I’m happier out in Eason. I like the country people. Farm communities. I’m not a drinker. I don’t know how I ended up in Pattaya/Jomtien area.

Thank you for watching. I plan to go back to Cambodia soon. I got to the border but I didn’t get to cross. My passport was about to expire and they require 6 months. I missed it by one day. I wasn’t disappointed. The ride was so beautiful getting there. I didn’t want it to end so I happily got back on the motorbike and took the same rout back. I stoped at a beautiful viewpoint on the way and got some video. I’ll check it out and see if I have anything I can use and try to upload it for you.