I Explored Thailand's Smallest Province

[@WilliamFluery]

It’s heartwarming to hear about a community approach to lift the community up through shared wisdome instead of fierce competition.

[@thinktwice4227]

Helping each other (rather than competition) makes her peaceful smiling. Kudo to this lovely woman.

[@lekraththaphon2024]

Paddy, you are a foreigner or an expatriate who blends seamlessly with the Thai people. As a Thai residing in Chiang Mai, each time I see you, I feel like you are one of us. Your personality has various positive impacts on you in Thailand, especially in terms of lifestyle, friendships, and relationships. Thais generally appreciate individuals with qualities like yours. Everything becomes easier, leaving you pleasantly surprised. May your horizons broaden, and may you continue to enjoy Thailand sincerely.

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

This is a super nice comment! Thank you so much 🙏 Will continue to enjoy Thailand!

[@kevinwismer9457]

Hey Paddy, thanks for the continued inspiration for me to learn Thai. I just started learning a few days ago and have already learned the first 15 consonant symbols. It also helps that my wife is Thai and is now living with me, so she can correct any pronunciation mistakes I make. It's like having a 24/7 private language tutor :) Keep up with the great content!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Awesome stuff Kevin! Glad you have decided to take the plunge. Good luck 👍

[@MarkSalhany]

Check out the book "Read Thai in Ten Days" by Bingo Lingo. Out of any other Thai alphabet learning resource, it has been the most intuitive and helpful for me. The author teaches the alphabet, pronunciation, and tones in a very unique and digestible way! I went through just the first four chapters over the course of a couple weeks and then came to Thailand and I'm am able to sound-out just about any sign or restaurant menu now. I still don't know the vocab to know what most of those signs mean haha but it feels so good to be able to decipher the alphabet at least.

[@romthummeunnoi9595]

Your videos genuinely comfort numerous Thai people residing overseas.

[@peteintania]

Paddy, your Thai speaking is getting better and better. Keep it going, man!

[@AkeD12011]

การพูดภาษาไทยของแพตดี้พัฒนาขึ้นมากๆ ออกเสียง หนักเบา สำเนียงชัดเจนขึ้น ยินดีด้วยคร้าบบบบ

[@ihatemonday6673]

***แพดดี้(Pad-dy)✔ แพตดี้(Pat-dy)❌ 🙏😅🙇

[@MarkSalhany]

Hey Paddy, I'm currently travelling around Nakhon Si Thammarat province and I sure wish I had some of your Thai speaking skills! I love seeing you do some travel-vloggy kind of stuff especially since you can converse properly with the locals! Cheers man, thanks for the inspiration!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks a lot for watching! Enjoy your travels and keep up the Thai!

[@jdiddy2314]

I appreciate your content and your embracement to the culture and many thanks to you sharing it with all of us!

[@Arnystic]

Samut Songkhram is literally amazing! Floating Markets and Train Markets! As a Thai, I love Samut Songkhram

[@robhodder1687]

Always watch your videos and they’re always great. Nice to see you explore out of the way places.

[@SirStephenSW5334]

Thanks so much, Paddy. That was interesting and fun to watch.

[@bakeryth]

My friends and I go to Samut Sakhon province every year. We always enjoy the food there. 😊

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

I really enjoyed travelling around there! Thanks for watching Bakery

[@ihatemonday6673]

แต่ในวิดีโอนี้ของคุณแพดดี้เขาไปที่จ.สมุทรสงคราม✔ นะคะ ไม่ใช่จ.สมุทรสาคร❌ 🙏😅🙇

[@bakeryth]

@@ihatemonday6673 จริงๆ เห็นตอนที่ลงคอมเม้นท์แล้วแหละครับ และตอนนั้นมือถือ Auto Correct แต่โพสไปแล้วจึงเลยตามเลย 😅

[@jamalgreen3056]

It’s nice seeing a foreigner actually getting to know the real Thailand and the culture instead of hyping up Bangkok,Pattaya abd phuket.You will last long in Thailand 😅.

[@mrb8993]

Wonderful Paddy! Let's see more of the undiscovered Thailand, with you as host!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Will try my best! Thanks as always for watching

[@robertgroves391]

Good video Paddy, have been there many times over the years, as it’s only about 1 hour from our house in Cha-am. Always enjoy visiting there.

[@AAA-tf5sl]

Now see you'r at in Thailand there like every day ❤🙏🇹🇭🤤😋

[@laurencefarrugia431]

Hey paddy explore Surin,great to see your channel is growing more to Thailand than bars and go gos

[@rangwan]

Thank you for visiting my birthplace 😊

[@ThePatriot-gm1fg]

Its also one of several provinces without a single hill. Extremely flat province.

[@lemonbrev1968]

in malaysia, my grandma have live 3 coconut trees in her garden we use to harvest them and cut em up

[@MrMartgolf]

Top vlog again Paddy 🙏🙏🙏

[@onelovemon1784]

I know this video is 11 months ago but im new sub to your channel, intending on watching all videos. I want to move from USA to Thailand. I'm trying to learn as much as possible. You are a big part of this experience and education. Cheers thank you for sharing 😊

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

So glad to hear that! Thanks a heap for watching and good luck with the potential move ! 🇺🇸 🇹🇭

[@w_k773]

U can never get bored and always feel welcomed in Thailand ❤❤ i always love holidays in Thailand! If u like countryside experience i recommend u pay a visit in Ubon Ratchathani

[@jim.pearsall]

Great stories! 👏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻😊🇹🇭🇦🇺

[@mr_wormhole]

สุดยอด !!! เรียนรู้ ลอยกระทง 👍

[@visitstomyneighbours]

I've visited Samut Songkhram before many years ago (just for Talat Rom Hub) and had no idea til today that it is the smallest province in Thailand.. and judging by the crowds seen in your video, I'm sure glad I've already scratched the Folding Umbrella Market off my list! 😅 Baanrimklong looks to be more to my taste nowadays.. tks for featuring it. Enjoyable (and informative!) video 👍

[@soponsuree9352]

Good show!

[@Grimreapervlogs]

Always great videos mate. When are U back in Sydney would love to grab a beer with U and share some Thailand stories

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Hey Mate! Send through a message on IG (thaitalkpaddy) and maybe we can organise something in time!

[@dotcom2528]

The hat maker speak so very clear Thai.... even me as a non-Thai speaker can almost understand him.

[@rainyseason4581]

เห็นน้ำพริกกะปิ น้ำลายไหลเลย พรุ่งนีตำน้ำพริกกินดีกว่า

[@rolfkarneman6564]

I just love your videos. If i could ask for a humble request it would be to have less or no music. When studying thai its important for me to hear people speak. /Peace

[@nickuhland7148]

Are you going to make it up to Nan on this trip? it's a really cool province up North

[@chrisvic5017]

Paddy what’s the best way to learn to speak Thai? Any books or online stuff you recommend?

[@jnsa9454]

Is it walkable to get to homestay from train station?

[@steverosse]

I'll be damned. I always thought Ranong was the Kingdom's smallest province. I learned something today; thanks!

[@auraaura2417]

Ranong has the lowest population number so you are not very wrong. 😊

[@mewksie8003]

Did anybody catch, or do they know the word used for confident. Was it "Prom Jai"? Tia

[@Kingrohit-kv8lf]

❤❤❤❤

[@mosir6074]

Hi, do you happen to know if ay halal food there that i can grab

[@wy752]

เมื่อก่อนอยากไปมากกกกก แต่ตอนนี้อยากไปหาแฟนเเก่มากกก😂😂😂

[@skipmcilvaine]

Great video! Curious, why do you, and everyone in Thailand, spell ก as k (e.g. กระทง / krathong) in almost every instance where g would be a much closer pronunciation? It drives me crazy! 🤣😩 Phuget, Grabi, Grungthep are much closer to proper pronunciation, but everyone uses K instead. 😖 Thanks for any insight.

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

A great question! One I don’t really have a sound answer for 😂 perhaps it just looks more readable for non-Thai speakers

[@rainyseason4581]

I think it's because of the Thai Romanization. It’s always met in government documents. It drives me who is a Thai crazy too. I don't understand why they have to accept this without considering correct pronunciation. This causes problems about spelling and pronunciation both with Thai people and those who are learning the Thai language. For me, I like to spell and write as close to correct pronunciation if it's not a formal document.

[@Stephen-New]

Here is a (rather long) answer to your question: A "stop" is a consonant which is produced by momentarily stopping the flow of air through the nose and mouth. A stop is "aspirated" when it is followed by a puff of air, and "unaspirated" when it is not. A stop is "voiced" when the vocal chords begin to vibrate before the consonant is released, and "unvoiced" when the vocal chords begin to vibrate after the consonant is released. In Thai, they have four unvoiced aspirated stops, usually written as kh, ch, th and ph (they sound like the English c in cat, ch in chat, t in tap and p in pat), they have four unvoiced unaspirated stops, usually written as k, ch, t and p (these consonants do not exist in English) and they have two voiced unaspirated stops, written as d and b (in English we have four of these: g as in get, j as in jet, d as in debt, and b as in bet). The sounds g as in get, and j as in jet ,do not exist in Thai.

[@skipmcilvaine]

@@Stephen-New Thanks, but if g and j sounds don't exist in Thai, how do you pronounce, for example, nine and seven in Thai? Those sure sound like g and j to me.

[@Stephen-New]

@@skipmcilvaine The English g and j are the closest English approximations to the Thai consonants ก and จ, but they are not the same because g and j are voiced but ก and จ are unvoiced. In a similar way, the English consonants d and b are voiced, but the Thai consonants ต and ป (often written as t and p) are not voiced (and there is no English equivalent).

[@Xgaming5453]

If you don't come, it's considered a mistake.

[@ณัฐวัฒน์วิริยจารี]

Why😢

[@casmo1436]

Terrible video my friend

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks for watching friend!