Mekong River House

[@rd1965a]

That house on the river will have some very nice views. Not to sure about the bamboo replacing rebar, but what do I know... Thanks for sharing.

[@gbriar]

Thank you ka

[@rd1965a]

@@gbriar You are welcome.

[@skipjackson5349]

Wow! Pie looks so so much like her mum - its amazing!

[@gbriar]

I always thought she was more like her dad

[@kyotosal]

What a great video. Thank you Graham. Your skills are wonderful.

[@seancopus3132]

Really Great Vlog, Really enjoyed it so interesting

[@philinfinity8780]

I forgot and the view, that's my dream home!

[@steve69uk1]

A very interesting vlog

[@philinfinity8780]

I love Thai house's made out of Hard polished wood, (on stilts) well furnished like this one.

[@jackhill8246]

... loved the progression of the Mekong River House ... really looking nice. Thanks for sharing where the cattle will be brought to. The cow shed is just about ready now that the concrete is finished. Don't know much about stabilizers, but I'm sure you'll figure it out. Another day closer to getting the cows. Have a great day!

[@gbriar]

I'll definitely keep an eye on the progress. The mother and son are super folks.

[@traciluv2739]

6:17 the music begins to play, please tell me the name of the song and the artist. Love it.

[@gbriar]

The music is from epidemicsound.com and it's called 'Reach for the Stars'

[@bazzolaws]

Graham have thought about using a mono-pod?

[@gbriar]

On the tripod I can detach on leg for a mono-pod but as yet I've never used it ... maybe I should give it a go as a lot of folks say it's really useful.

[@dennisgonya4500]

My son and I are headed across the boarder into Tecate Mexico and will be building homes for people who work in the San Diego area. Average price of a home here 500K +. My wife and I have 2 homes in Malaysia and my son will be moving there and building homes. I get ideas for that when you show homes there. Thank you.

[@rossie273]

position - position - position , the three fundamental for good real estate . That house on the Mekong has all three .The Gimbal is a great idea BUT it would need to be setup for the specific camera . Bamboo as reo. ? Hmmmm ..... dunno about that . I'd be very interested to see how it performs over the life of the concrete . I will have to add that to my book " 101 Uses for Bamboo" .Thanks again for sharing .

[@gbriar]

Yes great location. I'll let you know how the concrete floor performs with the bamboo rebar :)

[@janimossefinn5359]

Bamboo?? yes, why not. One more good vido.

[@robviolin1]

It looks like a nice place to live. Where in Thailand are you living?

[@gbriar]

Ban saeo Chiang saen chiang rai

[@robviolin1]

thanks

[@chriscrookson8524]

The little wooden house looks amazing! I always dreamt of living by a river :) I wonder if I could afford the rent :) 555 Im getting quite excited about the cows too! It's going to be a cold day tomorrow, best wear your woolly hats!

[@paulg8730]

Ralph Stephenson Why are you watching?

[@gbriar]

Ignore the troll mate - he/she has left the same lame garbage on a number of comments.

[@gbriar]

I actually thought of you. I suspect the monthly rent would be about 4,000 baht. Not bad for such a few and the home really is a peach. It's freezing here!

[@chriscrookson8524]

Hope the cows turn up today! You may need to knit them sweaters 555

[@garystephens9507]

I quite like the music on this one, is there a website where you get royalty free music to use in your vlogs Graham ?

[@gbriar]

I use epidemicsound.com which is a subscription - $15 per month. They have a vast library of music.

[@garystephens9507]

Thank you

[@garystephens9507]

Thank you

[@ed420.]

Do u know of any falangs living in rural thailand who are not retired and who live and earn a living like the locals do i.e. as a farmer or similar to the average rural thai?

[@gbriar]

No

[@ed420.]

Graham & Pie I wonder why not? Seems to me a much better life style than working the 9-5 grind here in the UK. I'm married to a thai women and we both live in the UK but she really wants us to move to her village in isaan. Id love to but unfortunately I don't know how id make a living out there. The way things are in the UK I think one of these days I'm gonna say stuff it, pack our bags and go lol.

[@IanWheldale]

I bought one of those types of stabilizers for my former SJCAM camera and couldn't get it balanced at all. I'll be interested to see if you succeed. All about getting the set up counterbalanced which seems nigh on impossible with mine.

[@MrEye4get]

I purchased a Zhiyun Smooth-Q (~4,500 THB) with an adapter plate (~550 THB) to use with my SJCAM 4K Action Camera. It works very well and is quite affordable.

[@TutoneEarthling]

MrEye, did you order those or buy in a shop in Thailand? I'd be interested in your set up but don't see it in USA.

[@gbriar]

Can't beat a motorized gimbal like the one I have for the GoPro. Might be better off with one of those and it's much lighter.

[@TutoneEarthling]

Graham, i agree about the motorized gimbal. I bought one that was suppose to fit an SJ Cam but it didn't. I have a go pro also so i can still use it. However, i would rather use the SJ. I also have one of those non motorized stabalizers like you now have but could never get it set right for a Canon GX7. and, you have a big lense to deal with.

[@gbriar]

I did find that a smaller lens really helped; got to tweak it some more. Just saw the new review on the DJI Ronin - fantastic bit of kit but I should imagine it'll be quite expensive.

[@andi2234]

Pie's necklace is beautiful. Was it a gift? It looks like one of the charms is a barbell, is that correct? The other piece is very pretty, a stone or simi precious stone?

[@filibertobarrera3839]

+Ralph Stephenson Gram is super awesome,What you think Gram has done is peanuts,in the real liberal epedemic the world is having right now.Shame on you.

[@gbriar]

Pie wasn't wearing a necklace.

[@gbriar]

Ignore him mate; just another coward troll.

[@Phyllis-nk5ji]

Things are getting exciting.

[@ajllemm]

Coming from a building background Interesting to see bamboo Rieo will be interesting to see if it rots I suppose that camera is too big for helmet cam 😂👍🏼🇦🇺

[@edletts2219]

The government used bamboo reenforcement on the road in front of my house south of Chiang Rai. It seems to be holding up pretty good, considering how much dump truck traffic goes through there.

[@gbriar]

Yeah I'm interested to see if the concrete holds. Yes the camera is a bit too big for the helmet lol

[@gbriar]

Cool

[@grahamwood156]

I think the camera is 180 degrees out of place Graham

[@MrEye4get]

Not really

[@grahamwood156]

MrEye4get what do you mean explain pls

[@gbriar]

According to the tutorial vlogs I've seen it was the right way around.

[@grahamwood156]

Graham & Pie Hi Graham it just looked front heavy it may be the bigger lens ?

[@johnstahl8308]

No AC. Non starter for most farang

[@gbriar]

You don't need AC up here. I don't even bother with a fan.

[@patrickantwerp1364]

Your mother in law wears the Belgian flag on her head :-)

[@patrickantwerp1364]

Indeed :-)

[@1990-t1j]

The one room place is too small for a couple.

[@MichelleTopham]

Plenty big enough for two people. There are tiny houses all over America that are smaller than that.

[@sergeant64]

Not to mention to close to the river, you like to have some level when your have flooding..

[@gbriar]

If you removed the single bed it's more than big enough :)

[@gbriar]

It's far enough away not to worry about.

[@MrEye4get]

All you need to know about the stabilizer can be found at kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppy9hoBtisqjrrM Use a fixed or prime lens. You don't need to use all the weights. The stabilizer should weight about the same as your camera. The handle should move freely, but not random. After about 30 minutes, I had mine working with a Sony a6000 mirrorless camera and 50mm prime lens. I only need one weight disk, to the added weight is manageable.

[@gbriar]

Brilliant. I'l take a look and certainly give it another go.