Getting married / divorced in Thailand - what's required

Do You Support Your Thai In-Laws?

By Anonymous, Created on: 02/03/2006, Last updated on: 14/02/2007

» In Thailand, children take care of their parents. They kind of pay back the debt that they contracted just by being born and educated by their parents. And contrary to "popular" belief, it is valid whether you are rich or poor (but of course far more meaningful if the parents are poor...)....

• Anonymous commented : Well, my parents settled in their hometown since they have relatives there. Many of people who knew them were gone and some still around beside their nieces and nephews. Most of their brothers and sisters are still around with their extended families. Family circle is their main reason. Where is your hometown? Do you have close relatives around in your hometown? I think the number one rule is not to show-off about your living in USA or how rich you are from your hardworks in USA. They would not understand it and thinking that you have money to spread around. If they notice your Thai-lish, you can simple tell them that you have been working with companies with farang employees for most of your career. There are bus terminals in every cities in Thailand this is how majority of Thais traveling around Thailand and to their hometowns. About the nice and cool weather, any countryside and rural areas will have nice weather and traditional Thai life styles. I was up in Korat and Roi Et early this year to visit my and wife's parents; the weather is so nice and cool around 60'F to 70"F degrees. I was walking around in my short, and other natives were wearing sweaters. It was around the harvesting period, so we went out to help them harvesting rice. Thailand is not a large country like USA, and it does not take long to go from one place to the next place. If you do not want to live close to foreigners, than you need to stay away from Pattaya and those tourist areas. Bangkok and metroplexes are out of your question since the air is not very clean and weather is not very nice. There is hot spring in Ranong. Big and small waterfalls are all over Thailand. As for national parks, there are everywhere in Thailand too. As for fruits and foods, these things are available and prices are depending on the distribution. Big supermarkets are now available in large to medium size cities. If you love the sea the most, I would think that you might like to live in Phetchaburi; it is not far from Bangkok. I have a cousin who owned a house close to Kang Kra Jai/Chan National Park, but you probably wanting to live on the eastside of Muang Phet since it is close to the sea and with fishing fleet harbor. It is about two hours or so on private vehicle from Bangkok. My family has our compound in the countryside north of Bangkok since I have to conduct some of my businesses in Bangkok. Now, there are highway loop around Bangkok so it is much quicker to bypass Bangkok to go to other cities and to the beaches. If you are planning to live alone, than a townhouse or condomenium would seem to be a choice; you would still have small garden in townhouse or pot garden in condo.

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