living in northern thailand

[ampursong]

soon i will be moving to thailand...would like to know if there any farangs or expats livingup north near the city of PHRAE...the city is about 50 miles south of lampang...
thanks.....steven

[Hoya Salamui]

Wow, its very nice !!!
The north of Thailand has fresh atmoshpere all year and people be kind.
I have been to live in Nan, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and Phrae.

[dirk3]

In a few years we will stay in Phayao.
We start to make our house there last year.
Many times go there on holiday and I am looking for that we can stay more long then a holiday.

[GreenHornet]

Do you have to have a thai citizenship to own a home in thailand?

[dirk3]

A foreigner can own an apartment, but not land. There are many rules, look at: http://www.thaivisa.com
There you can find a lot of info.
But I don't have to think about that many rules, my wife is Thai.

[danlieberman]

my wife lives in Phrae and i may be going there this week. I wonder how far a car ride it might be from Chiang Mai?

[Betti]

should be about 3 to 4 hours.

[FaranginPhetch]

Not really Betti, no to say you are wrong, but I drive from Phetchabun to CM in 5 hrs so should only be a couple of hours out of CM to Phrae.

[Richard Barrow]

It is about 200 kms from Chiang Mai to Phrae. The road is pretty good, though there are quite a few hills in the Phrae area which slowed me down. I would say less than three hours.

[FaranginPhetch]

Yes, divided hyway to Lampang then it is more or less good for the rest of the trip, but not much divided after Lampang. Take hyway #11 at Lampang, maybe 60 KM to Phrae.