Sawadee pee mai

(Happy New Year)

Songkran is here again

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&
the Far North of Thailand.

Sawadee pee mai

Songkran is Thailand’s largest
celebration.

Songkran is the Thai new
year.

The largest and most
popular of the many New Year celebrations here.

Traditionally the pouring
of water over another persons hands as a mark of respect

has turned into the Worlds largest water fight.

The festival is held in
mid-April when the weather is hot and the celebrations are a relief
from the oppressive summer heat. Thailand’s countrywide water fight
festival generally lasts for three days, from the 13th to the 15th of
April.

The huge amount of water
that is spread all over ChiangMai could even cause

an early start to the wet season, what goes up must come down!

So come up to ChiangMai
for a break from the Bangkok HEAT and enjoy!

11th April 5 - 11pm

Opening of Songkran festival

Three Kings Monument

12th - 15th April

Celebration of 714th Anniversary of ChiangMai

Thapae Gate

Our Stall is right in the center of Thaepae Gate

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Condo - Ref #C120

Price | Sale 1,000,000 Baht (app $29,500us)

DISTRICT: Chiang Mai,
CITY: Chiang Mai,Thailand.

Srianant Condo Town
Building B - Room # *** (3rd floor)

1 lounge, 1bedroom, 1 kitchen 1 bathroom,

Next to the Chiang Mai Ram 2 Hospital
2nd right past the Hospital on the Chiang Mai - Mai Jo Highway.

Rimping Super Market is just down the road.
This condo is 5 to 10 minute walk from large open air food markets, Super Market. Hospital 2 minutes.
It is in easy reach of local golf courses and supermarkets.

Large lounge, Bedroom, Kitchen and Bathroom

It has a large modern kitchen.

1 bedroom

1 lounge

1 bathroom

Cable tv

Internet access

24h Security

Fully furnished

We are listing this for Sweet Herbal Gardens.

Condo For Sale at a Reasonable Price

70 square meters (700 sq feet)
A. This one bedroom condo has been completely rebuilt with all
new piping, fixtures, furniture and tile.

1. List of new Kitchen features
Tiled to the ceiling
Tiled counter top
Electric stove with oven and hood
Two door refrigerator/freezer
Venetian blinds
S.S. double sink

2. New bathroom features
Shower over tub
Commode, hand basin and mirror
Chrome plumbing fixures
Hot water tank with insulated copper pipes
All PVC drains
Tiled to ceiling

3. New lounge features
Solid wood furniture
Parquet floor refinished
Window grille

4. General features
Repainted all rooms
Drop ceilings in all rooms
New switches and electric outlets in all rooms
New mattresses on both beds
New floor tile in bathroom and kitchen
All furniture is solid, no chipboard
Extra cupboards and clothes cabinets in each room.

B. Apartment features

Front door secured by keyed dead bolt

Located on the fourth floor next to a fire stair

Hallways are lighted at night

A live telephone line is available in both rooms and broad band is available as is cable T.V.

All windows are draped and screened

Because this is on the 4th floor it is possible for a foreigner to own a fee title deed in his own name. The building is mostly Thai owned as it has been used for vacations by Thai owners so it is very quiet.

C. Finance
It should be financed off shore as unless the Thai Government is involved the Banks will not loan to a foreigner usually. Taxes and transfer costs are shared between buyer and seller and these are reasonable. The only other expenses are a service charge of 8,000 THB per year for the building and security guards. Entry to the building is by a coded card.

D. Building and compound

1. The building is poured concrete and contains about 45 single rooms. After we bought, we put two rooms together and it is one of the few one bedroom apartments in the compound with a kitchen.
2. There are 12 buildings in this compound with small shops on the ground floor.
3. The current shops are small grocery, computer games, book rental, coffee shop, coin laundry, serviced laundry, hair dresser.
4. There is adequate parking for all tenants with motorcycles or automobiles.
5. Entry card required to pass the compound guard.
6. Within walking distance, bus to Mai Jo or Chiang Mai, noodle shops, bank, fish restaurant and drugstore.
7. Nearby is the large Rim Ping Market, two other banks, gasoline stations and other fresh vegetable markets and restaurants.
8. A new large central department store complex is going to be built on the corner of the super highway and Sasaket Road, which is within 600 meters of the apartment.

Costs

The land office gave an estimate of the cost of taxes and documentation of about 14,565 THB ($436us) to be split between the buyer and the seller. Title deed to be given at time of sale at land office and reissued with your name added on the back. A foreigner can only own in his name if the apartment is above the second floor.

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DISTRICT: Chiang Mai,CITY: Chiang Mai,Thailand.
Srianant Condo Town
Building J - Room # 303 (3rd floor)

style kitchen

Fully Furnished

The wet season started Tuesday night here in Chiang Mai. It rained all night and the next day. Wow the air is now a lot cleaner. So the early rain was most welcome.

It’s my favorite time of the year here. The rain cools the whole place down. Much the same as the 3 deg rise in water temperature (from the great Pacific Ocean drift) Heralds Summer back home in New Zealand. Here in The Far North of Thailand we only have 3 seasons, A very short winter (not so hot) followed immediately by Summer (Hot) As the temperature starts to get unbearable the massive amount of evaporation causes precipitation (RAIN i.e. the start of the WET season).

The Wet Season is more like New Zealand (it can rain any time)

If it doesn’t rain for 3 or 4 days it starts to heat up again and the cycle repeats. What goes up must come down.

The Monsoons that sweep across India and the Indian Ocean that devastated Burma last year, peter out to a good storm by the time they reach here.

The Mountain range (high hills) that run all the way from the Far North of Thailand right down to the South past Bangkok protect us.

That’s not to say we don’t get some bad flooding as the spill over from China rushes down the Mekong River. In 1994 my guest house just off Chiang Mai Lampoon Road (next to the Ping River) was like an island.

Luckily for me my Guest House was built on raised land so I just opened the gates and parked my Citroen up on dry ground.

I went out and hired a LARGE 4 wheel drive until the waist deep water receded.

The biggest problem with the flooding is for the poor. By Kings Decree they can build over flood land and water (no mans land) and not be moved on by the authorities.

Each big storm that we get the Water Board in its infinite wisdom openening the flood gates of the large earth Dam on the upper Ping river and flooding all the flood land south.

Washing away a few poor but saving Chiang Mai from a wetting. Eventually a country as rich as this will one day get around to building a proper concrete Dam.

You can help the flood relief victims directly by making a
donation
to the Hua-Fai Community flood relief fund by using pay Pal a safe and secure was to donate on the web.

Click this link to take you to Akha Hills PayPal donation page

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