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- thaicanuck
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Hi everyone,
Just a quick note to introduce myself. Originally from Canada, my wife and I have spent the last six years living and working in Wuhan, China. A couple of months ago, I retired to Chiangmai, Thailand. After thinking about it for two months, I broke down yesterday and purchased a Honda PCX150. I was waffling between a scooter and a motorcycle . In Canada, we rode two-up on a 1500cc Kawasaki Nomad and did numerous tours around North America. Racked up 50,000 km in the five years that we had the bike before moving to China. In China, I had a Honda Wave as well as a 750cc Chang Jiang Chinese sidecar bike. I have to say I have been impressed by our new little member of the family. We rode up the mountain behind our new home today and kept up with the other traffic. It has a lot of spunk!
Just a quick note to introduce myself. Originally from Canada, my wife and I have spent the last six years living and working in Wuhan, China. A couple of months ago, I retired to Chiangmai, Thailand. After thinking about it for two months, I broke down yesterday and purchased a Honda PCX150. I was waffling between a scooter and a motorcycle . In Canada, we rode two-up on a 1500cc Kawasaki Nomad and did numerous tours around North America. Racked up 50,000 km in the five years that we had the bike before moving to China. In China, I had a Honda Wave as well as a 750cc Chang Jiang Chinese sidecar bike. I have to say I have been impressed by our new little member of the family. We rode up the mountain behind our new home today and kept up with the other traffic. It has a lot of spunk!
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Welcome to the forum, and I'm digging the brown
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Ni Hao! Amazing how Thailand seems to be quite the place to live these days for us North Americans. I'm dying to visit!
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Welcome to a fellow Canadian now living in Thailand. I spent a dozen years in the US before moving to Thailand where I work in Bangkok.
2010 Honda PCX 125 in Thailand (White) - "White Lightning" Sold in Sept 2017
2009 Yamaha Majesty YP400 in USA (Metalic Titanium) - "The Throne" Sold in June 2020
2009 Yamaha Majesty YP400 in USA (Metalic Titanium) - "The Throne" Sold in June 2020
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Never seen one that colour, its like a big shiny bar of chocolate, yummy!
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kramnala58 wrote:Welcome to a fellow Canadian now living in Thailand. I spent a dozen years in the US before moving to Thailand where I work in Bangkok.
I wanna move to Thailand..... I will have to live vicariously thru you guys.....
Previous - 1986 Honda Elite 250, 2007 Ninja 500r, 2013 Honda PCX-150
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You must like itthaicanuck wrote:Hi everyone,
Just a quick note to introduce myself. Originally from Canada, my wife and I have spent the last six years living and working in Wuhan, China. A couple of months ago, I retired to Chiangmai, Thailand. After thinking about it for two months, I broke down yesterday and purchased a Honda PCX150. I was waffling between a scooter and a motorcycle . In Canada, we rode two-up on a 1500cc Kawasaki Nomad and did numerous tours around North America. Racked up 50,000 km in the five years that we had the bike before moving to China. In China, I had a Honda Wave as well as a 750cc Chang Jiang Chinese sidecar bike. I have to say I have been impressed by our new little member of the family. We rode up the mountain behind our new home today and kept up with the other traffic. It has a lot of spunk!
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So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
- dasshreddar
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more options for thai food...PKrellner wrote:So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
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Fewer rednecks.PKrellner wrote:So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
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I am here because of work. I have met many from the US who because they remember it when they were here on leave while serving in Vietnam. One of the biggest benefits I hear of is the relatively affordable cost of living. Since I purchased a PCX, an obvious benefit is the ability to purchase PCX upgrades real cheap.PKrellner wrote:So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
2010 Honda PCX 125 in Thailand (White) - "White Lightning" Sold in Sept 2017
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It's a beautiful country with fantastic peoplePKrellner wrote:So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
Forget that. Buy can buy a bride with your dollars.
Just out of interest have you ever been out of the US?
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I've been outside the US on various vacations over the years. I also lived and worked in Germany for 7 years and really enjoyed that. When I was in Europe it gave me the opportunity to visit a lot of countries that would have been unaffordable if I was living in the US. I've also been all over the US since I worked in various locations allowing me to take road trips around the country. Still a few more states I'd like to visit so I guess I'll have to put those on my bucket list.you you wrote:It's a beautiful country with fantastic peoplePKrellner wrote:So somebody tell me the benefits for me to move from the US to Thailand.
Forget that. Buy can buy a bride with your dollars.
Just out of interest have you ever been out of the US?