Hey everybody! I’m in Thailand for 3 weeks to go to my dad and verify on the progress of the RB40 Villa, my final objective. I wrote a put up about it 12 years in the past. The final word objective is a long-term mission you may work on for the remainder of your life. I believed I would like one thing to do after taking an early retirement from my engineering profession. It turned out life was actually busy with a child. I didn’t make a lot progress on the RB40 Villa till this yr.
The unique imaginative and prescient was to construct a country household compound on the seaside. There can be 10 little huts the place I may host pals and households. Additionally, I lease them out to visitors. There can be a giant backyard, a typical eating space, a BBQ space, an out of doors pizza oven, a yoga space, a pool, and different locations the place visitors can hang around and rejuvenate. Sounds cool, proper? Sadly, I don’t have 10 acres on the seaside. That form of property is tough to come back by. I needed to scale down my dream drastically.
Bang Saen
Happily, my household has a property in Bang Saen Seaside as a result of my mother grew up close by. This can be a seaside city in Thailand. It’s the nearest seaside to Bangkok. Many households go there for a day journey or a weekend getaway. The seaside isn’t that good, although. The water is cloudy and sandy many of the yr. There may be some plastic trash within the water and across the seaside space. Nevertheless, the trash scenario has improved tremendously during the last 10 years. There was far more trash in all places. They’ve a machine to choose up trash now. I’m certain there’s a seaside cleanup crew as effectively.
It’s important to go additional south for the breathtaking seashores you see on social media. There are just a few foreigners at Bang Saen Seaside. It’s principally Thai individuals.
Here’s a image of the promenade.
There are meals stalls all alongside the seaside promenade. Additionally they arrange chairs and umbrellas for lease on the seaside. I by no means appreciated the seaside umbrella association, however I suppose you want it due to the new solar. Thai individuals are likely to keep away from the solar as a lot as they’ll. I feel the palm bushes present good shade already. This seaside space is about 1.6 miles lengthy.
On Tuesdays, the federal government prohibits any enterprise on the seaside. The distributors needed to take away all the pieces and filter. That is nice. The seaside is rather a lot nicer each Tuesday. Additionally, I feel this seaside is a nationwide park now. No smoking or consuming alcohol on the seaside.
All in all, Bang Saen is just not the very best seaside city, nevertheless it isn’t the worst both. The price of dwelling is cheaper than in Bangkok and Pattaya. The seafood is reasonable and plentiful. It’s a neighborhood vacationer city.
Scrumptious seafood
Each meal with my dad appears like an consuming competitors. He loves to purchase an excessive amount of meals. I suppose he’s overcompensating for a childhood of poverty. There’s a small fisherman market close to the pier in Bang Saen. The fishermen promote recent catch within the morning to eating places and distributors. In the event you’re fortunate, you should buy some very recent seafood. Many occasions, all of the seafood was already offered. The companies reserved a portion of the catch.
Grilled scallops – We eliminated the heart and ate the remainder of the meat. They have been nice.
Grilled squids – I prepped these squids myself! We dip recent seafood in a spicy chili sauce. They name Nam Jim seafood. Yum.
Mantis shrimps – These have been scrumptious. The meat was succulent and candy. The shell was tough to take away, although. My dad acquired 4 kilos of those mantis shrimps from the pier. They price about $5 per pound.
Avenue meals – There are a lot of street-side eating places close by. My dad ordered pork satay, duck rice, bbq pork rice, and wonton soup.
Ice cream – Recent coconut ice cream with younger coconut meat. An ice cream vendor cycled by our place and we ordered some. It was scrumptious and tremendous low cost, lower than $1.
The seaside shack
This property was overgrown with vegetation and filled with rubbish from 40 years of neglect. My dad needed to clear the lot and construct from scratch. He has already spent 6 months on this mission. The property appeared like an overgrown jungle earlier this yr. You’ll be able to see what it appeared like behind the fence.
After clearing the land, my dad utilized for a home allow. Then he ordered a wood home. Conventional Thai wood home is constructed like a prefab house. They constructed the wood half in 3 sections and trucked them right here. Then, they put it collectively on-site a couple of month in the past. We additionally needed to pour a basis. The soil could be very sandy. A concrete basis is okay for a wood home, however you’d want pilings in case you construct a much bigger construction.
Right here is the home to this point.
Initially, there was speculated to be a toilet within the wood part. Nevertheless, my dad mentioned the moist rest room would destroy the wooden. So he’s including a concrete part within the again. This would be the kitchen and toilet. Sadly, the contractor is taking longer than anticipated. The toilet is just not prepared but. That’s why RB40Jr and I are staying in a lodge for now. My dad has been utilizing the non permanent rest room at a building web site subsequent door.
It’s fairly good right here. There’s a breeze many of the day and evening. The home is 2 blocks from the seaside, about 500 meters. I feel it’ll be a pleasant seaside home when it’s achieved. We may construct just a few extra buildings on the property later. The property is fairly small, although. We most likely ought to put in a backyard quickly. If we don’t plant one thing, the native vegetation will take it again. Weeds are already chest-height in some areas.
The funds for this mission was $60,000. I despatched my dad the cash final yr. He spent about half of the funds to this point.
Alright, that’s it for the newest replace on the RB40 Villa. I suppose I ought to rename it the RB40 Seaside Shack. That is too small to be a villa. Nevertheless, I may dwell very comfortably right here once I’m older. The price of dwelling in Thailand remains to be very low evaluate to the US.
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