Yes or No? Is Isan the Right Place for YOU to Live? | Northeast of Thailand
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[{'start': '0.400', 'end': '12.080', 'text': 'today we are in Wat Khao Sala, in Isan and we want\xa0\nto talk about: Is isan the right place to live for'}, {'start': '12.080', 'end': '24.320', 'text': 'you? Welcome to Thailand Lifestyle. We are Nann\xa0\nand Odin. Make the best out of your day every day!'}, {'start': '24.320', 'end': '32.160', 'text': "I did it again since I'm married four weeks, we\xa0\ncame up here to the village from Nann to change"}, {'start': '32.160', 'end': '42.240', 'text': 'her ID card her name and her papers. And now I\xa0\nhave Papa Mama and three more sisters. Before'}, {'start': '42.240', 'end': '49.360', 'text': 'I not have papa mama, they pass already long time\xa0\nago, but now I have papa mama again and they are'}, {'start': '49.360', 'end': '56.080', 'text': "younger than me! Yeah really okay. But let's come\xa0\nto the subject. yeah Since we are here in Isan,"}, {'start': '56.080', 'end': '64.640', 'text': 'we went also to a bar near the home and we met a\xa0\nlot of foreigners who live here and I thought is'}, {'start': '64.640', 'end': '73.440', 'text': 'this a good place to live in Isan or not? And all\xa0\nof them seem to like it. One reason is for sure:'}, {'start': '73.440', 'end': '81.760', 'text': 'Isan is much cheaper to live. Most of them\xa0\nlive on the land of their wife, of their wife,'}, {'start': '81.760', 'end': '88.320', 'text': "yes not buy the land they build some home some\xa0\nroom they use a house they already I don't know"}, {'start': '88.320', 'end': '97.600', 'text': 'they just and so they can live on a much lower\xa0\nrent and even if you live in the city you can find'}, {'start': '97.600', 'end': '107.200', 'text': 'here very cheap accommodation if you not want to\xa0\nhave the western style of comfort the moment when'}, {'start': '107.200', 'end': '114.800', 'text': 'you build everything as at home it comes near\xa0\nto the price you have at home mhm at least the'}, {'start': '114.800', 'end': '123.760', 'text': 'price normal in Thailand for what you would pay at\xa0\nhome the second thing is in Isan everything is far'}, {'start': '123.760', 'end': '131.600', 'text': 'away really if you have your favorite restaurant\xa0\nyou will probably drive 20 km 30 km to get there'}, {'start': '131.600', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'you have a coffee shop where you drive three four\xa0\nfive kilometer to get there but you will find all'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '147.040', 'text': 'the supermarkets in range of 10 20 kilometers and\xa0\nyou can buy what you need mhm but it is further'}, {'start': '147.040', 'end': '155.040', 'text': 'away and to find night life same in Bangkok or\xa0\nin some bigger town more than 1 hour you need'}, {'start': '155.040', 'end': '161.520', 'text': "to drive you drive more than 1 hour yes like if we\xa0\nwould drive to Surin City it's about 1 hour drive"}, {'start': '161.520', 'end': '168.960', 'text': 'there we would find a lot of night life but here\xa0\nin the village the night life is like a little bar'}, {'start': '168.960', 'end': '175.680', 'text': 'wow like a little group and come to joy together\xa0\nand make this and this is how those foreigners'}, {'start': '175.680', 'end': '182.560', 'text': 'meet they meet in a group they know each other\xa0\nbecause they meet every week one time two time'}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '189.920', 'text': 'three time yes in this bar in this restaurant at\xa0\nthis cafe so they can meet but not have to meet if'}, {'start': '189.920', 'end': '199.520', 'text': 'this is your cup of tea then Isan might be quite\xa0\ngood for you and it is a very flat country we came'}, {'start': '199.520', 'end': '206.720', 'text': 'here to the highest point is a Cambodian border\xa0\nyes and behind this mountain is Cambodia cambodia'}, {'start': '206.720', 'end': '216.720', 'text': 'yes in Ean life is slower and life is also more\xa0\nregulated by the sunlight mhm the people they'}, {'start': '216.720', 'end': '226.240', 'text': 'go to bed soon after dark yes and they get up with\xa0\nthe sunrise or before sunrise early morning really'}, {'start': '226.240', 'end': '234.480', 'text': 'yes they start early morning and sleep early too\xa0\nabout 8 about between 7:30 or 8 or 9 like this and'}, {'start': '234.480', 'end': '241.520', 'text': "then get up like 4:00 in the morning yes 4:00 yeah\xa0\nsay my mom maybe 3 or 4 to because it's have like"}, {'start': '241.520', 'end': '247.760', 'text': 'to drip rubber tree and you need to wake up early\xa0\nabout 2 or 3 a.m in the morning the pace of life'}, {'start': '247.760', 'end': '255.120', 'text': 'is a lot slower so there is not so much hustle\xa0\ngoing around but to make enough money the people'}, {'start': '255.120', 'end': '262.560', 'text': 'work hard so it looks very slow but they do a lot\xa0\nthey work a lot like go at night drip the rubber'}, {'start': '262.560', 'end': '269.200', 'text': 'trees in the morning they go to the field take\xa0\ncare of the animal her sister runs two or three'}, {'start': '269.200', 'end': '276.240', 'text': "restaurants two two restaurants yeah but she cooks\xa0\nand sells in another so there's a lot of work she"}, {'start': '276.240', 'end': '282.400', 'text': 'does in between and then of course take care of\xa0\nthe children take care papa mama and run around'}, {'start': '282.400', 'end': '288.400', 'text': 'pick up the children from school because this\xa0\nis also far extra school or everything for the'}, {'start': '288.400', 'end': '294.400', 'text': "children yeah so for somebody retired it might be\xa0\nquite boring because you don't have this you sit"}, {'start': '294.400', 'end': '301.440', 'text': 'at home yeah and all day and you just wait for\xa0\nthis and I talked to one foreigner and he say'}, {'start': '301.440', 'end': '309.360', 'text': "yes i said you have air con and he Yeah they have\xa0\none small room with air con and if it's very hot"}, {'start': '309.360', 'end': '315.040', 'text': "he can sit in there for 2 hours but it sounded\xa0\nlike usually they don't use air con they just"}, {'start': '315.040', 'end': '324.880', 'text': 'use the fan and in your home they have air con\xa0\nno only fan is very hot yes so you have to adapt'}, {'start': '324.880', 'end': '334.320', 'text': 'to the temperature yes isan also has its own food\xa0\nculture the Isan people eat spicy they eat a lot'}, {'start': '334.320', 'end': '342.240', 'text': 'with fermented fish sauce which they call pala yes\xa0\npala aloa yes somebody can try some people like'}, {'start': '342.240', 'end': '348.400', 'text': "some people don't like some people can eat some\xa0\npeople cannot eat yes because it's strong food"}, {'start': '348.400', 'end': '356.240', 'text': 'yes it is a fermented fish sauce and if this is\xa0\nnot fermented properly if it is dirty you can get'}, {'start': '356.240', 'end': '363.120', 'text': 'an upset stomach very easy and it is like a food\xa0\npoisoning if you cannot get used to it if you have'}, {'start': '363.120', 'end': '370.960', 'text': 'the proper bacteria in your system already you\xa0\nsurvive easy but if you not have you will live'}, {'start': '370.960', 'end': '378.240', 'text': "in the bathroom or die there for me I I stay away\xa0\nfrom para i had two bad experiences and I don't"}, {'start': '378.240', 'end': '387.360', 'text': 'want to have a third one i really like my food\xa0\nthis Yeah I like it so and n loves it it is what'}, {'start': '387.360', 'end': '397.200', 'text': 'her mom cooked so this is home-cooked food is the\xa0\nbest of course aoy delicious yes and many people'}, {'start': '397.200', 'end': '405.360', 'text': 'compare the Isan kitchen with the French kitchen\xa0\nanother thing which is of course difficult is the'}, {'start': '405.360', 'end': '414.160', 'text': 'health system because also a good hospital is far\xa0\naway you only find them in the big city but if you'}, {'start': '414.160', 'end': '421.920', 'text': 'have a real serious health problem maybe you have\xa0\nto travel to Bangkok mhm it is time critical then'}, {'start': '421.920', 'end': '428.800', 'text': 'it is critical for you too so it is something it\xa0\nis something to think about if you need a hospital'}, {'start': '428.800', 'end': '438.480', 'text': 'near then you should stay near a good hospital\xa0\ntoday we went to a Cambodian market yes which'}, {'start': '438.480', 'end': '449.360', 'text': 'is not so far from here and at this market they\xa0\nsell over the border without the import duties so'}, {'start': '449.360', 'end': '457.120', 'text': "there's a lot of cheap products also copycat\xa0\nproducts you can buy there in quite a good"}, {'start': '457.120', 'end': '464.800', 'text': 'quality which is also makes this to live here more\xa0\naffordable than in other parts of the country this'}, {'start': '464.800', 'end': '472.800', 'text': "market is named Chongja market because it's like a\xa0\nnear border actually is stay in Thai but it have a"}, {'start': '472.800', 'end': '479.840', 'text': 'like Gambodian cross the border to sell from the\xa0\nproduct around this area the most people is not'}, {'start': '479.840', 'end': '486.960', 'text': 'Thai is from Kambodian but sell in Thai okay is on\xa0\nThai Thai ground yes the Thai yes but they cross'}, {'start': '486.960', 'end': '493.120', 'text': 'the border without going through the customs yes\xa0\nlike a you can can cross is one day and back like'}, {'start': '493.120', 'end': '499.200', 'text': "this because it's near and they can also bring\xa0\ntheir goods without paying the import fees yeah"}, {'start': '499.200', 'end': '507.760', 'text': 'and all the people is come here to buy like a big\xa0\na lot and go to sell by Pete like this many before'}, {'start': '507.760', 'end': '515.920', 'text': "is big more than now but is now is more or less\xa0\nbecause it's a need to rem market again to like"}, {'start': '515.920', 'end': '521.120', 'text': 'in the system for the can sell well I think\xa0\nthe owner of the space found out that he can'}, {'start': '521.120', 'end': '527.920', 'text': 'make money if he rents it out yes so he probably\xa0\nadjusted the rent so the market is not that big'}, {'start': '527.920', 'end': '536.480', 'text': 'anymore it looks more like uh they built now more\xa0\nfixed structures it is not tense anymore it is now'}, {'start': '536.480', 'end': '542.720', 'text': 'buildings and the buildings they cost rent and\xa0\nthis changes the whole system of this market and'}, {'start': '542.720', 'end': '550.480', 'text': "also the prices because I'm sure the people have\xa0\nto pay rent mhm n live in Isan in Isanai south of"}, {'start': '550.480', 'end': '559.360', 'text': 'Isan the me and live in the south and all near\xa0\nCambodian and Lao is the we talk about from the'}, {'start': '559.360', 'end': '570.320', 'text': "cost living in Isan same we are rent the hotel is\xa0\nper night it's 650 B per per day it someday is 500"}, {'start': '570.320', 'end': '577.600', 'text': "B and very good hotel and we can stay I think\xa0\nit's some provin is more cheaper or about 500"}, {'start': '577.600', 'end': '585.360', 'text': 'or 600 to get a good a good room for this price is\xa0\nseldom so we are lucky we can have a good room for'}, {'start': '585.360', 'end': '592.240', 'text': 'this price here and I appreciate to have a good\xa0\nbathroom have a good air con have a clean bed and'}, {'start': '592.240', 'end': '604.160', 'text': 'Matil where are you we are in tour at night hotel\xa0\nresort okay we come to the famous test the bed'}, {'start': '605.920', 'end': '610.080', 'text': "are you ready i'm ready are you ready"}, {'start': '611.840', 'end': '615.200', 'text': 'okay'}, {'start': '615.200', 'end': '624.320', 'text': 'we very soft very soft so you will\xa0\nsleep well yes of course we open the'}, {'start': '624.320', 'end': '633.360', 'text': 'door and got the some wine yeah\xa0\nwe left the door open too long'}, {'start': '633.360', 'end': '634.320', 'text': 'yeah everything look'}, {'start': '634.320', 'end': '644.960', 'text': 'nice thank you we have shown this hotel in other\xa0\nvideos already because we always come back to that'}, {'start': '644.960', 'end': '650.560', 'text': 'place because they have swimming pool they have\xa0\neverything and they also have the love hotel we'}, {'start': '650.560', 'end': '656.880', 'text': 'have in one video yeah yeah and next in the same\xa0\nhotel there but the next building on the other'}, {'start': '656.880', 'end': '665.760', 'text': "side yeah i think is when the people like this\xa0\nslow life not busy it's some need to retire and"}, {'start': '665.760', 'end': '672.400', 'text': "need to be quiet i think it's the good choice to\xa0\ncan retire in in Isan because I think is the cost"}, {'start': '672.400', 'end': '678.000', 'text': 'living it more cheaper and the people is can talk\xa0\nwith you and can learn just a little bit language'}, {'start': '678.000', 'end': '684.080', 'text': 'which the people is around village and you can\xa0\ntalk and you eat same customer my sister she came'}, {'start': '684.080', 'end': '692.400', 'text': 'every day and she eats the same he can know and\xa0\nknow what he say and yesterday and we talk look'}, {'start': '692.400', 'end': '700.640', 'text': 'like is like a family from mom same because she\xa0\nshow the name her wife the his wife and for for me'}, {'start': '700.640', 'end': '706.400', 'text': 'I think yes because all the one village actually\xa0\nis the family when you are leave and somebody is'}, {'start': '706.400', 'end': '714.880', 'text': 'can help you it easy the people live in the area\xa0\nthey are relatives have many relatives around so'}, {'start': '714.880', 'end': '723.760', 'text': 'when you marry into this village you get a huge\xa0\nfamily around yourself which might be good or bad'}, {'start': '723.760', 'end': '732.240', 'text': "I don't know I think It's good because is when you\xa0\ngo somewhere or you know it's a when you are not"}, {'start': '732.240', 'end': '738.720', 'text': 'same home you not know where you can ask and can\xa0\nexplain and can call somebody you know because the'}, {'start': '738.720', 'end': '745.360', 'text': 'village is just small can help you to get back\xa0\neasy i think is the isan people is not mean if'}, {'start': '745.360', 'end': '754.720', 'text': 'ji they have good heart yeah it is usually in the\xa0\ncountry that the people are not so selfish as in'}, {'start': '754.720', 'end': '761.680', 'text': 'the big city the big city life is actually harder\xa0\nand to be warm with the people who live next door'}, {'start': '761.680', 'end': '769.040', 'text': 'to you in a high-rise is much more difficult than\xa0\nto get warm with the people in a village around'}, {'start': '769.040', 'end': '775.440', 'text': 'you they greet you very friendly even if you have\xa0\nnever seen them before and this is what you have'}, {'start': '775.440', 'end': '781.440', 'text': 'to think about where do you want to live and what\xa0\ndo I expect from life and do I like the nature'}, {'start': '781.440', 'end': '787.360', 'text': 'which can be very hot which can be very wet they\xa0\ncan have rough storms here they can have flooding'}, {'start': '787.360', 'end': '794.320', 'text': 'here they can have very hot here so this is there\xa0\nis everything in the city this you also have it'}, {'start': '794.320', 'end': '802.480', 'text': "but you don't feel it the same yes because in city\xa0\nit Yes and in your home all spend money around in"}, {'start': '802.480', 'end': '808.000', 'text': 'your home you have your air console you have your\xa0\nyour climate in your room is always the same more'}, {'start': '808.000', 'end': '814.400', 'text': 'or less here it is not the whole the one thing\xa0\nthe one thing the one thing I think the people'}, {'start': '814.400', 'end': '820.880', 'text': 'need to leave out of Bangkok actually is could\xa0\ndrive motorbike or the car because everything'}, {'start': '820.880', 'end': '828.000', 'text': 'is far out you cannot buy the taxi and this one\xa0\nis not have actually have bus stop but take time'}, 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you\xa0\ndon't want to drive motorbike you don't want to"}, {'start': '868.720', 'end': '874.000', 'text': "drive car because you're stuck in traffic and it's\xa0\nvery dangerous because have transport easy have"}, {'start': '874.000', 'end': '881.280', 'text': 'a sky train have subway have bus have motorbike\xa0\nhave taxi it can fight easy in the big city yes'}, {'start': '881.280', 'end': '887.600', 'text': "but you pay a lot yes because it's your face it\xa0\nshow out need to more expensive i'm just kidding"}, {'start': '888.880', 'end': '896.080', 'text': "what she means if you look say a foreigner you\xa0\npay more all over Thailand it's not all but for"}, {'start': '896.080', 'end': '902.560', 'text': 'me I think some people is still good people can\xa0\ntell you the real price some people is can see'}, {'start': '902.560', 'end': '908.160', 'text': 'you is you not know the price is can cheat you\xa0\nokay and to come back to the subject I came to'}, {'start': '908.160', 'end': '915.360', 'text': 'this subject because I saw the foreigners I saw\xa0\nhow they talk to each other I saw how the wives'}, {'start': '915.360', 'end': '922.480', 'text': 'communicate and I thought are they happy here and\xa0\nlike and I was wondering do they like their life'}, {'start': '922.480', 'end': '928.880', 'text': 'here do they enjoy it and I also asked them and\xa0\nall of them told me yes they like it here a lot'}, {'start': '928.880', 'end': '935.200', 'text': "and they wouldn't want to be any place else it is\xa0\nan alternative you can think about where you want"}, {'start': '935.200', 'end': '942.720', 'text': 'to be do you want to be up country or do you want\xa0\nto be in a big city do you want to be at the ocean'}, {'start': '942.720', 'end': '950.320', 'text': 'do you want to be in the mountains or do you want\xa0\nto be in Isan and I think Isan is for sure the'}, {'start': '950.320', 'end': '956.800', 'text': "cheapest place or the place where you can get the\xa0\nmost out of your money yes because it's far out"}, {'start': '956.800', 'end': '964.400', 'text': 'from need to spend money a lot so if you want to\xa0\ntravel in Servin when you not know to go you can'}, {'start': '964.400', 'end': '972.000', 'text': 'comment it below i can help you to travel or you\xa0\nwant to came the same plate I go or travel around'}, {'start': '972.000', 'end': '979.360', 'text': 'you can ask us in the below yes and you find\xa0\nmany videos about Isan already we will also link'}, {'start': '979.360', 'end': '987.360', 'text': 'okay to the video if you like our video as usual\xa0\nclick like click like and if you want to stay with'}, {'start': '987.360', 'end': '997.120', 'text': 'us you can click here here here or here thank\xa0\nyou for watching and see you in the next video'}, {'start': '998.320', 'end': '999.360', 'text': 'bye-bye'}]