As a fan of Ryan & Damo's Life in Rural Thailand (previously in Bamboo), as well as The Naked Guru, this video is more deeply introspective, which I enjoyed. I found my thoughts reflective upon my own journey through my own life. I'm in my 80s, retired, & living alone in a small city in the desert south west of Arizona, USA. All my family has passed & friends at my age are non-existent anymore, so, of course, my survival depends solely on my actions. Oddly, I accept it as a challenge. Stubbornness, I suppose, or possibly defiance. Whatever, your video showing your garden, the cow-peas, the mini-canal, & the subsequent rain breaking the dry spell, gave me pause for thought of my own plight. Thank you for that. P.S. I Like'd, Sub'd, & rang the ALL bell.
@xavierkoolat6926 Xaiver, reading this comment made our day, and it's our wedding anniversary, so thank you for that, and thank you for sharing a bit of your story with us. It is genuinely the highest honor to know our video has helped someone positively reflect upon their own life. I hope we can continue to do so as we share our story. Keep being stubborn, Xavier. Wishing you all the best. -Bren
As a subscriber to Ryan and also Jon Jandai, I'm glad that you appeared on Ryan's channel and now I can also be one of your subs. You all live the life that I will be taking up when I eventually retire to Ban Non Sawan, Thep Sathip, Chaiyaphum, Thailand next April 🧘♂🙏
Thanks for sharing what you are going through. Highs and lows are normal in everyone's life and especially when you are a long way from home. However, your picture will become clearer as you go through life's challenges and come out stronger on the other side. Great lot of friends you have to relax with and escape from the worries and toils of your everyday lives. I pray that God will help you find your true selves on this part of your young lives journey. God bless you both.😀🙏
Amazing channel, my partner and I (32 & 29) met in Pi 5 years ago and have been back in New Zealand grinding so we can afford to do what you two are doing. We arrive in Thailand in 1 month for the beginning of our journey. Here's hoping we enjoy it as much as we think we will :D
Hey Cameron! Thank you. That's awesome to hear! Wishing you both all the best with your journey, I'm sure it will be amazing. Keep us posted as it unfolds, and feel free to reach out for anything 😊
Thank you for this video, I think a lot of us feel this way. We're trying so hard to secure our future and we feel defeated when we're not making any progress or when we feel that ideal is moving farther away instead of closing in on it.
Keep up the good videos guys, as you said, definitely live in the moment. No one knows what will happen in future, all you can do is enjoy what you have now and deal with things as the time comes 😊 Your videos are great, perfect story telling. The time spent indoors sharpening your skills is not a waste, its purely self development and improving your skills which shines through videos like this. Keep it up, good things will come. Ps. We've had hardly any rain here either 😒 😅
Another good video where you two truly show your vulnerabilities. I think you are on the right path and following your passion and excitement, its just the insistence and expectation of the result is keeping you down. I had all these thoughts to write but by the end of the video you addressed many 😂 Keep up the good moods and keep the rain coming
I also just saw Ryan's video of his chat with you. In that I loved your enthusiasm for your life there and for the Thai community around you. Don't let the dry days get you down. We're in Florida where the rains have been a slightly better than average so far this hurricane season. We have days with nothing - the grass and my Thai wife's garden starts to get crispy then we'll have a downpour. Best wishes on your endeavours there.. I too like to stand out in the rain. Have you considered adding gutters to fill rain barrels to help with the dry days?
Hi my fellow Canadians. I live in Niagara, Ontario with the mist of Niagara Falls in the distance and scores of vineyards all around me. I have been watching Ryan's channel for years and caught your recent interview with him which I quite enjoyed. Bren mentioned she had practiced as nurse in Canada before your move. I'm retired now but I had a mental health practice in a hospital for 30 years. I look forward to watching your videos Bren and Laurel as a just minted subscriber to your channel. Best regards, Murray.
Just discovered your channel through Ryan’s interview with you. I am really impressed by your vlog-meditative and relaxing. Keep up the good work, your new subscriber Malin
just subscribed to your channel because i am changing soon from Bangkok to rural Surin, i am trying hydroponics for the moment before our door in Bangkok with success maybe its an idea to try for you. love the live style everything takes time.
Hey, hey guys, just found your channel from Ryan I live in Chiang Rai area. I am wondering if you would share the name of the organic farm you get your meat from ?
I feel the same like you at the moment, but here in Mae hong son, we got too much water and root rot. There is a reason agriculture have changed over time, it is REALLY difficult and a lot of the work will not give you anything but experiences . I think the first step in permaculture is to set up your access to water before starting any plants and trees, a pond is usually what people start with in thailand in cases the rivers, or running water stop. Big love, I just discovered you guys, I feel less alone.
You speak the truth for sure. Really glad to read your comment and know our experience resonates. It can be a lonely road out there, so we're glad to share the journey. You're not alone 🙏❤
I followed you channel from watching Ryan and Mo. very nice to see you are living in rural area with all green and nice house. To be a farmer not easy even if Thai people. As a Thai people in summer I still need to have AC 😅. There are many Thai rich people also dream to be on rural area or nature and doing farm agriculture activities and most of them fail as they never work hard. If we can adopt our life with balance in cost and income with some saving that we can stay in long term life. This is experience that nobody can buy without trying. Thai people in community will help you please teach them in English and learn some Thai simple words. Most Thai people is very shy to speak English and afraid to meet foreigners due to language barriers. Thanks for your video. 🥰😁🇹🇭🇨🇦🍁🙏😊
Most of the time we are okay without AC but in the summer time we definitely miss it haha. We aren't fluent by any means but speaking a bit of Thai and asking questions and showing interest in the people we meet has resulted in so many wonderful moments of connection with Thai people. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi you guys, be like a chameleon, when the color changes, change with it, not that difficult. You have been doing it for nearly a year now, so, the first year is nearly beaten, the next will be easier. NEVER GIVE UP, YOU CAN DO IT.
Your story telling skills and videography are spectacular. Actually it's so good that I wonder if this was created by an entire film crew and and this is a future reality TV series that they are testing on UA-cam? 😁
@@ThePilgrimsProcessOh yes I believe I asked you where that other farm was before and your house is in the same area. That's certainly a pretty remote area, it would be hard to get the wife to agree to commute to Mae Jo for work :)
start writing a book. I am serious. at least keep a diary of your personal thoughts. it is different from vlogging. you will see the value and you are going to be amazed in the years to come.
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As a fan of Ryan & Damo's Life in Rural Thailand (previously in Bamboo), as well as The Naked Guru, this video is more deeply introspective, which I enjoyed.
I found my thoughts reflective upon my own journey through my own life.
I'm in my 80s, retired, & living alone in a small city in the desert south west of Arizona, USA. All my family has passed & friends at my age are non-existent anymore, so, of course, my survival depends solely on my actions. Oddly, I accept it as a challenge. Stubbornness, I suppose, or possibly defiance.
Whatever, your video showing your garden, the cow-peas, the mini-canal, & the subsequent rain breaking the dry spell, gave me pause for thought of my own plight.
Thank you for that.
P.S. I Like'd, Sub'd, & rang the ALL bell.
@xavierkoolat6926
Xaiver, reading this comment made our day, and it's our wedding anniversary, so thank you for that, and thank you for sharing a bit of your story with us.
It is genuinely the highest honor to know our video has helped someone positively reflect upon their own life. I hope we can continue to do so as we share our story.
Keep being stubborn, Xavier. Wishing you all the best.
-Bren
“What happening is unseen.” Word🎉
Thanks you so much...such a beautiful deep thought, Perspective.... Love your videos..
Came from Ryan and Mo life in rural Thailand channel, enjoyed the conversation and this way of life reminds me of living in Africa . ❤❤
I found this channel from your Rumble interview 🌞
Hey! I like your channel - keep it up!! ☺👍
Thanks Tom!
Very nice community. Lovely couple!
Love Bren and Laurel
As a subscriber to Ryan and also Jon Jandai, I'm glad that you appeared on Ryan's channel and now I can also be one of your subs. You all live the life that I will be taking up when I eventually retire to Ban Non Sawan, Thep Sathip, Chaiyaphum, Thailand next April 🧘♂🙏
Thanks for joining us! Best of luck with the move ❤
Those cowpeas leaves are delicious. I would make them my daily vegetables of choice
Greetings from the LooseNatural farm in Andalusia Spain where we currently live through a drought. We feel you. It's an emotional drain.
Thanks for sharing what you are going through. Highs and lows are normal in everyone's life and especially when you are a long way from home. However, your picture will become clearer as you go through life's challenges and come out stronger on the other side. Great lot of friends you have to relax with and escape from the worries and toils of your everyday lives. I pray that God will help you find your true selves on this part of your young lives journey. God bless you both.😀🙏
Thank you so much for your kind words and prayers. As you said, friends are such a huge blessing to help make the hard days easier. 🙏❤
Glad I found your channel after your vlog with Ryan. Have a great day and greetings from Australia.
Thanks for being here Jeff!
Amazing channel, my partner and I (32 & 29) met in Pi 5 years ago and have been back in New Zealand grinding so we can afford to do what you two are doing. We arrive in Thailand in 1 month for the beginning of our journey. Here's hoping we enjoy it as much as we think we will :D
Hey Cameron! Thank you. That's awesome to hear! Wishing you both all the best with your journey, I'm sure it will be amazing. Keep us posted as it unfolds, and feel free to reach out for anything 😊
Thank you for this video, I think a lot of us feel this way. We're trying so hard to secure our future and we feel defeated when we're not making any progress or when we feel that ideal is moving farther away instead of closing in on it.
thank you Bren & Laurel, you guys sharing your journey & thoughts has helped me a lot with my own thinking.
Hey Danny, so glad to hear that. Thanks for watching ❤
you guys are beautiful people. I hope you will be able to live your dream in thailand.
Keep up the good videos guys, as you said, definitely live in the moment. No one knows what will happen in future, all you can do is enjoy what you have now and deal with things as the time comes 😊
Your videos are great, perfect story telling. The time spent indoors sharpening your skills is not a waste, its purely self development and improving your skills which shines through videos like this. Keep it up, good things will come.
Ps. We've had hardly any rain here either 😒 😅
Thanks guys 😊 Yes, the balance of enjoying the present while investing into the future is a tricky one to find sometimes.
Thanks for your support! 🙏
I really enjoyed that. Lovely video.
Thanks Bobby 😊 Always appreciate hearing from you.
Another good video where you two truly show your vulnerabilities. I think you are on the right path and following your passion and excitement, its just the insistence and expectation of the result is keeping you down. I had all these thoughts to write but by the end of the video you addressed many 😂 Keep up the good moods and keep the rain coming
Thanks Joel ❤ forever learning and adapting 🌱
Just watched your chat with Ryan , you’re a lovely couple, enjoy your adventure! (New subscriber!) 😊
Welcome and thank you so much!
I also just saw Ryan's video of his chat with you. In that I loved your enthusiasm for your life there and for the Thai community around you. Don't let the dry days get you down. We're in Florida where the rains have been a slightly better than average so far this hurricane season. We have days with nothing - the grass and my Thai wife's garden starts to get crispy then we'll have a downpour. Best wishes on your endeavours there.. I too like to stand out in the rain. Have you considered adding gutters to fill rain barrels to help with the dry days?
more rain water catchment would be excellent! We have discussed it with the land owner to be a future project that would be very beneficial :)
Hi my fellow Canadians. I live in Niagara, Ontario with the mist of Niagara Falls in the distance and scores of vineyards all around me. I have been watching Ryan's channel for years and caught your recent interview with him which I quite enjoyed. Bren mentioned she had practiced as nurse in Canada before your move. I'm retired now but I had a mental health practice in a hospital for 30 years. I look forward to watching your videos Bren and Laurel as a just minted subscriber to your channel. Best regards, Murray.
Hey Murray! Wow sounds like a beautiful landscape to be surrounded by. Thanks for joining us here :)
Just discovered your channel through Ryan’s interview with you. I am really impressed by your vlog-meditative and relaxing. Keep up the good work, your new subscriber Malin
Thanks for joining us Malin! Glad you enjoyed :)
Earthworm a sign proves the land clean without chemicals 😊
just subscribed to your channel because i am changing soon from Bangkok to rural Surin, i am trying hydroponics for the moment before our door in Bangkok with success maybe its an idea to try for you. love the live style everything takes time.
Hey, hey guys, just found your channel from Ryan
I live in Chiang Rai area. I am wondering if you would share the name of the organic farm you get your meat from ?
Welcome! We order from Sirin Farm in Chiang Rai www.sirinfarm.com/
I feel the same like you at the moment, but here in Mae hong son, we got too much water and root rot. There is a reason agriculture have changed over time, it is REALLY difficult and a lot of the work will not give you anything but experiences . I think the first step in permaculture is to set up your access to water before starting any plants and trees, a pond is usually what people start with in thailand in cases the rivers, or running water stop. Big love, I just discovered you guys, I feel less alone.
You speak the truth for sure. Really glad to read your comment and know our experience resonates. It can be a lonely road out there, so we're glad to share the journey. You're not alone 🙏❤
AT LEAST YOU HAVE WATER TO PUT ON YOUR GARDEN.
I followed you channel from watching Ryan and Mo. very nice to see you are living in rural area with all green and nice house. To be a farmer not easy even if Thai people. As a Thai people in summer I still need to have AC 😅. There are many Thai rich people also dream to be on rural area or nature and doing farm agriculture activities and most of them fail as they never work hard.
If we can adopt our life with balance in cost and income with some saving that we can stay in long term life. This is experience that nobody can buy without trying. Thai people in community will help you please teach them in English and learn some Thai simple words. Most Thai people is very shy to speak English and afraid to meet foreigners due to language barriers. Thanks for your video. 🥰😁🇹🇭🇨🇦🍁🙏😊
Most of the time we are okay without AC but in the summer time we definitely miss it haha.
We aren't fluent by any means but speaking a bit of Thai and asking questions and showing interest in the people we meet has resulted in so many wonderful moments of connection with Thai people.
Thanks so much for watching!
Hi you guys, be like a chameleon, when the color changes, change with it, not that difficult. You have been doing it for nearly a year now, so, the first year is nearly beaten, the next will be easier. NEVER GIVE UP, YOU CAN DO IT.
Thank you! 💪😊
other ffs
Your story telling skills and videography are spectacular. Actually it's so good that I wonder if this was created by an entire film crew and and this is a future reality TV series that they are testing on UA-cam? 😁
Haha you are too kind! Just a team of two for now 😊
Create swales & rock damns to stop & redirect water on you land. Biochar & mulch. More perennials.
Great advice and collect rain water from the home's roof for use during the dry/winter months.
What region of Mae Taeng is this? Lots I haven't explored around there....
We are very close to Sri Lanna national park and Pun Pun Organic Farm :)
@@ThePilgrimsProcessOh yes I believe I asked you where that other farm was before and your house is in the same area. That's certainly a pretty remote area, it would be hard to get the wife to agree to commute to Mae Jo for work :)
“Khok Nong Na Model” for Sustainable Development From my former king .
Such a great practice! 😊
Although Thailand is very hot, but sweating is good for the body
start writing a book. I am serious. at least keep a diary of your personal thoughts. it is different from vlogging. you will see the value and you are going to be amazed in the years to come.
Do u sell your product or u just for eating
just for eating right now :)
@@ThePilgrimsProcess 🙏
You guys seem like great people and I wish you the best. I would try a different tempo on your narration, it's a... sleeper.
Haha I have to agree 🙈 duly noted that our audio levels and narration need some more work! Thank you for watching 🙏
get use to it , its gonna be 2 more years of this