But u don't eat Thai Food Eddie or speak any of the Language properly so maybe a bigger city like Bangkok, the only real city or a town like Pattaya would suit u better where more speak English and u can get your English breakfast and pies and pork chops or Phnom Pehn would suit u. Its cheaper again and plenty of English food hangouts. Definitely the countryside of Thailand is not for you. For a small holiday time in Udon u can just about manage but I fear not for u to retire and live..Cambodia I feel will be where that big suitcase makes its nest...Good luck and best wishes on your endeavours Eddie lad 😊
Eddie you need to get out of the towns and cities and go into the villages because you are not seeing the true Thailand with its beautiful countryside and exceptionally friendly people to chat to I stayed in Surin where my ex-girlfriend comes from i used chill out with the locals with an ice cold Leo or Singha in the evening's, it's a bit like my hometown of Wigan it's a dump but 30 minutes away you are in the countryside with beautiful scenery with the quaint village pub where you can have a Sunday lunch and chill out. Big cities and towns are definitely not for me I like Pattaya but I could never live there it's a concrete jungle great for a holiday but not to live there, I've mentioned this to Nick Dean which you know he's too much of a city man he asked me when I retire would I move to Pattaya I said no I'm a village man Pattaya is for a holiday destination only for me.
Yeah Eddy needs to find a Steady, and could show him around places you would never see. Especially without a motorsai you can't go and explore and limited to the usual haunts and touristy areas. It's still refreshing going to the real areas, even Udon you don't get ripped off and heckled. It's all the same-same but different anyway though. Most s/expats just like bars and girls anyway so no point for them going elsewhere - it's cool Ed is looking around a fair bit on this trip. It's also a balance - costs more when you're always on the move vs a monthly condo.
What does this place offer retired people to do? Without a social network and leisure activities, it seems to me that life for retired people would getting boring very fast.
Retired here. Monday golf Tuesday swimming wednesday play pool thursday lake fishing Friday golf and Saturday petanque. On Sunday roast dinner and socialising. Lived here since 2016 and never been bored. Too much to do.
With all due respect you are comparing Apples with Oranges. Udon is the best place in isaan for a foreigner, especially a potential sexpat. You seem to compare it to pattaya, it's very different. The nonsense about it being dirty is unfair, especially compared to certain places in Bangkok, phuket, and Pattaya. There's better Western food in town than Brickhouse and Full throttle, but that is to taste.
I have always enjoyed udon but I have friends nearby. Nan is a lovely city but I'm not sure it's your cup of tea. If you're not keen how udon looks. I'm not sure the rest of isaan is for you. You'll not be getting all that junk food in the villages or much nightlife. It's a very peaceful way of life. It's a nice different experience. But if you make no effort in learning a bit of Thai you will struggle. Seems your biggest issue is not sorting your visa issues out and keep moving around due to this. Maybe time to settle down and get off holiday mode now if you plan on staying in Thailand.
Eddie, When you arrived in Thailand you said you would become a professional travel vloger. Please show video of you actually going into restaurant and showing the food you eat in real time ,not voice overs. That's lazy vloging.
Twit! Almost 99% of Thai restaurants are playing copyrighted music which he would have to block anyway. Please think a bit more before you embarrass yourself again.
There's nothing wrong with the way it looks, Many nice lakes and parks.but you soon can get bored, it's certainly not hua hin.step outside the bar Street and it's difficult to get engagement with people And that's the main difficulty.
Last time I was in Thailand and wanted to stay more than 30 days - I just went to the immigration office and paid 2000 baht for an additional 30 days. It was in Udon Thani in November 2023. But I’ve heard that you can stay up to 60 days now instead of 30 (if you’re from one of the countries that had 30 days visa free entry before). So, is the visa run or crossing the border still something you need to do?
Regards visa runs to the Thai Consulate in Vientiane the viewer may wish to check online as to the current situation. From personal experience from 2006 until 2022 you used to attend the consulate in the morning complete your form and attach documents, photos and pay the required fee. The afternoon of the next working day you could go in the afternoon and collect. Happy days. In 2023 things changed drastically. On arriving at the consulate I was told by the official staff in the building that you had to book a one-on-one appointment. The next available appointments were backed up 14 days! There were touts outside that “for a fee” (doubtless considerable) they had connections to get you an expedited appointment wherein you only had to wait 3 or 4 days. To me this all stank, and I simply returned, same day, back over the bridge picking up an overland 14 visa on arrival. I would hope this has all resolved itself now, but don’t know.
Most western cities have broken pavements and holes in the Roads as well , udon more to do than the villages but not as busy as the usual traps for the monger community 😉
Eddie come on mate mama San and masuman are two different things only one of the is a curry but both are hot and spicy comment below with the correct answer
Why have you spent so much time in Udon Thani on this trip? A choice of 2 places for dinner is not very appealing and not a good reason to stay so long.
Taxiing into the Terminal at Udon from BKK. Seeing the Tumbleweed and for a moment the airport looks derelict. Soi Samphan has the odd decent restaurant. But the bars are fairly uninspiring. It is what it is, a 100% Euro, US, Aussie enclave, Night markets are great. But I felt it was a city without a soul. With a Thai partner and passable Thai different story probably. Much preferred Khon Kaen, which has a far more cosmopolitan edge to it. The Saturday night Nong Khai market along the Mekong river is very special. Enjoyed Issan, lovely people who live a simple life scratching a living. This is Proper Thailand.
Just your opinion . Udonthani and Khon Khean are wonderful places in every way, but for people who are hard to please and are obsesed with Pattaya will alway find it hard to say a good word about it . If I was retiring in Thailand those are the first two cities I would make a b-line for .
It’s very famous for duck 🦆 recipes and they have ducks 🦆 there but really Edd lots of foreigners without Thai partners live here I like the place it’s very chilled 😎 and there isn’t many tourist there I prefer it here than Pattaya I don’t really eat European food when I am abroad unless it’s a Sunday I like that Edd when you find somewhere where the food is good I tend to go there
Seems like a decent place to visit. It looks to be a decent shopping mall, good food, a few bars for a cold beer and small talk and, it looks like some good produce stands. What more could an older guy want, either for living there or for just a few days while passing thru. Seems decent.
Well, lots of talk. "Very" interesting to know all the " nice" places you been visiting. Coming a few days ready give your expert opinion. Before publishing get sober. Waving the camera. Jumping around. And, as an expert: why not learn how to pronounce names? Of course there is no beaches? Roads no good? Pretty much as every where in SE Asia? The point is: its not Phuket, Pattaya. Its different in a good way as most of the s**t you have there is not available.
Nice video Eddy and never a more accurate appraisal of Udon Thani. But in all honesty, they are slowing improving the place with UD Town, Soi Sanpan, Central Plaza and the Lake so maybe in another twenty years they will get around to the rest of the place :-)
not sure i agree with you about the getting a nice condo there. They are overpriced considering the area. You can rent a 3br 2bath house for the same rent they want for a 1br barebone condo. They are cheaper, just not that much cheaper than tourist areas. house rent/price are a lot cheaper in comparison. Might be a bubble in play?
He pronounces all Thai words places etc wrong doesn't attempt to learn or speak Thai Disrespectful in his dress code when at Buddhist temples He only goes to Thailand to abuse and exploit women says a lot about the character and content of this person
Eddy is sticking to the centre of town and as an Expat living here 20 years now I can tell you he is not showing you the real Udon. There are many expats here in Udon and we are very active. On Monday we play golf out at Sri Thani golf course on the south west side of Town. Eddy has not showed this side at all. forested and beautiful. On Tuesday we play pool in the centre of town. Eddy has covered the area where we play pool. On Wednesday we play golf in Nong Sam Rong in the north of the city, where we find the well known Tara beach resort complete with lake and beach. Eddy has not covered this either. On Thursday we head out fishing to one of the lakes around the city. Eddy has not covered this either. On other days we play petanque at a resort hotel or take a trip out of the city to a nearby location. Eddy has not bothered to show any of these. So really if you think Udon s just the street of bars and a shopping mall then you are very much mistaken. A good mid sized town with a lot of facilities and friendliness, just not bars and shopping.
I agree. I live in Udon Thani. It has an interesting history too with the Vietnam War. There are lots of places that are good in Udon. You just need time to find them. The town center is what you would expect from any town center. The people are lovely. A great indoor shopping mall, and almost everything you could buy in Europe you can get here. It has an expat community of over 20,000. Udon is not a tourist town, but rather a place to live and settle down. Immigration can process retirement and marriage visas in an efficient manner. I have never had a problem with that, and the immigration people who work there are lovely too....very helpful. Never have had any long ques for that. Generally I like Udon. I live here with my Thai wife and child, and have done so for over 5 years. All in all a good place to settle down.
@@STEADY599 thank them. i didn't cook it...he he he ;) it's great when you can get food made with love to your taste at a good price. that's something to be thankful for to be sure.
The UK has been critical since 2019 which means it's just a matter of time before we are attacked again. We have people who hate our beliefs and culture living among us and the numbers are going to be unprecedented in the next 10 years. Record numbers mean a lot of towns and cities will become unrecognisable. Everyone living in the UK should be extremely concerned and worried. It's going to hit every public service that we have until they start collapsing. They need to remove Great from Great Britain...
There is a Project already started & ongoing to make Udon Thani a more green, walkable, sustainable City which will be used as a Model for other Cities. This entails putting in more street lining trees, new pavements & renovating the storm drain canals & paths. If you look you can see tree saplings they have put in, a lot of new pavement installed with more going in & back hoe’s & other equipment working on the storm drain canals. UDON THANI UCRISP should take you to an article on this with some images of how things look now & artist impressions of how it will look.
Im returing to udon Thani thus evening after a month in lao. If you want tl have a coffee or beer some day or evening this week, let me know, as ive a few questions for you on Cambodia as that will ve my next spot for the mont of May
I love Udon Thani.
But u don't eat Thai Food Eddie or speak any of the Language properly so maybe a bigger city like Bangkok, the only real city or a town like Pattaya would suit u better where more speak English and u can get your English breakfast and pies and pork chops or Phnom Pehn would suit u. Its cheaper again and plenty of English food hangouts. Definitely the countryside of Thailand is not for you. For a small holiday time in Udon u can just about manage but I fear not for u to retire and live..Cambodia I feel will be where that big suitcase makes its nest...Good luck and best wishes on your endeavours Eddie lad 😊
Thankyou
Least u dont get ripped off in udon perfect location no tourist trap
Eddie you need to get out of the towns and cities and go into the villages because you are not seeing the true Thailand with its beautiful countryside and exceptionally friendly people to chat to I stayed in Surin where my ex-girlfriend comes from i used chill out with the locals with an ice cold Leo or Singha in the evening's, it's a bit like my hometown of Wigan it's a dump but 30 minutes away you are in the countryside with beautiful scenery with the quaint village pub where you can have a Sunday lunch and chill out.
Big cities and towns are definitely not for me I like Pattaya but I could never live there it's a concrete jungle great for a holiday but not to live there, I've mentioned this to Nick Dean which you know he's too much of a city man he asked me when I retire would I move to Pattaya I said no I'm a village man Pattaya is for a holiday destination only for me.
Absolutely, and learn aliittle thai - it goes along way
Yeah Eddy needs to find a Steady, and could show him around places you would never see. Especially without a motorsai you can't go and explore and limited to the usual haunts and touristy areas. It's still refreshing going to the real areas, even Udon you don't get ripped off and heckled. It's all the same-same but different anyway though. Most s/expats just like bars and girls anyway so no point for them going elsewhere - it's cool Ed is looking around a fair bit on this trip. It's also a balance - costs more when you're always on the move vs a monthly condo.
@@MikeLickorish no one is.
Living in Pattaya with all those alcoholic han$um men would be depressing … 🤡😵💀
@@ma3stro681 Where you Gooooo?
fk all that, fun for 2 weeks.
Love Thailand ❤
im renting a car at the end of the month and will be up here , good to see ur vids 🙏🙏
Way to go rent car see heaps at own steam
@@travels129 had to cancel, broke a collar bone 🥱 going to Cambodia on Saturday tho 🙏
i love the look of Udon Thani. It looks lovely.
I'm very relaxed here.
@@STEADY599 relaxed sounds good.
Hi Eddy, I'm in Khoen kean the next city from you . Seeing my doctor tomorrow. Information comes easily when you learn the language. 😊😊😊
Best of luck!
@@STEADY599 Cheers 🥂
He's not even learnt how to say Sawatdee kap to the locals yet .
Most han$um men don’t learn any Thai. They’re not interested in the local people or culture … 🤡😵😂
Very nice! Greetings from Marbella today
Thank you! Cheers!
What does this place offer retired people to do? Without a social network and leisure activities, it seems to me that life for retired people would getting boring very fast.
Retired here. Monday golf Tuesday swimming wednesday play pool thursday lake fishing Friday golf and Saturday petanque. On Sunday roast dinner and socialising. Lived here since 2016 and never been bored. Too much to do.
9:50 There is a visa agent located behind Food Place.
Looks like an old farts place. I'm getting there myself. Lol
Haa
We’re is the young fanny please..?
Used the airport there many times
Been there a few times, I find it soulless.
So why go there a few times if u don't like it ?? Soulless??
To visit a friend that stays there. Void of any culture, soul and ambience.
What is the name of ghe woman you keep referring too anita kate ?
Annisa Kate. Google her name. Sensational!
@@STEADY599 wow just seen her
@@jayjay975 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Brother ED,Cheers
One good thing udon got loads of Thai brasses
Masaman curry Eddy , not Mamazan curry .
Looks like the dump i live in outside Toronto. 😂
happy daze
Beer food and half decent accommodation is more expensive in udonthani than pattaya hands down
Is the Irish Clock still open?
Yes
Most Isaan cities are ugly and boring. That will upset some, but no doubt cities like Udon, Khon Kaen, Buriram are aesthetically hideous.😊
With all due respect you are comparing Apples with Oranges. Udon is the best place in isaan for a foreigner, especially a potential sexpat. You seem to compare it to pattaya, it's very different.
The nonsense about it being dirty is unfair, especially compared to certain places in Bangkok, phuket, and Pattaya. There's better Western food in town than Brickhouse and Full throttle, but that is to taste.
I have always enjoyed udon but I have friends nearby. Nan is a lovely city but I'm not sure it's your cup of tea. If you're not keen how udon looks. I'm not sure the rest of isaan is for you. You'll not be getting all that junk food in the villages or much nightlife. It's a very peaceful way of life. It's a nice different experience. But if you make no effort in learning a bit of Thai you will struggle. Seems your biggest issue is not sorting your visa issues out and keep moving around due to this. Maybe time to settle down and get off holiday mode now if you plan on staying in Thailand.
Eddie,
When you arrived in Thailand you said you would become a professional travel vloger.
Please show video of you actually going into restaurant and showing the food you eat in real time ,not voice overs. That's lazy vloging.
Twit! Almost 99% of Thai restaurants are playing copyrighted music which he would have to block anyway. Please think a bit more before you embarrass yourself again.
How come other UA-cam content makers ie no time to be sad,Andy Wright,Gary eats,Darren John,all make videos in restaurants, I will say no more😂
There's nothing wrong with the way it looks, Many nice lakes and parks.but you soon can get bored, it's certainly not hua hin.step outside the bar Street and it's difficult to get engagement with people And that's the main difficulty.
Last time I was in Thailand and wanted to stay more than 30 days - I just went to the immigration office and paid 2000 baht for an additional 30 days. It was in Udon Thani in November 2023. But I’ve heard that you can stay up to 60 days now instead of 30 (if you’re from one of the countries that had 30 days visa free entry before).
So, is the visa run or crossing the border still something you need to do?
Regards visa runs to the Thai Consulate in Vientiane the viewer may wish to check online as to the current situation.
From personal experience from 2006 until 2022 you used to attend the consulate in the morning complete your form and attach documents, photos and pay the required fee. The afternoon of the next working day you could go in the afternoon and collect. Happy days.
In 2023 things changed drastically. On arriving at the consulate I was told by the official staff in the building that you had to book a one-on-one appointment. The next available appointments were backed up 14 days! There were touts outside that “for a fee” (doubtless considerable) they had connections to get you an expedited appointment wherein you only had to wait 3 or 4 days. To me this all stank, and I simply returned, same day, back over the bridge picking up an overland 14 visa on arrival.
I would hope this has all resolved itself now, but don’t know.
All the big cities are the same in Issan. I live in Sisaket Province. Only a small city but nice 😊😊
The mayor of Udon Thani on line 2...he’d like a word
Most western cities have broken pavements and holes in the Roads as well , udon more to do than the villages but not as busy as the usual traps for the monger community 😉
Eddie come on mate mama San and masuman are two different things only one of the is a curry but both are hot and spicy comment below with the correct answer
That Sunday roast looks rough mate
Excellent Sunday roast in Kanchanaburi … 😂
Why have you spent so much time in Udon Thani on this trip? A choice of 2 places for dinner is not very appealing and not a good reason to stay so long.
Taxiing into the Terminal at Udon from BKK. Seeing the Tumbleweed and for a moment the airport looks derelict. Soi Samphan has the odd decent restaurant. But the bars are fairly uninspiring. It is what it is, a 100% Euro, US, Aussie enclave, Night markets are great. But I felt it was a city without a soul. With a Thai partner and passable Thai different story probably. Much preferred Khon Kaen, which has a far more cosmopolitan edge to it.
The Saturday night Nong Khai market along the Mekong river is very special.
Enjoyed Issan, lovely people who live a simple life scratching a living. This is Proper Thailand.
6 months pattaya 6 months Blighty perfect
Just say the fries and chicken nuggets was for dessert 😊
It was tasty, that's all that matters
Just your opinion . Udonthani and Khon Khean are wonderful places in every way, but for people who are hard to please and are obsesed with Pattaya will alway find it hard to say a good word about it . If I was retiring in Thailand those are the first two cities I would make a b-line for .
Lol bars are the same no matter where you go it's just Pattaya has more of them
It’s very famous for duck 🦆 recipes and they have ducks 🦆 there but really Edd lots of foreigners without Thai partners live here I like the place it’s very chilled 😎 and there isn’t many tourist there I prefer it here than Pattaya I don’t really eat European food when I am abroad unless it’s a Sunday I like that Edd when you find somewhere where the food is good I tend to go there
Vietnam my pick great infrastructure
I will choose Koh Kood all over this place😝🤪 Udon Thani not my cup of tea I skipp this
Eddie, can you speak Thai?
Expecting an Alan Whicker / Monty Python moment. Two vloggers I follow Wayne and Chuck are also in Udon Thani. Hello World
Seems like a decent place to visit. It looks to be a decent shopping mall, good food, a few bars for a cold beer and small talk and, it looks like some good produce stands. What more could an older guy want, either for living there or for just a few days while passing thru. Seems decent.
Well, lots of talk. "Very" interesting to know all the " nice" places you been visiting. Coming a few days ready give your expert opinion. Before publishing get sober. Waving the camera. Jumping around. And, as an expert: why not learn how to pronounce names? Of course there is no beaches? Roads no good? Pretty much as every where in SE Asia? The point is: its not Phuket, Pattaya. Its different in a good way as most of the s**t you have there is not available.
Nice video Eddy and never a more accurate appraisal of Udon Thani. But in all honesty, they are slowing improving the place with UD Town, Soi Sanpan, Central Plaza and the Lake so maybe in another twenty years they will get around to the rest of the place :-)
Soi Samphan Thamit is called snake alley because you zig zag to bars down the soi.
Even the day&night complex is a laid back place.
Love Massaman curry!😅
not sure i agree with you about the getting a nice condo there. They are overpriced considering the area. You can rent a 3br 2bath house for the same rent they want for a 1br barebone condo. They are cheaper, just not that much cheaper than tourist areas. house rent/price are a lot cheaper in comparison. Might be a bubble in play?
It is a city. Go somewhere nicer
I will be in udon next month
How was that 'Mamasan' Curry? Did you have to buy her a drink and refuse to pay in advance? 😮😊😂🎉. +1
Masaman 🤯
@@martinpowell5769 Yes I know, but if you listen again, Eddie said "Mamasan" Curry (probably on purpose) 👍.
He pronounces all Thai words places etc wrong doesn't attempt to learn or speak Thai
Disrespectful in his dress code when at Buddhist temples
He only goes to Thailand to abuse and exploit women says a lot about the character and content of this person
If I remember rightly you can get a bus and it takes about 50 minutes to get to Nongkhai.
Yes, I've done a video on that.
Passed through UT years ago on my way Nong Khai and Laos. See no reason to ever return … 😂
Beautiful sunday roast 😋
Margie Groves
all very good questions!
There is a visa agent in Udon Thani but its more expensive than the one i use in Pattaya also Maxim taxis which are cheaper option to grab
Actually seems like a decent place to live.
Plenty of expats seem to like it here
thank you so much for sharing this. I appreciate your travel reel so much.
My pleasure!
Almost identical to Central Plaza Rama2-BKK.
Ed, are you over the withdrawals from pork pies yet?
When a man has done one Issan working town he's done them all. Jog on!
Eddy is sticking to the centre of town and as an Expat living here 20 years now I can tell you he is not showing you the real Udon. There are many expats here in Udon and we are very active. On Monday we play golf out at Sri Thani golf course on the south west side of Town. Eddy has not showed this side at all. forested and beautiful. On Tuesday we play pool in the centre of town. Eddy has covered the area where we play pool. On Wednesday we play golf in Nong Sam Rong in the north of the city, where we find the well known Tara beach resort complete with lake and beach. Eddy has not covered this either. On Thursday we head out fishing to one of the lakes around the city. Eddy has not covered this either. On other days we play petanque at a resort hotel or take a trip out of the city to a nearby location. Eddy has not bothered to show any of these. So really if you think Udon s just the street of bars and a shopping mall then you are very much mistaken. A good mid sized town with a lot of facilities and friendliness, just not bars and shopping.
Is there one group of expats there who all the same activities, and together?
Do us all a favor and make a video or two. Probably most of us viewers would love to see more of the town and region!
I agree. I live in Udon Thani. It has an interesting history too with the Vietnam War. There are lots of places that are good in Udon. You just need time to find them. The town center is what you would expect from any town center. The people are lovely. A great indoor shopping mall, and almost everything you could buy in Europe you can get here. It has an expat community of over 20,000. Udon is not a tourist town, but rather a place to live and settle down. Immigration can process retirement and marriage visas in an efficient manner. I have never had a problem with that, and the immigration people who work there are lovely too....very helpful. Never have had any long ques for that. Generally I like Udon. I live here with my Thai wife and child, and have done so for over 5 years. All in all a good place to settle down.
Bunch of losers you are
😀😁👍👍
40 degrees and humid must be brutal.
In all honesty Ed I'd rather navigate the footpaths of Udon Thani than Pattaya
Chuck (notime2besad) mentioned that he saw you in Udon Thani. Too bad you guys didn't do a "sit down video" together.
Masaman
I love the Perv clinic ! ...
Thai towns are usually worse looking than Lao towns, That's the French influence.
Toasted sandwich in full throttle are awfull
The town itself looks dire. Time to move on. Don't look back.
all the food looks delicious.
Thank you 😋
@@STEADY599 thank them. i didn't cook it...he he he ;) it's great when you can get food made with love to your taste at a good price. that's something to be thankful for to be sure.
Top information, thanks
Amazing video
Thanks!
good info, excellence video
Thank you!
Isis is now saying they want to bomb football games in the UK . Wtf I think I will cancel my trip in Sept . Save my money for Thailand. It's safer .
You wouldn’t go anywhere if you start listening to these pricks, get some balls
Wussie
The UK has been critical since 2019 which means it's just a matter of time before we are attacked again. We have people who hate our beliefs and culture living among us and the numbers are going to be unprecedented in the next 10 years. Record numbers mean a lot of towns and cities will become unrecognisable. Everyone living in the UK should be extremely concerned and worried. It's going to hit every public service that we have until they start collapsing. They need to remove Great from Great Britain...
Nice info Eddy👍
There is a Project already started & ongoing to make Udon Thani a more green, walkable, sustainable City which will be used as a Model for other Cities. This entails putting in more street lining trees, new pavements & renovating the storm drain canals & paths. If you look you can see tree saplings they have put in, a lot of new pavement installed with more going in & back hoe’s & other equipment working on the storm drain canals. UDON THANI UCRISP should take you to an article on this with some images of how things look now & artist impressions of how it will look.
Im returing to udon Thani thus evening after a month in lao.
If you want tl have a coffee or beer some day or evening this week, let me know, as ive a few questions for you on Cambodia as that will ve my next spot for the mont of May