Architecture

We'll these are some of the typical Thai style buildings that you will find in Thailand.

Most of these pics were taken along the streets of Jomtien where we currently live.

What a pleasure waking along this scenery every day to work.

I would love to own one of these one day, as they are apparently just as beautiful inside, with furniture made out of teak wood.

Just unfortunately quite difficult to own property here. Farangs (which is Thai for foreigners) are only allowed to invest in condos - which is basically a large block of flats. No foreigners are allowed to own land. You can through some miracle still purchase a house if you impress the Thai consulate enough, but you will never own the land that it is built on.

This is even sad for the Thai people, as we heard a story from another diver about a situation here the other day were one of the restaurant owners told him that this would be the last night that they have their restaurant, because they decided to build a road through where his restaurant was.

He owned it for four years and they just come and tel him in two months you close, they don't give them any kind of money for their property nothing, just takes it.

The next day the restaurant was bulldozed.

Very sad...