@Steve *********

I think you miss understood because I wasn’t clear enough. My fault. The Pattaya expat Fb group has many private taxis who advertise the trip (cutting out the middle man). They charge 1000-1500, depending on size of car. I think you will find the best and cheapest offers on there. Most people who live in Pattaya use this option because it’s the cheapest. I usually pay 1200. Taxis from the airport will cost 2000. Grab is usually 1500-2000, depending on time of day and availability.

Join the Pattaya expat Fb

@Alistair *******

depends on the year. About 4 years ago, burning season was hardly even noticeable.

@Keith ***********

what should one do if they don’t like it? Waste their days continuously complaining? The majority of the smog that affects the north, comes from Myanmar and Loas. If pristine air quality is what you require, yes, just move! Stay on Phuket where you can complain about the cost of living and the Russians 🤣 There will always be something to complain about. Anyway, enjoy the rest of your day Keith.

@Keith ***********

the air quality is not “average” rest of the year. Yes historical data can be researched. Join the Chiang Mai expat, Fb page. You get daily updates on air quality. And you also get pedantic senior citizen complaining about air quality, throughout the burning season. The thing is, barring the islands further south, much of Thailand is the same during burning season. It air quality in Thailand is a problem for you, move to Iceland. Nice and fresh there 👍

@Brook *******

looks like that’s a tile one should be on the beach in Phuket. It’s apt you can see that plane.

@Brook *******

It varies year by year. Generally, it’s around 1-2 months. I have seen years where it was hardly noticeable. Even in the so called bad times, it didn’t really effect me personally. Chiang Mai offers so much as a full time liveable location, that I can endure the burning season and still feel like it’s the right place to settle.

@Keith ***********

yes but, it doesn’t last long. For most of the year, air quality is great! And it’s the perfect time of year for a beach holiday, down south.

I would recommend Chiang Mai over Hua Hin. Your mother can get a retirement visa and your brother can be a dependent until age 20. She would either need to deposit 800k baht or have an income of 65k per month. Speak to an agent regarding this. You could do an education visa and learn Thai or, various other low attendance courses. If you don’t want to do that, you have the option to get 30 day on arrival visas and extend in country for an extra 30 days… Then border bounce. Basically, you can do it. All the best.

@Brian ******

If you’re looking for an authentic Thai experience, you can still get it in any of the tourist focused or built up locations. The north east, where the border crossings are, weather is hot right now. When rainy season comes, it isn’t too drastic and never really stops anything. My personal preferred areas are, Chiang Mai and Isaan area, Surin to Udon and everything in between.