I really like Chiang Mai, I'm currently trying to buy a flat near there, but the sales agent is giving my lawyer concerns so it is looking like it might fall through (it has taken 4 months to get this far, I will not be out of pocket any money bar lawyer fees).
However I much prefer the mountains outside Chiang Mai. Heading up to Pai, which sadly is overrun by hippies, is great. If you were able to get a place there with good internet, you'd have a wounderful time. Assuming you either can afford to rent a car or can ride a motorbike.
I think I was very nieve about the moving every week or two bit, but I was limited by travel companions.
A friend of mine ended up in Chiang Mai just before Songkram festival, ended up staying there for 5 months before moving on.
One of the reasons I'm giving up the super stable income of whoring myself out to large firms as a consultant (the more you charge, the more they believe you must be good) to do a start up, is partly so I can spend large parts of the year out there.
I also have some Vietnamese friends near Hoi An (my favourite place!) who I intend to rent a room from, that I can have set up nicely for working from, on the side I hope to help kick their business up a notch.
When I mentioned to a few friends if they would be willing to work on a project for a 3 month contract coming out to visit me in SEA, I was suprised, they all immediately said things along the line of "I'd discount my rate".
Ask me again in two years what happened to the dream :D
Can I ask what you do (both for consulting and for the friend in HoiAn)? I live in New York now but am thinking of setting up an offshore team in Saigon w/ US based clients so I can travel back and forth.
I really like Chiang Mai, I'm currently trying to buy a flat near there, but the sales agent is giving my lawyer concerns so it is looking like it might fall through (it has taken 4 months to get this far, I will not be out of pocket any money bar lawyer fees).
However I much prefer the mountains outside Chiang Mai. Heading up to Pai, which sadly is overrun by hippies, is great. If you were able to get a place there with good internet, you'd have a wounderful time. Assuming you either can afford to rent a car or can ride a motorbike.
I think I was very nieve about the moving every week or two bit, but I was limited by travel companions.
A friend of mine ended up in Chiang Mai just before Songkram festival, ended up staying there for 5 months before moving on.
One of the reasons I'm giving up the super stable income of whoring myself out to large firms as a consultant (the more you charge, the more they believe you must be good) to do a start up, is partly so I can spend large parts of the year out there.
I also have some Vietnamese friends near Hoi An (my favourite place!) who I intend to rent a room from, that I can have set up nicely for working from, on the side I hope to help kick their business up a notch.
When I mentioned to a few friends if they would be willing to work on a project for a 3 month contract coming out to visit me in SEA, I was suprised, they all immediately said things along the line of "I'd discount my rate".
Ask me again in two years what happened to the dream :D