What's Happening in Nan?

[Shoeless Joe 455]

It looks likely I'll be moving to Nan province (Ban Muang Jung) next year for a while, after 7 years living in Chiang Mai. What is there in the way of entertainment etc in and around Nan town? Are there decent bars with farang / ex-pat clientele, restaurants, and maybe some live music, golf?

 

Thanks,

 

Joe

[thequietman 6,838]

Nan is a ghost town. Nuff said. I feel sorry for you.

 

Have fun.

[Shoeless Joe 455]

10 hours ago, thequietman said:

Nan is a ghost town. Nuff said. I feel sorry for you.

 

Have fun.

Oh!

 

Do you live in Nan now? You mean there are no restaurants or bars?

 

Joe

[BritManToo 21,000]

13 hours ago, Shoeless Joe said:

What is there in the way of entertainment etc in and around Nan town?

Absolutely nothing for foreigners.

Probably the dullest place outside Issan.

[my friend I 147]

There are lots of restaurants, few bars but some nightlife. Foreigners in Nan tend to interact with Thais more than other areas of Thailand. There's golf and practice range. 

[rcjoop 18]

Buy yourself a big bike, Nan province has some of the best roads in Thailand e.g. the 1148

[Shoeless Joe 455]

6 minutes ago, rcjoop said:

Buy yourself a big bike, Nan province has some of the best roads in Thailand e.g. the 1148

Thanks for the advice but I think not...I'd like to stay alive and uninjured.

 

Joe

[Darkside Gray 285]

Where is Nan?

[BoganInParasite 360]

Been in Nan for four months now. I'm married and of an age where bars are not an attraction for me. There is a ton of restaurants, some golf and a few bars where I understand certain vices can be purchased or taken out. The Thai wife and I shop at Big C and I see less than one farang and Thai wife per visit. We love it here...clean, green and quiet. Nan Immigration is friendly and I've never seen it busy.

[melvinmelvin 2,973]

and good fishing in the river

 

[Chicken George 609]

Nice place to visit. On the plus side there is an airport to get the hell out of there.. There is a craft beer home brewery there.. Google the place.. Its a quiet place 

[BoganInParasite 360]

On 9/19/2018 at 11:36 AM, Shoeless Joe said:

Thanks for the advice but I think not...I'd like to stay alive and uninjured.

 

Joe

Believe it or not but having driven over a good deal of Thailand over the years, the Thai drivers in Nan are far better than elsewhere in the country. I've even seem some courteous and dare I say it, good driving skills from time to time. Plus the roads are good and the traffic less than most other provinces.

[genericptr 167]

1 hour ago, Chicken George said:

Nice place to visit. On the plus side there is an airport to get the hell out of there.. There is a craft beer home brewery there.. Google the place.. Its a quiet place 

I never visited Nan and I'd like to. There's an airport? Flights from CM perhaps? It's just far enough from CM that a cheap flight could be appealing (I think about 5 hours drive right?).

[Burma Bill 1,357]

On 9/19/2018 at 10:39 AM, BritManToo said:

Absolutely nothing for foreigners.

Probably the dullest place outside Issan.

I live in Issan and it is far from dull. Plenty of farang bars, restaurants and nightlife in Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nong Khai and Korat to name a few cities. I presume you are from one of those dreadful southern resorts.

[BritManToo 21,000]

3 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Nong Khai and Korat

Khon Khen is dull as ditchwater, even the bus station has gone.

Korat is just a gigantic army base.