I have just finished reading El Gibbon's 15-page thread about living for one year in Chanthaburi. It was a great read and covered almost every aspect of provincial life in Thailand. The comments and feedback were also great - the members of the forum are very helpful and friendly with broad interests that thankfully go beyond the advertisements on the forum would suggest! There were not so many female contributors to El's thread apart from Lily who said who said was in jail. Hopefully she is out now!