Welcome from Pennsylvania
In 1975 and 1976 I spent 13 months in Thailand in a small town just west of Udorn Thani near Laos.
I love the people. My friend and I would hire a taxi and travel the country side. I remember the bus trip to Bangkok, the bus was so colorful and loaded with people, even had a bus stewardess. I remember the rides in the back of pickup trucks to get into town, I believe they were called baht buses. Sometimes there would be 20 people in the back of a Toyota pickup, just amazing. Everything was so colorful, the country and people so beautiful. I actually purchased Thai silk and shipped it home for my then future wife. I would love to go back someday.
Again Welcome