Thinkin' of a master plan.

After my morning walk, Chiyoko dropped in to see if my chicken had survived the previous day. I told her that I had cooked some for dinner, and that I was feeling no worse for wear. We chatted about extending my stay, and plans for a future stay once I have spent some time in Laos. She has offered to let me piggy back on her grocery deliveries once she has arranged a contract with a local guy who has got a motorcycle w/ a trailer. He would be able to deliver groceries and ice at the same time, which would be great because I end up needing these items at around the same time. She’ll let me know when something is set up, and what schedule she’ll be working on, and then I supply her with my list 24hrs before a scheduled delivery and my things should arrive the following day. Great in principal, but we’ll see how it goes. A lot of my time today was spent brainstorming about whether or not I could set up my business in this area. Tow years ago, I had thought about the Island next door, Koh Chang. It doesn’t have quite the traffic of Koh Phayam. This Island has more visiors who stay long term, more bars that could be clients, a large population that stays year round, there are more individual land owners here to approach about leasing space from(I think Koh Chang has 2 main families that own 80% of the desirable property), and the possibility of having a dual purpose shop/house set up. Both here and Savannakhet, Laos have their advantages and draw backs. The issues on Koh Phayam are the fact that there is no electricity, municipal water, and everything costs slightly more because it comes from the mainland. On top of the, the Visa situation in Thailand would force me to do a Visa run every 2 wks, and there would be a lot of expense initially for things like generators, solar, and/or wind turbine and battery banks for the power, but the beach and the clientele are here. Savannakhet is a great strategic location, but is just in its infancy stages of getting a lot of cross through traffic, and many of these people stay only one night before they head off to a different destination. This may change as things develop and could prove a great time to get this up and going. The city also has the power, water and internet I would require. When I get to Laos, I will discuss these options with Jookky and see what she thinks. I am sure she’ll have a great perspective on things. Decisions, decisions… all in time I suppose. I have seen a few places for rent and/or lease take over. I will continue thinking and keeping my eyes peeled for possiblities.