Doug travels thousands of miles away from home to the exotic far East, a small thai border town that is a gateway to the magical kingdom of Burma. "Now, let me tell you about these hooks in the bathroom. Then we'll have a detailed half hour on the toilet flush and the mysteries of the water heater and non slip bathroom mats" It's not exactly Rudyard Kipling. But it is oddly addictive and relaxing. Maybe mundacity is the new adventure travel. It's an interesting niche. Anyway I'm really enjoying these, I had no idea I had the capacity to sit through an hour of someone going shopping for budget keyboards or hard drive enclosures but clearly I do.😀

Doug, best that you check with the owner about your electricity meter reading and cost early. Avoid a misunderstanding and shock later.

Hi Doug, I suggested that all placed all the small bottles of drinking water into the freezer, upon it frozen , carry them a few bottles whenever you go out, when the ice slowly slowly melt into water, drink it, you will feel extremely cooling down under hot weather like Thailand..

Quite funny to follow you describing your new room. Details are important for experience travelers.

Cardboard is the winner again (recognition about doors, hinges on the train to Bagan) * OTG adaptor is available (confirmed via phone) * at Advice shop, located on Sriphanich road which I think you have been walked there.

this video is oddly satisfying

Now you are a new man, thanks to the AC. 🙏 The electricity consumption is so low possibly because the AC is the latest model what they called an inverter unit. It runs on a DC circuit, so it is very economical. So nice to see all the extras fitted in the room to make your life more comfortable and less preoccupied with the thought of their lacking if they were not there. Often I had to call up reception for toilet paper or floor towel for the bathroom and other things even in 4/5 stars hotels. Life is often made up of small things. And small things can make a lot of difference. Many modern inventions/things are a result of paying attention to small details. Just like the iPhone and other smart phones. Remember in history, the first modern day computer produced by Alan Turing with hours of years of detailed inputs that finally made it able to read the German codes, the Enigma Machine, saved humanity from more damage during the WW2. So little details may save life. Or at the least can make you uplifted. Glad that your subscribers are so happy to listen to your thoughts about the small things in your mind coming from the environment. Your laughters/chuckles, your thoughts on details and your happiness over small gifts package - all made this vlog worth watching. 🤩

glad u like your room

Wow,cool,your vlogs are so natural and nice

your videos make quarantine bearable ! you are awesome doug ! the patron saint of mae sot !

I visited Mae Sot few years back.I am on the way to Bangkok.

thank you Doug for sharing your days. for me your videos are absolutely fascinating almost a little meditative. stay safe

Have a nice stay at your new place.

I need to satisfied with my own company. That is a lesson I see from Doug.

Hi Doug. Can you maybe ave a list of items you carry around from place to place. You travel light and it would be interesting to know the weight and volume of your possessions so others would benefit from your experience..Cheers.. Allan C

I'm not a computer expert, but I'm pretty sure that hard drive is still fine. My best bet would be trying to read the drive using various programs. Bunch of programs out there. What a kind lady...mangoes...that's nice. Might be a good idea to take a bottle or two. Bring along on walks.....oh wait, you're gonna get some bubble tea. :)

Nice place. The host seems like a caring person.

It only took a few secs to find info online on the water heater. Apparently, the two buttons are Test/Reset buttons as part of the power surge electronics. Good to know in case you find the red light, indicating hot water, doesn't come on.

Good day, if you want to keep your electricity bill low while using your A/C, one option could be to program the unit on DRY mode. It removes the humidity in the room, and this helps a lot to cool down the temperature. Cheers from Yangon

Woot.. 1st to comment :) That being said, glad to see you are settling well buddy.

In my thought about how to recover your old HD. Based on my experience, someone else may have better way, i guess. You can only access it by swapping it in place with the built-in HD in any other Laptop/PC, it may not possible to access it as another external HD (D: , E: , F: etc.). Once it works and you can access and operate it as a C:\ on new PC ( with the OS in side it), you can transfer all necessary data out to somewhere else ( another external HD) . Upon completing this transfer, you swap the new built-in HD back to its place. This way you need a disassembling skill or can ask the repair shop to do again

Nice to see Planet Doug video on Power Director.

With the heat rash, you should be taking cold showers anyway. Once you are in the air con a heat rash will go in a day or two. There's few people who can live without air con at this time of year.

if I were you, I would just stay there. Look like it is a great place for the price

you need to format the hard drive with exFAT to use with phone. Your current format is NTFS and i suggest you to copy your files to new hard drive as soon as you can access your hard drive again. the hard drive had bad sector since in your laptop and that's why it took so long to open when they put it in the case. they didn't use any program to decrypt it. You can also try to repair and fix the hard drive, that's the easiest way to bypass bad sectors.

0:37 The way you say "little details" 😄😄😄

Hi, Please inspect the heater for any exposed wire or so before touching. A lot of places in our country, Myanmar, do not get those electrical appliances properly installed. Watched your Myanmar Travel Vlog and great vids. Your osprey review is great with detailed explanations.

i think u can calculate and estimate electricity bill by doing some research on internet . the meter reading seem to be hard to believe for displaying only 1.6kwh for 24 hrs usage . my guess is it will cost about 2000 to 3000 plus baht per month

The black wire going to the screen, is the earth wire, to stop you getting electrocuted, I wouldn't mess with it.

Hello Doug, the Cycling expert.

Waste bin is mainly for women's sanitary pads/tampon - that's why placed by toilet but since you are a guy, you can even leave it outside.

Two more watched.... You shall not pass.... Blasting through barriers at Kandawgi and Homeless searching for a new home in Yangon

Your electricity consumption is only 1.6kw over 24 hours!? There must be something wrong with the meter! Assuming the air con is a 1 hp unit, normally it will easily consume something like 10kws or more assuming you set it at around 24°C. So, enjoy the comfort whilst it's still cheap! Take care and keep safe, Doug.

Hi, watched 3 videos today..... Riverside walk in Myawaddy, Credit card fraud and Day trip to beautiful Shampoo Island today, the Shampoo Island video is very good.... The glimpse of the Island from the railway bridge is awesome

Looks like you have decided which transitions to use, at least while using this Power Director. Personally I think it's an odd transition to choose. Fade in/out or even no transition could be better, for me at least.

Not sure u have been visi to Bagan, Myanmar. I would like to suggest you to visit Bagan in the future as well.

Hi Doug.Nice video..Have stayed in many guesthouses like that in Thailand over last 40 years. Owners are nice people usually.. Just be careful re .elect charge as it may be more than your first calc.No such thing as a free lunch..You have encouraged me to visit Mae Sot now but when travel restrictions are lifted from Australia..Can you include visits to morning local market maybe..You have a great opportunity to go deep into the history of Mae Sot..good luck..Allan ..Sydney. Australia.

That bathroom door is short you could easily bump your head in the middle of the night.

the garbage container suppose for sanitary pad

Could it be the usb cable problem? Did you try the same usb cable to access the hard disk?

You should try power up your phone in order to read files from some or few external devices. Mobile phone built in battery is not strong enough to read some external devices.

4000 baht per month plus water & electric?

I hate shower above the toilet in Thailand, put small wall is not so expensive and don't make bathroom much bigger.

Re your comp. If you obtained it in Thailand it'll more than likely be a copy. Even a new one in any of the shops will have copy set ups. After a while Google will block it. There are ways of resetting/unblocking it. But the only way of getting things to go correctly 24/7 is to buy a new disc NOT COPY. They will all sell them for a few thousand bht but they will more than likely have to order. Best of luck. Re electric I Don't rent and the price I pay is 3.14bht a unit. Like all rental places they load it. Question What do you find to do in Mai Sot I have been there several times and cant wait to get out. It's a ghost town.

I get all my drinking water from those vending machines. I've never had a problem with them. About 5 baht for 600 ml bottle. You'll need to bring your own bottle. A full 600 ml bottle in 7/11 costs about 40 baht so you can save a fortune.

I don’t want to compare you with You Tubber ‘Hobo Traveler’ Andy Lee Graham, but he is a little similar to you as far as accommodation goes, although he is a very qwerky character, he is expert in finding the cheapest places to stay as has been travelling for 20 years, he seems to manage just fine! He calls his room the Fountain of Youth as he likes to put the mattress on the floor, so as to keep himself “young” although he’s 64 years old.

You ever do Mr Rogers impersonations ?

For the insect world, geckos are terrifying and each individual insect doesn't know when and where it will be eaten by a gecko. For our human world, we also do have a lot of geckos...death, illness, accidents, etc... Nobody knows when and where we will succumb to these geckos!

Be careful with your electricity. You may be in for a surprise running the aircon so much.

Water's cheap here. I'd be surprised if it was more than a hundred baht a month.

For my 24 hour use I burn up 7-8 units

I'm Thai, Electricity bill always confused even Thai people. But in super short brief "The more you use, the more you pay." for an example if A use 100 unit he will pay 500 Baht (Which is 5 Baht per unit) but if B use 1000 unit he will pay maybe 8000 Baht (8 Baht per unit). It has a calculation formula but in Thai language only (www.mea.or.th/content/detail/3293/3317/3926)

Calculate again...LOL ... 300/400 Baht, is really impossible . It will be more like around 1500 baht. Nice video.

credit to that guest house owner..i hate gecko poo! or dung? i really hate it..and are it is still make me sad to these day remembering my WD hardisk device full of great movie collection has corrupted,i learn that any device using usb cable will somehow end up corrupted especially when u plugged them to the computer with powerful antivirus program..