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2 hours ago, Jigglypuff said:
Wow thank you for the replies, in particular KhunPer- so much information. Thank you!
I don’t need to live Western style - I have simple tastes and lifestyle, love Thai food, but occasionally may need a western fix.
And a cheese cutter... erm can’t say I’ve ever owned one I just use a knife or hands so think i’ll be okay! Haha.
Seems like healthcare can be taken care of. If I develop a serious condition I can always move back home, I’m more concerned about getting in a car accident or something and not having the funds to get sorted.
One more query.. What about decent coffee? I am a coffee lover and need my daily cup or three. If I bring a cafetière/French press is it ways enough to get coffee for it? Do cafes have good coffee?
Thank you soo much!!
Coffee is OK but not GREAT ...... there is of course Starbucks and things lick that and a couple of French boulangeries. I don't drink much coffee in Thailand, but in Laos it's a different matter - proper French coffee.
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6 hours ago, Peterw42 said:
You have misquoted, I didnt say "I still need to work" or quote a salary, the OP said that.
No the widget just misquoted - I think we know who said it.
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1 hour ago, billd766 said:
If Germany does go into recession they will probably have to cut their contributions into the EU bottomless piggy bank.
IMO all 27 EU countries will feel the heat sooner or later, especially when the UK stops its contributions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47236841
https://www.theweek.co.uk/98849/is-germany-sliding-into-recession
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/germany-could-enter-a-recession-in-2019-economist-says.html
...and you believe that UK will somehow be immune from recession if it is outside the EU.... got news for you, it's still on planet earth and will be in a far worse position if it is outside the EU.
You really should read the articles you Google....they are so much more than headlines
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5 hours ago, nauseus said:
False comparisons from Project Fear continued on from that Kettle crap. Parliament is not the problem, the winkers that occupy it are.
Your lack of understanding of history coupled with your avatar suggest you are perfect fodder for any up and coming far right party.
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3 hours ago, Peterw42 said:
I still need to work
Work for foreigners in Thailand is pretty restricted to industry experts and English teachers.
On Samui it is the tourist, hotel and catering industry and some schools colleges that employ the most. Occasionally some have their own businesses. You are unlikely to be able to pick up casual work, least of all legally.
I suspect looking at your "salary", you've been offered a teaching job? In which case they will sort out your visa and work permit.
Digital nomads seem to go largely undetected.
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5 hours ago, hoxman said:
Rainy season is fairly short
Rainy season us one of the longest in Thailand....it gets a double whammy in November and December, when the rest of the country is enjoying the cool dry season.
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3 hours ago, Jigglypuff said:
Do people cycle around the island? I’m a bit concerned about getting a scooter as I have not got experience and don’t have the best balance or co-ordination at the best of times. I guess renting a car would be out of my budget..
People cycle but the main roads are narrow and very hilly. Motorists on Samui seem to have scant respect for cyclists.
You need to be a proficient scooter/motorcyclist to be safe anywhere on Thailand and in particular on Samui. Quite part from the unusual ways Thai people drive there is a whole army of idiot tourists on Samui that seem to have left their road safety manuals along with there brains at home. .... and what brains they have left, they seem determined to spread over the asphalt on Samui.
You can rent a motorbike for less than 100 baht a day, hut you probably wont have any insurance. Yiu also need a valid motorcycle licence from your home country and probably an IDP...... not that half the population bothers...... yiu will aldo need to buy a decent crash helmet.
Car rental can be about 10 to 12k per month..... some DO have good insurance. Even on 45 k per month it could be a possibility.
Whatever you rent, DON'T give them your passport, it's the hallmark of a dodgy company
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2 hours ago, Jigglypuff said:
i am a little worried about feeling “trapped” on an island due to expensive over priced flights.
Flights aren't the only way on and off the island. There are many ferries to the mainland(1.5 hours) and other islands and Chumphon.
However it is an expense and an inconvenience at times putting hours on any trip you may plan. I for one definitely get stir crazy from time to time.
PS flights from mainland Suratthani are considerably cheaper than direct flights to/from Samui.
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2 hours ago, Jigglypuff said:
often do you get spiders and other large creepy crawlies in your house?
I live in a wooden house in a relatively rural area and gat far less creepy-crawlies than I did in Oz or even UK. ... almost none in fact
However there are scorpions centipedes and snakes (even King Cobras) that can be dangerous. This isn't really much different from any other part of Thailand.Fortunately, Samui has its own self appointed snake rescue man....a Brit who really knows his stuff.
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7 hours ago, Jigglypuff said:1. What essentials should I bring with me? What is hard to get on the island?
2. Is it safe? Will my place likely be broken into?
3. Is a budget of 45,000 a month realistic? I will be living alone.
4. What is there to do in the rainy season?
5. Is it easy to make friends with other expats in their 20s, 30s?
6. What is the health care like? How much is basic health insurance?
7. What are the benefits of Ko samui over Phuket for example?
1 - nothing really..probably better to huy what you need as and when you realise you need it. Personal electronic stuff...computer phone etc...there is not a great range on the island although most of the main chain stores are here.
2 - The place is in general very safe and burglaries are much rarer than in the West. Don't lose all sense of responsibility though.
3 - You can rent a nice 1 or 2 b/r house from 8 to 12 thousand baht. So 45 k will allow you to live quite well if you have a reasonably frugal lifestyle and eat local foods.
4 - life goes on in the wet, which is patchy from May to October but you lose have of the cool dry season with a really wet November and December. Samui is a lot wetter than much of Thailand and flooding is common as are the concomitant power outages at that time of year.
5 - Samui is not really Thailand, the island has a massive resident and semi-resident foreigner population. There are loads of bars clubs and organisations that cater for their needs...... it should be easy to make friends, however superficial.
6 - OK there are several large hospitals on the island offering healthcare at various price levels and competency. In fact regardless of how much insurance you have, you are unlikely ever to be fully covered and even the most expensive healthcare can end up as little more than a lottery. Don't be beguiled by flashy furniture, uniforms and machinery....its all face like a lot of Thailand. The occasional patch on a cut or basic antibiotic is very cheap from a local clinic or pharmacy........ but once in the clutches of somewhere like Bangkok Samui, your bank account will hemorrhage like a stuck pig.
7 - Samui is in general still more rural than Phuket, which is nowadays little more than a city. Samui is an hour or more from the mainland so it is truly an island life. That said, it is still very developed and quite without planning or infrastructure........ unregulated building has all but obscured the very best beaches. The rubbish tip fiasco has been an island sore point for over 8 years and only now are measures been taken to clear it....lord knows what pollution will be left behind. Roads on Samui are dreadfully engineered and as a result quite dangerous. Phuket has a much more sophisticated network based on European ideas.
The main conurbation on Samui, Chaweng, has gone from island paradise to beach city in 2 decades.
But depending on where you settle there are still some more rural patches.... for the time being.....where groups of foreigners huddle round a bamboo bar by a small beach, hoping no one will find them.
Nathon is the only remnant of a real Thai town on the island. The rest are just centres for holidaymakers.
All the main supermarkets have a presence on the island..... Tescos, Big C and Tops.
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We ignore the lessons of history at our peril.
Brexitism is just another name for nationalism or Naziism.
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It seems that most posters on this thread have no idea what metereolgy is and how accurate it is....... for a start they are talking about the start of the RAINY SEASON not about rain........ what is happening is the hand from the NorthEast Monsoon to the South West and the strengthening of that weather system - this means the the rainy season is commencing - it isn't wizardry, jiggery-mockery or reading tea leaves, it is a science and quite accurate too.
What repeatedly amazes me is the number r of expats who don't understand the weather systems in Thailand and make the mostt outaeous and inaccurate comments as a result. They don't even seem to understand the difference between weather and climate.
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Anyone who doesn't believe Brexit is a far right occurrence should read this.......
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The above comments seem to indicate a deep lack of understanding meteorology amongst members of Thaivisa
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6 hours ago, aright said:
I wish the same were true for MEP expenses.
Farage is an MEP.
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5 hours ago, aright said:The Brexit Party has no manifesto and just one policy – so why are its rallies packed with cheering supporters?
https://article.wn.com/view/2019/05/18/The_Brexit_Party_has_no_manifesto_and_just_one_policy_so_why/
You actually be a member of the Brexit party....only a subscriber. All policies, not that there are any, will he decided by Farage alone and there is no input for the rank and file Their only job is to vote Brexit.
This really displays the total lack of thought and total blind faith that replaces it that has dominated Brexit from the start.
All the Brexit party is is a mouthpiece for Farage and Farage alone.
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It is a constant source of amazement how Brexiteers manage to get EVERYTHING wrong, drawing absolutely irrational conclusions using totally inaccurate evidence.
It really doesn't matter how much you think Brexit is an answer or how many people vote for it, it doesn't make it right - you can't vote the world flat.
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On 5/17/2019 at 10:44 AM, tebee said:
Well it's happened, Lib dems now in second place in the polls, ahead of labour. Tories in 5th place, behind Greens
Put the 3 REMAIN parties together and you get about the same as Brexit Party (not really a party, though). This is bad news for retainers in the EP but good news if we have a referendum.
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For those who still don't realise the Brexitism is a far right movement
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this thread reminds me of the cartoon of someone looking at an ever increasing circle on the ground which in the end turns out to be the shadow of a massive falling rock.
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If one wants to see the effects of protectionism first hand just look a motor vehicles in Thailand.
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1 hour ago, gk10002000 said:
Some bosses are smart and realize talent and ability. Others, as mentioned in some posts are purely hiring eye candy or cheapest labor or people they want to just boss around and satisfy their egos.
However in Thailand gender equality is barely accepted anywhere by employees who still cling to the old criteria of graft and nepotism....hence the hopeless government departments, education etc and the need to import high level engineers and managers from abroad.
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14 hours ago, mtls2005 said:
trump's retort..."Buyers of product can make it themselves in the USA (ideal)."
I'll be in my workshop building my mobile phone, and knitting my tube socks.
...and those tariffs will be paid by American consumers.
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6 hours ago, BritManToo said:
I know which one I'd bang!
...assuming you'd even be given a choice? And can you relate that to the workplace?
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Moving to Ko Samui
in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
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No they are not - healthcare in Thailand in general is a lottery - anyone with even the slightest medical knowledge will notiv=ce procedural flaws as soon as they enter any hospital here. There is no GP system, no proper emergency services and the doctors are amazingly under-trained.