ArisHoles

People are of course right to say that many things in Thailand are still cheap, but ask yourself why threads like this one are so long. The simple truth is that anybody who has known Thailand for any length of time knows that prices have risen sharply (partly but not only because of the exchange rate). I still find it disconcerting that when I fiil my supermarket trolley in a Tesco in Isaan the bill is close to the one I get in the UK. Similarly anyone walking around Central in KK who thinks the prices are low.has a lot more money than I do! At present I am entertaining four Thai visitors in the UK and they cannot get over how cheap the prices for branded clothes, shoes, i-Phone accessories and so on are in shops like TK Maxx. Even on the prosaic question of the price of beer, anybody who has gone recently for a drink along Sukhumvit will know that there aren't many big Leo's sold at 70 baht once happy hour ends, and more importantly won't forget the difference between what they were paying 10 years ago and now. So yes, Thailand is still very affordable for a Westerner but it is not the bargain that it once was.

Well Said.