Andrew65

He could be from Wales😁

Below the fleas on the soi dogs!☺️

Looks like a case for Hercule Poirot?!☺️

The longest that I remember seeing a report about was 13 years.

Just waiting for the Brit-bashing to begin.

One of the most expensive parts of Thailand then.

London's the most expensive part of Britain. This subject of this post is about whether Thailand is necessarily cheaper than Britain as a whole, and not just London. I sometimes look at the question and answer site Quora and see questions like "How much do I need for a 2 week stay in Thailand?" They don't provide any more information Like: Do they have a very epensive drug habit? Do they usually stop in 5 star hotels or dormitory accommodation for 5 bucks a night? Will they be stopping in Bangkok, Phuket, or Nakhon Nowhere? Will they be spending 5k to 10k Baht per night on hookers/partying etc? Do they dine in Michelin starred restaurants every night, or pay 50 Baht for street food? Do they realise that they will probably have to pay a lot of money for things that they get for free back home? (Like healthcare and sending their kids to school, if living there). Many people assume that Thailand is super cheap, when it isn't necessarily so. And that's just for starters. Like many other places, Thailand can be as cheap or as expensive as we want it to be. Some people assume that it's still a cheap & cheerful place.

I live in Bromsgrove, which is quite a nice area. London (inside the M25) is almost like a different country to the rest of the UK. I could have also gone and lived in Nakhon Nowhere in Thailand, where there's (maybe) nothing to do, and been bored-rigid. Like the UK, Thailand also has big regional differences in costs. I was just pointing out that living in Thailand isn't necessarily much cheaper than living in the UK, depending on where one lives. Some old firends moved from Thailand to Cambodia, which I found appreciably cheaper when I was there on visa runs, and also visas aren't such a pain in the ***.there.

You're right there. I lived in Bangkok for 20 years, lower-Sukhumvit area. I've now been living back in the UK for almost 6 years, and my living expenses are similar to what they were in Thailand. I now pay £550 per month rent (all inclusive). When I last lived in Bangkok my rent was 24,000 Baht. I don't have to pay for healthcare in the UK

When I lived in lower Sukhumvit, so not a cheap area, my living expenses were similar to what they are now in the UK. I was paying 23,000 Baht per month there, I'm now paying £550 pm (all inclusive) in the UK. (What we save on heating costs in the UK, we could be spending some of it on cooling costs in Thailand).🙂

Some years ago I was talking to a (younger than me) British guy. He was planning on moving to Spain with his Thai wife & kids, he said he was paying around £100 per week for his 2 kids to go to (primary) school in Thailand. I also knew many retirees who left Thailand due to medical expenses, 2 guys I know currently have left Thailand for cancer treatment. One old guy I know had successful cancer treatment at B'grad, it cost around £40k, but he's a millionaire. Another (very wealthy) Swedish guy, a good friend, ended-up parting with around 5 million Baht (B'grad), before eventually going home to die in Sweden. (These are all things that people get for free when they move to the UK, unsurprisingly we have massive queues for healthcare).

I would think that being a citizen of a third world country does change things in this regard.

It's incredibly harsh on your throat, so it can't be much good for your lungs.

Saw something interesting a few years ago about an American guy, a commercial fisherman. He had his Miami Beach area residential property for sale, whilst it still has value, due to rising sea levels.

Could you translate that for us!?🙂

There are many Thais who should never be allowed behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, driving standards can be shocking in Thailand.

Maybe you don't get my drift? Never do I hear anyone differentiate in the way that I mention.

I believe that cannabis smoke contains around 3 times the tar of tobacco smoke, but one difference being is that pot smokers don't tend to smoke 20 or 30 joints per day. Nothing that we smoke is likely to be good for us.

What's never mentioned currently is that there is a difference between anti-semitism and anti-Zionism. For instance, many Jewish people don't like Israel. Some years ago I saw a documentary featuring some young Israeli people who had decided to live in Berlin, Germany, rather than live with the "stupid old men" in Israel. I thought that was rather 'ironic'. I guess they were Anti-Zionist-semites?

Yep, in my 20 years there I almost totally avoided using motorcycles either as a driver or passenger.

It's normal for the nationality to be reported. Otherwise, why do they always mention that they were Brit, German, American etc? (Although this guy's surname sounds Bulgarian/east European).

Also, if Thailand wishes to deport a foreign national it's free to do so. They don't have to refer to a court in France which would almost invariably block it

The big difference being that Thailand doesn't offer the 'free stuff' to foreign nationals that many Western countries do.

When he was P M Khun Abhisit said that he pushed for the 90 days on arrival, but to no avail.

In a similar way, India are trying to link trade negotiations with the UK with increased migration.