vukovar77

Well, China is not collapsing. It is true, but everything is not "nice" and will become more difficult. Trump's tax policy will hurt China hard. My friend works for a US company based in China and told me recently that business has almost stopped. Chinese are clever people, and they spend less in tough times and tend to work more.

The Thai baht is too strong, immigration rules are annoying and change often, and new tax policies for foreigners, rising prices, very expensive healthcare, and double pricing are some of the reasons as well. Vietnam, Cambodia even China are cheaper now. Thailand is not tourist-friendly like it was before.

I think that mostly Russians are involved.

You can get this condo for 5000BHT easy.

All written above is not budget friendly!

I think that he made a grave mistake. He could read many articles and news about red-light bars. You need to avoid such a place for a more extended stay and avoid being intoxicated. After all, did he waste time with a legal procedure? I have no empathy for him.

I think this is not about greedy Thai women, but more about stupid foreigners. They are much smarter than them. There are so many nice and decent women in Thailand, but they are maybe not so sexy for you and do not speak English. You got what you deserve.

Very costly after 60 -65 years old. At this age, all of us have some pre-existing problems which they do not cover at all. I can easily resolve minor health problems in Thai state hospitals at an acceptable cost. So, for me, health insurance is just a big cost for almost nothing! For bigger problems, I need to fly to the EU!

Yeah, marriage and ownership can go together if you can own property in LOS. Homes represent stability for a Thai wife or GF but not for you. You can easily lose all here. If she is with you cos. the property she can be easily "gold digger".So many foreigners here lose all.

Yeah, your wife can buy it in her name. I have been here for 13 years and I can speak Thai fluently. My wife is Thai, but I want to be the owner, so I bought a condominium.

As a foreigner, you can not buy land (house) in Thailand in your name.

As we can see, he has a cute Thai wife who wants to purchase property advertising on social media. He did not do due diligence and properly check the documents in LOS. I do not feel sorry for him. How anyone normal can pay upfront following social media only?

Yeah. For smaller health issues I can go to Thai government hospitals and pay a fraction I need to pay in private one.If you are over 65 it is almost impossible to have good insurance here .

From my experience and point of view, 25-30.000 THB per month is quite enough if you live alone and have a place to live. Single accommodation can be easily found for 5-6000 THB per month. If you have a Thai spouse 40.000 per month is OK. In rural areas, the cost of living is 20-25.000 THB per month. Of course, this is without a car and very costly health insurance which is a luxury and not necessary.

KRUNGSRI bank pays interest in THB and USD and EUR -fixed for 3-4 months

I ordered some things from TEMU, but they never came.

You can find a job, live there, or stay in some Thai temple occasionally.

I have a TIN and a Pink ID. Numbers are not the same.

Insurance is so expensive in Thailand if you are over 65 that I decided not to do that in LOS.For smaller health problems I go to state hospitals (I can speak thai and my wife is thai) and it is not expensive.For a bigger problems I will go in my country in EU where I am fully covered .

Kamala will win for sure!

This will be interesting???I hope it will not make unrest and political instability we have witnessed before in LOS!!!!

So,what do you suggesst ?Ukraine should surrender and lose their country and ukraian people must be russian slaves?This will not happened.All civilized world will help Ukraine to destroy russian forces in ukraine.West will not give up as well.No one want to live in russian captivity.

Yeah,Siam Reap and some places near the seaside are thriving cos. Agkor and tourism,but Cambodia is far bigger and poverty is high.

As of the most recent data, the average monthly salary for a worker in Cambodia is roughly between $150 and $200 USD. This figure can vary greatly depending on factors such as the sector of employment, level of experience, and geographical location within the country. Poverty is awful.Many disabled people all around.In the countryside you have no water supply and many parts are without electricity.So,"scouse123"you are familliar only in a few bars on river side of Phnom Phen. In Cambodia, 17.8% of the population lived below the national poverty line in 2019. In Cambodia, the proportion of employed population below $2.15 purchasing power parity a day in 2023 was 20.5%. For every 1,000 babies born in Cambodia in 2022, 24 died before their 5th birthday. Cambodia is maybe like LOS 70-80 years before.

Well.I do not know where and when you have been recently,but you do not know much about cambodia.I think you stay in "expat part" of Pnom-Phen near river bank?All other parts of this city is in very bad shape and shabby and dangerous on night time.Traffic is terrific and there is NO PUBLIC transportation at all-tuk tuk and motorcycles only).As I said infrastructure is very poor compared to LOS.I travel all around the Cambodia from Sihanukvile to Phnom Phen by bus and then to Siam Riap.This was adventure.Roads are terrific with many bumps and sometimes closed cos. water floods.Almost everyone try to rip you off from civil servants to ordinary people.Very few people can speak english.Acommodation is far more expensive in Cambodia and it is hard to find good place for good price.Visa policy is OK ,same as booze prices and ordinary girls are nice,but there is a Law there that expats older than 50 can not marry young cam. women.Real-estates are more expensive than in LOS and low quality in general.I love cambodia,but LOS is a far better to live in and Filipines as well.