OzMan

Unless you have a lot of money and do not need to rely on the Government, the Australian home for the age system is dreadful. I would prefer to spend my remaining years in Thailand. A good question has been asked and it deserves some serious replies. Also, I am a Canadian (as well as Australian) having lived in Toronto for many years. OHIP, the Ontario health insurance plan, used to be good but is now severely underfunded and not very good.

My ex wife did when I told her I was leaving her and moving to bkk without her.

My kids have 4 passports. British, Canadian, Australian and NZ. I use my Canadian passport to get into Canada and that is all they check. If I feel in a grumpy mood I show them all my passports, that really gets them in a tiz. The airline do not care so long as you will not be blocked at the other end.

As one post said, make sure you have a letter from their mother saying it is OK for them to travel with you. I have been stopped at Canada and the US for that. Fortunately they believed me when I pleaded ignorance.

I also have a Green Card for the US. For all the fingerprinting, photographing and personal details, immigration at LAX still has not realised that I travel on two passports.

Definitely addicted. I would leave my smart phone at home and liberate myself but I need Google Maps to find my way around bkk.

10 hours ago, mstevens said:

Personally, I would need at least 80,000 baht a month which my guess is would be about average for Westerners in Bangkok.

Would 80,000baht a month be for a retired person to live on in bkk?