10 reasons you will like Thailand

[Justfine]

1 Cheap rooms

2 Food everywhere that is good

3 Cheap seafood/food

4 Entertainment day and night

5 Good weather

6 Good flight options

7 Mix of mountains and sea

8 Interesting driving routes

9 $10 massages

10 Good cheap tours

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

Total freedom, both personally and financially. No nanny state breathing down your neck trying to steer every step of your live.

 

Everything else is distant seconds.

[faraday]

As above + the weather. I have the added advantage of living in Issan where it gets cold in winter.

 

The beautiful jungun too!

 

Love it.

[pgrahmm]

It forces you to reset your clock & your thinking from a rigidly fixed time framed, pressure cooked cynical society to a free form/free flowing - roll with it sabai sabai attitude society....

 

Those that can't, don't make it very long or are exasperated by everything - a sad way to fight life....Much prefer the Thai way.....

Edited March 7, 2018 by pgrahmm

[Justfine]

4 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

It forces you to reset your clock & your thinking from a rigidly fixed time framed, pressure cooked cynical society to a free form/free flowing - roll with it sabai sabai attitude society....

 

Those that can't, don't make it very long or are exasperated by everything - a sad way to fight life....Much prefer the Thai way.....

Good points

 

[mamypoko]

11 bum gun 

 

[Farang99]

A higher concentration of pretty women than anywhere else I know.

[Nowisee]

1. yes

2. yes and no

3. yes

 

5. it's ok

6. yes

 

8. lots of good roads in the north and west

 

 

 

[JingerBen]

All of the above... and much more.

 

[4MyEgo]

10 reasons I LIKE Thailand

 

1. Being married to a women who hasn't been spoilt or damaged by western standards and knows her role in a marriage without changing or challenging it, and is happy, isn't negative, jealous, or a ball breaker, and is a pleasure to be around.

 

2. Being able to afford not having to work another day in my life here Vs literally killing myself by working 5/7th's of life, having worked between 60 - 80 hour weeks back in the production line, just to survive and put a little aside for an annual holiday, while everything just kept increasing except wages for the past decade.

 

2. Being able to build a house 4 times the size of the old one, for 1/10th of the price it would cost me back in the old country, and have the time to enjoy living it in Vs being away from it most of the time.

 

3. Being able to not have to pay any tax from my investment back in the old country, while living the life I always wanted here, pinching myself everyday so as not to have to wake up from living the dream.

 

4-10+. Extremely affordable:

                                            Water rates, Electricity, Gas, House Insurance, Car insurance, Diesel, Food, excluding imports, Alcohol, excluding imports, Women, entertaining you, Hotels, Cars, Motorbikes, Drivers licences, Extensions of stays, Speeding fines, Flight routes and choices of airlines.

 

10 Reasons I DON'T like Thailand

 

1. Annual extension of stay applications

 

2. 90 day reporting

 

3. Relaxed police

 

4. Relaxed laws

 

5. Double pricing

 

6. International insurance prices

 

7. School punishment

 

8. Corruption

 

9. Back burning in the country

 

10. lack of education in Thai society

 

At the end of the day one has to balance things out and the LIKES outweigh the DON'T LIKES, so its "up to you" as the Thai's say, so for me, its more LIKES than DON'T LIKES

 

 

Edited March 8, 2018 by 4MyEgo

[need to escape]

 

 

1 Cheap rooms: same for most of Asia and other parts of Asia they are usually cleaner

2 Food everywhere that is good: Food here is terrible local food is inedible and foreign, unless you are willing to pay a fortune is appalling

3 Cheap seafood/food: point 2

4 Entertainment day and night: nothing special unless your into w**** bars

5 Good weather: yes not bad

6 Good flight options: defined plus, can leave easily

7 Mix of mountains and sea: full of rubbish

8 Interesting driving routes: if you can survive them

9 $10 massages: ouch, hurt like hell

10 Good cheap to: ??????

[Justfine]

Just now, need to escape said:

 

 

1 Cheap rooms: same for most of Asia and other parts of Asia they are usually cleaner

2 Food everywhere that is good: Food here is terrible local food is inedible and foreign, unless you are willing to pay a fortune is appalling

3 Cheap seafood/food: point 2

4 Entertainment day and night: nothing special unless your into w**** bars

5 Good weather: yes not bad

6 Good flight options: defined plus, can leave easily

7 Mix of mountains and sea: full of rubbish

8 Interesting driving routes: if you can survive them

9 $10 massages: ouch, hurt like hell

10 Good cheap to: ??????

Thanks for those positive remarks. New poster too.

 

 

[uffe123]

I agree,but only stay here short term of you will die from pesticide poisoning or lung cancer from the air pollution.

My cousin, a farmer, just died fro pesticide poisoning, 52 years old.

Look up Paraquat, banned in Europe and the U.S. read what it does to your body.

[roo860]

Thanks for those positive remarks. New poster too.

 

 

 

'Need to escape ', bout sums him up.

 

Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

 

 

 

[need to escape]

20 minutes ago, roo860 said:

 

'Need to escape ', bout sums him up.

 

Sent from my SM-G920F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app

 

Looks like I have upset the 'We love Thailand' Mob. Everyone knows why you love the country.

[uffe123]

Went to bangsan over the weekend. I was absolutely appalled. The beach was full of stinking garbage, the water smelled bad and was so dirty, told my son do not go in the water. What a wasted trip, I think time to leave this place, never has it been this bad and I have been here for 20 years.

[Justfine]

7 minutes ago, uffe123 said:

Went to bangsan over the weekend. I was absolutely appalled. The beach was full of stinking garbage, the water smelled bad and was so dirty, told my son do not go in the water. What a wasted trip, I think time to leave this place, never has it been this bad and I have been here for 20 years.

Find another beach. There are thousands of them.

[Justfine]

18 minutes ago, uffe123 said:

I agree,but only stay here short term of you will die from pesticide poisoning or lung cancer from the air pollution.

My cousin, a farmer, just died fro pesticide poisoning, 52 years old.

Look up Paraquat, banned in Europe and the U.S. read what it does to your body.

Where did the farmer live?

[sawadee1947]

43 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

10 reasons I LIKE Thailand

 

1. Being married to a women who hasn't been spoilt or damaged by western standards and knows her role in a marriage without changing or challenging it, and is happy, isn't negative, jealous, or a ball breaker, and is a pleasure to be around.

 

2. Being able to afford not having to work another day in my life here Vs literally killing myself by working 5/7th's of life, having worked between 60 - 80 hour weeks back in the production line, just to survive and put a little aside for an annual holiday, while everything just kept increasing except wages for the past decade.

 

2. Being able to build a house 4 times the size of the old one, for 1/10th of the price it would cost me back in the old country, and have the time to enjoy living it in Vs being away from it most of the time.

 

3. Being able to not have to pay any tax from my investment back in the old country, while living the life I always wanted here, pinching myself everyday so as not to have to wake up from living the dream.

 

4-10+. Extremely affordable:

                                            Water rates, Electricity, Gas, House Insurance, Car insurance, Diesel, Food, excluding imports, Alcohol, excluding imports, Women, entertaining you, Hotels, Cars, Motorbikes, Drivers licences, Extensions of stays, Speeding fines, Flight routes and choices of airlines.

 

10 Reasons I DON'T like Thailand

 

1. Annual extension of stay applications

 

2. 90 day reporting

 

3. Relaxed police

 

4. Relaxed laws

 

5. Double pricing

 

6. International insurance prices

 

7. School punishment

 

8. Corruption

 

9. Back burning in the country

 

10. lack of education in Thai society

 

At the end of the day one has to balance things out and the LIKES outweigh the DON'T LIKES, so its "up to you" as the Thai's say, so for me, its more LIKES than DON'T LIKES

 

 

I see that you really was thinking about that thread. Congrats. I agree 100% with you. Would say the same and like to add that the DON'Ts are easy to tolerate though bothering from time to time.

[poanoi]

1 Cheap rooms

2 Food everywhere that is good

3 Cheap seafood/food

4 Entertainment day and night

5 Good weather

6 Good flight options

7 Mix of mountains and sea

8 Interesting driving routes

9 $10 massages

10 Good cheap tours

 

yeah, about same as me, i would just change it a bit into

#3 good variety and quality of western food

#6 irrelevant to me

#7 irrelevant to me

#8 irrelevant to me

#10 irrelevant to me

[4MyEgo]

1 minute ago, sawadee1947 said:

I see that you really was thinking about that thread. Congrats. I agree 100% with you. Would say the same and like to add that the DON'Ts are easy to tolerate though bothering from time to time.

Thanks, and yes easily tolerable compared to the old country 

[4MyEgo]

12 minutes ago, need to escape said:

I think this topic should be closed before Justfine has a heart attack. He loves Thailand and even if he catches a bad case of the sh**s from the food, gets bitten by bed bugs in his cheap hotel room, gets shot in the cross fire on the beach as jet ski vendors wage war and ends up in hospital while traveling Thailands roads he will always love Thailand

Like Justfine said, go troll elsewhere, if you haven't anything positive to say, as your cluttering up the LOVE here 

[Scott]

Off-topic post and replies removed.  

[pgrahmm]

1 minute ago, need to escape said:

I think this topic should be closed before Justfine has a heart attack. He loves Thailand and even if he catches a bad case of the sh**s from the food, gets bitten by bed bugs in his cheap hotel room, gets shot in the cross fire on the beach as jet ski vendors wage war and ends up in hospital while traveling Thailands roads he will always love Thailand

Oddly enough I've here many years, raised a family & somehow managed to avoid all of these....Have never been a victim of unpleasantness....

 

Areas of the US are becoming to look a lot more like a third world country & a lot less safer than here.....

Gets worse every trip/holiday back.....

 

There are no perfect places (or people) except maybe for the simpering judgemental lot......

 

Knew it wouldn't take long for them to start trying to burn down a positive topic.....

[Lacessit]

If we are really honest, it's cheap sex.

[Peterw42]

44 minutes ago, uffe123 said:

Went to bangsan over the weekend. I was absolutely appalled. The beach was full of stinking garbage, the water smelled bad and was so dirty, told my son do not go in the water. What a wasted trip, I think time to leave this place, never has it been this bad and I have been here for 20 years.

maybe the other thread would be a more relevant place to post

 

 

[poanoi]

7 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

If we are really honest, it's cheap sex.

not for me at least, i dont want even if its free

[Lacessit]

Just now, poanoi said:

not for me at least, i dont want even if its free

It's never free.

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

10 reasons I LIKE Thailand

 

1. Being married to a women who hasn't been spoilt or damaged by western standards and knows her role in a marriage without changing or challenging it, and is happy, isn't negative, jealous, or a ball breaker, and is a pleasure to be around.

 

2. Being able to afford not having to work another day in my life here Vs literally killing myself by working 5/7th's of life, having worked between 60 - 80 hour weeks back in the production line, just to survive and put a little aside for an annual holiday, while everything just kept increasing except wages for the past decade.

 

2. Being able to build a house 4 times the size of the old one, for 1/10th of the price it would cost me back in the old country, and have the time to enjoy living it in Vs being away from it most of the time.

 

3. Being able to not have to pay any tax from my investment back in the old country, while living the life I always wanted here, pinching myself everyday so as not to have to wake up from living the dream.

 

4-10+. Extremely affordable:

                                            Water rates, Electricity, Gas, House Insurance, Car insurance, Diesel, Food, excluding imports, Alcohol, excluding imports, Women, entertaining you, Hotels, Cars, Motorbikes, Drivers licences, Extensions of stays, Speeding fines, Flight routes and choices of airlines.

 

10 Reasons I DON'T like Thailand

 

1. Annual extension of stay applications

 

2. 90 day reporting

 

3. Relaxed police

 

4. Relaxed laws

 

5. Double pricing

 

6. International insurance prices

 

7. School punishment

 

8. Corruption

 

9. Back burning in the country

 

10. lack of education in Thai society

 

At the end of the day one has to balance things out and the LIKES outweigh the DON'T LIKES, so its "up to you" as the Thai's say, so for me, its more LIKES than DON'T LIKES

 

 

I agree with all your points, but as for corruption, it does not have to be a big deal, you can make it work in your favour sometimes, there is plenty of corruption in the UK and probably many other western countries, but the difference is, the UK government have the brains and good education to cover all the corruption up where the Thais don't.

[NanLaew]

Don't know about 10 reasons but here's my 8...