Any Of You Commute To A Different Country From Los For Work?

[glenbat]

Bit of an extension from quemlum's earlier post was wondering how many (if any) of you commute to earn your wage then return to LOS to 'live'. I know a lot of you are lucky enough to have retired etc and have no need to work but do any of you do say 6 months in your home country/country with decent wage, then return to LOS for 6 months to live your life doing very little?

[Totster]

This is what I do..

I return to the UK for 6 months to work, put in as many hours as possible, then back to Thailand for 6 months and relax (wife permitting )

totster

[endure]

This is what I do..

I return to the UK for 6 months to work, put in as many hours as possible, then back to Thailand for 6 months and relax (wife permitting )

totster

Do you permanent homes in both countries, Tots?

[Totster]

This is what I do..

I return to the UK for 6 months to work, put in as many hours as possible, then back to Thailand for 6 months and relax (wife permitting )

totster

Do you permanent homes in both countries, Tots?

No, just in Thailand..

totster

[Guemlum]

What do you do Totster, when back in the UK?

Guemlum

[endure]

This is what I do..

I return to the UK for 6 months to work, put in as many hours as possible, then back to Thailand for 6 months and relax (wife permitting )

totster

Do you permanent homes in both countries, Tots?

No, just in Thailand..

totster

Do you rent in the UK?

[Totster]

What do you do Totster, when back in the UK?

Guemlum

I work in the call centre industry, mainly training

Do you rent in the UK?

Well, kind of... I'm quite lucky to be able to stay with family here, paying my way obviously

totster

[johnsurin]

This is what I do..

I return to the UK for 6 months to work, put in as many hours as possible, then back to Thailand for 6 months and relax (wife permitting )

totster

Same same but job different. Been back in this god foresaken country eight weeks now but going back for a few weeks at end of the month

[endure]

I work in the call centre industry, mainly training

Can you train NTL to pick the phone up in less than 10 minutes?

[Totster]

I work in the call centre industry, mainly training

Can you train NTL to pick the phone up in less than 10 minutes?

Would I have to commute to India ?

totster

[johnsurin]

I work in the call centre industry, mainly training

Can you train NTL to pick the phone up in less than 10 minutes?

Would I have to commute to India ?

totster

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john

[Nebukanezar]

I Live in Samutprakarn and work in Bahgdad for a Kuwaiti company. The work is great, challengeing and stressful, but over all it's cool. I get too come back every 2-3 months depending on what I have going on.

[backflip]

Home is in BKK, work is in Shanghai.

[Drew345]

I work in Korea 7 months and live in Thailand 5 months a year. It's the nice months in both places ( In Korea working now).

Drew

[Shah Jahan]

I commute to almost every country in Asia and sometimes the US. I live in the north am gone from home approx %50 of the time but never gone for more than 2 weeks at a time.

[petecooper]

Depends where my current project is. At the moment, I'm commuting to India for about 3 weeks out of every month. Home is BKK though.

[thedude]

i just started my part-time assignment in vietnam. it was agreed my time will be split 30% vietnam, 70% bangkok, but the opportunities here are so great, the company is already hinting that i should spend more time in vn, relocate if possible, they even bait me with a lead role in one of the cities here. naturally i'm thinking this over, i love thailand, but vietnam has its attractions too, business wise its a no-brainer. plus i'm so sick of the way thailand is so self absorbed and directionless, with no clear way forward for the next year at least. my story is a real life example of the waning investor interest in thailand, i am literally one of those corporate resources being relocated to greener pastures elsewhere.

[Sakeopete]

I have been working a 3 week rotation to Scotland since 2002 its a lot of flying but I like having the break from Asia. I don't know if I would be happy full time in Thailand too many little things start to get on my nerves.

[merijn]

I live in Phuket but fly on a monthly basis to and from Dubai for an international oil company.

I also have a business in Phuket so have Non Imm B visa with work permit.

[Flysiam]

Home is Bangkok but working out of Macau now.

[Maigo6]

Work in Japan, live in Thailand.

[ercorn]

I reside in Thailand and comute to Guangzhou,China

[canuckamuck]

I travel to Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nepal, and the Philippines; mostly only once a year, one to three week trips. I usually spend two months in Canada and the rest in Thailand.

[jocsum]

Work in different countries for 4-8 weeks at a time in the oil field business, then home to the Issan for 4-5 weeks break.

[draggons]

Commute to most Asian countries to work, oil field trash. Home is Thai though

[mickmac]

I'm similar to the last 2 posters in that I work in the oil industry, a couple of months away, anywhere in the world, then 5-6 weeks back in Chiang Mai.

[Bicko]

My (Thai) wife and I are humanitarian aid workers. I am on a 12 month spouse visa in Thailand but Immigration are not concerned if I do not report in every 3 months if I am out of the country. Currently we are working in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and probably move to Vietnam in 4 to 6 weeks. Previously Afghanistan, Pakistan and east Timor.

We have a great house in Isaan near Buri ram which is locked up when we are away. Wife's niece next door looks after the ranch when we are away and car is locked up and covered under the side verandah. Get home every 6 to 8 weeks for 7 to 10 days and great to have such a good refuge - mow the lawn, prune the bushes, drink some cold beer, eat good ahahn, have a few parties with the family and just relax. Mind you I have a great missus. She has travelled all over the world with me and is a pretty smart switched on chick. That helps believe me.