How Long Has Thailand Been Your Home?

[jumnien]

10.5 years of happiness in the Kingdom!

[grtaylor]

Arrived September 1990 on a one-year contract - still working here, and happy. Applied for Permanent Residency last year, and still waiting to hear the result . . . . . .

[billshot64]

I have save all the old paspoorts the first stemp 2-Jul-1997.

I have give up everythink in the Netherlands at Dec 1999. To can stay in Thailand if I can stay now.

billshot64

[monty]

hmmm

Permanently since feb '93.

Makes it a tad over 15 years now, time sure flies....

[ilyushin]

26 years

[klikster]

First arrival, '65 .. next return '89 .. came full time in '96

[Jockstar]

Lived in Bangkok from December 2001 till October 2006.

[ralfbkk]

17 years, mostly working in the Bangkok area but also with an Isan home.

17 years and still can' spell Issan?

Try to improve your english spelling before correcting others. Your signature is an example. Apparently your Thai Skills might not be as good as you think they are. If you read and write Thai you know it can be translated in with a single "s" or a double "s" since there is no specific rule for that hence Isan (Isan/Thai: อีสาน; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issan, or Esarn). Thanks for your attention.

Edited April 20, 2008 by ralfbkk

[Jockstar]

Wouldn’t dream of living there. Ghastly place. But hats off to those of you that can tolerate it.

Why? Also if its so ghastly. Why are you on here on a Thai forum? Also i notice you signature says Singapore , Phuket at weekends. So the question the Op was refering to was Thailand. Maybe you got confused with Bangkok and not Thailand.

[LinkPopularity]

2002

[Capex]

First caught the bug in 1980.

Been living here permanently for 17 years.

[pampal]

since 2005

[backflip]

mid-July, 2004

[pattaya_girl]

7 Years and loving it !!!

[liberty]

2 days!

[pliny]

Perhaps we should remember that the laws of this land are designed to protect Thai's, NOT purposefully discriminate against foreigners.

I have lived in Thailand for only 3 years but in that time I have understood that the laws prevailing are not for the Thai as a nation but for a tiny minority who exploit the remainder mercilessly, including farang, as they think fit.

Mind you, this reality does not prevent my imminent retirement there. In the land of illusions it's best not to have any.

I suppose it boils down to the fact that out of all choices available Thailand remains the most attractive economically and they have a culture of politeness and I do like good manners.

Edited April 26, 2008 by pliny

[Birdman]

21 years.

No plans to go somewhere else...

[adjan jb]

If you read and write Thai you know it can be translated in with a single "s" or a double "s" since there is no specific rule for that hence Isan (Isan/Thai: อีสาน; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issan, or Esarn). Thanks for your attention.

In this day and age shouldn't it be E-San

In and out between 1989 and 1997

Permanent since 1998.

[Thai at Heart]

14 years with 18 months in Europe in the middle.

[allexx]

I first came in October 1983.

Started my bizz 1989.

Permanently since June 1996.

That’s …nearly 25 years.

[dotcom]

Live in since 1991. Will die here. First trip 1976.

[bratpack]

January 2003 so 5 and a bit years and still a young pup

[Florin]

On and off since September 1994, living fulltime since July 2002...I like the overall experience, though there are many individual negative elements. Somehow Thailand is greater than the sum of its parts...

[chavy]

7 years.......here's to the next 7

[toptuan]

I like the overall experience, though there are many individual negative elements. Somehow Thailand is greater than the sum of its parts...

Well said!

[toptuan]

2 days!

Welcome Liberty! Long-term plans?

[distortedlink]

August 24th 1992 (arrived the 25th!!)

Note to self - must have party to celebrate 15 years

May 23rd, 2003.

Are all Thai visa members invited to your 15 year stay celebration party? You supply the girls and we will bring the booze.

[ThaiPauly]

I made the final leap in April 2003.

[LeungKen]

I made the final leap in April 2003.

With all the people going off tall buildings in Thailand, would you like to rephrase that TP...

[Pierrot]

Came to LOS for the first time in 1984 but funny enough never really leave there, only for a couple of month about 8 years ago. Unfortunately I never been able to make a leaving in Thailand so I'm stuck in China for the time being.

On the positive side, HK is only 2 1/2 hours by plane from Bangkok so I can manage to spend a couple of days here from time to time, usually arrive on Friday night, back to work on Monday morning.

One day, on the way home from the airport, I was telling my life story to a taxi driver and he came with the conclusion that I should have a wife in Hong Kong and a mistress in Bangkok. To that I replied he was right, but it just happend to be the same person.