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[geisha]

On 10/5/2024 at 6:28 PM, Hanuman2547 said:

Which is why I won't retire full time in Thailand.  It's nice to escape from a northern winter for 3-4 months but I don't want to be there all year.  Lived and worked in Bangkok for 12 years and that was enough.

4/5 months is the maximum for me. Then I get really bored. 

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, geisha said:

4/5 months is the maximum for me. Then I get really bored. 

 

Thinking of doing something similar........4 months UK, 4 Thailand, 4 Philippines....life is too short.

[Expat68]

3 minutes ago, geisha said:

4/5 months is the maximum for me. Then I get really bored. 

I have a friend who every year came for a month in winter, his plan was to spend 6 months Thailand, 6 months UK. Thailand did his head in, he couldn't do it. Just shows Thailand isn't for everyone, always best to try first 

[JimTripper]

5 hours ago, Expat68 said:

I have a friend who every year came for a month in winter, his plan was to spend 6 months Thailand, 6 months UK. Thailand did his head in, he couldn't do it.

Why?

[Cameroni]

I also would not like to live in Phuket. Chiang Mai is much more tolerable and has more to offer, so you can stay longer here.

[JimTripper]

24 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

I also would not like to live in Phuket. Chiang Mai is much more tolerable and has more to offer, so you can stay longer here.

The reason I find Chiang Mai is more tolerable is that people leave me alone more.

 

Unfortunately, On reflection, I think that's why I thought I liked Thailand so much when I lived here before. It was not Thailand I really liked or the people, rather it was living somewhere I could afford a nice lifestyle, but I was left alone most of the time except when I went into town (I lived in a detached villa at the time).

 

Sad to realize that after a good deal of reflection but it is what it is. I always wanted it to be Thailand I liked somewhere in the back of my mind, but it was really just financial and having a better lifestyle then in the USA.

Edited Wednesday at 02:32 PM by JimTripper

[Cameroni]

16 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

people leave me alone more.

 

I know, it's really hard for rockstars and supermodels like us. We just want to be left alone, but all the throngs of people constantly, so annoying.

[Neeranam]

Goa was getting like that in 1992, especially with the Manchester flights, all those Happy Monday types. 

[Fat is a type of crazy]

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Edited Wednesday at 03:31 PM by Fat is a type of crazy

[Expat68]

9 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Why?

After 3 months he was totally bored and missed England 

[grumpyoldman]

On 10/9/2024 at 1:27 AM, Will B Good said:

 

Thinking of doing something similar........4 months UK, 4 Thailand, 4 Philippines....life is too short.

Thats the program I'll be after. 4 months US, 4 months Khao Lak area maybe...., 4 months Philippines but not sure where. Going to check out Cebu and Northern Luzon early next year.