Living in Thailand is very cheap?

[Celsius]

1 minute ago, NoDisplayName said:

 

Lost what plot?

 

OP starts a thread implying Thailand is too damn expensive because he found a meh meal for not to many pesos.

 

My comment was that it's not just a single anecdote that makes the claim valid, must consider all expenses.

 

The claim may be true for OP due to excessive medical expenses, which would be valid if he caught food poisoning from the meal in question.

 

What are you talking about. Food in Spain is great and cheap. Tapas are usually free of charge even if you order only a cheap beer. 

 

Most of Europe has great food. Never got food poisoning there, only in Thailand. 

 

The problem I have with Europe is the people. Generally very close minded and unapproachable. Yep, just like some on this forum.

[NoDisplayName]

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

What are you talking about. Food in Spain is great and cheap. Tapas are usually free of charge even if you order only a cheap beer. 

 

What are you talking about?

 

Nothing is free.  Just because it doesn't appear as a line-item on the bill, doesn't mean you aren't paying for it.

[mdr224]

1 minute ago, Celsius said:

 

What are you talking about. Food in Spain is great and cheap. Tapas are usually free of charge even if you order only a cheap beer. 

 

Most of Europe has great food. Never got food poisoning there, only in Thailand. 

 

The problem I have with Europe is the people. Generally very close minded and unapproachable. Yep, just like some on this forum.

And always feel the need to stick it to Americans. Doesnt matter if they are young or old

[GypsyT]

Torrevieja is one of the cheapest decent place for retirees. It's famous for salt lakes. Many get help breathing salty air and bathing.

It's 50km south of Alicante. Many retires are happy there.

 

More upscale is Malaga and area south of it. Marbella is like Bevery Hills.

I've been looking living there. Transportation is excellent. Train from Malaga airport to Fuengirola is fast and cheap.

However, it's damp and cold for 4-5 months. Torrevieja even more so.

Summers are too hot - over 40 C.

 

The best weather is on Gran Canaria Islands and islands next to it. Prices 4x of Jomtien beach.

 

 

[CallumWK]

2 minutes ago, GypsyT said:

Torrevieja is one of the cheapest decent place for retirees. It's famous for salt lakes. Many get help breathing salty air and bathing.

It's 50km south of Alicante. Many retires are happy there.

 

I know Torrevieja from many decades ago, and it would be the last place in Spain where wqould want to move to.

 

[Celsius]

3 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

I know Torrevieja from many decades ago, and it would be the last place in Spain where wqould want to move to.

 

 

Mosquito bites 🤣

[CallumWK]

26 minutes ago, Celsius said:

 

Mosquito bites 🤣

 

You pretend to know everything, then why you show your ignorance over and over again, in every thread you get involved?

 

 

https://www.cdc.gov/mosquitoes/about/about-mosquito-bites.html

About Mosquito Bites

Key points

• Female mosquitoes bite people and animals to get a blood meal.
• Most female mosquitoes cannot produce eggs without a blood meal.
• Male mosquitoes do not bite people and animals.
• People react differently to mosquito bites.

 

 

[daveAustin]

16 hours ago, GypsyT said:

407 THB is 10 meals for me here.....

But in EU that's cheap. In many countries just a glass of vine is 10 e.

 

How's weather? Torre is very popular for expats.

Give me strength, why do you guys dive in without processing the op? Everyone and their cat knows you can get a meal for 40-50 baht with free water, but he is clearly not alluding to that kind of meal or establishment. How many khao man gai / pad thai places do you know that serve wine and free bread & tapas? You would look a right oddball sipping cheap plonk on your plastic roadside stool. So funny.

 

/Edit: sorry, just noticed your nik. No worries.//

[ChaiyaTH]

Prices are just one thing only too, which are good in Spain already but it is also service and quality.

Plus the fact, at least for Europeans, no visa need at all, healthcare options, mortgage options, ownership options + work options as you please + all other countries cheap and nearby for visits compared to here doing domestic trips or only having cambodia/vietnam/laos/malaysia for comparable distance / costs.

Last but not least, if then needing to pay tax somewhere as gates slowly close globally, it is better there too. Schooling for those with children free too. Quite a lot of pro's actually.

 

I mean if you wanted to have a lot of western comfort groceries and cook at home, this is also a better deal than here already. Life is not only about eating out, anyone knows this gets boring when doing it constantly.

I also think that these 40-50 baht Thai dishes are cute but not real food for constant and daily. You might as well compare that to doing only bread with eggs and ham etc in Europe, then costs are equal too. Aside from the fact that these dishes are most times already in the 60-100 baht area nowadays.

 

You are lucky to find 25 grams of meat in that with 1 egg. That's why they eat all the time.

[CallumWK]

9 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

How many khao man gai / pad thai places do you know that serve wine and free bread & tapas?

 

Bread and Tapas don't belong with Khao man gai, and neither does wine.

 

The price for the meal, without the wine, was 8.80 Euro + 10% VAT = 9.68 Euro (348 Baht at today rate)

A similar meal can be had in Thailand for less than 400 baht, in a beach front restaurant hundreds of meters away from the beach, as in the case of the OP.

A glass of wine can also be had for 2.5 Euro (about 100 baht) in the same restaurant

 

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

2 hours ago, CallumWK said:

 

You obviously never have been in Spain. When you gonna give Canada another try, because there also everything was better than Thailand, until it wasn't and you had to return with your tail between your legs

Callum , please try to be non judgmental that's all i ask

 

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, mdr224 said:

And always feel the need to stick it to Americans. Doesnt matter if they are young or old

Mdr ,age is just a number 

Ageism should be part of your morals ,I'm sorry to hear that you do not like American 

I'm sure there are many nice American people 

[ChaiyaTH]

I think Thailand can be defined as cheap when you are stuck at around the minimum western wage situation but able to also earn or live from that wage or pension here instead. Same reason why it is a good place to bootstrap some online startup.

[AlwaysThere]

7 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

 

WRONG ... She works in her family business, she does not need my money. 

 

Who Are you, another grumpy old guy? 

 

 

You one of the guys who likes those 'gold digger videos', you're the average Joe who can't pull the good looking chicks because you don't have the funds to spoil her.

 

I do spoil my gf to death, she is a beautiful young woman, all beautiful women need to be spoilt. 

 

It's best for you to keep quiet now, you are not making any sense. 

 

 

 

 

So you are saying that you 'pulled' her due to you 'having the funds to spoil her'. Isn't that confirming what the other poster wrote? You seem to be saying that if you don't lavish them with gifts, you don't get the girl. Have I misunderstood you?

 

Shocking these old guys in poor shape who delude themselves that young girls are actually attracted to them.

 

Ae & Ek Steak & Bakery knock out a similar meal for around 100 baht. Grilled chicken breast steak with chips and salad. Also the other purple restaurant with the umbrellas.

 

 

[ChaiyaTH]

5 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

A glass of wine can also be had for 2.5 Euro (about 100 baht) in the same restaurant

 

You mean headache making fruit juice with alcohol in it hehe

[CallumWK]

2 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

You mean headache making fruit juice with alcohol in it hehe

 

Just another misconception from the same "experts" that know MSG is unhealthy.

 

First of all, fruitwine isn't juice with alcohol in it, it's wine to which fruit juice got added. Something comnpletely different.

 

Next, I always see members brag on here that they buy fruit juice in the supermarket, and ferment it to the best wine money can buy.

[still kicking]

1 hour ago, Celsius said:

 

What are you talking about. Food in Spain is great and cheap. Tapas are usually free of charge even if you order only a cheap beer. 

 

Most of Europe has great food. Never got food poisoning there, only in Thailand. 

 

The problem I have with Europe is the people. Generally very close minded and unapproachable. Yep, just like some on this forum.

Don't worry about the complainers they are just jealous I am in Thai at the moment I reckon Thai food is below standard. It might be cheap but most of it is crap. Had beef and noodle soup which tasted like cats pi*'s.. Went to a seafood restaurant near the river and ask for Fish and Chips you all know the answer (no can do) been here 2 weeks now and struggling with the diarrhea  already. The only reason food is cheap in Los because most people don't earn much money and it just seem to look cheap in a Farang eye. I hope you enjoy Spain 

[Ralf001]

3 minutes ago, still kicking said:

 I reckon Thai food is below standard. It might be cheap but most of it is crap.

 

Yeah rancid crap it is thats why I do not eat it.

[CallumWK]

11 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Went to a seafood restaurant near the river and ask for Fish and Chips you all know the answer (no can do)

 

You just took it to a new level, asking for fish and chips in a seafood restaurant, and then you are surprised they don't have that

[KannikaP]

14 hours ago, Confuscious said:

Rent is 450 EUR for an apartment with lift near the beach (2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, etc.).
Electricity and water have not arrived yet, but the previous tenant paid 35 a 40 EUR monthly on electric and about 15 EUR on water.
I paid on arrival 20 EUR for a SIM card with Internet and Calls (Orange)
Yes, I can still afford to dine out and drink my glass of wine.

Interesting. Your EUR 520 is about Bht 19000. Easy to live on.

[still kicking]

2 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

You just took it to a new level, asking for fish and chips in a seafood restaurant, and then you are surprised they don't have that

I am confused now I always thought fish is seafood 

[CallumWK]

2 minutes ago, still kicking said:

I am confused now I always thought fish is seafood 

 

Yes you are confused, battered fish is something you order in a fish and chips shop, not in a seafood restaurant that serves fresh seafood.

Surprised you didn't order chicken nuggets a side dish as well

[Presnock]

Many moons ago I spent a  couple of years in Madrid.  When we would go out tapa hunting in the evenings, we each would put in a couple of dollars (in peseta exchange rate today is almost the same) and we would spend 6 hours going from tapa bar to one speciallizing in a  different tapa.  We got a small glass of table wine each place too.  We thought that it was extremely cheap comared to most places we had ever gone.  Great foods too!  But to me the people of Spain were much nicer than the people of Madrid. Loved being able to go play in the mountain snow one day and the next drive down to the sunny beaches! 

 

[Nick Carter icp]

38 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Yeah rancid crap it is thats why I do not eat it.

 

   What do you eat ?

McDonalds and KFC ?

[Confuscious]

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

Food looks decent, although all the options on the menu, I don't think I'd be ordering chicken, unless really jones for it

Pork and veal were at the same price, but I prefer chicken.

[Confuscious]

3 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

OP:

 

Do you live in Alicante? Town looks very livable, great pedestrian and cycle infrastructure, and very clean. Downtown looks very walkable/livable. I imagine air quality must be quite good being on the coast. Is it easy to get around on public transportation? What do people say about potential for the type of catastrophic flooding experienced in Valencia? Might just have to check it out. Thanks for sharing.

 

Yes, I live in Alicante.

Very clean and very nice places to walk around.

Public transportation is ok.

No problem with the flash floods from Valencia 

Did happen in Valencia more times in the past.

[AlwaysThere]

[still kicking]

35 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Yes you are confused, battered fish is something you order in a fish and chips shop, not in a seafood restaurant that serves fresh seafood.

Surprised you didn't order chicken nuggets a side dish as well

No chicken nuggets for me after watching how they are made.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=jamie+oliver+chicken+nuggets&qpvt=jamie+oliver+chicken+nuggets&mid=0675C77A3143E0DB83710675C77A3143E0DB8371&&FORM=VRDGAR

[GypsyT]

1 hour ago, daveAustin said:

free bread & tapas?

There is no free lunch in Spain.... or bread or tapas.

 

You get them IF you buy a meal. Or sit on the counter and drink, then after a few, you get "free" tapas.

[still kicking]

31 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   What do you eat ?

McDonalds and KFC ?

Why do we have a section Western food in Thailand ? Most Faring's cook at home