Why are you still in Thailand, not in Vietnam?

[Thingamabob]

Because the weather and the women are warmer in Thailand.

[JoseThailand]

54 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

I am no longer in Thailand, or Vietnam - I'm in Cambodia, an easy and hassle free country with no financial or bureaucratic administration especially regarding visas.

 

But Cambodia is more expensive overall. Everything is in hard dollars

[ThreeCardMonte]

2 hours ago, thesetat said:

You are wasting money then because your SSi can be sent directly to a Thailand bank. account without using any American banks or wire services

 

True.

 

The amount wasted on fees is still less than the amount wasted on other transactions.

[ThreeCardMonte]

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

 

 

Do not pay rent, married, so what to spend money on?

 

15k is alot of food and drinks, 4k for electric ? 

 

Dog food is included, 

 

We grow vegetables and fruit, have live stock, 

 

When you got a farm you have entertainment enough being busy 😁

 

If I lived single in Pattaya, I would agree, 30k is not a life

“I lived single in Pattaya, I would agree, 30k is not a life”

 

Bingo

 

Perhaps someday I’ll take up farm life.

 

 

 

[JoseThailand]

4 minutes ago, ThreeCardMonte said:

“I lived single in Pattaya, I would agree, 30k is not a life”

 

Of course girls are not included

[jas007]

4 minutes ago, JoseThailand said:

 

Of course girls are not included

For Thailand, I have two "budgets."  What I have to spend, and what I actually spend.  

 

The "have to spend" budget isn't much. The actually spend budget is whatever.  People should ideally have access to both amounts, I think.  

 

 

[Garouda]

Because some 25 years ago I went to the Vietnam Embassy in Belgium and I felt an unbearable weight of communism. Now I've been living in Thailand for more than twenty years, worked for a University and live in my wife's village since I retired. I have my family here, and I do not regret my choice.

[OneManShow]

But there is no Pattaya 🤔😮🤣

[hovercraft]

I would like some more info on Vietnam, so how is the visa situation? We can buy a $25 e-visa for 90 days, then do a quick visa run to cambodia or lao? Then re-enter without issues on another e-visa?  That sounds quite good.

 

Also is there anything comparable to Shopee, Makro, Big C in vietnam? Thanks

[hovercraft]

2 minutes ago, OneManShow said:

But there is no Pattaya 🤔😮🤣

Pattaya is nice if you really like "bar culture" and drinking alcohol with the most average thai girls. It's not that special imo, though it's not a bad place to lay low

[Cameroni]

5 minutes ago, hovercraft said:

l with the most average thai girls

 

I would say below average.

 

Too much?