petepete Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Quick thought: a little while ago I realized that there was a pretty strong correlation between dividing a THB price by 10 and getting an equivalent London price in pounds... Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50 Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70 Street Food: 30THB - £3.00 Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90 Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500 1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40 Seems to work for a lot of things, and has been helpful for getting a quick idea of relative prices here. Falls down for beer and expensive foreign food... Maybe helpful for people who've just moved from London... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermute Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 3,500 pounds for a 2 bedroom apartment? No wonder there are so many Brits living abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Do you have the prices for Manchester mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistleblower Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Do you have the prices for Manchester mate? Thought you mancs nicked everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Do you have the prices for Manchester mate? Thought you mancs nicked everything Close, but that's LP from what I here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petepete Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 3,500 pounds for a 2 bedroom apartment? No wonder there are so many Brits living abroad. The qualifier of "in embassy district" on that one is pretty important :-) (two bedroom apartments near Thai embassy in London) We seem to pay significantly over the odds here for living on Soi Ruam Rudee - if we were going to be here longer, we'd probably look for somewhere else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaceBlondie Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 My last apartment in Houston - US$ per square foot (Montrose) My first apt in Chiang Mai, with panoramic city-mountain views - US$0.17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Do you have the prices for Manchester mate? Thought you mancs nicked everything Close, but that's LP from what I here nice to no people think its mancs that are tea leaves,not nice honest scousers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boater Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50 - 35.00 THB = 0.634529 GBP Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70 - 7.00 THB = 0.126906 GBP Street Food: 30THB - £3.00 - 30.00 THB = 0.543882 GBP Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90 - 139.00 THB = 2.51982 GBP Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500 - 35,000.00 THB = 634.488 GBP 1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40 - 14.00 THB = 0.253780 GBP source - www.xe.com .... need to get your currency exchange rate first, unless this is being quoted to you..... also , where do you buy ' Luxury ' Water from for 14 THB ??????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 it's £2 cash fare on a bus in London as for the mancs and the scousers....they'll both have the sugar out yer tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Taxi flag fall: 35THB - £3.50 - 35.00 THB = 0.634529 GBP Bus journey: 7THB - £0.70 - 7.00 THB = 0.126906 GBP Street Food: 30THB - £3.00 - 30.00 THB = 0.543882 GBP Three-hour coach journey: 139THB - £13.90 - 139.00 THB = 2.51982 GBP Two-bedroom apartment in embassy district: 35,000 THB - £3,500 - 35,000.00 THB = 634.488 GBP 1.5 liter bottle of 'luxury' water: 14THB - £1.40 - 14.00 THB = 0.253780 GBP source - www.xe.com .... need to get your currency exchange rate first, unless this is being quoted to you..... also , where do you buy ' Luxury ' Water from for 14 THB ??????? I think OP means a price comparison rather than the exchange rate for £3.50 being THB35.00 I still think it's a bit wide of the mark though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellste Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 (edited) As far as I know, 35 THB = 0,64 GBP. 3,00 GBP = 162 THB. So I don't know how you got to that result? 14 THB = 0,26 GBP for the water. Edited November 24, 2009 by bellste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petepete Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 As far as I know, 35 THB = 0,64 GBP. 3,00 GBP = 162 THB. So I don't know how you got to that result? ... The flag fall for taxis in Thailand is 35THB. The flag fall for taxis in London is £3.50. If you divide 35 by 10, you get £3.50. It turns out that that fits for quite a few other prices too - such as the examples above. -P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 it's £2 cash fare on a bus in Londonas for the mancs and the scousers....they'll both have the sugar out yer tea! that sounds like my cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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