My income inflation has made any Thai inflation irrelevant. My mortgage repayments are the same as they were 12 years back when I moved in, the condo I rented for 5kbht/month still rents today for 5kbht/month. My electricity is still 4bht/unit, my internet has risen from 640bht/month to 680bht/month (but only because I added HBOmax). Petrol was 34bht/l in 2010 and it's still the same price. Health insurance the same, ZERO, as I never had any. Meanwhile my pension has risen by 30% and the exchange rate has lost me 14% (that's still a win IMHO). And my urge to party has completely gone (due to age). I did take my wife and her pals out to lunch at Huay Tung Tao this month, 5 of us eating as much as we could, 3 large beers, 1 wine cooler ....... 1,500bht. Entrance free as I'm a pensioner, they paid their own entry. My son's school fees now 5kbht a term because he's in the Chinese and English special class, I also pay his pals school fees of 3kbht/term as his mom is very poor. Not at all expensive though. Thailand has to be the biggest bargain in the world for western pensioners IF you have a little self control over your lifestyle. Lunch at HTT, 3 of the 7 or 8 dishes they ordered.
