Anyone been/moved to Thailand

[walkertelecoms 16]

My brother in laws moved out there about 20 years ago, their worth £millions now, corporate interior designers, started with virtually nothing but very industrious and great at networking, it transpires.

 

An old work colleagues father moved out there too, 10 years ago, took £40k, very comfy and chillaxed lifestyle and still has £30k left work on the basis, his house cleaner, ahem, charges him £5 a week, she gives him 2 hours a day 7 days a week!

Edited July 17, 2012 by walkertelecoms

[callippo 10]

the weather is not always perfect in Thailand. The whole country between Phitsanolouk and Bangkok was basically underwater for months last year, just in case you didn't notice.

 

having said that it's free of stuff like earthquakes, and also it doesn't get any typhoons, Burma to the west does and Vietnam to the east does too, but not Thailand.

 

best weather in Thailand is in the north, and I mean north around Chiang Mai rather than north east, as in Isan. It's not too hot and the rainy season is relatively short.

[johncocker 10]

the bloke that runs this bar might be of help to you if you're in bangkok he's from stocksbridge been in bkk for over 15 years and a devout wednesdayite supporter

 

he's quite friendly so long as you're not a blades man:help:

 

 

http://www.thepickledliver.com/

 

 

I came across is pub by accident one night after I"d been drinking in my favourite bar in bangkok cheap charlies just round the corner from him

[johncocker 10]

http://www.travbuddy.com/Cheap-Charlies-v5503[/url

 

http://www.travbuddy.com/Cheap-Charlies-v5503

 

cheap charlies a "proper bar" sadly charlies long gone but over the years I"ve got accomodation deals,offers of all kinds of work,offers of marraige:suspect: and offers of just about anything you could think of

 

its getting a bit touristy now but theres still a lot of friendly helpful expats go there ,well there was the last time I was there.

you used to get a real cross section of bkk there anything from journo's,exctives,oilworkers,military types:suspect:bar owners ,pimps.whores street vendors to street cleaners everybody welcome:hihi:

[callippo 10]

the Thais are not so bad either, once you get the hang of them, and Asia.

[johncocker 10]

the Thais are not so bad either, once you get the hang of them, and Asia.

 

once you've covinced them you're not a walking A.T.M machine

[davyjones 10]

It's like Spain in Asia with all the English

[TJC1 10]

Am doing chiang mai for the cool season, then heading to the coast when it starts getting dusty.

Will try and hook up with some of the expats out there.

[TJC1 10]

Apparently It's easy to rent bikes out there, sounds like fun.

[verona 10]

Apparently It's easy to rent bikes out there, sounds like fun.

 

Good on you, and good luck. Just be careful on the bikes, many farang die there very week in bike accidents.

[Total Chaos 10]

Apparently It's easy to rent bikes out there, sounds like fun.

 

Yes,but be carefull, as if it gets nicked, it comes out of your pocket.most insurances in Thailand are not worth the paper its wrote on.

[johncocker 10]

Apparently It's easy to rent bikes out there, sounds like fun.

 

like the others say be careful, theres a lot of scams around renting bikes and jet ski's

 

 

never hand over your passport for security

 

belive it or not alot of people do

 

its a good idea to travel with photo copys of your passport when in asia