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Think you already know my vote is for the Philippines. Tropical climate
that you have become used to, cheap living, friendly English speaking
people and 7,107 islands to explore.
I don't know how you manage to live in Thailand from under $1200 a month
less $400+ house rent, running a car, vets bills, visits to high end coffee
shops & restaurants (Ok justified special treats we know) visa costs, trips
to Hong Kong, Cambodia, UK, etc.
I was originally aiming for a retirement income to live comfortably here of
100,000bht a month, but its looking like I will have to settle for
considerably less.
+xLancashireladxNot surprised in the least, a Royal price for a Royal butt that was never even sat on let alone flushed and all paid for by tax payers money. There is something morally and seriously wrong with this.
+Jack Benny I see this didn’t get any media coverage in Thailand, apparently to do so would have been Lèse Majesté and perhaps a lengthy incarceration under the more strict Military Junta governance. It’s a bummer really :-)
+xLancashireladx I am guessing that this lady eats lots of foreign Cheese and isn’t worried too much about the price of it either :-)//www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/23/40000-dollar-toilet-thai-royals-visit-cambodia-unused
+xLancashireladx Interesting reply, thank you. But for the uninitiated out there, cheeses and wines were always more expensive in Thailand as are other foreign imported products; and quite rightly so, there is nothing new about that. If you want Cadburys chocolate and Baileys Cream be prepared to pay for it. Yes, the £ reached almost 70 baht and the euro more than 50/55 for a brief period some years back; we foreigners didn’t know how good we had it but my experience of a lot of ex pats is that they want their cake and eat it and want their slice of bread buttered on both sides. People seem to forget when the Baht was devalued overnight back in 96 and if it weren’t for that you would be getting only 25 baht for your £ now. I also remember the spending power ratio many years ago being close to 4/1 then reducing to around 3/1. Even today it’s hovering at around 2/1.In other words and for example; £400 pounds a week in the U.K. will give you on average the equivalent of £800 pounds spending power in Thailand. I don’t think many can argue with that ?As regards rent; I have a friend who has been living and working in Thailand for more than 23 years. He has a really nice 2 bed roomed apartment, (not luxurious but nice) just off Nakon Chasi Road in Bangkok. Close to everything he needs, 5 mins from Dusit University and a 10 minute ride to Banglampoo and Khao Son road (the back packers shit hole) His rent is 12,000 baht a month plus utilties. He earns and clears between 70/80,000 baht per month and lives a really good life. Now try doing that in England or any other place in the west apart from Albania :-) ?Also, there are very few ex pats who want to live close to night life; one only wants to do that if they are on holidays; living in Thailand is a totally different scenario as I am sure you well know ?
+Sabai Dee Rent cost is very location dependent. The house J & S have now is fantastic for the price, BUT the location is no use to a single guy who doesn't want to sit at home alone every evening - unless you plan to drink and drive. The closer to night life you get, the higher the rent. Realistically I'll probably end up paying around 20k.A lot of things can & do cost more here now than the uk, cheese & wine being 2 instances that immediately spring to mind, although granted other things are much cheaper. e.g taxis - or have no cost. e.g. tv license. Car insurance and electricity can be more. 100bht Heineken was a rough average. Can be anywhere from 50 at a tucked away little bar to 350 or more at the Moon Bar on the roof of the Banyan Tree Hotel, Silom. The majority of my time spent in Thailand over the past 14 years has been in cities. Attractions to Thailand? Yes weather definitely, low cost of living, (well it was @73 bht v £1 and much cheaper prices than today) laid back life style, lots of interesting places to see, ease of regular swimming, the lovely polite, friendly people and lots more. Decided to move here about 12 years ago. Unfortunately the vast amount of things I must deal with (alone) in the uk in preparation has thus far beaten me. Generations of "stuff", numerous classic cars awaiting restoration, etc. etc.
+xLancashireladx 20 - 30K a month represents a really nice place even close to Bangkok ! J & S are paying around 13K fully inclusive excluding utilities and their place is a dream. Agreed; Thailand is not the cheap destination it once was but still miles ahead cheaper than living in Europe, U.S. or Canada. As for 100 bht a pop for a small Heineken; where are you drinking, in some touristy beer garden or the Shangri La Hotel ? :-) Given that LOS is getting so expensive do you mind me asking what is it then that has attracted you to living in the Land of Smiles ? is the weather ?
+Sabai Dee I don't disagree, but some folks don't fully add up the cost of living here. Rent, say 20 - 30k, car payments & running costs, health insurance (expensive!), visas, trips back home, etc. etc. 5 small (Heineken) beers 4 times a week at say 100 bht a pop = 2,000 bht a month. Were you aware a single cheeseburger in McD's now costs double here what it does in the uk?
+xLancashireladx Was thinking the same thing. I guess no one knows how things will pan out except themselves; its their life and their decision. Maybe they’ll pack in Utubing altogether and return to the UK with Eden, work out a career strategy and a regular secure income and settle down, who knows ? As regards your planned retirement on 100,000 baht a month ? One could live a really very very comfortable life style on that sort money in Thailand; heck one would even be reasonably well off in the west.
+Eight Miles from Home
Re: your Motor ? Yes, you’re right about Ebay in Thailand. OK then, set up
an auction on your chanell, do it now, don’t delay. Who ever offers the
most spondulaks gets the motor but you have to both place your autographs
on the front wings and a transfer image of Eden. If you don’t get a buyer,
which I doubt, you can chock up your car at my house in Dusit or in Samu
Sakon, hold on to your registration papers until you get a sale. Or better
still, hold on to the car until you come back for another 6 months next
year - :-)
I have never commented on a vid before but feel very sad about these
vloggers I have watched for a while. These guys are only considering living
places because they are cheap. Not because of interest in culture or
country. People should not support them on Patreon they are YouTube beggars
and want people to fund their laziness. . They say "work" but they have not
done a days work in 4 years. Lazy and want people to fund their laziness
and do not even care about the country they are in. I have volunteered in
Thailand at a pet care center for 1 year and they have never helped anyone
or done anything of good for the country they are in. Watch Louis Coles
vlogs. this guy does more in a day than they do In a month and brings
attention to charities and developing countries world wide and his vlogs
are beautiful and stylish and perfectly edited. plus it is just him doing
it. he never says the word "work" like these two as he realises he is in a
privileged position . Guy's, start doing good in the world or stop asking
for money!
+Darren Trotsky Don’t you think your term ‘’Beggar’’ is a bit over the top ? Beggars are vagrants, people who live on the streets and give nothing in return. I think this young couple have given a lot of joy with their cinematography and much useful and valuable information to scores of people around the world.
Many youtubers have quit their job and live on what they make from YouTube, so it is their work, even though it may seem that they do nothing. Is it fair that many of them make a living traveling and having fun while we work hard? Maybe not, but this world is an unfair place. I say "good for them!" I wish I could do the same. And their vlogs do help people to get to know the country better. Watching them helped me plan my trip to Thailand, I visited some places thanks to them. You don't have to agree or support their way of life, but to call people lazy is uncalled for.
+Darren Trotsky Louis Cole also has millions of viewers and gets a very high wage from Youtube alone, plus sponsored trips from corporations and airlines and many other opportunities that only a large Youtuber can attract, we earn very little from Youtube because we have a small channel that needs to grow to that stage.Obviously we can only consider countries that we can afford, once we are there we can delve into detail about the other reasons to be in those places.We've mentioned before that we earn on average less than $1200 between us, we are trying to make this channel grow to a Louis Cole stage where we can afford not only to do more and see more, but also have the option to give our time to better causes.I hope you can understand that. Or perhaps consider that there is always a LOT more to every persons story than just what you see in our content. Calling us beggars and lazy is uncalled for.
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