Originally Posted by klinton

9k budget in Thailand is a joke...
if you are single guy without luxuries frugal life stay in one town = 500 bucks, beer massages here and there
1 k bucks = travel as single, massages, cheap guesthouses etc.
1 k bucks stay in one place - live like a king
family of 4 stay in one place = 2-3 k usd easily like a kings/ modest kings.
dude, people earn there 200-300 dollars per month, what the fuck these people talk about ?
many nice places in Thailand, depends what you want, what are your plans.....forget about BGK and most of the islands..IMO
be smart.....