Living in Thailand

that's ok

Anyone know any way around having to leave the country every
month for a fresh visa (ie other than marrying a Thai)?

you can open a company, getting a company to hire you, get the 25 000 $ VIP card for thailand, go every 2 months out of the country to renew your 2 months visa etc etc there are plenty of options

Where r u now SABAI ?
I'm wew
Why you not online ICQ ?
My icq is 6 5 4 4 2 5 2
You can contact me

cheap hookers and cheap rent makes me want to move to thailand

Too bad about what happen in Bali...my friend was out there and it was just a shame.

How's about Guam and Fuji? Or even mainland China...I'm assuming HK isn't what it used to be.

I've got armies of friends living in Thailand. Everthing's cheap, and you can get top of the line everything.

Word of caution. Don't break the laws, look behind every door for ' If you ring the bell you buy a round of drinks for everyone' signs.

Whats keeping them from threatening you for no reason and asking for thousands of dollars..? Are they "nice" corrupt cops?

Been in Bangkok about a year (off an on) now. Only cheap things really are rent, medical and Thai food.

The expensive thing is having to leave the country every couple months, and your 'luxury' western items will be as much if not more expensive then they are in your own country.
Have been living here for a year now, and to be honest spend the same (if not more) then I did in the states. However, I have a significant other that keeps me here so be careful as Thai's do have a way to make you fall in love. ;)

More complaints: Very hot all the time, tons of pollution, corruption etc.

My advice if you want to live there is:

1. Learn Thai. You will get ripped off and have many problems otherwise, as the majority of people just speak a little English.

2. Read some books on the culture, and respect it. It can be a shock and save you from a lot of trouble later.

3. As mentioned, porn (as well as any work without a work permit) is illegal so always be discreet about it. Don't advertise that is your job, or tell anyone...all a Thai has to do if you anger them is tell the police you are working and 'bam' you can be thrown out of the country never to return.

4. If you plan to shoot content, make sure everyone involved is happy, don't give anyone your name and don't become friends with the models. Be very careful, and very paranoid...you don't want to end up in a Thai jail. Make sure you have a lot of money on you and pray you can pay off the cop if you are found.

Thailand is not all glitter and gold...but the guys (and girls) are hot, sexuality is very free and the people and certain areas (outside Bangkok) are quite beautiful. Good luck!

I pay 6,000 Baht (about $150) a month for my DSL in Thailand which is maybe half the speed of my connection in the states I paid $40 per month for. Many times, the Internet just goes down or crawls for hours at a time for no reason.

For 20,000 Baht (about $500) a month, you can get a pretty good connection, but who the fuck wants to pay $500 a month?

Unfortunately, not many other options unless you want a 56k modem; personally, I'd rather shoot myself.

wew, i gave you my phone number over icq a few weeks ago, feel free to call me, i m going to france on february 10 for two weeks to make my non immigrant visa for my work permit so i ll then be back before march...


call anytinme

Thai food is the best in the world!!!

damn! here ~500 people are killed in road accidents per year,.., kind of put things in perspective

allright.. thanks for the info

going to google now trying to find some apartment pics