Living in Thailand
 

Anybody's living in Thailand? What is a normal rent for a nice apartment/house close to the beach :-) ? What kind of internet connections are available?

Contact Kman he will give you the lowdown I am sure. :)

DH

There are some interesting ex-pat web sites you should do a search on that have a ton of info. and laso check out the Thailand forum at www.lonelyplanet.com

... what do you worry about rent and internet when you can have those cheap $5 cheap hookers.

it's pretty cheap...hotels cost $17 CAN a day...and that's 3-4 star...it depends also on what beach u want to stay on..:thumbsup

lol

so anyone knows what internet costs over there?

I heard its very cheap to live there but I dont think you can get high speed access.

What aprt of Thailand you looking at?
Pattaya, Phuket, Hua Hin....
You can get DSL all over Thailand now with TA or TOT.
256/128 are the standard package which will cost you about 3000Baht a month unlimited access.

We are going to Thailand son for our holidays, anyone there want to meet up and buy us a beer?

Ive been to Thailand about 15 times and its cheap as hotel....appartments, hotels, whatever...few 100 bucks a month and you live like a king...1000 spending money is more than you need.

I'm Thai people :)
Stay in Bangkok

ICQ : 6544252

It sounds really cheap:glugglug

I am thinking of going over for a few months - Content shopping.

Sounds like a good place to visit but I dont think I wanna live there...major culture shock for me

I asked about this as well on GFY a few months ago. Definitely seems to have a crapload of advantages from what I've heard. Only thing that really keeps me from moving there is that porn is illegal over there, and I don't really trust their law enforcement.

Why you not go to
Laos , Vietnam , or something like that ?
Why you come to thailand ?
i think Laos and vietnam cheaper than thailand
and can make content easier than thailand


sorry I'm not good in English :)

Thai chicks are hotter.

this is the whoring capitol of the world bro...

Can officers be bribed down there?

absolutely....

i paid 2$ bribe for a seatbelt ticket 4 days ago....

they can be bribed for anything... even murder.... but that will run you at least 800$..... cocaine possession will run you around $25.... marijuana posession $25... no helmet on your yamaha R-1 $2... etc

get caught shooting porn, i'd guess around $100

I love Thailand, been there so many times. Everytime i come there i stay like 3/4 Weeks. I go this year again :)

Anyone live in Bangkok, Phuket or Pattaya ?

:Graucho

and punkworld.... if you SHOOT CONTENT here... i'd advise against it....

if you run porn sites... who cares... no problem....

they have major drug problems out here with meth running rampant (i dont mind, it keeps the girls skinny).... they have corruption in the government and police, they last think they are gonna do is see who is FTPing porn... im not even sure if there is a way to monitor who is FTPing porn.... lord knows no country in the world has the resources to monitor who is frequently VISITING porn websites...

I'm thai people
Anybody wanna do this business with me ?
:Graucho

No I guess only Bill Gates does.

From my point of view the 2am curfew ruined Bangkok. As did the crazy war on drugs. Personally getting locked down in a club and having to piss in a cup with another 500 party goers while some random thai cop stares you out isn't really my idea of fun.

its going down to 1am as soon as Thaksin signs the bill....

either way i party till 6am at the underground after hours bars/clubs/cafes.....

ive never gotten the piss test raid before.... just lucky i guess.... actually im told they chilled out on that... the police colonel that had a hardon for that in bkk has been transferred out of bangkok i heard....

close to the beach ? you want Pattaya... rent can cost from $150 a month to $4000 a month... depends on how you wanna 'ball'....

as far as cost of living... i have a friend who gets a whopping $1500 a month fixed income from his pizza place in boston and he is considered a white-hobo he has to live so cheaply.... then again he spends alot on whores and drinking every day... so clothes and his pad and places to eat get pushed aside for the 'more important' things....

in the eyes of the thai people any white man is 'rich'.... if you make more than $150 a month they think you're rich... but if you're from a 1st world country, you better be making decent cashflow if you think you're gonna get the same amenities you had in your old country as they generally cost the same if you are upper-crusting it..... 5 star dinners tend to cost almost the same as in the usa... same with 5 star hotels, trendy nightclubs, high priced hookers.... automobiles cost 30-50% more here, especially high end Benzes etc....

What happens if you get caught positive in a piss test raid? Can you bribe your way out or is it off to the cells?

I guess it really depends on the cop at the time. When I was there for Sonkran (thai new years) when the war on drugs was probably at its peak. It was actually very scary to watch the news nightly where they would actually show drug dealers blown away by the cops, these are not censored images like we get in western society these are pictures of people with bullets through them and there heads half missing. Very disturbing for the 6 o'clock news.

I guess we were just unlucky, we got piss tested at Ministry and then on the way home got pulled over, searched again, they even ripped the back seat out looking for shit.

I stay at the dynasty in NaNa then I move on down to phuket on patong beach.... then off to PhiPhi.... thats where I spend most of my time

Man, those magazines they sell are crazy...pics of suicides, murders...anything goes as long as its bloody.

Does anyone know what's the best country to shoot asian content in? And how much does a session cost with a nice looking model there?

kmanrox just wondering what was the reason you made the move to thialand?

Ive been wanting to go there and stay for a month or more but how do you handle your money? I would think carrying thousands in cash would make you suspect if searched.

Jeeez, I'd really like to live there, just not drive!


Thailand's New Year holidays this year were the deadliest ever with 716 people killed in road accidents, as the prime minister vowed Saturday to tackle reckless driving after his own daughter was involved in a minor traffic scrap.


http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...nds&sec=latest

you can rent nice villas in phuket at 5 minutes bike ride from the beach from 10 000 baht ( 254$)

i m staying in bangkok and i rent my two bedroom appartment for 15 000 baht . the condo has 2 swimming pools, sauna, jaccuzi, a tennis court and a gym. 5 minutes walk from the skytrain...

i heard there are still some other appartments for rent here at 17 000 baht ...

I wouldn't mind visiting but I'd definitely need a tour guide.

you are welcome , shoot me an email sabai AT sabailand.com so i can give you my number

I'll be there in April, I'm planning on going to Phuket, Phi Phi, and Ko Samui and then off to the north where I'm from!:)

If u don't go looking for trouble then u won't usually find it....:)

I'd gotta add this to my vacation list :)