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You are mistaken. There is a separate Bangkok thread, it is well worth a look - there's lots of the type of information you sound more interested in in there. This is the 'General Reports' thread -...

I don't know if it is still there (I remember it from over 20 years ago now), but when you took the train across from Malaysia, there used to be a big sign when you come into Thailand that read:
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Actually, it should read 'etc' ;)

In answer to your query, I usually get that sort of stuff at MBK. Easy to get to, jam packed with just about everything, and less bargaining required than the...

Jackson has made it quite clear in various forums in response to various posts of the type you've written below, that the intent of this forum is also to provide travel information. Good travel...

rarely do people seem to admit to their wrongs these days. apology accepted and kudos to you sir for offering it. i'd tip my hat to you if i was a hat wearing sort of fellow.

i normally try not to be critical of other posts, but i really felt the above wasn't helpful at all. i don't recall anyone in this discussion being pro-****philia. what was being discussed was more...

the us has a bit of a reputation for that sort of thing... in a thread recently in the philippines section, someone was asking 'why do all korean's hate all us citizens - they owe us etc' * that is...

OK, this one I know the answers to - but the question is a bit ambiguous.

The UK taxes expats within the UK exactly the same way as they tax citizens. Basically, the UK taxes residents regardless...

Would that be the dumbest assumption ever?!

NicFrenchy,

Most of my long term resident farang friends are English teachers. They are all in that range. Some work as foreign consultants for other industries and make a lot more (one mate of...

Yep - my fault, I thought you were implying that you knew of some sort of network of recruitment agencies or something that finds better paying jobs for decent English teachers. You never alluded to...

OK, now I understand... you started by saying Opebo is a chump for working for 35k.

The big magic secret you had is that if you get a PhD or get into a specialised higher paying industry, you can...

OTH,

I most certainly agree with you with respect to the Thai's being able to stretch less a lot further - you omitted the oft mentioned dual tier pricing which is another point in favour of that...

Where? I've not been locally employed in Thailand, but have had plenty of farang friends who are/have been - usually teaching English, but, some of them have switched to some sort of stocks based...

That brought a huge grin to my face.

I hadn't considered that side of it.

For years every letter and email to my parents finished with 'please send money'.

They never did!

(To be fair to...

That one confused me... what is the advantage to you in the baht losing value?

As far as I can see, most expats are better off with a strong baht:

We still get paid the same in baht terms....

While I am enjoying the debate, and tend to agree that there seems to be more than just the smell of charred human flesh in the state of Texas, you do realize that endless discussion is going to...

i can't speak to indonesia, but kl, bangkok and london are all cities i know very well.

in london, out late at night, particularly with a few drinks under your belt, getting robbed/beaten up is...

The thing I always try to remind people is that (with a couple of exceptions due to political strife) pretty much anywhere in SE Asia is probably safer than where you come from - assuming you are...