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12-25-22 03:04 #2600
Posts: 47Retire to Thailand
Hi, can anyone recommend a legit site to give me the latest info on the requirements for retiring to Thailand.
Seems to be a lot of variation in the sites I have viewed.
I currently live in Vietnam and the visa requirements there are just crazy since Covid.
Thanks.
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08-19-20 02:20 #2599
Posts: 1Originally Posted by Buksida1 [View Original Post]
I'm new to the forum. Who might be good to PM to ask about what men would have done earlier in their lives to better set themselves up to be sexpats in places like Thailand?
Aside from just make more money obviously.
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06-27-19 08:20 #2598
Posts: 122Originally Posted by Anderlu [View Original Post]
I have spent a lot of time in Chiang Mai. It is full of retirees from many countries. The biggest problem is the insane pollution problem from about February to May. Many people leave during that time period.
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06-27-19 08:01 #2597
Posts: 154If it still means anything to you
Originally Posted by Scungo [View Original Post]
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03-16-19 21:41 #2596
Posts: 2Living in Chiang Mai.
I have visited Chiang Mai several times, occasionally for longer spells. For three year I have considered buying a condo to live part of he year here. Whereas I enjoy a certain aspect of life in Thailand greatly, it would be nice to add a new dimension to this. I am trying to identify locations where older western expat men meet for a drink and a chat and possibly exploring the town in more detail. I have come across several places inside and outside the walls but have never ventured into conversation. I am thinking of buying a condo close to the Shangri La hotel.
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03-24-18 14:11 #2595
Posts: 23Best places to live.
I am thinking of living in Thailand, if not permanently then at least 5 months out of the year. I am wondering what is the best place to go for my purposes. My checklist is:
1) Hot, but not too hot.
2) Mountainous, but not so as it is too difficult to walk (hopefully the elevation will make it cooler as well).
3) Quiet, but I can still get laid when the mood takes me.
4) Facilities, food, eating places not too far away.
I might also add:
5) Cheap.
Although if I choose to buy somewhere, I might pay more in order to get more rental income when I am not there.
Tricky, because everything is a trade-off.
I had my honeymoon in Chiang Mai and liked it there, though more in the mountains would be better. There may even be areas around Phuket that are reasonably mountainous.
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12-27-16 14:14 #2594
Posts: 361Looking for a local business Partner
Hi all,
I hope that I don't bore you but I am looking for a local business in Software or Software Development to partner with.
I have developed some amazing security safety apps and software that will work well here in BKK.
Please inbox me if you are interested or know of someone.
Thank you.
PP.
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11-03-16 03:59 #2593
Posts: 1856Originally Posted by RedKilt [View Original Post]
He rode into power on a wave of nationalistic populism and continues to milk it for all he is worth. He has an arguably competent administration but under his demagogic style no one dares argue with him. His great booster and China envoy, former president Ramos, has quit in disgust and described Duterte's policies as quote: 'shit'. The rule of law remains suspended with state sanctioned murder and death squads still in effect. Duterte is courting his military and police assiduously and that, combined with his massive populism, means RP is very real danger of tipping over into a revolutionary government before the plebs realise what has hit them.
I'll take Thai politics and a higher standard of living over your alternative.
Regards & Best wishes.
AV.
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11-02-16 14:20 #2592
Posts: 3230Originally Posted by AsianRain [View Original Post]
It would take a momentous shift in the center of gravity for anything to change for expats in the Philippines, and the current Philippines President, although immensely "popular" with the masses, does not have the eloquence or charisma to move the masses away from the USA.
The reality is that if Du30 were to disappear from view overnight, business here would continue as usual, because people are largely inert and prefer their comfort zones. I am not sure that this underlying stability exists in Thailand.
I am staying put where I am.
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11-02-16 07:55 #2591
Posts: 1856Originally Posted by OliverKitsoff [View Original Post]
AV.
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10-23-16 13:10 #2590
Posts: 946Originally Posted by OliverKitsoff [View Original Post]
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10-23-16 09:01 #2589
Posts: 4051Originally Posted by AsianRain [View Original Post]
I look forward to having some discussions next month in Bangkok with a few expats who have lived there for several years. I'd like to know if, as is the case here among some Westerners, they're growing increasingly uneasy about the longer-term.
GE.
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10-23-16 08:22 #2588
Posts: 97Originally Posted by AsianRain [View Original Post]
Once scoffed at by the MSM, Messrs. Schiff, Rogers, and 'Dr. Doom' incidentally, also a CM resident, and habitue of Loy Kroh Rd, more and more economists are predicting at the very least a correction, I think we face GFC 2. 0 without the bailouts this time!
As to the second part of your observation, while expats may not be directly in anyone's crosshairs yet, decisions made on high, impact every member of a nations population for better or worse. If you at least understand some of the key personalities, as described by their peers (our foreign Ambassadors) in the wikileaks cables, and not the PR crap they put out for the masses, you MAY be able to perhaps make better expat decisions.
There are NO guarantees!
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10-23-16 07:56 #2587
Posts: 946Originally Posted by GoodEnough [View Original Post]
The world is now coming due for the cyclical 10-year economic crisis and shearing of the meek masses, so I would be less concerned about what Hillary, Du30 and other political talking heads are up to. There is a much bigger play happening. Enjoy, AsianRain.
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10-23-16 07:45 #2586
Posts: 97Originally Posted by GoodEnough [View Original Post]
I do know that I was never a fan of the PI having tasted it (lovely women, shithole of a place) even before that lunatic got into power.
He changes his story every day, and frankly I think he's mentally unstable.
As I recommended, there are only two sites both current and prospective expats need to make a decision thets RIGHT FOR THEM, not the next guy, and those are:
numbeo.com -for cost of living, crime rates, etc.
And newmandala -for the skinny on what the elite are up to and how that may affect you personally, or not.
Everything else is barstool opinions, usually borrowed from what the television tells mongers to think!
Including what you read here 95% of the time.
Sorry if that offends some, but take it to the pub, I'm not here to debate this stuff, just to try and help in a practical way.