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Going for holidays to Bangkok for 3 weeks.
Great thread, deserved a bump
What area you off to?
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Going for holidays to Bangkok for 3 weeks.
Great thread, deserved a bump
What area you off to?
Silom.
Will base myself there and look to do all the sights and sounds.
Just around the corner from Patpong Although that's not my thing
Yeah got a nice-ish room and now need to plan the days.Close to everything in central Bkk anyway
Haha hows that absolute flog spending about his high class holiday expectations
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Yeah got a nice-ish room and now need to plan the days.
Might wing it a bit
It's actually a work trip so no go.Lose a week or so in Bangkok and head to Chiang Mai.
If you look like a westerner (farang), my advice to you would be to completely ignore anyone who approaches you in the street. They see you as one giant ATM card and before you know it you will be in part of one of their elaborate scams before you know it.It's actually a work trip so no go.
I leave on Friyay!!!
Been here for 3 weeks and haven't been approached since I'm in work gear and not sticking out like a touristIf you look like a westerner (farang), my advice to you would be to completely ignore anyone who approaches you in the street. They see you as one giant ATM card and before you know it you will be in part of one of their elaborate scams before you know it.
The majority of Thai people are very nice and quite shy. Meaning anyone openly approaching you is breaking away from their cultural norm and looking for your money.
Not in depth by any means. Most of the tourist staples. And almost ten years ago now, so much will have changed.Vietnam is where I wanna go next year. Seems an interesting place. Anyone sampled this country?
How much money do you reckon a single man who is smart with his spendings would need to live a comfrotable life in Chiang Mai?
Single apartment near the main road, eating street food a couple times per day, some time spent at coffee places for wifi etc.
Gigantic Fantastic reply, thank you.
How hard was it to find the room for $200/m? I have been considering trying to 'bootstrap' a business idea and could easily cover a few months at AUD $800/m to make it work. All I need is a room with air con, wifi and a bed. I live on $400/week in Australia, including rent and bills, because I am frugal. Why could I not live on half of that in Chiang Mai? Even a $300/m place would leave $500 for food, water, coffee, maybe the occasional drink.
Talk me out of it.
My mate went to Chaing Mai talking it up, to do this 'digital nomad' thing, expecting it to be resort-vibe-relaxation during the day and high speed, overwhelmingly cultural weekend trips away. Hated it then and hates it now. This is a bloke who's lived in Europe, been through the -stans for months. Apparently it's basically s**t, lots of condos aren't very well kept and it feels dodgy staying there, simple things like the internet go down all the time and you can't even get decent food because it's far away and there's dogs errywhere.
lol, he had some whacked expectations going in to that.My mate went to Chaing Mai talking it up, to do this 'digital nomad' thing, expecting it to be resort-vibe-relaxation during the day and high speed, overwhelmingly cultural weekend trips away. Hated it then and hates it now. This is a bloke who's lived in Europe, been through the -stans for months. Apparently it's basically s**t, lots of condos aren't very well kept and it feels dodgy staying there, simple things like the internet go down all the time and you can't even get decent food because it's far away and there's dogs errywhere.
mouncey2franklin go for it!! If there was a place overseas that I'd consider doing what you're doing, Chiang Mai would be close to the top of the list.
Inside the city, you could easily find a comfortable condo for $400-$500 per month.
Monthly phone plans with data: $20/month
Scooter hire: $100/month
Food prices vary between the more western-style influenced Thai food and traditional Thai food. I usually planned to spend no more than $3 or $4 per meal when eating Thai food, but you could easily find cheap rice/noodle dishes for like $2. I was eating well over 3,000 calories over there because of my lifestyle and was spending no more than $10 per day eating out.
Coffee was around $2-$3 if I remember correctly.
So if you add up those expenses, you'll need to budget for around $900. Then factor in things like petrol for the scooter, eating in restaurants rather than street food, buying sweets and things at markets and water, and you'll be set back around $1000.
I stayed 20 minutes outside of the city renting a place for $200 per month with a very comfortable air-con room with bills, wifi etc included. As it was also outside of the city, food was significantly cheaper also.