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    Quote Originally Posted by detroitdave
    and am looking for a place in Chiang Mai for 4-5 months December-April, possibly longer. Any recommendations/tips/sites to check out?
    arrive, and look around, dont rush to sign a less anywhere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TEAKD00R
    The minimum for me is 500,000 baht a month to live comfortably, eat out regularly and take holidays in nice hotels and trips outside Thailand, and if I earned less than 500,000 baht a month, it would not be worthwhile living in Thailand.
    Man I've had a few 200,000 baht months in Thailand and they just about killed me ... 500k yr dreaming mate!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wayne Kerr View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by TEAKD00R
    The minimum for me is 500,000 baht a month to live comfortably, eat out regularly and take holidays in nice hotels and trips outside Thailand, and if I earned less than 500,000 baht a month, it would not be worthwhile living in Thailand.
    Man I've had a few 200,000 baht months in Thailand and they just about killed me ... 500k yr dreaming mate!
    Havn't you heard ? Newbies tend to overpay the girls a bit. 50,000 short time, 100,000 all night !

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    I am 50 odd and considering TEFL teaching to supplement pension
    If you're here on a retirement visa best to pass on teaching job. Not allowed to work with retirement visa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    I am 50 odd and considering TEFL teaching to supplement pension
    If you're here on a retirement visa best to pass on teaching job. Not allowed to work with retirement visa.
    If he needs a teaching job to "supplement his pension", then I very much doubt it that he will be on "the retirement visa"

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    Quote Originally Posted by mooncake
    then I very much doubt it that he will be on "the retirement visa"
    Maybe he wants to supplement the minimum per month income of 65,000 baht required for retirement visa.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Smeg View Post
    Personally I'd want 100k to live anywhere in Thailand. Any less than that would require living like a local
    Actually locals are accustomed to way less...average salary is 8,000 baht. With 99,000 you can still be quite "international".

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    Quote Originally Posted by TEAKD00R View Post
    I don't know how these so-called teachers can even live on 100,000 baht a month. That's less than 1,800 GBP at the current exchange rate of 54.5 baht/pound! The minimum for me is 500,000 baht a month to live comfortably, eat out regularly and take holidays in nice hotels and trips outside Thailand, and if I earned less than 500,000 baht a month, it would not be worthwhile living in Thailand. 30,000 baht a month!!! Those 'teachers' aren't living, they're scraping an existence, staying alive. No self-respecting teacher would accept 30,000 baht a month. Let's face it, you're not a teacher, you're a loser. Even with 100,000 baht a month, you need to look for some different business opportunities in Thailand, because that ain't gonna go far in Bangkok.
    Scampy, can you make that much with your video biz?

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    Quote Originally Posted by detroitdave View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by blackgang View Post
    I live in a nice 3 Bedroom 2 bath house in a nice Moo Ban and close in as anyone that has visited me can verify. And here I pay 4K, In Chiang Mai
    I just booked my ticket to Thailand and am looking for a place in Chiang Mai for 4-5 months December-April, possibly longer. Any recommendations/tips/sites to check out? I'm a writer, just need a simple one bedroom with internet access

    I realize this is my first post - I just found this forum, easy on the newbie, ok?

    I know of a nice wooden house in the country 15km north of CM!

    simple and modern, about 5K a month

    interent access is from Mae Rim repeater station and is OK

    need a motorbike
    I have reported your post

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    [quote=Mr Brown;1148039]For Bangkok 100,000 a month is the bare miminum with a family of one child in my opinion and you can't save that much from experience

    100,000 and single with a going out habit is the bare minimum I reckon.
    What about this scenario?
    I have a collge degree+a Lifetime California teaching credential. and
    $800 mothly retirement (but I'm not going to tell them that).
    However... I am in excellent health...but I will be 70 this month.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by mooncake
    then I very much doubt it that he will be on "the retirement visa"
    Maybe he wants to supplement the minimum per month income of 65,000 baht required for retirement visa.
    Would try for work permit if I could teach...but think a degree if mandatory, would rule this out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    Would try for work permit if I could teach...but think a degree if mandatory
    Best to let some of our teachers answer this but depending on where you find a teaching position it may not be a problem. Up here in Isaan, I know a few folks teaching English at private schools and they have no degree. These folks make between 30,000 and 40,000 baht per month.
    "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect,"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolf
    30K a month for 2 people! that would be 15K each per month - pretty grim!
    Seen gas chambers that pay better

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    Quote Originally Posted by TEAKD00R View Post
    I don't know how these so-called teachers can even live on 100,000 baht a month. That's less than 1,800 GBP at the current exchange rate of 54.5 baht/pound! The minimum for me is 500,000 baht a month to live comfortably, eat out regularly and take holidays in nice hotels and trips outside Thailand, and if I earned less than 500,000 baht a month, it would not be worthwhile living in Thailand. 30,000 baht a month!!! Those 'teachers' aren't living, they're scraping an existence, staying alive. No self-respecting teacher would accept 30,000 baht a month. Let's face it, you're not a teacher, you're a loser. Even with 100,000 baht a month, you need to look for some different business opportunities in Thailand, because that ain't gonna go far in Bangkok.
    This dude doesnt feel well 500k...you should see a doctor soon before you become dangerous

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    Depending on your lifestyle, smoking, drinking and the area you intend to live, you can live quite comfortably on 30k. Supporting two could be difficult though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damarios View Post
    We are South Africans!!!
    Given your sexual orientation it may be prudent to budget for those inevitable expenses arising out of the many ad hoc liaisons so typical of your ilk. In more orthodox partnerships it is to be expected the chap will have his bit of fun on the side whilst wifey maintains order in the home but in your case both of you will doubtless be out and about.
    A useful rule of thumb is to calculate what you think you need as a bare minimum and then double it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    Would try for work permit if I could teach...but think a degree if mandatory
    Best to let some of our teachers answer this but depending on where you find a teaching position it may not be a problem. Up here in Isaan, I know a few folks teaching English at private schools and they have no degree. These folks make between 30,000 and 40,000 baht per month.
    I have carried out training for a computer based company to large business groups, so am well used to projecting myself...hence a TEFL idea and possibly live in Thailand.

    But I need a recomendation that its not a rip off exercise as some of these companies may well be; and will it really help getting employment after.

    My current situation, I have a house I cannot sell here at the moment but feel, despite good friends and family, nothing here for me in UK if that makes sense.

    Made redundant two months ago and get pension earlier than I wanted starting this January.

    I don't have a Thai gf so thats not influencing me..guess after two divorces and getting ripped off big time, its best to leave that area alone

    Any advice greatly appreciated.
    Last edited by john1000; 04-11-2009 at 12:58 AM.

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    Don't fall in love with the first bargirl you meet....

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    Any er um other advice?

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    No, really, you do sound like a prime candidate for BG infatuation the second you arrive here. Please remember this advice. In fact I'd suggest not even stopping in BKK and get yourself out to the sticks.

    As regarding a job, you'll need a degree and some sort of TEFL/CELTA certificate to get anything good.

    Can't advise you on much else as the info you've supplied is somewhat vague.

    A friend of a friend works at an international school and gets paid 120,000 Baht a month. I couldn't do it, but the money is at least reasonable!
    "Slavery is the daughter of darkness; an ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction; ambition and intrigue take advantage of the credulity and inexperience of men who have no political, economic or civil knowledge. They mistake pure illusion for reality, license for freedom, treason for patriotism, vengeance for justice."-Simón Bolívar

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    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    Don't fall in love with the first bargirl you meet....
    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    Any er um other advice?
    or the second one who is even cuter

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    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    My current situation, I have a house I cannot sell here at the moment but feel, despite good friends and family, nothing here for me in UK if that makes sense.
    don't burn your bridges; you sound a bit down and despondent, so it is a bad time to just run away

    the best way forward is to rent out your house, come to Thailand and look around

    talk to others, see what is going on

    maybe after three months look for a teaching job

    the rent on your house will, hopefully, cover your mortgage, so you can live on your payoff for a while

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrAndy View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by StrontiumDog
    Don't fall in love with the first bargirl you meet....
    Quote Originally Posted by john1000
    Any er um other advice?
    or the second one who is even cuter
    or the third one who has a very attentive and loving older brother...

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    Thanks for advice. I have been to Thailand on four occasions to visit some friends who live here and am aware of the pitfalls regarding " the Thai gf " For that reason, and to stay focused, I will not get involved. Had enough in UK of that

    But apart from Udon, not visited other places. I want to live in los cheaper, and maybe enjoy a different life style.

    Need to sell house and free mortgage as if interest rates change, I am in the sh1t....
    My background is in IT and have undertaken many training sessions and think with a TEFL could teach although would be a steep learning curve. Dont have a degree though....

    I like Udon, but would like to stay maybe somewhere likes KK as is somewhere different.

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    You can't live on 30k long term, even if you can or think you can short term. There is no money to replace things like computers, to buy airline tickets, to pay for dental work etc.

    It is a pauper wage and should only be considered if you already have a reasonable and liveable income from another source and this 30k would just be a top up.

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