Thread: What do you like about living in Bangkok?

I'm specifically asking about Bangkok, because I may move there in the future. I spent about three months total living there on and off over the last three years.

I often hear that guys go there for Thai girls. I'm a girl so wouldn't be going there for the girls, so that one you can skip on.

There seems to be a lot of negativity on this board regarding Thai culture, and Thailand in general. Is there anything that you like about living in Bangkok? Compared to back home or in general? Are there many on this board in Bangkok?

Lifestyle, cost of living, availability of amenitities 24/7, friendliness of people (compared to the UK), the 'random' factor - although this can sometimes be frustrating, I actually find it makes life far more interesting. Hmmm, can think of anything else right now, but I am far happier here than I would be back in the UK or any other part of Thailand.

As a family man with 3 kids had to escape the place so I moved into the country side.

As a young farang girl in Bangkok, GO FOR IT GIRL and make sure you get an apartment close to the BTS.

Other than that have a great time and the worlds your oyster.

Originally Posted by filch

Lifestyle, cost of living, availability of amenitities 24/7, friendliness of people (compared to the UK), the 'random' factor - although this can sometimes be frustrating, I actually find it makes life far more interesting. Hmmm, can think of anything else right now, but I am far happier here than I would be back in the UK or any other part of Thailand.

Total nonsense.

I would wager you have been here for less than 3-years and can can speak less thai than an Isaani buffalo...

I only ever lived in BKK for a week but managed Nothanburi, which is like a suberb, for nearly a month. If you embrace the culture, smile and they smile back, and have a 'smattering' of Thai lingo it can be really quite nice. Apart from a lower cost of living, if you live near the skytrain you can easily and cheaply, get to lots of nice shops with just about everything. There are lots of places to go and things to see.

For me it was just a bit too noisy and, in some places, a bit smelly. A bit like some parts of London that I don't go to, anymore. As a Teacher, you are less likely to be easily intimidated, but I was a few times and I found that a bit scary.

Originally Posted by Loombucket

For me it was just a bit too noisy and, in some places, a bit smelly. A bit like some parts of London that I don't go to, anymore. As a Teacher, you are less likely to be easily intimidated, but I was a few times and I found that a bit scary.

For all that Bangkok is (and you have given good advice Loomy), I think I have outgrown Bangkok and now when I go back there it does intimidate me whereupon it did not before and when I was a resident there.

If I was 30 years old again it would be the place for me but Bangkok takes my breath away these days.

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

I would wager you have been here for less than 3-years

I'll take that bet, 1000bt says your wrong.

Bloody hell ET, do you need a hug?

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

Originally Posted by filch

Lifestyle, cost of living, availability of amenitities 24/7, friendliness of people (compared to the UK), the 'random' factor - although this can sometimes be frustrating, I actually find it makes life far more interesting. Hmmm, can think of anything else right now, but I am far happier here than I would be back in the UK or any other part of Thailand.

Total nonsense.

I would wager you have been here for less than 3-years and can can speak less thai than an Isaani buffalo...

I'll take your wager and laugh in your face. Nice baited attempt at inciting me, but it will take more than your poor trolling to raise me. So, how much is this wager of yours?

เท่าไหร่

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Bloody hell ET, do you need a hug?

Tell you what FP, clearly these guys are pent up. LOL. Shitty New Years for these, and I use the term loosely, gentlemen.

They know FA about me and love to pounce on new meat, sadly, they know jack about me. I love their trolling and I enjoy shooting clay pigeons. I think TD is gonna be my new shooting range for a while.

Originally Posted by filch

Shitty New Years for these, and I use the term loosely, gentlemen.

Originally Posted by filch

I think TD is gonna be my new shooting range for a while.

Originally Posted by The Fresh Prince

Originally Posted by bkkandrew

I would wager you have been here for less than 3-years

I'll take that bet, 1000bt says your wrong.

Aww come on FP, you can do better than that. You know the odds are in your favour. Let's say a months salary? Reckon BKKAndrew can match it? Fuck it, I'll throw in my Xmas bonus. LMFAO.

Originally Posted by filch

They know FA about me and love to pounce on new meat

Why did you think my post was about you?

You really shouldn't take things so personally, it was merely a critique of life in Bangkok.

Oh, it wasn't about filch.

Then I have to admit you managed to surprise me with your shopping habits:

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

At the local markets you'll curse your shapely hips and full bosom as the dainty 7 stone Thai woman says 'big size no hab'.

...and choice of partners:

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

You'll end up going home with a young Thai man who doesn't know the meaning of 'orgasm'

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Originally Posted by filch

They know FA about me and love to pounce on new meat

Why did you think my post was about you?

You really shouldn't take things so personally, it was merely a critique of life in Bangkok.

Possibly because of your comment and quote directly to my post here.

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Originally Posted by filch

Could I live like this in a capital city in the UK? Simple answer, NO.

Stuck in a studio apartment eating street food is living?

https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...-thailand.html (Rip Off Thailand)

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

I was cooped up in some dingy box-room studio apartment on Sukhumvit while surviving on street food that even my dog refused to eat. I had no real independence because I relied on the monorail, taxis, motorcycle taxis or buses (because I was insane enough to even consider boarding one) to get around. One day my motorcycle taxi driver was be so pissed up on Lao Khao he veered in front of a large truck and I shat my pants. I vowed never to use them again while laughing with my mates in the pub about my near death experience but I used them again because you're as dumb as the drivers themselves. At the weekend you'll go to RCA or Thong Lor and drink in places where the World's most repulsive and dispicable people gather - namely hi-so Thais. I was overcharged for drinks and they called me 'animal' or 'birdshit' behind my back but I didn't mind because I was having such a 'great time'. I ended up going home with a young Thai man who doesn't know the meaning of 'orgasm', 'hard work' or 'responsibility'. When I went shopping I was annoyed because absolutely anything with a brand name, especially clothes, was far more expensive than back home. At the local markets I cursed my shapely hips and full bosom as the dainty 7 stone Thai woman says 'big size no hab'. When needing a break from the putrid air and relentless noise I wished for a quiet refuge of greenery or culture. I was hard pushed to find one. The Wild West frontier town of Poipet on the Cambodian border provides little respite every 15 days as I rushed there on a visa run because I wasn't here on a proper visa.

Fuck me, the life story of Tuddy.

No wonder he always so pissed off

Originally Posted by NickA

Fuck me, the life story of Tuddy.
No wonder he always so pissed off

Thanks for enlightening me a little about Tud, now I understand his bitterness. I'd like to send him an upbeat MP3 song to lift his spirits. Stevie Wonder - Dontcha Worry About a Thing. LOL.

Tuddy give me your email address, or your Soulseek account username so I can help you out. You need some audio therapy ASAP. As for going home with a young Thai man, well, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I don't judge. But I am sorry he didn't service you quite the way you expected with your morales and standards of respect.

Nerves touched.

My work here is done.

^I suppose it was the Thai guy that didn't make you orgasm that really did it

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Nerves touched.

My work here is done.

Again, without wanting to be presumptious, I will be. That was supposed to be aimed at me?

My nerves are not touched, nor my nether regions by a Thai man. I'm sorry to hear of your disappointment by a Thai male freelancer. I wish you luck in getting the "respect", "service", and whatever else it is you demanded for your couple of thousand baht - assuming you had that much.

*written by an unnerved filch, who is wearing a wry smile

Originally Posted by filch

That was supposed to be aimed at me?

Don't be so precious.

Originally Posted by phuketbound

I'm specifically asking about Bangkok, because I may move there in the future. I spent about three months total living there on and off over the last three years.

and getting back on track.

with a bit of money you'll love the place.

I did.

without much money its a bit harder but still doable.

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Originally Posted by filch

That was supposed to be aimed at me?

Don't be so precious.

Lol, a Gollum I am not, I care not for the precious.