I have a small amount of THB left over from my Thai wages every month, usually around 15-20,000. Not a lot by any means, and just stick it into a seperate Thai bank account to earn 0% interest. I'll probably use it in a year or two to buy something, so am reluctant to start sending it home every 4 or 5 months at a time, only to bring it back in a year or two.

So how about buying gold, maybe 50,000b at a time. This would likely increase a lot more than it sitting in my Thai bank account, but brings up a few issues:

I know nothing of buying gold.

And safety. I don't think I'd be happy with 200,000b of gold sitting in my apartment. Is there any safe deposit boxes one can rent for cheap, that are actually safe?

Any ideas, advice, experiences?

Thanks.