Lifestyle - Cost & Where

Thailand has rivers, mountains, hills, lakes, sea, forests and water falls.

There are studio apartments, family apartments from 2 to 3 bedrooms, service apartments, shop houses, low end to high end town houses (terrace house) and bungalows.

Then you have houses made of wood or concrete. Houses by the side of road or in a housing estate with security guards.

Houses and apartments furnish or unfurnished. Is your place air con or without.

Do you want to live in the city or suburbs?

All the above have very wide range of
prices. From 2,000.00 baht to more than 100,000.00 baht monthly rental.

There are people living in a 500,000 baht rental bungalow with swimming pool.

Only you know what kind of house based on your budget and preference.

There are all kinds of food, by the side of road or in a market or food court in hypearket or high end food court or restaurant or hotels restaurant.

Thais can have a meal that cost 15 baht - raw vegetables dip in prawn paste (Kapi) with glutinous rice. Can you eat?

There are pork chop at 69.00 baht by the side of the road and dust flying around. Perhaps grilled chicken grilled at the back of a motor bike. The chicken is on the grill mesh and traveling to various places since it's on the bike.

The noodle seller is sitting down with legs up and automatically touched the toes. You order your noodles and he/she never wash the hands and start cooking noodles for you. Hands touching the noodles, meat, vegetables etc.

Do you drink Leo beer or Carlsberg or Fosters or budweiser etc

Perhaps you are a wine lover, local thai wine or imported.

Maybe you smoke, local cigarettes or imported.

Having a hair cut is 80 or 300 baht depends where you go.

Eating white bread or rye or imported breads.

Just compare the chicken in a bin at Big C or Tesco Lotus against those packed by CP or Vila or Fuji or Foodland supermarkets. Big difference in price and quality.

Are you a fan of fish sauce which is 30 baht per bottle or soy sauce from HK at 80 baht per bottle.

Is your cooking oil 48 baht or 80 baht for canola oil?

Egg is size 1 to 5 and prices are different a lot.

What kind of food do you want?

If you wish to live in Thailand, come over here and go to various cities to check it out yourself.

Try eating all kinds of food at different places to know the Taste and price.

You have hands on experience by then then you know if it suits you.