tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post9211145205575741914..comments2009-01-12T15:18:55.480+07:00The FrogBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06974272262704070183petergarwood@gmail.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post-75063163386482772702009-01-12T10:55:00.000+07:002009-01-12T10:55:00.000+07:00Enjoyed reading this, and thanks for stopping by my blog. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what to make of this, as I have no experience with living outside of my own country. I suppose the only thing I can relate to it would be my move out of NYC almost 10 years ago for upstate NY, Rochester to be specific. I know how I feel when I go home to visit my family, and find that I can't stay in NYC for more than 4 days or so anymore. I have acclimated to the slower pace of life here (as compared to NYC) and i find it far more enjoyable as the years go on. Now, if they could only make good bagels up here...<BR/><BR/>While I have traveled abroad some, (England, Scotland, Eastern Caribbean) there are still many places that I would love to visit and experience. Thailand is not on my list, but I would like to learn more about it.Mr. Nighttimehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post-24086107855527335432009-01-11T09:52:00.000+07:002009-01-11T09:52:00.000+07:00Oh and definitely agree with you on having to be hog-tied to ever consider living in the UK again (same for the US, for me!)<BR/><BR/>I've been gone from the UK for more than 25 years. Talk about living in a 'Strange Land' if I ever had to return.Britinbangkokhttp://www.britinbangkok.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post-31254611017066200322009-01-11T09:50:00.000+07:002009-01-11T09:50:00.000+07:00I get paid in Thai baht so it's not affecting me at all. Plus, even if I didn't, the US dollar has been relatively stable for the last year and a half or so. Feel sorry for the Brits though, especially the retirees, must be killing them!<BR/><BR/>Mike's correct though, prices seem to be coming down a bit here - even things like milk and bread have dropped a couple of baht per, which does add up when you consume as much of them as I do :-)Britinbangkokhttp://www.britinbangkok.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post-63855604269381496902009-01-08T21:59:00.000+07:002009-01-08T21:59:00.000+07:00I can't fault your opinion on the true Thailand ex pats running into any financial trouble. A minimum 30000 baht per month with a little cost cutting should be more than adequate. The girl hunting big time Charlie, funded by unpaid loans and with his pension due in the very distant future could find a sustained strong baht his calling card to run for cover. A cleansing of this kind would not be a bad thing and a sure benefit to Thailand in general.Hoo Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674472321855725644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7211296431435270917.post-54914492943146996152009-01-08T11:33:00.000+07:002009-01-08T11:33:00.000+07:00Pete, quite thought provoking. Must admit that my daily read of news is usually limited to BP or the Nation. The only UK press I currently read is my local Nottingham rag for the sport!<BR/><BR/>If I do read any of the other pages I just end up convincing myself that I made a sound decision to move. (crime, weather stress).<BR/><BR/>The Baht exchange rate is worrying but I can stand a 10,000 Baht hit(difference between now and July) each month( with the hope of recovery later this year) better here than I could in the UK. <BR/><BR/>If anything, things are getting a little cheaper here thanks to the oil price which unlike in the UK is passed on to consumers. <BR/><BR/>Diesel is down to 18 Baht a litre now!Mikehttp://www.my-thai-friend.comnoreply@blogger.com