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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:55 am
- Forum: Motoring
- Topic: Thailand fuel/pump prices
- Replies: 182
- Views: 23716
Re: Thailand fuel/pump prices
^Without the subsidy, it would be about 34bt/litre which is still about half of what you would be paying in the UK.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
^One thing I noticed is that quite a few of them came from rural and farming backgrounds so were much more used to that kind of environment. I've spent my life around cities and am not really happy in the countryside. I like to see it and can entertain myself for about a week but after that, I get b...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
Probably the only person I've personally known to successfully make the full time transition is Norseman. Are you mixing up Nong Khai with Nong Ki? Two very different places. My partner is from just north of Nong Ki and there are a surprising number of Farangs living around the area. It wouldn't be...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Phone Stalls, Top Floor Market Village
- Replies: 14
- Views: 829
Re: Phone Stalls, Top Floor Market Village
^It's possible they were just trying to rip you off but on the other hand, connection cables do come in a vast range of qualities and it could be that the one they were trying to sell you was worth that much. For a cable I wanted, I went in a large French electronic shop and the range went from two ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:29 am
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Looking For New Tablet
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3446
Re: Looking For New Tablet
Thanks guys. I'm currently looking at Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ 5G 8/128GB (top end) and Samsung Galaxy S12+ Tablet {12GB RAM + 512GB ROM} Smart Tablet (lower end). Both seem to easily meet my very modest needs, plus an awful lot more. Would any 'expert' like to comment? I am a virtual novice on Andro...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Looking For New Tablet
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3446
Re: Looking For New Tablet
We use Ipads for documentation at work and even the new ones of those use C type connectors. I believe pretty much all devices do so these days. Just explaining my issues that I've experienced with the Lenovo - i.e. not recognising external drives/those via USB to C type Adaptors.... Have you used ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Digital Realm
- Topic: Looking For New Tablet
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3446
Re: Looking For New Tablet
We use Ipads for documentation at work and even the new ones of those use C type connectors.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:04 am
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Indian restaurants in Hua Hin
- Replies: 542
- Views: 345318
Re: Indian restaurants in Hua Hin
I haven't tried it but I walked past there recently and as you say, it's in that "new" Family Mart which is quite a large property.I think it's in the old family mart that was refurbished a few years ago
I found it because I was looking for a convenience store!
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
From International Living, the people who originally came out with this idea; https://internationalliving.com/countries/thailand/chiang-mai-thailand/ Here’s an example of a monthly budget for a couple living in Chiang Mai: Expense U.S. $ Rent (two-bedroom house) $496 Electricity $105 Gas & Water...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
^If life was that cheap in Thailand, I would have retired ten years ago!
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
Yes, 1,500 USD is only slightly more than what I pay for rent in Luxembourg city and my studio apartment is too small for two people.Where you'll save compared to the west is on accommodation.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: On The Road
- Topic: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
- Replies: 42
- Views: 3221
Re: Chiang Mai Listed Where Couple Can Retire for US$1,500/month
This article, ironically from last year, explains the problem and why nothing ever gets done about it: How Chiang Mai became the world’s most polluted city https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/12/how-chiang-mai-became-the-worlds-most-polluted-city “The problem is very much tied to the big agricultu...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:49 pm
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 6432
Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
....... We don't eat out that often because we don't like all the sugar that goes into local restaurant/takeaway food, which is also often cooked with msg and nasty palm oil (but that's all food for another thread.) For sure, healthy eating can be expensive. In Luxembourg they have a chain of small...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Feeding Time
- Topic: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 6432
Re: Has Your Food Shopping Increased?
:offtopic: this thread is about FOOD SHOPPING - not restaurants which we know are cheaper in Thailand because they don't have the high rents/overheads/taxes/regulations/hygiene standards/staff wages/etc..... Yes but because restaurants are so cheap in Thailand, I hardly do any food shopping compare...