Tips and advice on what how and best way to move to Thailand and Bangkok. Lifestyle Design and living a dream life in Asia.
It is amazing to still find people claiming to live like VIPs on seemingly tiny budgets as expats in Bangkok. As this really is not modern-day life in the city, and it is more just sensational bloggers hyping up their own lifestyles. Ignoring many of the realities of the actual cost of living in Bangkok …
Most western tourists will be able to arrive to Thailand without a visa, and will be given ‘visa exemption‘ on arrival, guaranteeing a 30 day stay in the country (note, this is different to “Thai visa on arrival” which non-western countries may need). However, for longer stays in Thailand, a Thai visa application may be …
Chiang Mai has never really appealed to me in the past and, given the choice, I would probably opt for a similar lifestyle in other ”cultural” Asian cities, like the valleys of Ubud, Bali, maybe. But, at the same time, Chiang Mai is a very easy destination to access. And, while I have avoided the …
Recently we made the seemingly backward decision to move from our happy home in Bangkok, to live a new life in rural Thailand. We gave up our simple life in Bangkok’s CBD, to find an even simpler life in the rural regions of Northeast Thailand (Isaan). While this switch in lifestyle may appear a huge …
Buying a condo in Bangkok is the second best decision I’ve made in my life. The best decision was travelling to Bangkok in the first place. Since coming here my lifestyle has changed dramatically and to leave would be absurd. Fortunately I never have to. When I first bit the bullet and put a down …
