Tips and advice on what how and best way to move to Thailand and Bangkok. Lifestyle Design and living a dream life in Asia.
With 20+ years of both living and travelling in Thailand (showing my age here), I couldn’t begin to count the number of Thai visas and visa applications I have processed through these years. From visa exemption and regular tourist visas to ‘non-o’ for marriage, similar for owning property in Thailand (this option no longer exists), …
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 …
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 …
Recently we made the seemingly backward decision to move from our happy home in Bangkok, surrounded by big city conveniences and amazing street food, 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). …
Buying a condo in Bangkok is the second-best decision I’ve made in my life. The best decision was to travel to Thailand 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 …
Note, due to Covid and travel restrictions in Thailand and Southeast Asia many of these Thai visa run options are not available and due to the changing policies and restrictions we cannot update on a regular basis. These are otherwise the best pre-Covid and possibly post-pandemic options for Thai visa runs, and it’s best to …
