Marty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:35 pm Even the high end of that is a crap monthly wage but on a 3 day weekend in Bkk, I would probably spend only 25K, including a decent hotel, great food, a different hoe each night, booze and narcotics. I'd have 10K left over.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:51 pm

Marty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:35 pm Even the high end of that is a crap monthly wage but on a 3 day weekend in Bkk, I would probably spend only 25K, including a decent hotel, great food, a different hoe each night, booze and narcotics. I'd have 10K left over.

So you just going out one weekend every month, one out three off. 10k left if you don't loose it, or get robed. Pay the rent, utilities and food out of the 10k or you using your bank balance. You have cut down to one weekend bender. I said its only a matter of time, you will grow out of it. Or we will read the tragic news on here.

fazur wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:59 pm my partner was earning 40,000 baht in 2005.

no inflation-related adjustment in 15 years? duck off.

teachers, here's a suggestion: duck thailand.

Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 11:46 am

phuketrichard wrote:farang teachers teaching in thai schools ( not university) earn between 25-35,000 baht/month
enough to get by living alone, but not much

Exactly. And if you want someone who's not a gap-year student, you have to pay up. No mention of the complicated visa/work permit situation there as well, which drives people away after a short stint. I agree regarding their poor English skills in general. Even in some large hotels the staff are pretty clueless language-wise.

And regarding colonization: the only reason they weren't colonized was because the French and British wanted a buffer state...

Marty wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2020 3:21 pm
I think the French went a little nuts and tried to take it or parts of it in 1940 and were repelled. Thats what Victory Monument is there for. I'm sure others here know a much more detailed history, but thats it in a nutshell.