WHY I MOVED OUT THE UK TO THAILAND
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- In this video we go over a few points as to why I left the UK for good and chose Thailand. Everything and I mean everything is better in Thailand. I feel more at home here than I ever did in the UK. There is so much more opportunity, people are so much nicer and friendlier. In Koh Samui where I chose to stay everyone is running businesses online and got multiple income streams and simply by having a conversation with them it opens up your eyes to whats possible.
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Mate I’m moving Thailand next week with my wife and 3 kids we sold everything up and leaving uk, not planning on coming bk! Hope all works out for mate!
Honestly that’s probably the best decision. UK has been sinking for a long time now. Thailand is full of life and plenty of opportunity!! Good luck to you too 🎉
💯 I’ve been going Thailand for nearly 20 years, deffo no place like the land of smiles bro 😎
@@slickwindows4621so you’ve got more experience than most haha! Nice man! Literally best place in earth!!
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What visa are you on? Been waiting for them to release the digital nomad visa so I can go over for a year.
just on normal tourist visa atm just doing the border runs. Will jump on the student visa and start learning Thai once this runs out.
@@karoltrades ah right. Thanks for the update. Do you just need to leave the country to apply for another tourist visa then you can come straight back?
@@reggie5495they do runs to the Malaysian border you get a stamp and come straight back 10 minutes later you don’t even need to leave. Everyone does it.
@@karoltrades wow. Thanks. I didn't realise that. I thought you could only go back once a year for 2/3 months. I think I'll be going over sooner rather than later then and try get a digital nomad visa if/when they come out. Cheers.
@@reggie5495in Thailand it’s all accessible it’s only in the western world they create all these unnecessary rules and regulations
TLDR For cheap sunglasses & poon : )
I had all of your opinions back in the 90's when I first visited and chose to stay in Thailand in the 90s.
GENERALITIES: *Thailand is STILL great for hols* BUT the *purely* surface level superficial relationships are all you can expect from 99.999999999% of the locals. They're polite and that's a refreshing difference to the west but most should listen to "Smiling Faces' by the Undisputed Truth (do it NOW - it's a superb tune) on repeat on their flight out. As the song says, the truth is in the eyes!
Thailand has massive (and misplaced imho) nationalist pride / xenophobia but they do hide it well.
It's the opposite of New York where locals come off as rude buggers but often have hearts of pure gold beneath their exterior shells.
I prefer straight shooters to snides but that's just me (and ofc it's also a generalisation - If you want to insult a weak man, tell him the truth...*and vice versa*).
Compounding that problem is fact that the quality of expats is VERY low - the average is 'harmless scumbag' but there are also some very dangerous 'expats' there who are safe in the knowledge that they could murder you and, IF caught, could easily pay their way out of trouble (read up on the 'Red Bull heir driver' who got eggy in traffic and drove into a number of strangers inc a policeman and killed them - now free as a bird (obvs he's not an expat but same rules apply if you ever want to get away with manslaughter / murder :-)
For all of these reasons *the place is super transient* - i.e bonds you do make don't tend to last - people move on or die (I anticipate naive zommers/millys thinking, "yeah but that applies to everywhere" but if they have the balls to move they can test the theory as I DID : )
After a while you question the value of investing in relationships.
RE: "cheap": rent is cheap & human labour is very cheap in Thailand (inc. the ladies which is a massive draw for many). However, if you buy anything made outside of the country (electronics, wine, quality products, etc.), Thailand can be very expansive due to BIG import taxes.
You mentioned the heat - it's awful in hot season - it drains your energy and you often feel trapped inside as you might in the depths of a western winter. If you plan to work (digi gonads) don't assume you'll be anywhere near as productive as you would in a cold or cool climate.
The food is delicious and cheap but is greasy, cooked in reused seed oil, MSG and lacks nutritional value - basically it's unhealthy. If you want decent western food you'll pay through the nose (hence the 'it's expensive" comments).
Knowing millys, (imho usually too cool for school know it alls) they'll discount all these comments and, if they make the move, learn the hard way.
Having said all of the above I'm still considering moving back out there permanently as *I know what I'll face* and see what is happening to this country (UK) aided by well meaning idealistic ('suicidally empathic') idiots who see no issue with ushering in millions and millions of g/immigrants forever who are transforming the UK into a mishmashed high tax / high free benefits economic area - it's increasingly no longer a nation - just a bunch of people who don't agree on anything other than to never cause any offence to anyone - let alone complete pee takers - in this respect Thai 'xenophobia' is a blessing.
*Imho* at the moment quality of life is much better than Thailand BUT the UK has just elected a hard left socialist (own nothing & be happy?) government so, if you have done OK for yourself, look out!
I agree with everything you’re saying! Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed response. Respect
@@karoltrades No worries mate. FWIW, most last about 2 years tops for many reasons (I did 3 years back in the late 90s at about the same age as you). Opps were different then (internet was very niche - 95% didn't even have an email so I taught English - a siht jib but paid the bills and Thailand was much more innocent and cheaper back then).
TBH, I'd advise you to enjoy a couple of years there tops = you've got plenty of time - but go somewhere where there's better opportunities (i.e ANYWHERE else) as the opportunity cost in Thailand is massive. Worst thinhg that can happen is you waste a lot of years banging abouy but scrapping by and then go back to the west and no one wants to employ you cos 'too old' etc. Also youre young and in good shape so will probably have to fihjt off the poon with a shitty stick but that will change as the years pass so be careful but enjoy it while ut lasts ;-)
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thanks for watching sir!