Cost of Living

I’ve been getting a few tingles on one of my teeth so I take a trip to the dentist to get it looked at. This is actually the second visit and a follow up from the first visit yesterday where I had a full clean and x-rays taken. The dentist yesterday recommended I come back today to have a specialist …

Today I head off to find a Doctor to prescribe me some stronger medication to ease my respiratory congestion. Coming from Australia where over the counter medication is readily available, the dispensary system in Thailand seems quite backwards in comparison. Take a look at JC’s video discussing medical insurance here in Thailand. Mahachai 2 Hospital

So, I was on my way home from the Sermsuk Warehouse flea market when I realized I needed a couple of things from the supermarket. I needed to get some cash from the ATM which then had me thinking about the whole money transfer thing we go through every month. One of the challenges we face here in Thailand is …

With the Motor Expo starting at the end of this week, I thought it would be a great idea to go and check out the local used car dealerships and see how the prices stack up. For me, I still haven’t worked out how the new and used car market actually works in Thailand. Considering the average income of a …

We’ve had many people ask us to show them around our village here on the western side of Bangkok. Today we take a ride around and show you life as a Thai living in a modern Thai village. Ove the last 8 years, we’ve lived in 3 of these villages, or Moo Barns as they are called in the Thai …