Given it's your first ever flying in and out be a good idea .. Kuala Lumpur is good since you only get a small stamp rather than a disgusting full page consuming sticker..
I agree. I don't spend that. Sometimes I'm sub 30k/month up in Chiang Mai ... I don't eat much western food , maybe once a month .. I just said that because I know many pensioners who don't eat Thai food , drink like fish , have cars etc .. They the people that spend 60k
you might only want to stay 10, 15 , 20 days etc ... You might have loose plans to meet up with people that ain't set in stone. Spontaneous natured souls don't like set timetables ... Anyway Thurko , out of interest do you know many people in my position who have used the Thai visa centre VIP 8000 bht meet in airport successfully ...
I worry about paying flying and nobody being there . Still outcast in KL here but hope to return In a week or so to salvage my belongings before departing to slavery ... Cheers 🍻👍