@Rich ***********

yeah Biden had me strapped as his administration was woeful and the DEI hires kept making mistakes on my account. Trump got in and it was sorted within a month with back pay.

@Todd ********

I am definitely not sad. Trumps done amazing for me. I don't worry about the conversion rate because I keep enough in my account to wait it out and I am actually happy for the people in Thailand that their dollar and economy is gaining strength.

@Todd ********

Rich coming from a Canadian. Your politicans are far more woeful. Imagine blocking peoples banks accounts simply because they disagreed with their political moves.

We have three cruises booked at the moment - Seattle through Alaska then to Japan, next cruise through Japan and Korea and the last going from Hong Kong through China, Vietnam, Singapore then to Koh Samui and ending in Bangkok. Mega excited and will probably be able to answer your question after that cruise finishes on Nov 6th.

@Robin ******

it is, we absolutely love it here.

Firstly, figure out what sort of life you want as each area has different things to offer. If having a big western culture community around you is important - places like Hua Hin, Pattaya etc - for us, we wanted a quieter lifestyle away from the girlie bars and party places so we opted to move about an hour south of Hua Hin to Prachuap Khiri Khan in a little beach cottage just north of the bay in the fishing village and we love it here - the draw back is if we want to shop for western foods, clothing etc we have to go to Hua Hin not a big deal for us, others, maybe it would be - it wouldn't suit everyone but to us it is heavenly. My advice is to travel around, see the different places and figure out what is and isn't to your liking. We stayed in hua hin the first three months and got our retirement visa sorted and the plan was to drive around until we found our ideal spot - luck would have it, it was the first place we stopped at after Hua Hin lol

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@Jojo *****

i am post menapausal but do occasionally still get a hot flush - the humidity here can play havos as well but I can say once you get through the first year (I spent a lot of time in air con the first year and only went out early mornings or evenings) and learn to dress appropriately for the climate it gets a lot easier. I did a big weight loss as the extra weight was worse than the hot flushes and then went in for a mommy makeover (arms, breast reduction and tummy tuck) and now, in the wet season I feel cold and need a sweater - in other words there are ways of dealing with it. Thin clothing, air con and keeping healthy are the keys.

@Jim ******

If you think, as you imply, that the Thai men don't find farang women attractive as much as Thai ladies find farangs attactive you'd be wrong - the difference is Thai's are respectful and the farangs who would be the ones we would be unsafe from (not all farangs - just some) are too busy chasing transactional relationships to notice us. Most men (or women) don't think that way though - safety isn't all about that and it's a shame thats where your mind took you.

@Andy ******

We are in Mong Lai lol don't really miss anything to be honest since I can cook farang food when I want (but thats rare because the food here is delish) and though I was a wine drinker - vodka and orange when I want alcohol which is rare is a good replacement. I thought I would have issues slowing down for retirement as a workaholic, turns out there is always something to do here. Morning walks on the beach & healthy eating - over 2 and a bit years - 63 kilos gone - weight I tried to lose while working but with 60 hour weeks didn't have time. We are never bored lol and yes - we do occasionally travel outside Thailand for visits with family.