Yes you can. At the beginning (first year) your burn rate will be higher due to accumulation and acclimation. Meaning you’ll be signing leases that require deposits, buying a vehicle and obtaining insurance. Then you will eat out a lot until you learn to buy quality market food and have stocked your kitchen. You’ll also make a few semi expensive mistakes. By the second year you’ll get down to 2K a month. And the rest will be entertainment. Enjoy Thailand Jeff!
Brett Lee why? Most only want for visa requirements. Which is a different answer than if they want for pre-existing and yet another for future planning.
Zero issues. It’s not punitive. It’s designed to freak you out and make you post on FB as a lesson to others and so you don’t do it again. Did it work?
This is normal this time of year. It’s called high season. There is also a big holiday - Christmas. Finally there have always been arrival cards. It’s not new it’s just digital now. Before people didn’t have pens. Now they don’t have experience with the app.
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