Something is cheaper,something are more expensive. Tings that are cheap in Thailand can be idioticly expensive in Philippines because it needs to be imported . It also depends where in the country you buy it ! I was in Boracay and experiensed extreme high prices for everything. The more tourists,the higher prices...
In the beginning i was an easy target blinded by sex and love. Then little by little i started to understand ,no money no honey even they love you maak,maak as they say ! I dont say that all thaiwoman are like that,only the 283 i was in relationship with the last 22 years.
Not my experience after many trips to Laos from Udon Thani ! I always had to pay visafee even I never stayed more than a week at the time,but it costed nothing to enter back to Thailand again !