Thanks! A few months ago I got a fixed account for the 800k thb and opened a separate account for my daily spending. Happy to see that this might add some ease.

@Jennifer **********

same. Trying to avoid usa also 😀

@Tod ********

I left Thailand in Feb 2024 for a weekend and was able to do my 90day report online May 2024. Krabi province.

@Sarah *******

I felt the same way when I taught in the USA public schools. Teaching at intl schools in Oman and Singapore changed my life.

@Sarah *******

depends. My plan b was to stop teaching in the usa and teach math at intl schools and choosing contracts that would help me save lots of money. Oman had 0 tax and Singapore rate ran me 8%. Both teaching jobs also gave plenty of money for rent. Search associates has a great database with data from intl schools and with a little research, you can find teaching jobs that pay well enough to fund a good retirement. Because I made less than 120k usd per year, I had to file taxes back to the usa but owed zero for my situation.

I also worked enough in the usa before my move that I will get a decent ss payment to fund my life in Thailand.

@Tom **********

I lived there 2012-2016 and 2021-2023 so during the current sultan and the previous sultan’s reign.

I don’t drink alcohol so I guess that is why I never noticed the trend you are mentioning. I hung out with Christians and Muslims and Hindus and feelings of religious persecutions never came up in our conversations but maybe that was just my specific bubble of expats and locals.

My friends who did drink tended to just go to the western hotels or drank at each other’s houses. Just had to watch their allotment for buying alcohol based on their alcohol license.

@Monzi ************

I am just amazed at how much Andrew is willing to teach for free!!

@Tom **********

I just left oman 9 months ago and no issues when I left. Do you have a source for saying this about one of the countries where I felt the safest in my life? I have many expat and Omani friends and have heard no worrying concerns from anyone in my communications since I left.

I left Turkiye in 2021 and felt safe there also. So do you have a source for recent changes? I am headed to Turkiye for the month of June and have not seen any reports that worry me other than tourist sites have drastically raised their prices. My Turkish friends and expat friends there have mentioned no concerns. 😀

I am headed to Cyprus in July and really looking forward to exploring the country for the first time.

@Julius ********

hehe. Luckily I have lived in several places and I am used to adapting but still such an Ugg situation that affected you.

@Narelle ********

I visited Australia and New Zealand for 3 weeks and they were lovely to visit but I could never imagine moving there since too cold for me and I am not rich enough to live there. Hehehe