@Jorge ***

"The news are grim" in EVERY COUNTRY. The world is becoming more hostil and people with more mental health issues. My friends and family are afraid to go to schools and grocery stores in the states.

2 months is hardly enough time and experiences to share your words of wisdom. Surface interaction can all be great until a real situation happens and people start to show their true colors. In Thailand as well as other countries (speaking from experience of living as an expat in Europe for 5 years) Also Thailand is NOT a third world country. 🤦

It might affect you from getting certain long term visas in the future.

@Richard ********

It was cheaper in Portugal but now with inflation in Europe maybe it's not that cheap anymore 🤷

@Sara *****

like this.

@Richard ********

not that cheap...vintage cheddar cost $7.00 per block. Twice as much as where I came from.

I wish I had brought some good cheese with me. They are expensive here, even the basic kinds. You should be ok, the worst they can do is take it from you. Though no one checked our bags or asked if we had anything to declare when we came in.

ED visa is definitely not a good long term visa solution. Retirement visa if one of you is over 50. Or LTR if you meet the requirements. Elite is the easiest option but the most $$$.

@Anthony **********

such maturity in your comment. Getting older but no wiser must be sad.

@Wanwisa **********

it seems hard for second generation kids to want to learn their native language when they already know English. I have plenty of friends in California who have Chinese parents and their parents even sent them to Chinese language school to learn their native tone but the kids could barely speak any Chinese. I've been in Thailand for almost 2 months now, Chinese is my native language and learning Thai is a bit easier for me because I already speak another tonal language.