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Originally posted by Jesus Jones View PostThailand is a great place despite having many issues. No more than the UK that is a fact.
My first year in Thailand scored about the same, then it went down by one point for each of the five years I lived there. I stayed a couple of years too long.
If someone rates their native country lower then they'll probably find Thailand to be pleasant for several years longer than I did. And those that stay longer than a decade often seem to never leave, possibly because they lose the will (because it's the only place that feels like home) or ability to.
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Originally posted by Palace View PostThanks.
I feel like I might be missing an obvious joke, but why "Buffalo Board"?
When I first started here, I just wanted to continue the "tradition," but I added the New part since the forum was new to me...And it's a different forum...
Someone asked me the same question on TD, so I started a thread on the subject and it yielded some good discussion...
Some actually thought it was demeaning because a falang can be seen as a buffalo in Thailand and that may not be a good thing...Hence they interpreted the Buffalo Board as a forum for foreign fools, perhaps...
But it's not meant that way...Firstly, I really like buffalo, especially the North American descendants of the Asian version...We luckily still have the majestic beasts around in spite of their decimating slaughter many years ago...
The vision of the shaggy behemoths on a dark early morning standing still, smoking in their own steam at temperatures below minus 40, like some ancient apparitions, is still in my mind...
Anything connected to the buffalo intrigues me...One might think of the Indians of yore who relied fairly heavily on the beast for a myriad of purposes...Everything from food and shelter to using the tail as a fly swatter...
It's a neutral greeting of welcome...And synonymous with Thailand, in a way...If I were to choose a name for a forum, you know what it would be...The Buffalo Board, of course...You heard it here first, as they say...
There is a Thai saying: "Playing the violin for the buffalo to listen to"...
Loosely translated, it means you're talking to a fool and you may as well be wasting good music on the buffalo...Heh...
But I also see it as "soothing conversation" for the beast...And if I played the violin I'd give it a try...It wouldn't surprise me if they were a better audience...
Anyway, cheers...
And again, welcome...
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Originally posted by Palace View PostI plan to spend the first 6 months to a year in either Krabi or Phuket. Then move to another location (Chiang Mai?) to get a feel for what it's like to live there.
I'd spent a month in a monthly rental apartment, rent a bike etc. Get to know the place, etc, and look at places for a 12 month contract.
Once you have that sorted and you're all moved in, I'd look at Air Asia, Nok Air etc, and look at their promotions and book a few weeks away in various places, a week in CM one month, a week in wherever the next. Check out Vietnam, Bali, the Philippines for a week each at least.
nice little breaks from Phuket and Thailand, whilst slowly going over your next move.
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Originally posted by Exexpat View PostI wouldn't go that far. I rate life in the UK as a steady 8/10 year after year. If it had a Gibraltar climate that would change to 9/10.
My first year in Thailand scored about the same, then it went down by one point for each of the five years I lived there. I stayed a couple of years too long.
If someone rates their native country lower then they'll probably find Thailand to be pleasant for several years longer than I did. And those that stay longer than a decade often seem to never leave, possibly because they lose the will (because it's the only place that feels like home) or ability to.
Everyone has a different story and really depends on the life you expect and make of it.
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Originally posted by Jesus Jones View PostEveryone has a different story and really depends on the life you expect and make of it.
As time went on and I got to know the place, I liked it less and less as somewhere to call home. I stick to winter visits for a couple of months max these days.
I've always thought that the only working age westerners that would settle there for decades are those for whom things didn't work out in the west and/or have little reason to return to the west.
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