| Living in Thailand might be something you are | | | | air conditioning in Bangkok. |
| considering at this time. There are many questions | | | | Northeastern Thailand is flat and very dry, even |
| and areas to consider before you pack up and | | | | during the rainy season and the summer months |
| leave your home country for Thailand. This article | | | | are blistering hot. During winter it does get very |
| will review some of the major considerations you | | | | cool and if you are riding a motorbike you will |
| will need to put thought toward if you are serious | | | | need a winter jacket to remain warm enough. |
| about living in Thailand for a long or short time. | | | | Southern Thailand is lush jungle and, though it's |
| Income? | | | | quite warm even during winter months, the nights |
| Unless you are going to live in Thailand off your | | | | are cool enough that no air conditioning is needed. |
| savings, you are going to have to figure out a | | | | The land is mostly flat in the southern provinces |
| way to make money to pay your bills. Yes, you | | | | with rolling hills and stunning limestone mountain |
| have bills in Thailand but, they are quite affordable. | | | | topography. |
| Rent for a house might cost you two hundred | | | | If you need to be near the ocean, the southern |
| dollars in a town away from Bangkok. In Bangkok | | | | provinces are where you will need to be. If you |
| an apartment might be four hundred dollars. Food | | | | like the mountains, the north is for you. |
| outside Bangkok will be about three hundred | | | | If you are concerned about the friendliness of |
| dollars. In Bangkok, the sky is the limit. | | | | people in Thailand, you need not be. Thai people |
| Most choosing to live in Thailand are teachers. In | | | | are friendly across the country, but most visitors |
| Bangkok, with a bachelors degree and a TEFL | | | | say the northern and northeastern Thais are the |
| (Teacher of English as a Foreign Language) | | | | friendliest. |
| certificate one could make $1,500 per month on | | | | Safety? |
| average. Some teachers make quite a bit more | | | | There are a number of safety considerations you |
| than that. Outside Bangkok the average starting | | | | should be aware of. Thailand is a country far |
| teacher salary is about $1,000 per month. | | | | different from wherever you hail. |
| Finding a teaching job in Thailand is quite easy if | | | | Thailand has 45 species of poisonous snakes, 9 |
| you have a bachelors degree from your home | | | | types of scorpion, and many other stinging |
| country and English is your native language. | | | | animals like jellyfish, spiders, and insects. One of |
| If you do not wish to teach English then the other | | | | the smallest biting pests is the most troublesome... |
| primary option is to work in Bangkok with one of | | | | mosquitoes. |
| the many companies there which need English | | | | Malaria, Dengue Fever, Chikungunra, and |
| speakers. There may be companies from your | | | | encephalitis are all found in Thailand and |
| home country with an office in Bangkok that | | | | transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Mosquito |
| need employees. Use online research to find these | | | | repellant is a must - and anything with DEET 28+ |
| positions. | | | | usually works well. |
| Choosing a Place to Live in Thailand | | | | Driving in Thailand is a real horror-show, and you |
| Thailand is quite a large and diverse country in | | | | would be wise to ease into it. First, you will be |
| terms of climate and terrain. There are mountain | | | | driving on the left side of the road, which might |
| areas, virtual desert areas, and lush tropical jungle. | | | | be a change for you. Secondly, the driving habits |
| Where you live in Thailand will be a major | | | | in Thailand are quite different from anywhere you |
| consideration. The right place for you to live is | | | | have probably been. To say driving in Thailand is |
| here - the issue is just choosing where to live. | | | | dangerous is vast understatement. |
| The warm months in Thailand are February | | | | If you are a person that intends on enjoying the |
| through June. The rainy season runs May through | | | | nightlife in Thailand there are numerous |
| December. From November to January it is | | | | considerations to take into account. Use and |
| usually cool. | | | | possession of illicit drugs are penalized very strictly |
| Northern Thailand is characterized by mountains, | | | | in Thailand and for anything with heroin or |
| heavy rains, and very cool temperatures in the | | | | methamphetamine you might be looking at more |
| winter months. It never snows in Northern | | | | than ten years in a Thai prison. |
| Thailand, and it gets quite hot in the summer. | | | | Fights often erupt in bar situations and you really |
| Central Thailand is mostly flat and includes | | | | should know what to do in these instances. |
| Bangkok and surrounding provinces. The central | | | | There are many safety issues that confront the |
| region is very hot when it is not raining, and when | | | | visitor or person wishing to live in Thailand |
| it is raining - floods often. Bangkok is known as | | | | long-term. Below I have linked to an entire |
| the hottest city in the world due the night time | | | | survival guide dedicated to the topic of safety in |
| temperatures remaining very warm. You will need | | | | Thailand. It just might save your life. |