First of all thanks for coming to my blog and I hope you find the information here helpful and useful. My name is Chris and I moved to Thailand permanently since 2008 and have no plans to leave the place either! And why would I? Thailand is a great place to live and you’re probably reading this blog because you either do or wish you could live here.
I started LivingThai.org because when I first moved to Chiang Mai there was literally no information I could find about the nightlife. Like none at all! Not even a list of all the nightclubs in Chiang Mai so I decided to make it my mission to Map out the party spots of Chiang Mai but it morphed to include most of Thailand.
When I moved to Thailand I had a lot of help from long term expats who schooled me in the ways of Thailand. I figured out how to make really good money here and basically living the way I’d like to live.
I don’t like the idea of the term digital nomad which implies you must somehow be travelling the globe on a whim to call yourself a true net citizen. Not at all. I believe there is more to just delving deep into just one culture and trying to make sense of it. Learning the language dating their women and enjoying a life not like your previous. Living Thai is therefore a metaphor for living life in a distant land.
If you need some advice or have an idea for a story then please don’t hesitate to Contact Me I may not reply to everyone but i do read every email.
Nice site, I haven’t found any pages on Chiang Mai with information this good anywhere else. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the comment, Chiang Mai is a great place. Need to know anything or want me to write about something just let me know.
Great blog! Keep up the good work.
Chris, are you able to open a paypal account attached to a bank in Thailand or do you still use a USA address … I’m planning to move to Thailand in the next year and would like to close all of my american bank accounts and do all of my banking in Thailand. Any advise you can share would be appreciated.
Wow, can’t believe the guru didn’t give a response. You can use the thai address and bank for your paypal account. If they limit you, just phone them up and they will jsut ask for your passport no problem at all 🙂
plain Racist site
why didn’t the IT department ban this site?
If you see that Thailand is cheap/dirty, full of prostitutes… We didn’t ask you to come.. You came on your own will and you shouldn’t complain about that..
Oh farangs in Thailand are people who are losers in their own country and came to Thailand to be kings…
Saying something like that here you’ll just get flamed and a waste of your time.
Truth is the people who come to live in Thailand are not losers, they’re the smart ones! The unfortunate souls who don’t come to live here only wish they could.
agreed lol.
Your right, this guy is a knob head
Come on Chris, you are too slow.
Get the uncencored images of these gambling girls up before they disappear.
Type this into google.
ปิดท้ายวันนี้ บังเอิญไปบ่อนใหญ่มา เลยเก็บรูปมาให้ชม
you also got a bug on your site, a very annoying box that includes +1 / Facebook / twitter keeps popping up on the left of the screen and blocks all text .
Not exactly slow but can’t put up nude photos sorry dude.
sorry, here is a better link
http://l2oom.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=14108&extra=page%3D1
hey chris, great site, it would take alot of time on the ground for someone to learn all this. thanks for sharing. i read a response from you on ‘newthaivisa’ saying you got a 1 year visa by enrolling in a language school, i’d never heard of this before, can you share some more details in how it works. i’m 31 and are looking to move to thailand hopefully next year. i should have enough money but i’d rather find some way around visa runs’ etc. i was going to do a language course anyway so this seems ideal.
I am using an education visa but in Bangkok.
You have to apply , after getting the paperwork from the school, outside of Thailand and then you can stay in Thailand for 90 days at which point you go to immigration (in Thailand) and sign on for another 90 days. I think you can do this for up to a year and then start again with another education visa for up to five year. I’ve not passed my first 90 days yet so not exactly sure how it works.
If I were you I’d come to Thailand on a 60 day tourist visa (if you can get one) and then visit some Thai language schools, pick one, sign up, get the paper work and then go to KL or Lao and get the education visa.
You don’t have to study Thai but you must study at least four hours a week.
Hope this helps.
Chiang Mai and Bangkok have different rules, Chiang Mai is much easier to get. Like Joe says come to Thailand sign up to the Thai language school, you’ll get some paperwork go to Kuala Lumpur for the visa come back and you can then stay in Thailand for up to 3 years (that’s 3 1 year visa’s you renew ever year) before you have to do the whole process again. you can do this 3 times.
The language course will do you good anyway to get more practice in your Thai and if you live here you really need to learn.
Maybe it is only 3 times in Bangkok too? I thought they said 5 at the language school when I signed up but could be wrong.
Did you get a multiple entry or single entry when you went to KL?
I had a single entry.
thanks joe and chris, very helpful. im actually making the move alot sooner now and hope to be over there around july.
hope to see you round when you get here mate.
All you have to do is not enroll in a gay language course and just get a one year visa. I am 21 and have a non O immigrant visa and have for the past 3 years, all I have to do is cross the border every 90 days and come straight back in, always an excuse to go for a holiday though with my wife and daughter 🙂
Hi Chris. Are you open to chatting via skype or via messenger? I was born and raised in the U.S. and am looking for somewhere to live where there are beautiful beaches and nice people. I’ve done a bit of research on Thailand and I am wanting to find the right zone to explore and I definitely want to avoid any iffy spots. Thanks
Hi Chris,
I’m in Chiang Mai (again) now til late April and am wondering about learning Thai (for one) and also checking more of the night scene here. I’d like to chat with you sometime and meet you.
Thanks,
Adam.
Sounds good Adam tell you want send me a message with your phone number through the contact Chris Form. Let’s meet up for a drink and we can talk about it more.
Hi Chris. I am interested in possibly relocating to Thailand from the USA but from what I have read the weather in Thailand is quite hot and humid. Please tell me about what your experience has been there with the weather and what other expats have expressed to you about it as well. Thank you!!!
Yes it’s damn hot in Thailand during the hot season! It’s bloody wet in the rainy season, and during the cold season I wear a jacket everyday. This relates to Chiang Mai further south you go the more hot and humid it is. Your from the USA so unless you live in So Cal then the weather here won’t be bothersome because there are extremes no matter where you live. Thank god for air-conditioning.
I got a qustion for you Chris. What do Thai women have against condoms? I should have kept the 1st half-opened one and framed it for reference! These were Nana girls, and my wife is the same! Maybe you can adress it along with steriod birth control tecniques.
I think I touched on this subject in the article titled Thai girls and safe sex.
Do u know some nice brothels in USA (L.A.,New york or Las vegas are appreciate )? I’ve been there few times.There are a lot of whores there.I just want to try a new one.
sorry no i don’t.
Hi Chris,
Well, i’ve just come across your site, and as a webmaster myself (not Thialand related), and expat in Thailand, i cannot believe i hadn’t heard about your project before now.
The site is a bit cheeky in places (if you know what i mean), but i’ve got to take my hat off to you mate, for jam packing loads of great news and information into it.
I can see a lot of hard work, passion, and commitment has been put in to this blog, so well done you, and long may it prosper 😉
Andii
Thanks Andii
Chris,
Love your site, but why the big lag time between blog entries?
Are you sick?
Chris..was wondering what kind of work you do to keep you going in Thailand. I am thinking of moving there myself in two years as I can pretty much work from anywhere as long as I have a good internet connection so why not live in a cheaper place with abundance of girls as well..
It’s a cool site, I live in Chiang Mai since more than two years and I agree with many of your opinions.
Continue the good work.