I'll bet you spend a lot of time on the toilet eating cheap food.

Stunning video

The comment you made about western countries becoming the 3rd world are spot on. Costs are skyrocketing and what you get for the increase is plummeting.

Nice one Mike. You have a way of making people miss Thailand lol. Ill be there soon enough. How much money do you save by flying out of Surat Thani as opposed to flying Bangkok Airways out of Koh Samui? Ive only flown into Koh Samui on Bangkok Airways but i remember it being pretty expensive for the short Flight

Very helpful video!

BEST sound in the world... 3:40 minute mark.

Nice video - easiness of Bangkok travel ✨

Jist going the opposite way by train 🚂, the best way to travel, enjoy

buddy good luck meeting ya lady thais folks one might need a shave first makes for good impression keep filming enjoy

Eventually everything we think we "Own" will be passed on, we are only renting it whilst we walk on this planet.

Thanks so much for taking us along on this trip, Mike! I'll be arriving at BKK on Jan. 1, (for a month) and was curious about how best to get to my AirBnB. This was very helpful! Then I'm in Koh Samui for the entire month of February.

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Hey Mike, what’s the best way to get around with a small family? Taxis, buses? Are there long term car rentals or can they be expensive? Thanks

Fantastic video thanks. I am also from Canada 🇨🇦 and hate it

Great vid brother. I'm a Canadian who is done with this North American rat race. We've set our signs in Thailand. I watch a lot of youtubers in Thailand and look forward to your content as well. Party on Garth!

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Those “online” jobs are easy to find and you can make lots of money, right? There are no stresses in Thailand, right? No Thai materialism either, right? How long do you think you’ll last before going broke? And going home to the US? You’re standing in a very long line dude!

People don’t have to leave their home country to change their lives. You also have to work for a living in Thailand once you run out of your western privileges ie money!

Looks nice great restaurant!

Eastern Europe for me. Too damn hot in SE Asia.

Hi Mike, great video! How do we contact builder of this beautiful house please?

And after that you can get 30 extra days right? Can you do that in koh samui?

I remember that McDonald's, some years ago I was in Lamai with my family and we had enjoyed fabulous fresh cheap food across the road, I still remember the banana roti ! Walking back to our hotel we did walk past that McDonald's, and I couldn't help but notice that the only person in it was one fat, lonely and depressed looking American !!

No. Don’t come to Thailand people. We don’t need more Americans here. We are all set with the Mericans…. Go to Hawaii or Mexico.

ไทยจะมีเมืองท่องเที่ยวแบบเป็นโซนรู้กันใช่ไหม สถานที่ท่องเที่ยวและความบันเทิง ฉะนั้นเวลาที่มาชอบไปพัทยาหาอีหนูกัน อย่าไปรวมกันหมด คุณต้องแยกแยะ และห้ามไปถูกเหยียบหยามด้อยค่าผู้อื่น ถ้าคุณทำคุณจะอยู่ไทยยากและไม่ได้ คนไทยจะเห็นคุณเป็นแกะดำผู้สร้างความวุ่นวายให้ประเทศทันที มาเที่ยวให้สนุกและอยู่แบบสงบๆ ถ้าคุณไม่ผิดคนไทยจะซับพอร์ตคุณเอง ถ้ามีปัญหากับใครในแผ่นดินนี้

The cost of living in Thailand depends on where you stay and, in my opinion, I know some areas in Thailand where you can live off of $800/month literally that is including rent, transportation and food. Now of course these areas are not Phuket, Koh Samui, Bangkok, Pattaya, Hua Hin, Krabi outside of these areas you can save an extra $500-$1,000 a month on average.

Thailand is very different from the Apple's new advertisement, “The Underdogs: OOO (Out Of Office).

As someone who has been traveling to and living in Asian countries for over 40 years now, including Japan and Thailand, I would like to let you in on a little secret. Whatever problems you may have in life are just going to follow you around wherever you go. Many people mistakenly think that the reason they are unhappy in life is due to their environment and therefore they think all they have to do is change their surroundings and everything will be fine. Unfortunately, however this is just not how it works. Those problems are always primarily internal in nature, regardless of what you might think. And as for things like “the rat race” or “keeping up with the Jonze's”, I hate to tell you this but these things are just as prevalent in Thailand as they are in the USA. Don’t let all the smiling faces and the seemingly laid-back attitudes fool you. People who live in the poor areas of Thailand are constantly borrowing money which they cannot hope to payback in order to buy cars or other things which they cannot really afford. And they are habitually and continuously “borrowing” money from friends and family to try and get out from under these lager debts. They also tend to always be looking for get rich quick schemes which have no chance of success and yet they will borrow money to give it a try. And they will even put immense pressure on their daughters (even teenagers) to constantly give them money. And pretty much every Thai woman I have ever dated - and there have been a lot - shows unmistakable signs of being raised in a highly dysfunctional family environment. There is also not much of a work ethic in Thailand, and everything is always done in a very half-assed way. There is virtually no such thing as having pride in getting the job done right. And I could go on and on. Don’t get me wrong, I love Thailand, but it is hardly some kind of utopia. By the way, I just about busted a gut laughing when you said that westerners are “not just seen as a dollar sign” in Thailand. The truth is quite the opposite I’m afraid. In fact, if you date at all you will quickly learn that you will have to weed out A LOT of women who only see you only as an ATM before you finally find a few who like you for who you are. And even if you find this girl who is deeply in love with you her parents will constantly be asking her for money when they know she is seeing a westerner because they think we are all rich. In the USA however I have never had anyone date me for financial gain. You might feel like society expects you to live up to a certain financial standard in your own country, but the truth is you were putting those expectations on yourself. Anyway, I have recently moved back to California and despite the fact that my retirement income is the same as a full-time minimum wage job I have a very nice apartment, and I have absolutely no problem paying all my bills each month and I never have to dig into savings. Everything is fine here. That being said, of course, people all have various preferences for where they want to live and there is nothing wrong with this, as long as they are not trying to run away from their problems. I love the beach for example and that is why I spent most of my life living in the coastal areas of California. This is also why I spent many years living in Phuket. But I ultimately decided that for me Thailand is a much better place to visit than to live in permanently. For some people it will be great of course but the vast majority of Americans will always prefer to live here and to take vacations to places like Thailand. Different strokes for different folks as they say.

I’m heading over to SE Asia for 6 months in October to feel it out. I work in Finance in DC and make okay money but I’m not happy. The states are becoming increasingly lawless. Every day in the DC metro I see some crazy $hit. Worse part of all is the police do nothing about it, you have some guy tweaking on fentanyl screaming at non existent things and the police do nothing.

How much do you pay for health insurance? How do you pay hospital bill in case of health emergency? if uninsured? Does the Thai gov tax your YT earnings? Thanks for posting

Just want to add that the quality of life in Western countries has to do with the quality of people vs the place. People I'm the U.S. are materialistic and not family oriented. They basically value stuff over people. Personally, I'm outta here at first opportunity. God bless you on your adventures there in Thailand!

Hi Mike, I just discovered your channel. Everything you're saying about the U.S. as of August 2024 is completely true. Greetings from Colorado! 🇺🇸

Beautiful beaches, affordable housing and food, lovely people and decent health care. What more!

Looks great. Comfy and spacious. Good location also. Happy for you that you enjoyed it guys. 🙂

Mike , you're living it up This is so cool- my kinda place 😍

Yep…the Democrat Party and their brainwashed voters have destroyed the United States.

Nice to see someone not living in the city. Dont want to live in a city of i move there

This is on my list now! Thanks Mike! Great advertising!

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What month was this ?

I'm using DJI pocket 2, this camera js great but one downside is the colours are quite dull so what I do is add a but if contrast to the footage when editing and it's perfect 😊

You have to do the rat race or keep up with joneses because of capitalism.

Very Good. Yours in the right place at the right time 😊

Wow 4 years!! Destiny brought you from Bali to Samui Th.🇹🇭 If you can live a comfortable, stress free life in the very expensive Samui, you can live a bit luxury life anywhere in Thailand, especially Chiangmai.😍

I TOTALLY agree. I've been plotting my escape for some time now. Its truly time for me to leave here. Subbed!

Eastern countries are starting to utilize their own resources that they already produce. Eastern countries have always been far better, eastern countries have more agriculture, nature, farms, nature preserves, waterfalls, natural parks, rivers. I mean there is an endless amount of things to do in a country like Thailand. And depending on the type of lifetyle you want to have will also determine your cost of living. I find far southern Thailand and far Northern Thailand to be the most affordable out of all and you actually can still experience some luxury as well for affordable prices. I am also born and raised in The United States and I will be in Thailand next month actually. I picked a very rare part of Thailand which is Trang I also like Songklha and Hat Yai it is very cultural and traditional and very affordable im looking forward to it.

Enjoying the video but why did you bypass the Amatara Pura. Great place,stayed there in April.