This is our retire cheap in Bangkok report. The videos and data near the top are more recent. As you move through the report, you will see data and videos from our previous visits.
Bangkok’s actual living costs for 30 days in October 2024
| Rent | $683 |
| Transportation | $22 |
| Grab car/food | $64 |
| Restaurant | $252 |
| Grocery | $194 |
| Snack/Juice | $37 |
| Simcard | $35 |
| $1,287 | |
| Alcohol | $177 |
| $1,464 |
In October of 2024, we stayed in this Airbnb apartment for a month in Bangkok for $683 per month including utilities. Here is an adjustment to the above numbers if we were to lease an apartment in the same building for 1 year.
We saw another furnished apartment in the building for about $350 USD per month on a 12-month lease. We estimate the utilities would be another $80 per month year-round on average depending on how low you keep the AC year-round.
- Furnished apartments: $350 (long-term lease)
- Utilities + $80
- Total $430
If you signed a one-year lease, here is approximately how much you would save per month by signing a one-year lease instead of renting on Airbnb for 30 days.
- Airbnb Rent: $683
- Lease Total: -$430
- Saving $253
Potential saving with a 12-month lease:
- Total Actual $1454
- Lease Savings -$253
- Adjusted Actual $1201
By leasing your round our actual cost of living would be around $1201 USD per month instead of $1454 per month. The rest of the numbers would be about the same depending on how often we eat out and what other expenses we have each month, such as those discussed in the above video.
Here is the restaurant where we purchased 4 servings per day for $1.25 USD per serving. We bought the rice (brown, black, red) in this store which averaged about $0.40 per day for high-quality rice we cooked at home. The food was delicious and healthy and it was easy because we didn’t have to cook anything.
The next video and data is from February 2024.
This is my Retire Early on $970 Month in Bangkok Thailand report. In this report, I will share line item living costs examples for low to middle-range living expenses.
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Where you live when you are born is up to your parents, but where you live when you are retired or self-employed is up to you.
Today, I explore the vibrant, sexy, exotic, spicy-food capital of the world–Bangkok.
In addition to living costs, I will also cover walkability, weather, food, Internet, visa, things to do, expat community, real estate, and medical care.
Bangkok is located in the northernmost part of the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok has two international airports, so it is accessible by direct flights from many parts of the world.
First I will share a range of living cost estimates for Bangkok and then I will share my retirement desirability factors.
Estimated Cost of Living in Bangkok Thailand
Here are my estimated costs of living converted into US dollars if the two of us moved to Bangkok Thailand year-round on a tight budget. We also include more typical expenses we have heard from other expats in case you want more typical expenses.
Rents: I found the above furnished 1-bedroom condo for rent for 10k Baht per month, which is $273 USD per month in the Sathon area of Bangkok. That is the 12-month rental rate, but I will use $300 per month just in case you want something a little nicer.
Here is the process we use to find great apartments. So, we will show you a table of all expenses in a moment. We will use $300 per month for our lower rent estimate and $600 per month for the higher cost of living estimate for expats who want more space.
Utilities: We estimate that the year-round average for our utilities would be about $120 USD per month. The utilities would be more for expats that rent the townhouse, or about $180 USD per month.
Groceries: We would shop mostly in the public market where vegetables, fruits, and rice are cheaper. We estimate about $280 per month for groceries.
Other ex-pats are likely to buy more expensive imported foods and more meats, and there are more international foods in the grocery stores here to tempt you, so ex-pats with higher pensions would likely spend around $380 per month on groceries.
Restaurants: We would go out to eat three or four times per week in Bangkok much of the time in the local restaurants averaging about $3 per meal per person and an additional meal per week in the expat (tourist) restaurants for about $10 per meal per person. If you add that up, we would spend around $45 per week or $180 per month in restaurants for the two of us.
Other expats are likely to eat more Western-style foods in expensive expat-style restaurants and less in local-style restaurants, so they would likely spend $300 per month for 2 people.
Cell Phone Data: The cost to recharge our prepaid smartphone service was about $12 per month. My Android phone will act as a hotspot so we can both be on the internet at the same time when we are out of the house together. We used the AIS service.
Other expat couples are likely to buy two prepaid SIM cards so they would send $24 per month.
Laundry: We would look for an apartment that includes a clothes washing machine and people hang dry their clothes in SE Asia. Since the laundry detergent is included in our grocery bill, there is no additional expense for laundry.
Drinking Water: We used a water filter we carry with us and the replacement filters cost about $3 per month. We are using a common Brita filter you will find all over the world and online on Shopee.com in SE Asia.
Internet: 50 MBPS up and down is about $15 per month for in-home wifi. It is advertised at 100 MBPS but the realized speed is about 50 MBPS up and down.
Transportation: We walked almost everywhere or took the subway system in Bangkok. We also used the Grab taxi application a few times and local taxis. We estimate about $60 USD per month for Grab, local taxis, and public transportation for the two of us. Stay away from scooters unless you are highly experienced riding scooters in SE Asia. Other expats might walk less and spend more in transportation, $100 per month.
Alcohol (Optional): Local beer in local bars and restaurants $1.50 USD and about $1.20 in grocery stores. So, we would spend about $150 per month on alcohol for the two of us.
Many other expats would spend a higher amount for imported foreign or craft beers in expat bars or go-go dancer bars, so about $300 USD per month for 2 people assuming they are not into imported whiskey or wine.
Entertainment (Optional): We would budget about $200 per month for entertainment for the two of us. We generally enjoy doing more do-it-yourself kinds of entertainment so expats would spend a little more, maybe $300 per month, for 2 of them?
Retire Early $970 Month in Bangkok Thailand
| Bangkok
Estimates |
Lower
(USD) |
Higher
(USD) |
| Rent | 300 | 600 |
| Utilities | 120 | 180 |
| Groceries | 280 | 380 |
| Restaurants | 180 | 300 |
| Cell Data | 12 | 24 |
| Laundry | 0 | 0 |
| Drinking Water | 3 | 3 |
| Internet | 15 | 15 |
| Transportation | 60 | 100 |
| Total | $970 | $1602 |
| Alcohol | 150 | 300 |
| Optional Total | $1120 | $1902 |
| Entertainment | 200 | 300 |
| Optional Total | $1320 | $2202 |
The above lower estimated cost of living would be if the two of us lived in Bangkok on a tight budget. The higher above estimate is just an example of what other expats might spend if they moved here and were easy come easy go with their money.
To understand what it would cost you to live here, you must put your feet on the ground, see how you would choose to live, and add it all up. It doesn’t matter what anyone else spends because we are all different.
Bangkok Thailand Livability Factors
Before you move anywhere outside your home country, make sure to create a list of things that you must have to create a happy retirement. Here are my livability factors and I will rank them high, medium or low for Bangkok.
Walkability: High. Bangkok has a High walkability score. It is a huge town spread out in all directions and the traffic can be horrendous. Luckily, you just need to walk to the nearest subway or water taxi station to ride a beautiful, cheap, efficient public transportation system. Everything interesting in Bangkok is no more than 4 or 5 blocks from the nearest public transportation entry point. Bangkok is not a safe scooter town, so stay on your feet. If you buy something heavy or have a bunch of bags from the grocery store, you can take a taxi home. They are metered. Normally, I suggest Grab, but we have found the taxis to be about 30% cheaper in Bangkok than Grab. There are two problems with Taxis here that you can overcome. First, make sure they turn on the meter. Second, have a landmark near where you want to go. Tell them the landmark name instead of trying to give them an address. Then once you get near the landmark, point them where you really want to go. Some don’t have smartphones and don’t know how Google Maps works. They are not Grab drivers. So you have to adapt.
Internet: High. The Internet is great in Bangkok. If you have any trouble, it is because you are sharing the router with too many people or you are not close enough to the router. In that case, get a private router inside your apartment.
Food: High. Bangkok, like the rest of Thailand, is two or more worlds. There is one world where people are eating in air-conditioned restaurants for $4-$15 USD per entree. There is another world where people are eating outside on picnic-like tables for $1.60-$3.00 USD per entree. We do both and are never surprised to find the $2 meal to taste better than the $8 meal. How could that be? Because the $2 meal is being made by the business owner or their parents. The $8 meals are often prepared by an employee who may not care as much about the family business. The secret is the same all over the world. Find a food court and go to the stall with a line of local people. The locals know the best value and taste.
There are also two worlds regarding groceries. If you want to shop in AC on a shiny floor, you go to the big shiny grocery store and pay double for many things. If you want the same quality for half the price, you find the little wet market in your neighborhood and you shop under fans. Yesterday, we found local fruits and vegetables for half price in the neighborhood wet market. Stay away from prepared foods that come in boxes and cans, and eat fresh and local. There are always exceptions but that is the main idea.
Weather: Medium. If heat bothers you, living or retiring in Bangkok may be a challenge for you. Bangkok can exceed 32C (90F) for 280 days of the year. The warmer months are March, April, and May when the average high for the day exceeds 34C (94F). Luckily it does cool down some at night to 25C (77F) or below for 7 months of the year. There is a good part of the year when you will be moving from an air-conditioned sanctuary to an air-conditioned sanctuary. You will see at least some rain for 15 days from May through October. November through April will see some rain on only 6 days per month.
Things to Do: High. Almost every nationality of food is in Bangkok. The famous brands worldwide are in Bangkok malls. Many wealthy people from around the world come here to have fun, for shopping, and for medical and dental. You can spend money here like a drunken sailor without much effort at all.
There are dance clubs galore that come in fashion on a moment’s notice, so you’ll need to Google that when you are ready to go. You can even visit a Lady-Boy Cabaret-style show if the mood strikes. Bangkok is the paid sex capital of the world, but stay away from that.
I am not judging anyone, but life can feel empty if you start to see the world through that lens. There are beautiful people all over Bangkok living less risky lives and looking for authentic relationships.
You won’t have any trouble finding physical activities like bicycling, yoga, gyms, or other sports. Whatever your thing is just Google it with the word “Bangkok” and you might be surprised. Expats have been living here for decades, so you have both Thai and foreign cultures.
Expats Community: High. If you like hanging out with ex-pats, you will find them through various Facebook pages (there are many) or on Internations. These are great places to go if you have a quirky request–where can I buy Irish Cheese or American Pickles, or if you want to find someone who laughs at your odd foreign sense of humor.
Even if you are less expat-oriented like me, these Facebook Resources are still great resources to find odds and ends in Bangkok that you miss from home. They are also a great place to buy and sell things, find a place to live, and find out things that only longer-term expats would likely know about.
Many Thai people speak conversational-level English. So you will be able to connect deeply with at least some locals even if you never learn Thai. Your door into Thailand will open even wider if you learn at least some Thai language.
Real Estate: High. You can get a condo here starting from around $80k USD on up. But I never recommend buying until you have lived somewhere for at least 2 to 3 years. Just rent a 1 bedroom apartment or condo for the first few years. Investigate neighborhoods for a year before deciding where to buy. If you still love the place in a few years, then consider buying. Land ownership is very limited for foreigners. Here is my report about why expat retirees should think twice, and carefully, before buying real estate overseas.
Medical: High. I get my medical checkup at one of the highest-ranked hospitals in the world. A good friend was even admitted to this hospital for a few days and had a great experience. Costs are about 75% cheaper than US prices but I may shop around a little next time. They were 80% off US prices just 5 years ago. Here is where I get my dental done. I have had root surgery and two crowns done and love their services. They are about 75% off US prices. They were successful at a tooth surgery after 2 US dentists failed.
Visa: High. There are multiple retirement visas available in Thailand. But I do not recommend getting a retirement visa anywhere in the world until you have completed your exploratory visits. I teach how to do exploratory visits in my Retire Overseas Course available at VagabondBuddha.com.
There are two kinds of cheap easy retirement visas I would consider once you are age 50 or older that you can renew each year
First, you can put about 800k Baht ($23k USD) in a Thai bank and fill out some paperwork, and provide some documents. But if you don’t want to tie up your cash, you can just prove that you have a pension.
Second, you can provide proof of a pension of about 65k Baht ($2000 USD) per month and fill out some paperwork and provide some documents. But, expats from the US, UK, and Australia cannot use the 65,000/mo method at first. It’s complicated but they have to start with the 800,000k deposit for the first year. Expats from other countries can get an income affidavit from their embassy and use the monthly method right away.
If you are not 50 years old yet, just google the words “Thai Elite Visa.”
I have also met people who go to Thailand on student visas for such things as Thai language or Thai kickboxing classes. There are many ways to do things all over the world that are not obvious on the surface that visa agents and other expats will share with you face to face.
Bangkok Desirability Score: High. This would be a great place for people who are most comfortable in a large high energy city with an overwhelming number of things to do and see. This is the New York City of Thailand.
What would it cost you to live in Bangkok?
To get a better understanding of things you should add to our estimated cost of living watch this video: 9 Reasons You Can’t Retire on $1000 Month Overseas.
Most people will likely be unable to retire the lower range estimate above. I give example reasons why in this report. Plus, this other report explains how to avoid coming home early with your tail between your legs.
Also, if you are going to try to retire cheap offshore, make sure to read my report, the Two Biggest Risks of Retiring Early for Cheap Offshore, which explains why you should have emergency funds available for unexpectedly large expenses.
You should also add anything to the above table that you spend money on in your home country that is not listed in the above table. Presumably, you find those things necessary in life. To do that, visit the Numbeo Bangkok and add anything not mentioned in the table.
Never move anywhere until you have visited first personally to verify the living costs for your lifestyle and needs. I am not guaranteeing these prices. These are just my notes and estimates from the time of my visit and this post. Your costs will likely be drastically different depending on your lifestyle and the time since this post.
Many of the expats we meet living overseas are self-insured for medical care. That means that not everyone buys health insurance when they move overseas. That probably sounds crazy to many of you.
I didn’t carry medical insurance for most of my first 17 years living overseas. But last year I bought medical insurance. If you are wondering what it costs and what it covers, watch my medical insurance video at this link. This is not an affiliate link.
More typical expat living costs in Thailand range from about $1500 to $3000 per month. But people spending that much often have higher savings, incomes, or pensions. They often report spending more on entertainment, eating out more, traveling, and alcohol. Many also have more expensive cars, houses, or apartments.
Where We Stayed in Bangkok
We spent about 3 weeks in Bangkok in this Airbnb for about $20 USD per night. Here is the process we use to find great apartments.
Our Favorite Markets, Restaurants, Services
Gateway at Bang Sue: Pad Thai egg 65, shrimp 80, pork soup + rice 70
Tien Sin Vegetarian: 2 dishes 1 rice 50 baht, brown rice
Nop Nan Vegan: 2 dishes + 1 rice, 60 baht
Prachak (Roasted Duck) since 1909: 190 baht for all mixed meat (Small size, good for 2)
Jae Phon Lang Lerdsin: Pork soup 70 baht (small)
ไต๋ตงหูฉลามเลิศรสบางรัก Chinese Restaurant: Bird nest dessert 300 baht
Bang Rak Bazaar: Foodie Experience at Robinson Department Store.
Jack’s Bar: Large beer 120 B, riverside dive bar
ICONSIAM food court: This amazing food court in a beautiful modern mall.
Shenanigans: beer 130 baht / great live band
So Vegan – Gateway Ekamai (fl.G): purple rice +3 dishes 60 baht, som tam 65baht, water 15 baht
Vegetarian Food @ Terminal 21 Food Court: 1 rice 3 dishes 40 baht
Foodland Sukhumvit 5: Expat Grocery Store
King’s Castle 1: Beer 170B, Patpong’s Iconic Gogo Bar
Nana Plaza: Adults only dancers and drinking
Gaya-Rak Clinic: Palmer Graduate USA Chiropractor: 1500 baht each time
P’s Thai Massage 2: Massage 400B, foot massage 300B
Bangkok 2020 REPORT
Everything below this paragraph is from our 2020 visit. Everything above this paragraph is from our 2024 report.
Best Area to Stay in Bangkok
I suggest staying near Khao San Road on your first visit to Bangkok. It is close to Wat Pho, the Grand Palace, and Wat Arun, and it is on the water taxi route which is a great setting. Khao San Road itself is a little crazy at night, so stay a few blocks away and only visit. You can take the water taxi from Khao San Road pier to the BTS stop at Saphn Taksin to get anywhere else in the city.
Cheapest Flights to Bangkok
We almost always get our cheapest flights on this Skyscanner. They have a web crawler that is constantly looking for the cheapest prices all over the world. As usual, we found the cheapest flight to Bangkok on Skyscanner.
Bangkok Thailand Water Taxi Tour
Here is my sightseeing tour of my favorite places in Bangkok. The cool thing is, that you get to ride around on water taxis on Bangkok’s largest river, the Chao Phraya River. Take the BTS Skytrain to the Saphan Taksin Station. Walk towards the river to the piers under the bridge. As you approach the water, there will be several piers trying to sell expensive water-taxi day tours. Politely say no. Turn left and walk along the water until you come to the last pier. Tell them you want to take the “public boat” to Khaosan Road. It will cost you 15 Baht ($0.50 USD) per person. Then click the link to the first stop below (Flower Market) on your smartphone (then select the public transportation icon on Google Map) and then exit the water taxi when the blue dot shows you are at the first stop on the tour.
Pak Klong Talad (Free) (Flower Market): You won’t believe some of the flowers you see here. You are not in Kansas anymore Dorothy. You can walk to the next link. Just click the link and then click the walk function in Google Maps.
Wat Pho (Reclining Buddha): 100 Baht ($3 USD) The name Wat Pho refers to a monastery in India near the spot where Buddha was enlightened by grace. Buddha was enlightened under a Bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya, India. This temple was founded in 1688 but expanded 100 years later when King Rama I moved the capital of Thailand from Ayutthaya to Bangkok in 1782. The temple was also the first public university in Thailand, to teach religion, science, and literature. A school for traditional medicine and massage was established at the temple in 1955. Now walk next store to the next stop.
Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew: 400 Baht ($12 USD): The ticket is good for 7 days of entry into several temples. The capital of Thailand was first moved from Ayutthaya to a place across the river to Thonburi in 1767. But King Rama I built this grand palace in 1782. For the next stop, enter Wat Arun in Google Maps for public transportation, and it will guide you to the ferry that crosses the river to Wat Arun.
Wat Arun: 50 Baht ($1.60 USD): When you are finished here, grab the public boat to Khao San Road. The public boat is right on the water in front of Wat Arun. Look for the orange flag. Wat Arun was on foreign maps as early as 1656. It was the main Buddhist temple of Bangkok until the Grand Palace was moved next door to Wat Pho in 1782.
Khao San Road (Free): Nightlife, shopping, restaurants, and backpacker central. Here is your walking path from the pier through Khao San Road. One of the stops is Ethos, my favorite hippie-healthy restaurant in Bangkok. Jump back on the water taxi and head back.
Ayutthaya Day Tour
Take a Grab taxi or the MRT to the Main Train Station in Bangkok. Take the 1.5-hour train ride to the Ayutthaya Train Station (20 Baht, $0.60 USD). Then click the below Google map or link and start walking around Ayutthaya. You can also rent a bicycle just outside the train station for 50 Baht per day. Click the link below to a Google Map and start walking.
Wat Chaimongkol: This Buddhist monastery and temple were built in 1357 AD by King U-Thong. It is still used today to hold important Buddhist ceremonies.
Ayutthaya Historical Park: Ayutthaya was the second most important city in the Ayutthaya Kingdom, which existed from 1350 to 1767. Ayutthaya was one of the most famous cities in the East with foreigners arriving from all over the world to conduct trade here. Foreigners were even allowed to set up small villages outside the walls of the Kingdom to encourage foreign comfort and support for weary travelers from many nations. In the late 17th century the French Ambassador compared Ayutthaya to Paris in terms of wealth and size. In the late 18th century, Ayutthaya fell under siege of the Burmese Kingdom.
Wat Phra Si Sanphet: This temple was the holiest in the temple of the Royal Palace of the ancient city of Ayutthaya.
Wat Mahathat: This temple was started in 1374 by King Borommaracha. It was completed about 20 years later by his successor King Ramesuan. The head of the Buddha embedded in a banyan tree is the most photographed thing here.
If the above video looks fun, click ==>this link<== or the below map to take the self-guided tour on your smartphone
Bridge Over River Kwai Train Tour
If the above video looks fun, read the following directions and then click the below Google Map to get started on this tour.
Buy your tickets a few days in advance if possible since it is very popular with the locals. It costs 120 Baht ($4 USD) per person. The train departs the Hua Lamphong (Main Train Station) in Bangkok at 6:30 AM on those days. The train will pick up more passengers along the way, but they will tell you (very loudly) in Thai and (whisper in) English when you have reached one of the stops on the tour. They will tell you how long you have in minutes before the train leaves without you. It will leave without you. They don’t count heads before leaving. The stops are as follows:
Wat Phra Pathommachedi: The history of this temple is controversial. But here is an entry from Wikipedia: “Ashoka, an Indian Emperor who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from circa 269 to 232 BC, sent prominent Buddhist monks to expand Buddhism in Suvarnabhumi including the area that is Nakhon Pathom in the present day. A Buddhist temple, Wat Phra Pathom, had been established around the year 325 BCE, and the stupa had been built around the year 193 BC.”
Bridge Over the River Kwai: Built by the Japanese in WW2 using slaves and prisoners. The Allied bombers knocked out the bridge so it was only active for the Japanese for about 2 years.
Saiyok Noi Falls: Beautiful Waterfall where you can swim and have a nice picnic.
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery: Where almost 7000 allied soldiers are buried who were killed by the Japanese in WW2 building the River Kwai Bridge and Railroad.
Click the below map or ==>this link<== to take the Bridge Over River Kwai Tour.
Bangkok Nightlife
Did you really think you could be in a place called Bangkok without going out at night?
Khao San Road (Walking Map): Click the link to the left to see the walking path for fun people-watching and pick a place that looks fun along the walk. This is one of the cheaper areas to have a beer and people-watch.
Calypso Cabaret: See a Cabaret in Bangkok.
Nana BTS: Walk north on Sukhumvit from Nana BTS. Where people dance the night away. There are a bunch of places along this street.
Soi Cowboy: Where beautiful women pole dance in Bikinis.
Digital Nomads Bangkok Life and Food Experiences
Ethos: $$ Vegetarian vegan heaven.
Bonita Cafe and Social Club: $$
May Veggie Home: $$
Qiang Hui’s Favorite Food Carts
Food Cart: $ Look for the octopus on a barbeque.
Food Cart (Pork Rice) $ Go to this link and look for the food cart with the longest line.
Sweet Potatoe and Ginger: $0.50 USD
Food Cart: $ Near Khaosan Road. In front of this grocery store.
Wet Market: Fruits, Vegetables, Meats: $ Near our Airbnb condo (every neighborhood has a wet market like this).
Grocery Store: $$$ In the basement of this mall. This is a western-style grocery store.
Big C SuperMarket: Sort of like a Walmart in the USA
Vagabond Buddha’s Kitchen: I was cooking one meal per day in our Airbnb and buying groceries at the above grocery store and wet market.
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Bangkok Facts and History
Here are some interesting facts about Bangkok Thailand according to Wikipedia.
Bangkok was a small trading post in the 15th century when Ayutthaya was the capital of Thailand.
Fast forward 600 years and it is the largest city in Thailand with 14+ million people including the surrounding suburbs.
After the Burmese sacked the capital Ayutthaya in 1782, King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok. Bangkok grew in size originally via trade with China and eventually the west.
Struggles between the elite and the military resulted in the abolishment of monarchy rule in 1932 resulting in a constitutional democracy with a ceremonial monarchy. The Thai people love their King and it is not a fear-based love, it is authentic.
Thailand allied with Japan during WW2, mainly as a way of preserving their culture. Post WW2, Bangkok saw great post-war reconstruction by the US and has since remained and RR post for American soldiers up and through the Vietnam War.
Bangkok’s rapid industrialization and higher incomes created pressure for people to move to Bangkok where the high paying jobs were located.
The major waterways were the main source of transportation around Thailand until the modern road system was constructed in the 20th century to support growing vehicle traffic.
In 2018, Mastercard ranked Bangkok the number one city in the world ahead of London in terms of international travel with 20 million visitors per year. Bangkok was rated the world’s best city by Travel and Leisure readers in 2010 and 2013.
Bangkok’s many attractions and city life appeal to diverse groups of tourists. There are many temples and palaces along with museums along with historical and cultural tourist attractions to keep people coming back. Shopping and dining experiences alone or so diverse and abundant along with the dynamic nightlife. The western portrayal of Bangkok as the world capital of sex tourism is accurate although it is not openly discussed by locals or government. Medical tourism in Bangkok is also untouched in the world. The quality of care adjusted for comparative costs worldwide puts Thailand in first place.
If you adjust for cost of living and the easy lifestyle, Bangkok might just be the best place to live in the world, if you can take the heat when you are scurrying from one AC sanctuary to another.
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