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elliot_spencer · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 495

Hi guys, what could one save on a salary of 50k bhat a month NET?

Also, any recent info on the British Council?

Thanks

Pauleddy · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 295 Location: The Big Mango

Pretty difficult (and some would say inane) question... depends on what you want etc. A nice condo will be at least 20,000, but a tiny room could be 7,000. Do you drink and go out, or are you training for the monkhood? Will you live in BKK or in tinytown? Are you married, or are you prepared to buy dinners and gifts for nice girls (or boys), or any of the above?? Do you want to have pizza, or can you eat boiled chicken feet? etc, etc, etc.

Plenty of old posts about this.

eddy

elliot_spencer · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 495

The BC said rent is 10k, I will be working in BKK not a town near it! Yes, I like drining and I would like to eat both local and western... Oh. Im not into paying for boys!

tttompatz · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 2:47 am Post subject:

elliot_spencer · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 495

Therefore this salary in BKK would be OK.

The salary is 41000bhat NET plus an extra �280 paid in pounds every month , So chaining that sum of pounds into bhat would make the total amount about 50k NET

tttompatz · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 9:01 am Post subject:

elliot_spencer · Joined: 26 Feb 2007 Posts: 495

cool, would there be much of savings?

Sorry for these questions but I have two offers ... one in BKK and one in Libya... Libya pays more but for a gay man I can't see it being better than BKK (and I'm not into paying for sex... I'm only 25!!)

Pauleddy · Joined: 19 Mar 2006 Posts: 295 Location: The Big Mango

Actually, gay life in Arab countries can be "good".

I have had some very wild times in Morocco.

If Libya is like Saudi (very strict) then there are certain hotels, malls, swimming pools etc. where gay men meet discreetly. There is a lot of covert bisexuality too--because men can't freely get girls (social/religious reasons). In Saudi and other places, there are a fair number of private parties. In the rare cases that westerners are "caught", they will be fined and/or deported rather than castrated or hanged.

Man on Man relationships are common in all arab lands, and have been for centuries. Just not spoken about.

Of course, Bangkok is one of the gay capitals of the world, so it cannot be the same. Much may depend on taste. I have friends who would never dream of Thailand, simply because they don't like smooth, feminine, oriental men. Another thing is that, as a westerner, you will be "expected" to pay dinner, drinks or gifts 80-100% of the time, as part of any romantic stuff, even if you "do not pay for sex". That's Thai culture. Straight men have to do the same with Thai girls.

North Africa is hot, but not as humid. Bangkok is actually uncomfortable for many people.

In general, you can save more in the Middle East. The salaries are considerably more and the clubbing/drinking etc. more limited, but not impossible. Some people choose the ME for a couple of years as a deliberate decision just to pump up on money. In BKK it is really, really hard to save money. People think that they can, but with the pound-baht rate now at 47, a bottle of beer in a late club can be over 4 quid.

eddy