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So many many moons ago, when I was a kid mostly (under 18), I went to mexico a few times with an uncle. Back then the exchange rate was insane, and you could get tacos for 10 cents (best tacos I ever had), full steak and lobster dinners for $5 and everything was insanely cheap (guitars, leather jackets etc). It was amazing.

Now adays though it's the same price there as here, and I have not been back.

But recently I saw a reelz on facebook, a girl who does videos of all these places she eats/visits, did one on a 5 star resort in thailand. OMG it was amazing. You have your own indoor pool per room, along with a really nice big universal pool for everyone, the food was free (full buffet) etc and it was like $80 a night (which I thought was insanely low for that level of a resort it was beautiful.

So I decided to look up other resorts and there are even 4.7 star hotels there for only $10 a night!!! Most of the ones right on the water are more than that, but some are still only like 24$ a night etc. The prices there are so low compared to anywhere else I have heard of, and the food looks freaking amazing (and is also super cheap.

Much like Mexico back in the day, Thailand has a conversion rate of 3cents baht to 1 usd, or basically 33x as much value from the dollar. That looks at least like it would lead to spending a fraction of what you have to spend here in the US to live like a king there.

I have looked it up online and so far don't see any really big red flags or reasons not to move to thailand or at least visit there for long periods of time.

You can btw, get a retirement visa that lets you stay there permanently, which I qualify for (only requirements is 50+ in age and the ability to have 25k in a bank account for 2 months prior to traveling there (800k THB).

Obviously before doing that I would want to visit and make sure I actually like it there, but it certainly looks promising. Thought I'd ask on here if anyone has any experience there.

I am retired btw, but have no income at all, and won't till Social Security kicks in in a decade (if it is even still around). I did my research and I can still recieve social security from Thailand (and obviously it would go waaaaay further there).

I live currently on 1000 a month, and am hoping to eventually get a job online or another source of income. That much money in Thailand though would go way further (I rent a room here and spend $100 a week on food, have car insurance and a cell phone (both very cheap) and that is my total expenses each month).

In Thailand I could probably live at a really nice resort or rent an apartment, eat WAY better and still have money left over, so it might totally be worth moving there.

Anyway have experience traveling there? Any advice?