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Anything medical i should od before leaving
like malaria shots or something

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Anything medical i should od before leaving
like malaria shots or something

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Not really.
Some valium maybe, you can find xanax here but not sure about valium.

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hey guys first of all thx for the thread, i have a few question i am sure a lot already been covered but this is a hell of a thread ...

Iam almost 20 and iam german fwiw.

So iam willing to move to thailand at 1. november and stay there for long. I am planning to stay at least 1 year but ive never been there before so take that fwiw.

Because i need a stable internet connection of course i thought i have to decide weather i want to stay in pattaya or BKK at least for the first 6 months and since i want to live at the sea i thought pattaya would be a good start and jomtiem beach would be a fair place in pattaya.
Id like to hear what u think of that and if u have any suggestion about other nice places with a stable internet connection.


Since i travel alone i want to get a (baller) condo with large balcony, pool table or jacuzzi or /and stuff like that.
From what ive seen at the internets prices for those are insane, i mean thyere still cheap but not what i expected to see when i read this thread.Of course its because they want to sell if for rich farangs but i have no clue how to avoid that. I found houses are cheaper then condos in proportion, is that true?

Anyone would like to help me to get settled?

Would be really aprecciated.

Re: Ask Degen Anything About Living In Thailand
 

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Anything medical i should od before leaving
like malaria shots or something

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Not really.
Some valium maybe, you can find xanax here but not sure about valium.

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I got like 4 vaccinations the other day.
Hepatitis A+B
Japaneses brain something
And a couple I cant remember the names of... if that is what he is asking about

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Anything medical i should od before leaving
like malaria shots or something

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Not really.
Some valium maybe, you can find xanax here but not sure about valium.

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LOLZA little diffs.

Here in Phuket I can get valium readily but hard to get xanax.

As for shots......
Dengue fever is hiting a bit of a high in SE Asia t the moment but not sure if they have a vax for it.

Personally I got vaxed for everything under the sun when I was in military so I camover here without doing anymore.

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Anything medical i should od before leaving
like malaria shots or something

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Not really.
Some valium maybe, you can find xanax here but not sure about valium.

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Dengue fever is hiting a bit of a high in SE Asia t the moment but not sure if they have a vax for it.


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No vax. for that the doctor said...

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hey guys first of all thx for the thread, i have a few question i am sure a lot already been covered but this is a hell of a thread ...

Iam almost 20 and iam german fwiw.

So iam willing to move to thailand at 1. november and stay there for long. I am planning to stay at least 1 year but ive never been there before so take that fwiw.

Because i need a stable internet connection of course i thought i have to decide weather i want to stay in pattaya or BKK at least for the first 6 months and since i want to live at the sea i thought pattaya would be a good start and jomtiem beach would be a fair place in pattaya.
Id like to hear what u think of that and if u have any suggestion about other nice places with a stable internet connection.


Since i travel alone i want to get a (baller) condo with large balcony, pool table or jacuzzi or /and stuff like that.
From what ive seen at the internets prices for those are insane, i mean thyere still cheap but not what i expected to see when i read this thread.Of course its because they want to sell if for rich farangs but i have no clue how to avoid that. I found houses are cheaper then condos in proportion, is that true?

Anyone would like to help me to get settled?

Would be really aprecciated.

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I was in Pattaya from the end of December thru the middle of February. In both the hotel and my apartment, a 6 unit building where my landlord provided wireless to the tenants utilizing his architecture firms internet access, I was unable to have internet service reliable enough to play poker. There was an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan at the end of December that may be the cause, and the problems it caused may have been fixed; however, I currently have the opinion that playing online poker from Pattaya may not be possible. Even in my hotel in BKK (stayed from mid Nov. to mid Dec. prior to the earthquake) at times I was unable to play online as the connection would simply get too slow during certain times of the day. The problems while in Pattaya were slow service and frequent disconnects.

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If you never been to thailand it's probably better to start in bangkok ( more 2+2ers, more stuff to do and a more "normal" lifestyle ). Pattaya is whores city and the full time residents will rarely be under 50 years old.

You can go to the beach from bangkok ( pattaya or hua hin ) in 2h30 by bus for about 2 euros. Pattaya is great for the WE but for living there you have to really love the hoes.

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You can also fly to Phuket for roughly US$50. I know two french people here who caught teh 'gue.

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Ok thats propably what ill do.

What are some good hotels to stay for the first time?
Where can i get some good condos? How do i manage to get a thai to get me condo? And how does this work?

Hows the internet in phuket? Is real estate really that expensive in phuket?