Reasons why most “farangs” LEAVE Thailand?!

Livestream # 14

Oh hello tubers good morning good afternoon good evening Wherever You Are are and welcome to Cooper and Brooks live stream Wednesday morning live streams today’s topic is all about why do fangs which is Thai word for foreigners leave Thailand um what is the reason for most of them

Leaving Tha Thailand and go ahead and uh type in the comments what your thoughts are as we go into today’s discussion and um we see on YouTube on a on quite a lot of uh videos uh from other vloggers out there uh interviewing people why they’re

Leaving Thailand and uh some of the many reasons and pitfalls of where they go wrong and why they have to leave and um top of the list medical now uh I’ve seen many many of times that uh people come out here and they think they can come out here on a

Budget of like $800 $700 a month and um they’re paying out $500 a month uh for the accommodation their electricity their water and then um what they have left is $300 a month well that they’re gonna to live on you can you can live on $300 a month in Thailand um but here’s

The problem where’s the money for the medical insurance you don’t have it you know and the first medical problem that they have you know um they can’t afford to pay for you know they have they don’t have little to no savings they’re they’re getting 7800 you know

From their from their countries for a state pension whatever um some of these European countries pay it’s not a lot you know um and all of a sudden they have a medical problem and they have to fly home you know and they’re boring off of their friends that are out here just

To get the plane ticket to go home because they don’t even have enough money for the plane ticket you know and it’s a sad case to see and that’s why we’ve made several budget videos on this channel and in regards to you know what you should come out here

For an ideal budget and I’ve always said if you’re coming out here with less than a, doll a month you’re going to struggle yeah you really are now a lot of these medical insurance companies out here uh will allow you to pay monthly you don’t

Have to pay the full whack for the year true but you know for over 50 you’re generally looking around about that $2,000 a year you know so um you need to have you know depending on your age of course um you need to have like $200 a

Month to pay for your medical insurance and then yes $800 you can make it after that but um what you’re GNA find is a lot of people come out here and they think oh I’m fine you know nothing wrong with me I’ve been healthy my whole life

All of a sudden they got got a medical issue and you know you can’t get it out here unless you got insurance you know you’re you’re going to struggle I think a lot of the expats that are here self insure Coupe yeah you know what I mean

They and like you say they’ve probably been healthy said hey why do I need insurance you know I’m still healthy and fit and ah if I needed something I could fly back so but uh when that happens if there’s something serious well you know maybe you uh don’t have time to fly back

Or you don’t have the money to fly back or you know yeah so it’s uh interesting yeah and another reason is um they run out of money you see it happen all the time uh guys get over here um and they go through what’s called a midlife crisis

You know all of a sudden they can get these young girls in the bars and they’re like a kid in a candy store you know back West in the west and uh they’re coming out here and they’re spending way way over their budget and they’re eating into their savings I know

Several people that have done it and uh their savings have just gone way way down and it’s like an addiction you know they the girls are pretty the girls are beautiful the girls are beautiful you know and um yeah you know they may have been in the West where they haven’t had

A girlfriend for several years or been divorced for several years or whatever and then all of a sudden you know uh the floodgates open and they can get just about any girl that they want out here um you know that’s of legal age of course and you know they’re they’re

Buying into it they are buying you hit the nail in the head they’re buying into it and a thing is um I’ve seen all the the traps in the go-o bars all right now I’ve been in quite a lot of go-o bars uh when I was younger just to explore what

They’re like um before I retired here in Thailand and I see the girls in the gogo bars ask three predominant same questions first question they ask the guy is how old are you yeah second question they ask is what do you do for work and then the third question is how

Much money you got and you are surprised you’re literally surprised by the N amount of naive people that fall for that trap yeah yeah my name’s Joe yeah um I used to be a manager of a soand so company or I’m currently a manager and I’ve got

$200,000 in the bank whatever you know $50,000 in the bank whatever it may be and the girl see this as right this is what I’m going to try and get out of this guy and they will tell him the biggest Saab story of the life you know

This is my first day here I’ve never done this before I’m only here to support my mom and dad you know my family’s not well and you get the foreigners think oh I’m gonna try and rescue this girl from the bar she’s a good decent girl she doesn’t deser

Deserve to be in here and um therefore I’m gonna do what I can and um I’ve seen the girls talk and they’ll say you know I’ve got three fongs three foreigners sending me money every month you know um I’ve told him I’ve gone back to the province I’m not back in the

Province you know um and I’m still working in the bars is what they’re doing and we see me and Darlene have seen this with our own eyes we saw this one bar girl she was talking to her boyfriend from Europe saying uh see I’m working behind the bar I’m no longer out

Uh in front of the bar you know with customers and clients I’m now just serving drinks behind the bar and pans the camera away uh five minutes after she gets off that phone call she’s hugging on to the first Foreigner that comes in there you know and making

Arrangements to spend the night with them and we I me and my wife saw that with our own eyes and we were like wow you know this this this does happen you know these stories that you hear they actually do happen and it’s a con game

The girls know the game better than any Foreigner and uh they they do this and they get foreigners following for the track and they’re sending them you know they’re hard earn money every month and they’re not the only Foreigner yep you know so uh those are other uh pitfalls out here in

Thailand and uh let us know your comments down below of some of the other reasons that you think uh guys um out here in Thailand you know put the tail between the legs and head home so let’s start Today’s Show who we got on here Brooke we have Jerry Jerry I got

Hello Cooper Darlene and Brooke and Merry Christmas to you all and Merry Christmas to you too Jerry thank you for coming on and joining us Lost Boy greetings everybody I hope everyone is doing well and greetings to you lost boy thank you for coming on and joining us

Much appreciated Tommy Lee good morning guys and look at that picture with that big smile on Tommy’s face he can’t wait to get out here Jim Collis run out of money run out of money that is one of the main reasons that um the foreigners go running home because they run out of

Money um it’s normally in relation to drinking too much and partying and the girls I’ve I’ve seen in paa and I’m sure you’ve seen this we go out uh for breakfast in paa to uh what was the name of the place that we go with the airon

Uh that we like uh Nikki nikk nikkis and right there that’s on soyal in paa and we see guys out there from 10 o’clock in the morning in these bars drinking alcohol and they don’t stop they’re just sitting there drinking all day long and they’re lonely drinking man is a hard

Life it is a hard life and they’re sitting there and they’re lonely they got nobody there to um to talk to they’ve made no friends they’ve you know they just hear by themselves and they don’t know anybody and that is the crying shame and that is one of the

Reasons that darling and I decided to start this YouTube channel because uh Thailand is can be a very beautiful place to retire and uh we wanted to build this around a community and make uh and get people involved together and make friends uh so that way you’re

Stayed on the straight and narrow and you don’t fall off the path um so it’s absolutely fantastic what we did is we created the Facebook group uh first thing we did and then we added the live chat to it so everybody can chat with each other live we now

Have over 806 or seven we’re up to 800 people on the group and the group’s name is right down there below it’s called Cooper’s thae Venture community and the group is all about bringing people together uh 800 people on there so there’s plenty of choices lot of great

Interaction a lot of questions a lot of answers so you know anything you need to know yeah that’s a place to voice your question and you get a lot of opinion and for those of you that are new to the channel and watching for the first time

How do you join the group very easily hit the Thumbs Up And subscribe to any one of our our videos that you watch or or here on the live stream you can do it too um subscribe to the channel and then once you’re subscribed we get notified

On the YouTube analytics you go over and apply to join the Facebook group and it’s that easy four questions on there um do you support our YouTube channel and you answer yes I’ve just subscribed and then um the three rules for the admins uh because we want to keep you

Safe as well as everybody else that’s on the group and you can join in and pick everybody’s brains on there you can meet great people and uh interact with them people go out and they’re playing golf they’re going volleyball and they’re playing tennis um you know they’re they’re doing all sorts of activities

Walking on the beach together um meeting up for lunch and stuff like that and making a lot of great friends and we’ve got you know like I said 800 people on the group and we over 140 people of which are already out here in Thailand

And uh tonight by the way we have the Christmas party and I want to give a shout out to Liz for that Liz asked me uh at our meet and greet that we had in October at frasers she said hey Cooper uh would you uh do you have any plans

Over Christmas I said well we’re going on our honeymoon on the 22nd of December which is this Friday and we will um be gone for two weeks and she said well do you mind have I planned something for Christmas and put it on the group I said

Of course you can no problem and so she did and it’s tonight at frasers at 7 pm and uh everybody’s welcome that’s out here uh to come and um we got quite a good group of people gonna be there and also Darlene and I will be there and I

Think you’re coming along just uh frasers is always a good time yeah yeah frasers is an excellent uh time and it’s a uh sports bar here in jumpan so very good place to meet up uh us in person and along with a lot of our subscribers Ted Lennox too hot all the

Time uh yeah that could be one reason Ted uh the humidity here is quite High I have to admit um however in all honesty it it’s like anything in life if you’re in the cold weather or you’re in the hot weather it takes your body time to

Acclimate and um you know get used to uh the different temperatures and what I say to people is drink plenty of water drink plenty of water you know and you’re you’re gonna you’re gonna sweat it out of your system but you’re gonna customize to it and it it only takes a

Couple weeks two three four weeks and you know uh it doesn’t doesn’t bother you as much as it did when you got off that plane so whether yeah can be a a definite one if you’re from a cold climate botney 66 hello everyone and hello bootney there’s my wife she says

Hello tubers don’t forget to hit that thumbs up button with a big smiley face she’s in the bedroom behind Brooke and uh she is moderating on the channel Montana Elvis hello everyone I’m headed to Thailand on January 7th looking forward I enjoy videos like this always learning and yeah for you you’re

Going to love it out here uh Montana uh we got a great group of people out here really friendly yes of the 140 that we have have out here I gotta honestly say and put my hands up we’ve had not one bad person NOP no trouble either we did

Have one bad person earlier this week uh that got into the Facebook group and was posting some pretty um what was the word I would use I would call it you know um inappropriate content yeah inappropriate content not respectful um and sort of borderline rude and one of our subscribers emailed

Us and notified us you know hey you know uh took a screenshot of it sent it to us in an email and said hey do you realize that you know what this person’s saying on the group I uh me and my wife went in there took a look at it and said nope

This is totally inappropriate and blocked that person immediately so they will no longer ever be able to come back in out and they are out so uh I’m not going to name the uh the person that we kicked or the subscriber that uh notified us of this but come on nope I’m

Not going to do it I don’t put nobody down and um anyways When anybody emails us it’s always in confidence we never put the names out unless they give us permission and say yes you know I’d like you to put my name out for this or whatever uh so

We don’t normally do it and um thank you to that subscriber that did it if you’re watching and um that notified us of that because we can’t always keep an eye on at 247 and we rely on the feedback from the members of the community Joan bullo good evening good

Morning good afternoon Cooper Darlene Brook 43 days T-minus 43 T-minus 43 days wow and Stax Bitcoin hello everyone and hello Dennis he’s told me his name I know know his name is Dennis he sent me an email said by the way my name is Dennis and uh he said yes you can call

Me that on the channel so Dennis man so Dennis is coming out and he’s promised to buy us some coffee creamer Oh I thought you were gonna say Bitcoin no no he’s gonna get us I don’t think he’ll give us any of his Bitcoin

But uh yeah he’s going to buy us some of our diabetic coffee cream that we love so much and we can’t pay don’t worry Nobody Rides free he’s going to be here in January so thank you for that Dennis really really appreciate it Jim CIS white night syndrome that is

It white night syndrome in a nutshell uh great great analogy there Jim yeah they want to be the Savior you know of these girls that are in the bars and think oh you know I fell in love with a bar girl she’s absolutely perfect everything I’ve

Been looking for and a woman and uh it’s just a huge scam and these girls aren’t leaving the bars very few ever do until they get too old to be in the bars and nobody wants to pay for them anymore then they leave the bars but um and they

Tend to then go work in massage shops after that okay but um no that is one of the biggest red flags out here do not do not fall in love with a barir is my advice to you last boy Jim Collins sanes yeah sing that is what it is men

Sing for women out here and um you know giving in to their uh little things you know you’ll start out with you know they you’ll get together with them and you’ll be all everything’s Rosy and then all of a sudden my Dad’s sick he’s in hospital

We need so much for an operation they pay that then next thing you know two weeks later my brother’s at a motorcycle accident we need to pay for that you know uh a month later you know um somebody’s had a baby or going to have a baby and they can’t afford the hospital

Bill one of the immediate family members or something there’s always just an excuse that they use and 95% of the time none of it’s true they just say this to try and pump more money from The Foreigner and you do get caught up in it

You do I mean I’ve talked to you you’ve talked to me we both know each other’s history we both got caught up in that yes issues you know what I mean me and the Philippines and I think coup here when he was you know many years ago yeah

So it happens to anyone so you know don’t think it can’t happen to you it’s uh but uh yeah oh hello Joanne boo oh hello to all the Cooper tubers thank you Joanne and hello to you thank you for coming on and joining us and bootney sends a $4.99 super thanks

And says Merry Christmas and Merry Christmas to all of you out there we’re going to be spending our Christmas on our honeymoon um on the cruise ship uh we’re going to be going around Asia on a what’s it Norwegian Cruise Line it’s called and uh it’s G to be you know a

Unique honeymoon for me and my wife you’ll do some videos from the ship I would hope oh yeah we’re going to we’re going to do some videos from the ship uh we’re still going to want our privacy so we’re only going to stick to the three

Videos for the week probably and uh we do a a tour of the ship some of the excursions on the different places that we go in Vietnam Malaysia and uh Bali down there and Singapore now were you you planning on flying me to the ship

For the live stream no no why um we’ll have to do the live stream I’ll send you a link and you can film it from your house and fil yeah we can do it I’ve done it many times with Calvin from Sunshine shoulders I was a guest on his

Panel many times you and Darlene are what I would call techies uh Darlene te yeah okay yeah I don’t know how to do any of that but thank you bootney for the 499 super thanks and Merry Christmas to you really really appreciate it Tommy J I would say a major reason

Some folks leave with would be medical as they have insurance at home I.E Medicare true yeah um people will go back um I know people from England um they have what they call the NHS National Health Service and it’s free Canada um so um well it’s not it is free

When you use it but you pay in your whole life to the National Health you’re actually taxed on it uh and it’s Incorporated um into your pay um that you uh pay your national uh Health contributions and um these people you know when they get sick they

Fly back to England get the work done and then fly back to Thailand so uh that is an option for them them and uh some people come back some don’t David MIRS hi guys saw you last night at the bar and soy six don’t worry I won’t tell

Darlene you’re very funny David darling my wife Chim de there you go David MIRS haha don’t worry I didn’t see your [Laughter] comment and David Mir says thanks Doc Les Jennings good morning family just got back and jumped in see you guys tonight and absolutely great he’s gonna

Be there um Les he did call me and tell me um that uh he’s here in Thailand but he’s been traveling around a bit and I told him about the Christ Christmas party and he’s coming tonight so absolutely great it’s gonna be fantastic meet you Les make sure you come up and

Say Hello uh and introduce yourself so so pepper company good morning CP Brook and Darlene and good good morning to you Soo pepper company thank you for coming on and joining us at David mir’s smiling and laughing Chrissy Coop and Darlene I hope your cruise is as amazing as you two are

I love you too Brooke I love you too Brooke thank you for that Chris uh a lot of great subscribers on here really looking forward to Chris when he comes out here and joins us Bluto deor sends a $10 super thanks and says Merry Christmas thanks for all

You do your last interview probably pushed me over the top to come join your community I’ve got 14 month uh months of commitments here in the states then look out and our last interview I did was uh yesterday and it was with s absolutely fantastic guy I love I love Sal the bits

Uh he’s a straight talker he’s had a very very uh colorful and interesting life if you haven’t watched it go back and look at it on yesterday’s video um and he’s out here retired on $1,300 a month and he makes it work yep so he’s

In that what I like to call Sweet Spot budget anything over, dollar is fantastic and um he’s got a girlfriend out here and he’s really happy with her yep uh they’ve been together for a year he you know absolutely fantastic he’s enjoying his life and he’s got away from

What he likes to call the Matrix and the rap race back in the States he used to be a musician he was a bass player played with several bands and played in Las Vegas at uh several of the casinos and places like that really really

Fantastic guy and he tells a bit of his life story and why he chose T very interesting and why he likes it here so much def go back watch that video If you haven’t met his girlfriend two weeks after arriving here yeah within two weeks and they’ve been together ever

Since so yeah like you say so and a good woman y makes a difference and thank you Bluto for that $10 super thanks really really appreciate it and we’ll look out for you in 14 months time hzo steel greetings CP Darlene and Brooke hope to meet all of you this coming low season

While I Scout the jump in area enjoy your cruise Coop and Darlene and thank you for that Hanzo low season is probably one of the best time to come if you plan on retiring out here because you’re G to scoop up a deal yep if you’re going to be coming in High

Season what you want to do is only rent for a couple of months uh you’re going to be playing paying a you know a bit more U because it’s High season obviously but rent for a couple of months don’t tie yourself into a long contract until low season hits because

That’s when you’re going to get the deal so if you find somewhere that you want that you like that you watch one of our videos say I definitely want to stay there only run it for a couple months because they are not going to give you a break during High season because they

Know they can run it out to tourists and if you’re a retiree hang on till the low season Once the low season say sits in kicks in you say to them hey I like this place I’d like to do a Year’s contract you know um

Or you know a year was what I would recommend uh because that then when your contract expires you’re still going to be in the low season true and uh you say right I like this place I’d like to do a Year’s contract what’s the best rate you

Can give me and then they’ll be like well hey it’s not going to be sitting empty for eight months during the low season absolutely fantastic and they cut you a com for scouting only that’s your first time saying you’re coming for three weeks a month two months whatever

Anytime of year is good to come because again you’re gonna if you come during High season hey that’s the worst of prices will ever be so for your accommodations at least so yeah but yeah absolutely agree Al de CC hi everyone I H believe a single person can live well

In Thailand with, 1500 per month staying away from bars and a couple with 2500 a month I totally agree with that yeah um now uh, 1500 month is very good uh amount to be retiring anything over a thousand you’re going to be comfortable here um

Now for the 2,500 for a couple I think that’s on the Steep side yeah uh as both you and I are living under 2,000 a month and we’re both married y so um I think you’re budgeting around about $1,700 a month around about 17,800 a month so uh

Yeah so 2,500 you’re going to live a very good life out here um and not to say you don’t as 1700 because you and I have a great time out here on SE on that sort of budget you know 1,700 to 2000 Mark JB good evening from Speedway and

Good evening JB from the speedway races thank you for coming on and joining us Joan boo 1300 oh my God you cannot find a monthly rental here in Canada for that price and you’re right A lot of people tell me that I I get on average over 50

Emails a day sometimes if we make a popular video I may get over a hundred emails but um the emails that I’m generally getting Brooke are saying hey Coupe I can’t make it out here in the in the west my pension that I’m getting with the prices the inflation and everything going up

Yeah um I don’t know whether to feed myself or pay the heating bill for the winter and it’s it’s a crying shameal it really is and they’re saying to me hey I I get $1,800 a month or something and I can’t make it out here you know my rent

Is over $1,000 a month how the heck am I G to make it you know on you know, 1800 you know what’s it like in Thailand tell me straight I know you make these videos on YouTube and they say um You probably aren’t telling us the the whole truth in

The videos because obviously you want the views you know can you tell me the truth in the emails that is the truth you know and I I say to them I say I don’t make this up um for the views I never have I don’t care if I get a

Hundred views per video or 5,000 views per video I’m G to tell it straight like it is and on $1,800 a month you’re going to have a fantastic life out here in Thailand you really really are when uh we do our budget videos we talk about

How much we pay for rent how much we pay for electricity how much we pay for water and the food costs they’re B on right to the penny and that’s why I’ve been uh having videos recently of interviews with our subscribers I got another one coming out tomorrow night

And uh it’s with James yeah yeah now James is from Australia and he just turned 50 this year he owned a couple of dealerships and he sold them and said you know what I’m done I want a early retirement and so he’s out here living the good life and he’s just put himself

In so many different Hobbies out here um he goes to the gym rley he goes out on his bike with a group of other people of the same age retirees going out on their bike tour in Thailand day you know going to different places and exploring you know and he’s

Absolutely loving it so watch that video tomorrow uh this coming out he’s been here now exactly one year and he gives his thoughts on Thailand on what he would do differently um compared to what he did uh when he originally came out here and it’s a fantastic story his life

Uh I think you guys are really going to enjoy it and um in the Facebook group um we saw a discussion in there from the women that have joined our community now we’ve got I think seven eight women uh on our community single women that are here and um they said you

Know that a lot of YouTubers all they film is men on their Channel yeah now here’s the kicker yeah they would like to see women on their Channel we did we had uh the girls on the channel yeah and um I would love and I’m putting this out

There to all the women that are in our group if you’d like to come on and be interviewed by myself and my wife darling let us know uh in email and we will be more than happy to uh put a woman perspective of what life is out

Here for a single woman here in Thailand uh I’d love to make the video just let me know if you’re interested Brett Thomas good morning Cooper Darlene and Brook from Alaska Land of hello from Alaska Brett thank you for joining us Bruce casing syang I would never go

Live in any foreign country for merely 800 a month yeah you’re G to struggle um I mean you can live out here on that money but what are you going to do for medical insurance well you self-insure yeah I mean you can self-insure but I mean you got to have that amount in

Savings put aside that you’re not going to touch um and you’re looking you know for a good self-insurer for your lifetime probably $50,000 um here for Thailand and that’ll cover you for most things hospital overnight stays and things like that surgeries um yeah 50 to $60,000 I would

Say in that price range but what if you have two three things go wrong with you you know um think about insurance I mean at 2,000 a year do the maass five years is going to be 10,000 you know um so it would be what what would uh equate to uh for

50,000 if you put it in the bank oh you should be able to make at least 10% of your money that’s 5,000 so yeah yep exactly Darlene Buchanan good morning CD have a fantastic honeymoon and Brooke glad you’re feeling better yeah 95% there yeah he was a little uh down on

Saturday weren’t you uh yeah I had a cold yeah I was stuck in bed so yeah hacking up a it wasn’t that ugly Chinese thing that came out is it the one that um that they say gives you pneumonia or something like that just fake news I

Think fake news yeah I don’t know anybody that’s it no Brett Thomas just blows my mind how affordable retiring in Thailand my budget is going to be 12 to 1300 a month and you’re gonna be in The Sweet Spot Brad yeah you can do uh Brett sorry and

Um if you didn’t watch uh the video I did yesterday the interview I did with uh Sal go watch it uh he tells you um breaks it down for you you know how he spends his money and what his cost of living is and he’s actually saving money

On that believe it or not he’s not spending at all he’s is actually saving it because he wants to do some traveling as well last boy renting a room in a house in South Florida can be around a thousand a month for a room just for a

Room and a house and yeah that’s absolutely correct I remember when I was younger in my early 20s before I joined the army um I was renting in a room in a house and I think I was paying like $300 a month just for room but I mean that was back in 198

8990 and uh yeah nowadays it’s like $1,000 uh just for a a a room there so um it’s just gotta it’s gone absolutely crazy God love Thailand I agree 1,00 yeah 1800 uh for a couple is more than enough yep it is for me and Darlene okay because we have the YouTube channel

And we travel along quite a bit for for the filming locations and we use a lot of gas um we’re probably closer to the 2,000 Mark whereas you’re closer to the 1800 Mark so uh yeah 18 is uh ideal budget for uh a couple out here and you

Do what you want I mean the last two days we went to the beach for a few hours in the afternoons you know swim and you rent these uh under the Cabanas the chairs for 150 bot each you know for the afternoon like hello what a time and

The weather was beautiful the ocean’s nice I think the salt’s good for you so uh that’s it’s really nice to do that and that’s a cheap afternoon you know go for a coffee at Amazon’s after then go home grab a kebab in the way and what do

We spend not even you know 300 bot for the whole day so yeah what’s that $9 bucks $9 for the whole day and you’re not wanting for anything no no and David mirror says what’s the difference on a one-bedroom at your place during High season versus low season and the

Difference is um about 3,000 bought um say a little more I think they’re asking 15 aren’t they 15 to 20 uh depends uh who you go through if you go through je okay you can get one at 15,000 if you go through another agent you may pay as much as 18 to

20,000 um and uh in low season you get this for 12,000 no problem there you so those are the main difference 95 people on the live thank you all for coming on and joining us and uh today’s topic is why do uh Fang men foreign men uh put the tail

Between their legs and run away from Thailand Gotta Love Thailand I’ve been here five years five years absolutely great and I met a um a German guy my wife and I when we went to get the tire on our pickup truck and this guy had been out here for 30 years Brooke

30 years in Thailand and um he knew I was a YouTuber because I was filming and I I sat down with him and uh he said he’d been here for 30 years and I said to him I’d love to interview you for my channel you know and he says uh sorry

You know I’m too shy I wouldn’t do it but absolutely nice guy and I I picked his brain a bit and I said you know any regrets none I said anything that you don’t like about Thailand nothing yeah he says I love Thailand 30 years fantastic absolutely

Fantastic Jerry Hart sorry not on topic for this live stream but can Brooke comment on why getting a wise card is not available in the USA and what alternative may be an option in order to get one as a USA applicant hey well let’s no why is it is available in the

US in the states as far as I know I me I can’t see why it isn’t there’s a lot of uh Americans that are here that did get it in the states and you know uh so which way does he go about applying for a wise card in the states download the

App uh and then apply for it you know you can Google wise and there’ll be you know go to the website and it’ll ask you would you like to you know yeah just log in give the information and uh you know that that’ll work now if you’re in the

USA I’m assuming you’re a USA resident like I applied for it when I was in the states I was a snowbird from Canada so it’s in the winter right so no problem but they’re not going to mail me the card in the States they’re mailing it to

My home address in Canada and that’s where I basically had to show my passport online so I did everything from Florida and when I got back home at the end of my stay in Florida the C was there so you know I don’t think that’s changed okay so uh look into it Jerry

Brooks says just downloaded the app and uh click on the button that says that you’d like a card yeah let us know and uh maybe the Facebook group too if you’re a member Jerry there’ll be a lot of Wise information on there I’ve seen it posted and questions and opinions and

That so just see if anyone else has ever had that problem and if so why Leo health insurance better to have it and not need it versus need it not have it well that’s true absolutely agree and I I say to people that are coming out here to retire you have uh a

Lot of choices in regards to health insurance um I chose mine and you chose yours uh basically because uh they cover you up to whatever age um that you live so if you live to 100 they’re still going to cover you 110 they’re still going to to cover you uh a lot of

Insurance companies out here will cut you off as soon as you’re 85 so um or lower so the one that we both chose was Pacific cross I’ll put that out on the channel no problem there and Pacific cross is absolutely fantastic that you can um you can pay it

Monthly you can pay it quarterly you can pay it by anually or you can pay it annually and I think if you pay it annually you get 10% discount so um absolutely fantastic and rates are fixed for five years so um and they got a scale program with Pacific cross and

They’re really really good and they’re accepted in every major hospital here in Thailand so plus plus plus there in my opinion I think to Coupe on the first visit or or you’re coming here it’s not your first visit but you’re coming here get travel insurance for maybe you know

Three months 90 days whatever so at least you’re in country you’re covered for insurance while you’re shopping you know you’re going to hit a couple of Brokers you’re going to find the best policy at least you have coverage while you’re here yeah so um but anyways that

Might be an idea to look into and also if you’re gonna be getting medical insurance here in Thailand get it for just Thailand yeah you don’t need it for every country on planet um because that’s where they go through the roof and they get you um so my advice get it

For only Thailand even if you plan on traveling around Asia because when you’re traveling around Agia just get travel insurance yeah just get travel insurance in case you have an accident or anything like that and then you’re covered um but keep your insurance local to just Thailand and you get a very very

Good deal well remember they gave us the option did we want Worldwide Insurance or Asia excluding or worldwide excluding USA and I think Singapore yeah you know those two must be expensive so um but yeah it was cheaper so you just picked that and you can get poops right you can

Get policy just for Asia uhuh so if you’re sticking in you know Vietnam and Indonesia and you know Cambodia La you’re that’s fine too if that’s where you’re going to be yeah Tommy Lee look at that smile is there a possibility to get free local health insurance uh good luck with that

Not being a FR that’s for sure as a foreigner you’re not going to get free local uh health insurance and Joanne beloo sends a $27.99 super thanks and says Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all of you from Al and Joanne have a wonderful

Cruise and thank you Joanne and Al H God bless you both for the 27.99 super thanks it is highly appreciated and we wish you and yours a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year and hopefully we’re going to be uh spending some time with you in the near

Future be great to meet you both Mike Baker hello tubers late to class but better late than never we marked you absent yeah you’re tardy Mike you’re John Granger hi all best wishes from Tasmania Australia and welcome from Tasmania Australia John thank you for joining the live stream I’ve got family

Down in devonport in devonport yep the first time first time I’ve seen his name on the channel thank you for coming on and joining us Chrissy hey guys how about a gentleman’s bet and win the btcf is approved I’ll take January the 8th H bet you bet the

10th pick the ninth you might be a winner no I say the eighth I can’t I that was my date in my head for the Bitcoin ETF I think it’s going to be on the eth on the Monday and um I think they’re gonna approve a a a bunch of

Them at the same time and there were some interesting news about Bitcoin just came out uh today in the last uh 24 hours that black rock has gone back and uh had to do a refiling with the SEC because instead of Bitcoin they wanted to keep the cash equivalent in their

Books and the SEC says can’t do that because people that buy gold on the stock exchange silver um copper bronze whatever else um those uh those people that are selling it have to actually keep the commodity and you keeping cash is not the commodity so guess what um

You can’t do that because you’ll be circumventing the rues so with that black rock had to resubmit and they did that yesterday uh late last night our time and there you go um everybody’s on a now Level Playing Field so absolutely great there and thank you trying to pull

A fast one but they got caught they did pneumatic mind I’ve been to Thailand twice and love it the immigration process there seems impossible though um in what respect uh no mind um we’ve had zero issues isues with the uh immigration here um we use an agent we

Use an agent never have trouble so and never have a problem everything gets done smoothly we got our retirement Visa inside of three weeks and uh we actually had to pay a lot less than what we thought we uh would for the retirement visa and it was a very very pleasant

Surprise so um definitely get an agent as our advice and uh if you try and do yourself I can see where you you’d get that opinion it’s impossible because you know you hear different stories from from different offices of what’s approved what’s not and but with the

Agent hey he’s going to know the local office and that’s what I’d recommend we did it and it’s fine 100 people on the live stream thank you all so much please hit the thumbs up if you’re joining us make darene smile I’m watching Lynette Anderson would love to hear a single

Woman’s perspective and yeah I would love to do a single woman’s perspective here in Thailand we you do have uh a few that have joined the group out here and enjoying the good life several of them I’d like to sit down and talk to them and uh get their experience as they’ve

Been here several months now and they’d be able to give a pretty good opinion you know of what it’s like for them uh any of the pitfalls or dangers or you know um or positives that they have to say about Thailand I really like to pick their brain so uh fingers crossed I’m

Going to reach out to the girls that are here and say Hey you know would you like to come on the channel and do an interview let’s see what they say see what they say hopefully they will yeah they were talking in the Facebook group that uh we don’t have women on our

Channel well let’s put it to them and see if uh they back it up and say okay we’ll do an interview with you or they’ll shy away Owen Gore 6,000 per month but can’t get health insurance because of pre-existing conditions what now uh okay Owen um 6,000 a month well you’re going

To live on half that and still live fantastic so put the other half into your savings account and you know you’ll be self-insured so yeah now here’s what I found Owen um Pacific cross if you have a pre-existing condition what the agent told us was that uh you have a

What they call a Year’s Gap in other words that um for the first year they will not cover you on the pre-existing condition but they will cover you depending on the preexisting condition in parenthesis he said um for the second year so that’s something that you can

Look into and Owen what I found out here in Thailand is medication here in Thailand compared to the West is 80% cheaper than it is in in the west and um absolutely fantastic where you’re paying ,000 a month for medication in in the states you’re only paying $200 or less

Here in Thailand for it so absolutely plus plus plus and you had some personal experience with that you recently bought some medication and what do they give you like a a three a three months or a year Supply or something I got a year in

The one and six months on the other and uh I got it at the hospital see the doctor come right out Pharmacy’s there get it there so I find out after that I can get it at the local gr or Pharmacy store right in the plaza here and it’s a

Little it’s less money it is less money because same product yeah and a lot of pharmacies here you don’t even need a prescription you just walk in there tell them what medication you’re on it’s like it’s off the shelf and it’s off the shelf which is absolutely brilliant

Because you don’t have to keep going back to a doctor for prescri uh repeat prescriptions I’m diabetic I go to the hospital once a year for my annual checkup and uh to see if I need to change my diabetic medication at all uh but I don’t go see the doctor for

Prescriptions I get uh all my medication here at our local pharmacy and I don’t need a prescription for any of it so absolutely plus plus there and uh that’s one great thing that you’ll find here Owen and if you’re on 6,000 a month uh you can live here very comfortably on

Less than 2,000 a month and uh put the other 4,000 aside um for a Randy day fund self-insure if you have self insure the Buddy show in Thailand good morning guys and good morning buddy great to have you on here we last Saw buddy at our meet and greet for

Darling’s birthday last Wednesday absolutely fantastic fantastic so thank you buddy he’s retired out here in Thailand living a good life and uh he came to the meet and greet so absolutely great thank you for that God love Thailand no nomatic it’s as tough as you make it yeah I absolutely agree with

You Charlie Nelson Marketplace still have good pricing for condos many are 10K or below just depends on what someone wants as for style amenities and location uh yeah Charlie let me give you a little heads up on that um we’ve had personal experience with the agents on this and

Um that’s why we haven’t made condo videos for a little while because we’ve seen on uh places like Market places uh other websites out here that they do have those prices advertised on there but when you go and see them and you want to talk to them about it they say

Oh no that’s low season price so beware um they may be putting them on there but they haven’t changed them since the high season starts and they tend to be a lot more expensive so uh just be aware of that and cereal aptitude sends a $2 super thanks and says Thailand is more

Paradise than C Coupe and Brook State and thank you for that cerebral attitude really really appreciate it really yeah it is you know we can’t speak highly enough of it uh I’m just amazed that we’re going to see a lot more people coming here oh yeah because things in

The west are they’re deteriorating by the day I think yeah and when you can come here and find the affordability I mean the Canadian couple we met Blown Away with the pricing and value here you know lived in PEI an expensive place to live wintered in Flor

Or sorry Arizona at that time right and thought well my God what you know just s Smiles so exactly everybody that comes out here loves it I’ve had one person that’s come out and said that they uh couldn’t handle it and they said it was

Just too hot for him and he didn’t want to stay but then he’s from a cold climate you know so um it’s a bit of a shock when you come out to a if you can weather the first two months or month even you’re going to get acclimated to

It a lot better so oh yeah you’re going to climatize to it just don’t make a decision on the first two weeks or three weeks well he did he made a decision after four days four days Bingo W there you go he didn’t uh give his body a

Chance to customize to the weather change yeah well each to his own thank you again for that cereal aptitude really appreciate it there Jerry Jerry Jerry Hart I downloaded the app requested the card gave my USA address for sending the card and the response was the card was not available for my

Location so that could happen like are you if you’re an American citizen with American residents and you did it from America then check out the you know there’ll be a 1 1800 number to call Wise for customer support and explain that issue um in my case I was Canadian and

They weren’t going to send it so when I called they said no no we we’ll mail it to you okay that’s fine so that was what happened to me but uh now did they mail your card to you in Florida no no no they they I preferred to get it mailed

To Florida and no they weren’t even going to accept it and the reason was they only mail it to your Canadian address so I said okay here’s what situation Canadian citizen I’m a Canadian citizen I’m a snowbird so I’m here for six months the Year back in

Canada can you mail it to Canadian oh yeah we’ll mail it there so that was fine and it was there when I got back home after my winter so if you would have been a American citizen or a permanent resident in the states would they have mailed it to Florida I’m sure

They would have because the Americans that are here with the wise card they obviously got it in the States you see what I mean so you know I’m not American so I don’t know that for yeah but I can’t understand how they would not mail

It to the states and I mean the wise is throughout the world so you know the UK they’re going to mail it to UK If You’re UK Citizen and yeah yeah yeah so there you go uh Jerry some advice for you from Brooke is uh Google their 1-800 number

And uh ask them outright and see what they say tell them your situation of customer support it’s a real person that answers so at least it was with me when I had the issue and uh it was resolved quite quickly so yeah there you go and

Sal says hi CP Brook and Darlene just signed a six-month lease for $1,725 plus $14 for Wi-Fi cable under uh 100 uh for electric and water and bank suray I’m good till the middle of June so there you go uh that’s another sell um that is best friends for the sell

That I did the interview with um yesterday and um he’s moved down to aray and that’s what he’s paid for six months um up front 1,7 a little under 300 a month that is uh yeah under $300 a month so very very affordable and he gives his

Breakdown there $14 for WiFi and cable TV and under $100 uh for electric and water and bang suray and that’s covered him until June and June again is low season so he’s got that perfect opportunity to renew it for a year because he’s still going to be on low

Season and or if he wants to change and move somewhere else and try somewhere else and see if he you know likes that any better he’s got the option to do so and at a great discount because it’s a deal that is a very good deal so there

Is deals out there guys if you’re you know wondering Lost Boy Jerry Hart I live in Florida and got a wise card there you go Charles squab also gives you an account with a card to that reimburses you for transaction fees abroad okay so uh there you go uh Lost

Boy was able to do it Jerry and he lives in Florida was able to do it so uh there you go you get in touch with them with a800 number and see what the problem is the Buddy show Thailand yep Schwab returns ATM fees yes they do and so does

My USAA bank account they return ATM fees as well so uh Charles Schwab and USAA are two of the best out there in my opinion um for if you coming out here on vacation or you’re coming here to retirement and you need to use the ATM machine from the states those both

Reimburse your uh ATM fees so absolutely the reason I went with wise Coupe was that they had a great exchange rate compared to my bank right as you know um I mean yeah I paid a bit of fees when I used it but nothing out of the ordinary

But the exchange rate was way better than my bank right now if these exchange rates with Schwab or great or USAA or great well then you know you probably could get by without a wise card but yeah they’re they’re pretty reasonable yeah I think it’s good to have wise as a

Backup and cerebral aptitude sends a $2 super thanks and says almost impossible not uh to benefit from the kingdom and yeah I agree and you’re going to find everything out here so cheap the weather’s fantas fantastic all year round you don’t have to worry um as you

Get older or freezing and not being you know warm enough at night um you know it’s near the equator so you got the beautiful weather all year round uh the food prices are extremely cheap the rent the electricity the water everything out here is just so affordable compared to out in the west

So um those that are on pensions of you know1 to $2,000 a month and are struggling in the West can come over here and have a very very comfortable life and enjoy itat healthy great food yes you know fresh cooked in front of you and boy I always remember this

Statement hasn’t opened a can since he’s been here you know what I mean we in the west it was every day was cans cans it’s all fresh here y absolute plus there gift 24 GT I Brazil may be the only country the world that may cover residents and expats wow didn’t know

That about Brazil um cover them how I think he’s talking health coverage oh health coverage okay gotcha okay nice to know Larry for forier greetings from Trinidad Tobago Coupe I’m looking forward to meet you in Darlene in mid 2024 and yeah come on over it’ be great

To meet you in person Larry and thank you for joining us from Trinidad and Tobago John Ranger I live in devonport no kidding wow that’s where the family is in devonport Canada okay no devonport Tasmania oh Tasmania okay okay devonport is a is a

Name that I think they got a Dev port in England yeah and probably got one in the USA and out in Australia too so a little bit confusing there but yeah I got on board Joan bullo okay we are now having a debate six week trip should we get

Medical insurance we have travel insurance through our wise but not MediCal if you’ve got travel insurance through Visa sorry through your Visa oh but not MediCal oh okay they just have the travel so yeah you yeah I would definitely recommend uh for your six week trip to purchase you know medical

Insurance in and I would do it in your home country because that’ll cover you worldwide wherever you travel and if you get here and you say hey we want to stay well that gives you time to look into insurance policies here so um I just recommend anyone traveling if it’s a

Scouting trip to Thailand bring some medical insurance with you yeah and do it from your home country yeah it’s good advice uh I’ve always found that travel insurance is more than enough it covers you for accidents and stuff like that um and Darlene and got and I uh when we

Left Kuwait we got a Year’s travel insurance and that covered us for everything including the hospital state for covid yep you know so absolutely great um and I think it covered us for like $100,000 each which is more than enough especially when you’re coming out to Asia yes more than enough in Asia

Yeah the poor man’s passport guide got my wise card it took about 10 minutes in California I use aliance travel medical insurance because I can only visit Asia so far six months at a time I’ve used Alliance yep Alliance is a German company isn’t it Alliance well that’s a

Good question I don’t know where they’re based I think they’re based in Germany um yeah Alliance I think I used them when I was in Germany for my car insurance actually um going back many many many years ago and yeah fantastic company and uh he’s he’s got his head

Screwed on right I never had a claim with them their premiums were pretty good though I always remember that you know did a few years with them back in Florida so Alliance does both travel and medical insurance so uh there you go and he got his wise card quick too and that

Was California so yeah so there you go Joanne uh Poor Man’s passport guide he used aliance for travel and medical insurance John Granger I will be in Bangkok on the 15th of January wow that not long not long at all you’ll be back then you can drop down jumpan

Area patina dreams hey fellas cooping one grumpy guy I am 11 years from a responsible retirement have you noticed inflation impact on low cost of living concerns um inflation here in Thailand yeah I I have noticed inflation here in Thailand but it’s like 2% nothing the ordinary and when you

Think about it that Thailand is 70 to 80% % cheaper than the West 2% really doesn’t make a lot of difference you’re starting at a lower base you’re starting at a much lower base and so yeah I’ve noticed about 2% inflation um but the ties are very resilient people um the

Government really does a lot for the country uh they really boost tourism and um you know a lot of things here are made locally grown locally and uh very few Imports so it keeps the prices down I think anything that’s you’re importing here you’re probably going to see some

Inflation in it but anything that’s locally produced for example the fruits and vegetables and Foods the meats here um they did have a bit of a spike but they’re back now to normal so uh and accommodations that’s obviously a big cost in the west and that continually

Goes up there we’re here there’s so much uh accommodations that I don’t see a price bike coming in that because you know with the high and low Seasons they’re geared to the high and you know the low season if you come you’re going to get a deal regardless of what the and

Just in our area Brooke they are building 37 new condo more all the complexes yeah 37 new ones are in development as we speak fantastic uh it keeps the prices down low for us xats absolutely fantastic now she’s T anyways patina is talking about 11 years from a responsible retirement well maybe you

Should consider an irresponsible retirement and come early and or at least one way to help out is get some Bitcoin and you’ll cut that 11 and half probably yeah but patina to answer your question absolutely zero concerns Thailand is great and cereal aptitude sends another $2 super thanks and says

14 months are going slow time machine anyone I wish I had one for you brother to get you out here uh that little bit quicker but stay on the channel keep talking to us and uh you know when you get out here it’s going to be a absolute

Blast for you as we’re going to have even more and more great people out here 800 people on the Facebook group all want to come out here and retire our YouTube channel is on through the roof we’re at 9,700 subscribers 9,700 subscribers and these are all

People that want to come out here and enjoy the good life in Thailand taken up it really has and thank you to all of you that have hit the Subscribe button and those that you haven’t please do really really appreciate it it’s free it doesn’t cost you a

Penny Lost Boy cerebra attitude count your blessings I’m 42 so he’s got a little while uh to get that retirement Visa Ricardo Crosby good morning guys and good morning Ricardo thank you for coming on and joining us fire blazer 99 so when is low season end of April uh so

We say from the 1st of May all the way through till the end of October is low season out here and that’s when you get the Fantastic deals Daniel P Brooke is any uh he’s redone it here Daniel P Brooke is there anything that you do find more expensive in Thailand than in

Canada uh a few of the Imports you know so I’ll go look at one of the for you know stores with foreign products yeah and sometimes you’ll find some of the Imports that are oh geez that’s cheaper back home but it’s just the cost of shipping you know it’s the same they’ve

Added the cost of shipping price to and that’s why it is yeah some is and then some is cheaper and I can remember I made a video of a supermarket here loc and I walked around and filmed the whole Supermarket yeah and I had a couple subscribers in England messag me in in

The comments after you know when the video was up on YouTube and they said damn Cooper that’s cheaper than it is in England and it’s made here there you go uh so yeah some of the Imports are more expensive some of them are less expensive but overall uh with the cost

Of living out here uh well you know like a can cheaper here a can of Coke’s cheaper here and you know you know yeah your everyday needs like your bread your milk your eggs oh way cheaper all that you’re going to find exceptionally cheaper here in Thailand than you are in

The west but um say for example um I don’t know um give you an example of something you want to buy box of Cheerios okay box of Cheerios out here you’re looking about $10 for a box of Cheerios uh 10 uh 10 to 12 around that

For a box of Cheerios I don’t know what a box of Cheerios is in the west anymore uh I’ve been outside the West for so long I couldn’t honestly tell you what it is but but to me I think $10 is a little high for Cheerios but uh yeah you

Can get it out here Larry forier I will have no problem adjusting to the heat in Thailand since I’ve lived in the Caribbean for over 20 years yeah you won’t have an issue yeah you’re gonna absolutely love it here it’s about the same sort of weather as it is in the

Caribbean Dax Bitcoin I’m in the states and just ordered my wise card it’s scheduled for delivery by December number 28 okay there you go and um Dennis what part of the states are you in again let us know um as Jerry is uh having problems uh getting his wise card in the

States cereal aptitude SS another Super thanks $5 and says selling your house for a profit of a few hundred, and a 401k maturing can retire early until Social Security kicks in retiring early is a safe haven and yeah I agree if you got that uh right there retire early you

Know um you’re going to save so much money out here and uh you’re GNA live the good life you really really are um and if you can afford to why not sell up get out here uh if you’re going to retire a couple years early and uh you

Got more than enough money from the sale of his house and his savings and his 401k maturing he’s not going to have a problem no yeah so in 14 months time when he gets out here he’ll be in a very Prime position I think a lot of people overestimate what

They need to retire yeah because they’re basing it on the west basing it on the west rather than the cost to living here in Thailand I would tell anyone Heavens the Betsy forget doing a 30-day trip to the Bahamas or Florida for the winter vacation come to Thailand see what it is

Actually like boots on the ground yeah and you’ll go back with Jesus honey we got to plan differently we can survive on a lot less in Thailand yeah and you know if you can retire a year two years three years five years earlier than your planning was do it yes because you’ll

Never you can’t buy any more time so uh the time you have to retire is the golden years the best years of your life in my opinion and most of us will still die rich so you know yeah and Jerry Hart says Thank You Lost Boy for uh the

Advice about the wise card Brett Thomas off the topic but I watch bunch of your rental vids videos is it possible to have them remove furniture and replace them um yes um it is Brett because what I’ve done here is um I had a bad accident when I was in Kuwait and that’s

Why I’m retired early I’m 54 years old and uh the reason is the doctor said I’ll never work again so um when I got out here in Du Grand part two where we’re living now the sofa was rock hard to me the mattress and the bed was rock hard and

With my spine damage and my neck um and the nerve damage uh I was unable to sleep on them comfortably I asked the agent here miss je and said look you know um can I buy my own sofa and my own mattress and uh you take them out of

Here and she said not a problem we got a storage room which great uh absolutely fantastic and I bought my own Lazy Boy sofa and I bought a Posturepedic mattress Posturepedic by the way Steely postoptic mattress for the bedroom and now I’m sleeping and sitting much more

Comfortable uh when I sit and watch the TV so uh yes you can Brett with some of them I can’t say that with all of them for defini it um but um ask them make that one of the questions say you know I like the place but i’ prefer to

Put my own Furniture in there um and see if they can uh store it for you um their furniture and so you can put yours in better chance if it’s a long-term lease if it’s if it’s a long term yeah you got a year leash of better opportunities yeah I think so

Too cereb aptitude best movie quote get busy living or get busy dying yeah what was the movie to that I remember that that quote I’ve heard the quote but I can’t remember the movie tonester good morning C Brook Darlene and Coopersville Coopersville thank you toster really appreciate it

And thank you for joining us Steve gilding hi Cooper Brook Darlene I applied for my wife card from Pei Canada and received my card within three weeks great news there you go absolutely great news and thanks everybody for their feedback toner and Larry forier hey Larry how’s TNT nowadays I lived in Port

Of Spain for a few years love the Avenue from the Tobago W secret success sends a $1.99 super thanks and says good morning 16 days in paa uh lot the wongamat north Patia areas I think he means love yeah love the wongamat north North Patia areas and they are great

Areas um the North paa Area is a very good area wongamat has got a really nice uh Little Beach there that I like and that’s where James lives he lives in Wong mat he’s in the tower there in the high rent district he he is but then he

Can afford it yeah why not if you could afford it enjoy yourself spoil yourself you only got one life so glad he’s out here and enjoying it and W why don’t you come to the Christmas party tonight at um frasers at frasers sorry in jumen and uh be great

To meet up with you brother Daniel P got a wise card pretty quick too in Ontario yep Bobby Crush accept moped accidents yeah um moped accidents they do happen out here quite frequently and um it’s because people have never driven one okay um people come out here they

Don’t have a license for a motorbike and the motorbike rental company they’re not going to check if you have a license nope yeah all they want is a copy of your passport and and at the end of the day they’re not the ones that get in trouble with the

Police you’re the one that’s responsible for having a license out here uh people think oh it’s a Twist and goost just like a bicycle I’ll be fine and they get out here and the TR the tie people out here they’re used to driving this way they’ve been driving this way all their

Lives we come out from the west and uh realize hang on they’re driving completely different than what we’re used to so for the first 30 days UH 60 days 90 days I wouldn’t even drive a motorbike I’d use public transport get to see how people drive out here how

They react and then judge it for yourself whether you can fit in with the way that they drive instead of getting off the plane going to run a motorbike and then all of a sudden an accident on your first one or two days out good advice CP good advice yeah as usual

Absolutely right Bobby uh motorbike accidents could be a very quick way of going home and leaving Thailand and Bobby Crush yes 107 people online thank you 107 people please hit the thumbs up Larry forier at tonar TNT is cook cooking once again especially after covid this year’s

Carnival was the old the chain the Avenue is in full swing there you go talking about what it’s like out there turn it Tobago W Secrets success Vlog I meant love the Wang North Patti areas I got you brother and come on over to the Christmas party tonight absolutely great

Good day CP Brook and Darlene I hope all is well your way and Merry Christmas to you all and good morning to you Tim and uh hope that you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year and we’ll see you in the new year Mike Baker at

Daniel P got mine in Ottawa in three weeks need it for January there you go about three weeks turnaround time Brendan sharp hey guys another great live stream I’m Keen to attend the event tonight at frasers but I can’t find it in the Facebook group do I have to Reg

Somewhere if I want to attend um it is in the Facebook group uh Darlene and I posted it and so did um Liz so it is there it should pinned at the top and also in the vents tab so uh you’ll find it there Brendan um no you don’t have to

Uh put in the Facebook group that you want to come um just go ahead and turn up there’s going to be plenty of room 7 o’ tonight and it is at Fraser Sports Bar and Grill and it is in jumpen um on um it’s not I

Can never remember the name of the road what’s the name of the road when it finishes at second road and it keeps going what’s the change to priia road to pra Road darling just shouted out from the bedroom so yes it is on to PRI Road and

Yeah please come and join us Brendan it’d be uh great to meet you brother Al the CCE I was pleasantly surprised when s mentioned the beef comes from Australia uh it is a lot of the beef that you get out here is either from America or

Australia so very good and you get New Zealand lamb out here as well y so fantastic you get a lot of products out here from Germany France Italy Spain uh you got everything that you could need is uh this area here in Patia jumpan it’s like a little corner of the whole

Planet in one area yeah so you got American stuff out here Canadian Australian New Zealand European English you know uh from from Britain you know you get it all out here and it’s fantastic it’s fantastic it’s like being in in the whole planet in one little SP a little Melting Pot yep so

They have got plenty of choice out here in Thailand gift 24 GT Shadow to the irresponsible retiring not many um in our group um no everybody seems to be doing okay and uh thankfully and sort of settling down now after their initial uh Playboy uh era so

Everybody seems to be settling every get no drama yeah great times tbra aptitude love crab legs in the US for my son and I it came to 90 bucks in paa the same amount was $18 and there you go that’s what I’m talking 20% uh everything’s

Like 70 to 80% cheaper and that includes food Brooke oh that includes food food prices here are so low I’ve seen the shrimp is big as you know my God and it’s so cheap yeah know Jackie loves her fish or shrimp Seafood so I see her eat

A lot of it and it’s very affordable and you’re absolutely right cereal aptitude everything just out here is within most people’s budgets you’ll eat better here than my opinion than at home out of can for a lot less Dennis L hey gentlemen what are your favorite things to do in Thailand

Eat no uh seriously what’s your favorite thing to do on Thailand um I like the beach areas go for the walk I mean that’s what attracted me to Florida when I was in Canada for the winters you know um you know the weather’s great so hey

If you’re if it’s sunny out I’ll stick under the shade but uh Jackie you know she likes going to the malls I don’t mind that so we’ll go to the malls quite often and uh but you’re right about the eating trying the different things and

Uh you kind of laugh when it’s so cheap exactly it’s so good you know and it doesn’t matter where you go1 to three dolls you’re gonna be full yeah and it’s all good food like you know there’s not a range where you go here there it’s

Better it’s the same wherever you go so exactly and keeps you away from the fast food places like McDonald’s and Burger King and all that you know it keeps you away from the junk food you can uh you going to come over here and you’re going

To eat great the night markets is a fantastic place we like going as well uh they cook great food at the night market it’s very very affordable right there in front of you you can get a whole big rack of ribs like this for like $69 you know depending on the weight and

Absolutely fantastic in the states you’d be paying $ 30 $40 for that same rack of rips you know and uh it’s the prices that I love so much is my favorite um and meeting all our subscribers I’d have to say them and the other favorite

Things like okay is it a routine or is it my favorite thing probably more routine but I love it is swimming okay the pools are Dynamite here even the ocean the last couple days was fantastic and I like the gym here so you know that’s uh couple more things I enjoy

You’re gonna love everything Dennis yeah really you really will what you make it yeah Dr Carlo do either of you know anything about qfs the heck is qfs I have no idea what you know lay it out maybe we have qfs Ledger he says in the

Next comment oh no I don’t know nothing about it sorry uh Dr if he’s talking about Bitcoin wallet Ledger apparently it’s kind of bad news these days so you want to get away from Ledger if that’s what you’re using um I don’t use cold wallets but that’s just what I hear in

The reports yeah it’s not open source and it’s been hacked and you know that’s not a good thing thing back doors on it so Pluto the Sailor I can’t think of an export I couldn’t live without and yeah everything over here in Thailand um you know that’s that’s made locally is very

Good it’s very good uh you know they have all different products out here that they make from shampoo to shower Dell uh toothpaste and everything else and it’s all you know comparative to the West yep and uh heck go to Lotus or big SE it’s like Walmart yeah it’s like said

You wouldn’t know you’re not in a Walmart when you’re shopping there they got everything you need the prices are affordable oh yeah absolutely lost boy is it true that the imported beef from Australia costs less than it less in Thailand than it does in Australia I wouldn’t doubt that I

Wouldn’t doubt it Australia is an incredibly expensive country incredibly expensive same as Canada and you know the states too the prices here are way cheaper I mean I was talking to James who’s on my uh video for tomorrow night with the interview and he was telling me

A pack of cigarettes in Australia is $55 just for a cheap pack for the for the bigger brown ones you’re paying $70 for pack of cigarettes same pack of cigarettes over here cost You2 three doll y yeah um that’s just one example um he said milk butter

Cheese beef uh Meats he says they’re all gone up exponentially in austral so uh yeah uh it wouldn’t surprise me Lost Boy if it was actually cheaper here in Thailand than it is over there Dennis L Cheerio is around 489 in the east coast in the US okay so it’s

Double double here double the price here yeah yep but then what I do uh Dennis is I have um I’ll go do some xat shopping that I like to treat myself with maybe once a month um and the rest of the time it’s uh Local Foods and uh that help

Keeps the cost down and I still get to enjoy my Western items that I like there’s plenty of supermarkets out here that sell Western items out here Stacks Bitcoin warm and sunny California uh so that’s where he is and that because I asked him where he got

His wise card from and there you go uh Jerry uh Dennis there Stacks Bitcoin got his and he lives in California Tim’s music Sanctuary the $10 box of Cheerios is pretty much the same in took to Yak tuck Northwest Territories Canada okay so well there you go it’s going to

Be about the same price as Canadian price Joan boo Al wants to know how much better butter would be there he gets excited when it sells for 3.99 down from $8.99 uh butter here is cheaper than 8.99 is a lot cheaper than $88.99 and I

I would say um I got to think it it’s like 150 bu for butter four bucks four bucks so there you go5 pound yeah about that $4 price is uh what a good Western brand of butter is but then you can buy the Thai butter out here even cheaper than that well

Probably yeah I’m talking New Zealand butter which is good butter that’s what I’m what we use Jackie does the buy but uh I just told her what to look you know what I like so but yeah it’s well the one I use is called Clover okay and it’s

A cholesterol free butter which I really like and it’s around about $4 yep yeah we go no salt that’s all Dennis L I got my wise card fast and easy it may just be a user error I’m from Brooklyn so yeah New York States Tina dreams there is an amazing

Lady there trying to convince me to retire irresponsibly too I will look into Bitcoin Brooke okay and you can’t go wrong um Bitcoin is um a great investment uh in my opinion and I’m no Financial expert I got to put that out there and um you know it’s a one of

Those ones that you want to buy and hold and hold it for uh four years and you will definitely make a profit do your research you know more research you do the more comfortable you’ll get and the more certain you’ll be what you’re doing is right yeah

Yeah Dan B hi jents Brooke here’s a tip for your cold go to Bangkok find a Timmy’s and I saw a video where they found a Canadian restaurant serving poutine I don’t want any poutine I’m big enough there you go he’s talking about um your frch fries with cheese and gravy

I think it is and it’s just was it the Hortons Tim Hortons yeah Timmy yeah yeah timmies would help if I could find the Timmy’s here in fact I didn’t even know they were in Thailand until and I did a search you did a search or somebody said

And one of the guys on our last live stream said yeah they got uh Timmy 12 locations or in B they were telling us exactly where it was and then I did a search and I couldn’t believe it there was like 12 of them that’s right all the

Same are that I I sent back hey next time we go we gotta go there Al the CCE the quote comes from Sha Shank Redemption by Mor yes that’s it excellent movie excellent movie yeah that’s right good movie Bobby 57 hi Cooper and Brook sorry got up late today

Good to see you back Brooke Bobby The Brain yeah and he lives here and our cinium good buddy of ours he’s the guy getting the medal for the for Living Years in the Philippines he gets a medal for that we’re still looking for it Bobby Lut the Sailor I’ve been riding

Motorcycles all my life my last bike was an Indian chief wow I don’t want to ride a scooter in that Insanity well I don’t blame you yeah well I I ride a scooter out here and Bluto like you I’ve been riding motorcycles all my life since I was kneehigh to a grasshopper started

Off with a Honda CR80 was my very first bike when I was about seven years old and um absolutely love them driving a twisted go yeah I wouldn’t I wouldn’t want a drive a manual bike out here in Thailand because the traffic in Patia um it’s sort of Bumper to Bumper and I

Wouldn’t want to be you know holding my hand on the clutch all the dang time uh I’d rather just be a Twist and go and zip through traffic so um but yeah I do drive out here in Thailand on a scooter I got a little xmax 300 and I’m more

Than happy with that you know we’ve driven all the way from um kosui all the way up here which is 808 kilometers trip and we did it in two days 500 miles in two days on my on my bike and absolutely loved it your advice is right about when

You first get here take at least a month two months three months and see how the traffic works yeah cuz it’s different than the West man on the bikes I’ve seen CP I’ve seen guys on scooters past me I’m on my scooter and I mean that’s that

Far away you know what I mean like that’s it and that’s nothing to them you know they’re riding with no helmets and you know that’s it’s fine but they that’s the way they drive so you got to have your head in a swivel you got to

Stay in your lane and you know yep and here you go my wife just posted the link there for uh where we’re going to be tonight F Fraser sports bar and uh she’s put the the website there uh to where it is with the location location for tonight’s Fraser sports bar she

Puts W secrets to success Vlog DC sorry I won’t be able to make it I leave for Bangkok this morning for next 5 days before departure to USA hate that we didn’t get a chance to meet this trip but trust me I’ll be back soon I’m looking forward to brother I would

Have really like to meet you but they gota leave I’ll be back soon yeah he uh watches our Channel and he also watches Calvin’s Channel Sunshine shoulder good good and um Calvin says he’s a fantastic guy and uh I’ve yet to meet him he so I would really be looking forward to

Meeting him in person Dr Carlo qfs Ledger is recommended by Elena h and Roger Stone okay okay y uh I don’t deal in ledgers or Bitcoin direct what I do is I buy shares and micro strategy I take the safe bet so I don’t have to worry about keeping a crypto

Wallet Dan B oh definitely get good insurance and a good emergency fund being from Ontario you lose coverage after 212 days out of the country if you need to reapply you need to have been in Ontario for 153 days there you go is that right yeah yeah basically that’s the way it is

Okay so you lose your uh insurance if you’ve been outside the country for 212 well that’s like uh over seven months so if you’re you know as long as you’re back within seven months you’re okay now does Canada have an NHS like England because it’s a commonwealth country I’m

Wondering yeah quite similar um it’s government funded so each province has their own type of plan let’s say but you can go from Province to Province you’re still covered so it’s like a National Insurance downside is you know wait wait wait wait wait ah long waiting yeah

Chist Larry forier I’m a chef and presently I cook all my food I can definitely save money in Thailand when it comes to my eating and food budget yes um now here’s one thing that you’re gonna realize when you come out here Thailand Larry is in the west we’re so

Used to cooking at home Monday to Friday and going out to eat at the weekends okay because uh going out to eat is expensive in the west so it tends to be a treat on the weekends in the west over here it’s completely the opposite and what people are doing is they’re eating

Out during the week and then uh and the weekends and uh saving a bunch of money people rarely cook in their uh condos or homes here in Thailand because it is just so cheap it’s uh safe to say that it’s actually cheaper to go out and eat

Out than it is to buy the food and cook it yourself and I gotta be honest with you everybody’s saying the same thing Cooper is just so cheap to eat out I don’t cook at home it it’s good and healthy I see now why the ties don’t

Have big kitchens in the Condominiums y or the homes you know the kitchens tend to be small well you don’t need a kitchen out here they’re they’re saying you know for your morning maybe your breakfast you might want some cereal or some eggs or something like that and

It’s ideal but you’re not going to cook a full-blown meal in your home with everything just so affordable and cheap that you can eat out for1 to three dollars and you’re absolutely full and uh it it does you you know it really really does so you’re going to get a a

Bit of a culture shock when you come out here Larry that how cheap the food is to eat out GA one thing I found more expensive in land of smiles is Levi jeans we buy them in the states and bring it to the extended family during our visits yeah Levi is okay

Yeah I’d agree with that give 24 GT what’s it like riding an elephant um a bit scary actually at First uh Darlene and I did it and uh the elephant was going down a steep uh incline um and it was going into a pond yes and uh we’re looking down like this

As it’s as it’s going down deep this Pond getting exactly and uh yeah it came just to the bottom of our our shoes uh so our feet didn’t actually get wet but it was pretty close and yeah it was a little bit uh a little bit scary but

Absolutely love elephants got a lot of respect for them um I really like the elephant sanctuaries that they have out here um where they allow the elephants to roam around on their land you know and their sanctuaries to keep them protected and uh elephants come up uh

Feeding times and you could feed them and they’re wild elephants so absolutely fantastic I really like that they do that and they are very friendly to people because you’re not forcing them to do something that they don’t want to do yeah so absolutely fantastic respect Joan buulo oh my God poutine

Yeah Canadian thing cerebra aptitude literally I cried when I got home from my first visit to Thailand have to love paying a $370 electricity bill every summer in the US yeah that is very expensive because our electricity bill and our water combined are less than $100 stocking per month in the summer

You know 37 is running 247 and it’s under 100 for electric of water here so big huge savings yep Ludo the Sailor I was thinking of buying a 300X Max after I spent some time there yeah it’s an excellent bike I really love it really comfortable um I

Like it because it’s got uh very soft seats and wide seats um so um I’m a big guy so I feel comfortable on there and so do my wife sitting on the back you know absolutely loved it 88 kilometers 500 miles in two days and didn’t break a sweat thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed it

Driving across the countryside fantastic roads zero potholes zero pot holes did we see so the infrastructure and the way that Thailand takes care of the country fantastic I got to give it the thumbs up really really do you’re gonna enjoy it Brett Thomas I would need ad diapers

In order to drive in Thailand and they sell them here so you’re not gonna have a problem they do sell them here bad Rango leaving California in six days for the move to Thailand see and jumped in on the 28th on the 28th okay okay so um leaving California in six

Days for the move to Thailand T minus six yep not long at all what what is today today today’s the 20th so that put the 20th yes so he’ll be leaving on the 26th of December British call It Boxing Day so uh yeah he is uh gonna be coming

Here just after Christmas and uh well he’s the 19th back home so if he’s still in California right so it’s gonna be un jump in on the 28 so he’ be leaving Christmas day maybe his time yeah possibly Christmas day yeah yeah so uh but he’s gonna be here on the 28th

Absolutely good great and fantastic bad wrongo there and hopefully we get to meet you in January Let’s us know how long you’re going to be staying here for Joan buulo please don’t ride the elephants okay yeah um I I can understand that but where we did it was

At the elephant Sanctuary yeah uh where the elephants were not forced to do it so it was out in in the wild with them and uh the uh Farmers that that had the place he was feeding them daily and they were coming and bringing their little baby elephants oh was so fantastic the

Darling was sort of going like this and the little baby elephant was dancing with her and you can tell you know by the excitement and the little Trump noise that it was making through its nose that it was just really really happy and they love the bananas

Yeah there’s two schools of thought on that I know but uh anyways lry forier H thanks for the heads up regarding cooking at home Coupe food for thought and there’s a lot of food for a lot of thought out here you’re really going to enjoy it Martin Calderon good morning

Tubers I can’t cook to save my life so I eat fresh and healthy out in the streets good point Y I’m not a very good cook either gift 24 GT any natural thermal bathing spas in the area yes there is um just uh well natural hang on so he

Means outside thermal uh no not that I’m aware of I haven’t heard of that no um no not that I know of they may be up in the mountains uh but not down here I’ve been to um a really beautiful Onsen spa here yeah fantastic um it had all the different

Oils you know that are good for your body in the water and nice and hot and you know sweats out all the bad stuff and puts in all the good stuff so absolutely love that and darling treated me for my birthday so that was uh where

We went to an Onsen spa Japanese spa thoroughly thoroughly enjoyed it Les Brown and his band of renown eating out cheap is that Thai food all the time in the US couldn’t eat that much Chinese food it is Thai food um all the time but

Um it’s it’s not like um what’s the word I’m saying uh always just Thai food I mean you can go out to the market and get a big salad you know for example I get a kab you know you can go get a big Kebab you can

Get a big hot dog uh if you wanted to eat that you can get uh um you know fried rice you know um roast chicken get ribs you there’s another one uh lots and lots of different food out here not just Thai spicy food no there’s lots of

Different different options out here and they’re just incredibly cheap chicken kebab uh it’s it’s made on a skewer and it’s on an open flame so uh you don’t have to worry about greases and oils and absolutely fantastic and very very cheap again uh one of Brook’s favorites that I

Got them into you never never had a kebab until you came out here to Thailand we met you until you met me and now it’s his personal favorite so no Les uh there is lots of options not just High spicy big shrimp yeah you pick out the shrimp there’s a plate of them

Seafood they barbecue it right in front of you you know what I mean and you’re sitting down at the table in front of the stand eating your biggest shrimp fresh shrimp you ever seen for you know three bucks exactly cerebra aptitude have a good night jents have to go take my two grown

Kids out which will probably be a $200 dinner sadly and have a great night cereo and thank you so much for those uh super thanks really really appreciate it brother and uh have a good Christmas and a happy New Year we’re going on our cruise on Friday we still want to make a

Live stream on Saturday um we’ll see how it goes and uh hopefully we’ll still be able to do it and uh we have paid for the streaming service on the cruise ship so we uh I know a lot of YouTube vloggers go on cruise ships and they’re

Able to do live streams while they’re on there so darling and I will still try and do our live stream on Saturday and work and I will try and do it next Wednesday as well we see how it goes uh depending on where we are so um yeah uh

Have a great one cble and uh enjoy the day out with your two kids the meal out Les Brown if there is Heavy Rain do you stay do you say I’m hungry we have to go out well here’s the thing lesz the heavy rain out here lasts for about an hour

That’s it if that if that it’s like 10 10 minutes sometimes 15 20 30 minutes I’m being generous at an hour the rain comes down heavy it’s about an hour 30 minutes after it stops raining it’s completely dry and you never know it was raining there’s no puddles

Nothing just dry so uh plus plus plus there Dan B been taking baby steps for the move replac damage birth certificate got my passport renewed started getting rid of items around the house to Goodwill in the spring sell the house and retire oh you got a good plan there

You got a plan and plan in motion there you go man’s got the plan 24 GT if you want to import supplements and natural herbs from the US does Thailand hit you with expensive import mailing taxes um no what you can do is you can order

Stuff like that on Amazon and bring it in but you’re only allowed up to a certain amount check with that um as to uh what the limit is I I I’m not sure it could be somewhere between I think it’s between $2 and $500 uh that you can bring in yeah um

From overseas um and uh you’re not taxed on it so fantastic there bring as much as you can with you probably as the way to start anyways Dan B we’ll be applying for wise in January and joining your Facebook group for tips and where to golf hope to be there in September yeah

And we got plenty of golfers out here we do uh Leo is a big golfer s likes to go golfing uh we got another subscriber just came out here and he posted on the group hey I want to go golfing and uh within two days he was out golfing with

Some of our subscribers a few golfers at the birthday party last week yeah y Jack Bri Les you can get delivery to door like grab food Pand Etc that’s true yeah and you yeah that’s another good one Les if it’s out raining and you

Don’t want to go out and uh get wet or wait till the rain’s finished and you’re hungry um all you got to do is download the app grab or food Panda some of them have free deliveries and they yeah most 30 B 50 bought even the dollar for

Delivery that’s and they’ll deliver it get it for you and bring it straight to your door and you can also do that with the supermarkets too you can uh go online with the supermarkets order the food that you want and they deliver it to your door David MIRS pinball and top [Laughter] dollar

Oh Lost Boys so much for all the reasons most Franks leave Thailand LOL yeah and uh that is the end of the show we are at uh 1 hour and 44 minutes 88 people on here thank you all so much for joining us that is the last comment

From last boy and yeah those were the top reasons of most re Fong’s foreigners leave Thailand either due to uh not having medical insurance health issues issu money issues and barir issues issues and alcohol issues are some of the ones that they uh tend to leave Thailand for um because they went a

Little bit crazy and they didn’t Bud Mak Dar smile got a couple last comments okay Bernell elcock want to see which neighborhood is better for me jumpan or wongamat is it possible to rent a condo for two weeks in each place to get the lay of the land and yes you can but

Here’s the kicker you have to pay one month um the minimal rental in these condos out here is one month and most of them um so you if you want to stay there two weeks fine but you’re going to have to pay one month and it’s still going to

Be a lot less than a hotel so you can try one building for a couple weeks and then move on to the next building and they will require a security deposit sometimes it’s one or two months but you get that back once they minus your electricity and your water uh from uh your

Deposit Dan B for your streaming services did you keep an account from your home country or sign up from Thailand I on AIS web page you can get you can get them haven’t seen that on AIS what streaming services is he talking like Netflix and stuff like

That for your streaming services is he talking Wi-Fi like you know I have no idea a little bit vague on that Dan the AIS web page Dan I uh so I have AIS and I did download their app so you know when I hit it it opens their web page I

Suppose and I did see a Hulu Disney he’s said he’s talking about Netflix he’s just said okay yeah well actually I did yeah I got uh Disney uh Hulu through uh through the AIS $4.99 for the year not a month for the year yeah so that was uh that was a heck

Of a steal when were you going to tell me this well no it was a one day thing I just happened to be on the app and saw it be your best friend here bro well the next day it’s gone so it was like you know they put those promos just to see

Who’s ever watching me and I thought well I’m gonna grab that so what if it doesn’t work you know what I mean works fine works perfect got a heck of a deal there John Granger great program thank you and thank you John and GIF 24 also says thank you and dambi says he’s

Referring to Netflix y Les Brown or red one one month supply of vitamins only Amazon charges double to ship well there you go okay D B wow wow and there you go he’s in talking relation to your uh $4 deal that you got there yes and uh lost boy

Says Dam beat use a VPN and that is it we are out of time God bless you all thank you for coming on here and uh we will be back here in Thailand in the new year but tonight we’re going to be out with the subscribers uh for Liz’s

Christmas party that she threw so big shout out and thank you to Liz for for doing that God bless you sweetheart and uh all of you that are going to be joining us tonight absolutely fantastic we’ll see you there at 7 o’clock and uh we are on our honeymoon cruise on Friday

And we’re going to make some videos of the cruise ship show you what it’s like uh our first time cruising with these this company and it’s an American Cruise Line Norwegian Cruise Line so it’s going to be whole different experience for us and then um we’re going to show some of

The excursions we’re going to Vietnam Malaysia Singapore and uh Bal show you some of those uh places as well and hopefully do one or two live streams so until next time wherever you are God bless you all thank you for watching Cooper’s Thai adventures and please hit the Thumbs Up

And subscribe it means the world to us until next time take care Bitcoin and bye Bitcoin brick says he Nate