Genuine wrote:lol no Aardvark,shes got her own shop and paying someone to help her sister run the place whilst shes spending the time with me ...and no ,she hasnt asked me to help her out moneywise But im gonna help her out for the petrol and like i said before,i will treat her the same as i would do in the uk

Ah mate that last bit is proberbly the biggest mistake you will make, nothing in Thailand is anywhere near the same and to treat it as such is a receipe for disaster, well it was in my case

anyway for the long term if you are staying 3 months or more try renting a house or even a long stay appartment should get the latter for no more then 4000 baht a month, also allows you to have a cheap base if you want travel around good luck in all things

The Nut