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 Most bigger hotels in southern Thailand offer up to 30 satellite channels in the
TV, actually Southern Thailand living in this terms is more liberal as lets say
in Singapore or Malaysia since there it's forbidden to install satellite dishes,
here anyone can do it,
there are no limitations, there is more or less only one serious satellite
service provider, UBC and they are overdoing it from time to time in terms of
pricing and the offering of mainly English channels.
The infrastructure in southern Thailand is quite good, with some negative sides
like water quality (make sure the kitchen prepares your tom yam with water from
the bottle), some electricity breakdown and sometimes problems with the
telephone.
The road network in southern Thailand is very good (with very few exceptions),
similar to the US or Europe, in may places even better than in many Europe or
American countries.
Almost all normal consumer goods are produced
locally also foodstuff, even German type ham, sausage, cheese bred and others is
available, locally made and you wont taste any difference to the original ones. 
Since it is always very noisy it is really necessary to check
carefully. It is nothing uncommon that some local people turn up the radio full
power or whatever until 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning and consider you as a real
enemy if you say something.
For a comfortable living in southern Thailand also check the
water, very often during the month without rain there is a shortage of water and
the owner has to buy water by the truckload. Since they always buy the cheapest,
they naturally get the worst, that means polluted water on a level you wont see
normally, that leads to all kind of problems including infections if you have
some scratches or so.
For living in southern Thailand without problems also check
the mosquito issue, many places have a lot and the local people just don't care
about it. Since every year there is a outbreak of dengue fever and other
mosquito born problems its really advisable to check.
Naturally living in southern Thailand also means to have a
careful look into the traffic situation around. The worst time usually is in the
morning when the kids are rushed to school and around 4 - 5pm when the kids are
picked up from the school.
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In most towns in southern Thailand are some agents who help
you to have a look for your place to have a good living or go to the internet
and check for particular apartments.
Do yourself something
good, retirement in Thailand.
A very important figure
related to - and not only - retirement is money, in general, your hard earned
money has about 3 times the value in comparison to
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Europe, USA etc. As a
example, a tasteful Tom Yam Seafood (seafood soup) with
rice and a Coke you get everywhere for under 3 EURO.
If you are sick of the laser guns at every road and all
this everyday problems at home , all this .. you are not
allowed to do this and that, the lousy weather,
unpleasant people, exorbitant taxes, the doorman at the
restaurant and the disco-- emigrate to Thailand, it’s
easy going and you feel like to be in paradise.
The government has understood this and is offering
special long term retirement visa -no taxes-Maybe it
fits into your retirement, pension or 401k plan.
You can easily find a great woman, also when you are
maybe already a little old or maybe handicapped. Rent or
buy a suitable house and have a good time.
It’s also quite easy to get domestic staff if someone is
handicapped. A pretty house with two bedrooms, baths,
living rooms, garden etc. not far from the sea (maybe 30
- 50 Meter) in a orderly private compound with security,
swimming pool and so on comes to approximately 500 -
1000 EURO per month.
For 100 to 200 thousand EURO you get a spacious villa
near the beach with everything you want. They have
special constructions for ownership of land since
officially a foreigner can’t own land. Check if it
fits into your retirement, pension or 401k plan
Also leasing of land for e.g. 30 years with a option for
another 30 year is a common possibility and .. almost
for sure within this timeframe they probably will relax
the foreign ownership of land anyway.
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