Is Digital Nomad Life in Bangkok Actually Good?

[@revenuerecipes]

Thank you for having me on Paddy- ขอบคุณ ครับ. Here are my Top 10 tips for Remote Work in Thailand and around the world: 1. Don't think of needing to commit for one year - pick a period of 1-3 months and see if things are right for you 2. Thailand and East Asia has some of the best internet speeds in the world - particularly good for internet intensive work like video editing 3. When moving to Thailand - consult local advertising boards, go walking near popular areas and speak with working people to find the best accommodation. You will save 50-70% compared to Airbnb and hotel prices 4. Take time to learn the local language as that will give you a great source of purpose and fulfillment in your day to day activities 5. It is possible to eat for under $3 a meal in Thailand; make sure you explore outside the major tourist areas and eat where the locals eat! 6. For insurance I love a product called SafetyWing that gives me $1,000,000 of coverage for very little per month 7. Stick to building your relationship with one major air alliance as status gives you great coverage when travelling alone 8. Don't stay in the regular tourist spots like Sukumvit, Asok e.t.c - make sure you get out of downtown Bangkok to get the real Thai experience 9. Consider a dual sim whilst remote working to maintain the best of both worlds 10. Use an EOR provider to hire locals to support you without needing to create a business domestically ขอให้โชคดี - Good luck!

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

11. Get rabies, JEV, hepatitis A+B, typhus, meningokoks and dengue vaccination (and polio and tetanus of course). Prepair is better than care

[@Neednoy]

What is EOR?

[@catsploitation]

@@NeednoyEmployer of Record

[@iPaulLee]

Thanks for having me Paddy!

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Thanks for coming on Paul!

[@dw7647]

Nice interview Paddy, the Thai tourist ministry should be paying you!!

[@catsploitation]

He’s as objective as they are.

[@JetSetJourneys.Podcast]

Bangkok can be a great spot for digital nomads! 🌆 With its vibrant culture and countless co-working spaces, there’s always something inspiring around every corner. ✨

[@daveb3987]

When talking about time zones, Thailand is in the place where you want to be for business - Asia. A nice bonus for Aussies too.

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

Thanks for this nice one. Always love your videos and congrats to over 200000 subscribers !!!

[@dokmaipah3642]

Except for hot and pollution weather. As a Thai from a rural area, I‘ve fallen in love with BKK too.

[@tapping.powertochange7129]

Excellent content and interview, thanks!

[@brooks1958]

I just wanted to let you know that I've been a subscriber of yours for about 4 years I never miss a video and I never leave a comment or a thumbs up because I want you on my TV and I apologize for that I saw you with Gary Butler helping with the unfortunate people and I had to leave you a comment it warm my heart and I just want you to know I never miss a video

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

I really really appreciate you watching 🙏

[@thumbifyme9611]

Very informative well done ✅

[@JetSetJourneys.Podcast]

❤❤❤❤

[@dandanvers-kc9is]

hope you do more videos on this topic Paddy ! :) make it a series ? :)

[@mickstape555]

I wondered why you haven't settled in Thailand. Hope the Visa works out for you. Great content as usual.

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@nochan3271]

Great video 🎉🎉

[@easymoneysniper245]

Thanks for the video 📸

[@pangtjonresor]

Thank you Paddy for another interesting video. 👍🫶

[@mr_wormhole]

ขอบคุณที่เอาสถานที่งานให้ดู ♥️🤗 ผม digital nomad ที่ อยากอาศัยอยู่ที่กรุงเทพฯ 😊 ประเทศอังกฤษน่าเบื่อ 😂😂

[@mangostickyrice555]

Thumbs up 👍 Paddy

[@Riverbels]

Hi Paddy, do you have any useful tip on how to understand Thai? I can speak a little but I can't understand. Thank you

[@TheListPlanet]

Good luck on the visa

[@dominiquelaurain6427]

Interesting video for digital nomads working places in Bangkok ( my preferred one is Sathorn). I will look for places in other towns myself if I have the opportunity during some vacations (Hua Hin, Pattaya, .Nong Khai ...). I dont want to be a "real digital nomad" ...only a retiree continuing to work in maths and computer science and maybe getting into collaborative projects.

[@kevinreily2529]

Hey Paddy, I live in Krung Thep and many digital nomads have told me they travel from Chiang Mai to Medellin, Colombia. And vice versa.

[@CaryDean]

Exactly which visa allows long stay as a DN?

[@Jays22b]

i was ther last week, im back in 6 weeks cause airafare so cheap. felt like 44 degrees , lol

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

It’s pretty amazing!

[@MrRawUK]

Can anyone recommend a good Thai Teacher in Bangkok? In person or remote.

[@dandanvers-kc9is]

what kind of visas are they on ?

[@johnnyniklasson2956]

Most people i talk to who have learnt thai to some extent never learn to read and write. To me this is a huge flaw, mostly because not knowing how to read the language you don't really know how to truly pronounce correctly. When i started my journey i learnt to read and write before i could speak well, and oh boy.. i can't learn without it now. If i speak to some of my thai friends and i cant mimic what they're saying (i still have to level up my listening skills) ill ask how they spell the words, and then i immediately know to say it correctly (the recipe is in the scripture). Now, leading up to my question.. How did you go about learning thai? I'm very curious because everyone has different stories!

[@eli_manguala]

i disagree. look at how most language schools in bkk teach thai. Besides the language being mostly phonetical, learning all the exceptions to the rule takes way too long

[@johnnyniklasson2956]

@@eli_manguala Most people don't care about being fluent, and i mean truely fluent. They just want to be able to get around. However, if you want to sound like a native thai speaker (or at the very least get understood), then you sure do need to know the rules to some extent. It took me 6 months(with breaks here and there) to learn the scripture in and out, including its history. So it's not that bad, and during your learning you do infact learn plenty of thai.

[@eli_manguala]

@@johnnyniklasson2956 would take me way too much energy to learn that. I did 4 months of 15h per week just speaking and I'm sure I do have much more funny interactions than you but you do have a solid base to learn it now. as you said you only learned "plenty of thai" which I guess means that you focused on writing not on the meaning

[@AndrewMcWinger]

wait, what is that capsule on 6:11?

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

That is a fantastic question 😂

[@AndrewMcWinger]

@@ThaiTalkwithPaddy Is it like a sound-proof phone booth that people go to talk to in order not to distract others?

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

@@AndrewMcWinger you are probably spot on

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

@@AndrewMcWinger you are probably spot on

[@kittenastrophy5951]

Confession box to your remote client.

[@thailand_street_traveler]

Do you get working permiss when you are working remote or online? If you can not get working permiss how you pay taxes here?

[@Johnne009]

Most digital nomads are probably working illegally

[@mlgneo2855]

@@Johnne009correct, most if not all of these folks in the video are working illegally! Their Company’s can face big issues if they are found out.

[@thailand_street_traveler]

​@@Johnne009 This is why I don't understand why they sell you Thailand as one of the best places in the world to be a digital nomad when the visa, legal and tax situation of these people is not the best.

[@specialisedheavy9932]

Best Country in the world.... er Kingdom even. Still the best

[@nrz197]

I’d like to hear from someone who has worked in Tokyo as a digital nomad compare it to BKK. Tokyo seems to tick every box for me. I guess the problem is the language.

[@s-curve-u-turn]

at first glance paul lee looks like he and that chatgpt 4o live chat demo guy (mark chen, i've checked) are related. 😁😁

[@sokaiya1]

Paul is really full of it. “Crypto, stock trading and etc” Paul is a fortune teller and knows the future. Easy to be a billionaire when you’re Paul.

[@iPaulLee]

What is this comment 😂 it’s a fact a lot of expats here do crypto and stock trading, it doesn’t mean I’m endorsing it or giving financial advice, I’m just answering paddy’s question

[@sokaiya1]

@@iPaulLee anyone who tells you that they make a living “trading” crypto or stocks in Thailand is lying to you. Markets are a random walk.

[@catsploitation]

@@sokaiya1few clearer indicators you’re in the company of a scumbag

[@iPaulLee]

@@sokaiya1 but what does that have to do with me? I’m not selling crypto or stock advice or predicting the future like a fortune teller. What is this random hostility? I’m just answering paddy’s question that I know expats who do that

[@jinparksoul]

There seems to be a number of popular foreign youtubers in Thailand that consider that being a digital nomad. Is it? It seems like in the past it wasn't considered as such.

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

extremely popular these days!

[@Demonfireangel]

It's the only way they can sustain a Western lifestyle in Thailand. If they tried working a regular job that the Thai locals do, they would not make enough money to live a comfortable lifestyle there.

[@catsploitation]

@@Demonfireangelthat’s not legal jobs are protected for Thais

[@Shaz-Daz]

Dai was literally reading off a script 🙈😅

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

No he wasn't

[@dwilson-hc3sf]

🎉🎉

[@FastestPodcastClips]

content creator, real estate, crypto and self-employed. Ah I see so you have to be rich

[@CripplingDuality]

*have rich parents

[@FastestPodcastClips]

@@CripplingDuality thank you for correcting me

[@iPaulLee]

@@CripplingDualityyou think it’s impossible for people to make money without rich parents? I grew up poor my whole life. Most my expat friends who do financially well and moved to Thailand all grew up without rich parents.

[@catsploitation]

@@iPaulLeefalse

[@iPaulLee]

@@catsploitationexactly. You don’t need rich parents. It’s entirely possible to make a living here without rich parents supporting your travels

[@julianl4430]

being an expat Im happy im not part of these expat communities lol

[@ThaiTalkwithPaddy]

Horses for courses I guess!

[@dandanvers-kc9is]

why ?

[@Budismo7917]

Paul lee " one of the reason to move to thailand its health reasons" 🇺🇲 usa its a unhealthy reason to stay there, i believe 🇹🇭🙏🏻 its better too. So this digital office how it works you need to pay every month and all the facilities its included? Good point of view if you are working 3am for a company🤔 gotta think the other option or work for a european company might be closer ⏰️

[@Johnne009]

Digital nomad = unemployed

[@iPaulLee]

“Self employed”, honestly many people prefer it over having a boss!

[@dandanvers-kc9is]

i'm just wondering about the visas .... you can't really say unemployed. a good example is say a person WORKS for a real tv station and gets a salary. for example china's CGTN. then you have two youtubers at china fact chasers. technically youcould say they're unemployed . and yet CGTN averages 4000 views per video. and China fact chasers gets 800,000 ... so sure, if you worked for CGTN you are employed. and as a youtuber you're unemployed. but who's actually getting the views ? which show is actually more relevant ? ... i'm sure office jobs were once considered not real labor compared to working on a farm or doing manual labor. " what ? they hold a pen and sit in an office all day ? that's not work ! ' . lol. so this is all new .... and these kids are finding a new path. just wondering how they do it in terms of visas.

[@Xenthoid]

How?

[@alexandertraveler510]

Sydney is on the list ? What a joke lol

[@harveythompson1756]

WTF is a 'digital nomad' ??

[@catsploitation]

Shout outs to Thai immigration/Tax revenue departments

[@catsploitation]

Average air quality is very low, 100 aqi is not unusual. 140/150’isn’t unusual. Sometimes it’s 200. You can ignore this but regardless it will kill you.

[@catsploitation]

Hell no