When Antoinette arrived in Bangkok in 2023, it was supposed to be just a two -week trip.
It was her second visit to the capital of Thailand, but this time, something was clicked. These two weeks extended to three months, and by the end of that extended stay, full time Utiper and Boutique Travel Agency The owner knew that she had found her new home.
During her second trip to Bangkok, she decided that she wanted to move to the city.
“The horizon literally is what sold me on Bangkok. I knew that I wanted to live in the city, where it was very beautiful. The cost of living here, I mean, did not hurt me. So I was like,“ well, let me do it, ”I told iPhone, 37, Business Insider.
She returned to the United States for the summer and prepared to take this big step. By November 2023, she returned to Bangkok – forever.
The attractiveness of living abroad
IPhone is not strange to live outside.
Originally from Indiana, she moved to Spain in 2013 and lived there for about three years. Part of the reason that she took this step because it was burned and searched To escape from its companies investment function of companies.
“I watched the movie” Eating, Pray, Love “, and I was like,” Well, I want to be Julia Roberts and go abroad. “Six months after watching this movie, I was living in Barcelona,” IPhone said.
That experience Living outside gave her an adventure taste. The Delta air flight attendant for three years. When she hit the epidemic, she left her job and spent two years exploring the United States and Mexico while living in a car that had been turned.
Her parents were not shocked when she told them that she was planning to move outside again. She said, “I have always followed crazy ideas.”
She also spent two years living in a holding and traveling around the United States and Mexico during the epidemic.
But she is surprising her parents, who still live in Indiana, when she told them where she is going.
“When you mentioned Bangkok to them, they were like,” What? Bangkok? And she said, “Many people were shocked to hear it.”
Bangkok has always been a hot point for expatriates. The data of the registration management office in Thailand indicates that there are 102,189 foreigners who live in the city as of 2024.
Compared to many western cities, Bangkok provides a relatively low cost of living. With well -connected international airports, it is also a travel center throughout Asia.
Many Americans who moved to the Thai capital previously told BI that they were attracted to the vibrant lifestyle in the city, good food options, and the ability to afford relative costs.
In July of last year, Thailand also presented Visa Thailand Visa, or DTV, in an attempt to attract workers from the remote and nomadic Bedouins.
Building life in Bangkok
Hunting apartments was a breeze because IPhone already knew what she was looking for: uncomfortable views of the city horizon, balcony, and a suitable location.
IPhone lives in one bedroom apartment in Bangkok.
She said, “I wanted to be near 7-11, at a distance of 5 minutes on foot. I knew that I wanted to be near the regular grocery store, and as much as the unit itself, I needed a washing machine and dryer.”
Thanks to the real estate agent with which it was communicated with the Facebook group, Yvonne found her one -bedroom apartment within a week of her movement. The rent is 22,000 Thai packets, or about 660 dollars, every month.
She finds it difficult to choose a favorite spot in her apartment.
“I would like to be in a sleeping room because it contains windows extending from floor to ceiling, and the view is very amazing,” said iPhone. “But I love my balcony too.”
Its building contains a gym, swimming pool and a large area with special call compartments.
There is space for work, gym, and swimming pool in her apartment building.
IPhone did not know anyone in Bangkok before moving.
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When I got for the first time, I started using Bomb BFF – the friendship version of Bumble – as well as the Expat Facebook collection to communicate with new people.
She said: “You go to different meetings, then a friend literally turns into two and three, and four. You just build from there.”
IPhone is learning Thai, as the language barrier has been the biggest challenge to live in Bangkok so far.
“When I speak their language, they shine, and they are more welcome. I just feel that you are calling more, and I think this is important,” she said.
One of her favorite parts in her apartment building is that she has stunning views of the Bangkok horizon.
Find peace in the Thai capital
IPhone says she feels more comfortable when she lived in the United States.
“in 2019, when I was still a flight attendant, I was about to go a lot. He was always fast. I was going, go, go, go, go. Even when I was out of work, I was still trying to keep up with Jones, “IPhone said:” Now, although Bangkok is a city – and a crowded city in that – I find peace in the city. It is very strange. “
She says part of it is due to the elasticity of her function. Being an entrepreneur who gives her the freedom to arrange her schedule.
Aside from filming and downloading videos on its weekly channel, IPhone also travels often, both for entertainment or part of the group trips that host it under the travel agency.
IPhone says she feels more relaxed in Bangkok, although it is still a loud city.
She said that although things are in Bangkok at a relatively reasonable prices compared to the United States, it would be a circular to assume that everything is cheap.
“Although it can be very costly effective, and for us the Americans, the dollar extends further, it does not necessarily mean that it is cheaper,” she said. “Especially if you go out and spend a lot of money on dinner and such things, you can add what is up.”
These relationships are in the biggest advice for anyone who wants to move to Thailand.
She said: “Many people come and believe that $ 2000 will get them for several months at a time.
IPhone also encourages people who move here to get to know the locals.
But the best part of living in Bangkok is the friendly Thai people.
“I think the presence of local friends is a great way to get to know a country. They can help you when your expatriate friends cannot.”
Regarding its long -term plans, it is difficult to maintain its wandering in the Gulf.
People ask me, “How long will you be in Bangkok? “I don’t know.” So, until I feel I am invited to another place, but for the time being, it’s Bangkok. “
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