How I Live in Thailand on $1500 a Month
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In Thailand, I live pretty well. It's warm and we are never cold, except December to February in the morning in Chiang Mai. That's when we go birding in the mountains for days on end, listening to the wind whistle through the pine trees.
I don't only live in Chiang Mai. I also stay in Bangkok and a southern town in Thailand. I rent another house in Bangkok and there is a home in the south too.
I left South Africa with the goal of never returning as a resident. Since then, I have created that reality through pro active steps to ensure I never HAVE to go back. I've been out here 10 years now and may be looking for a move soon.
We mainly eat imported meats and butters and cheese as the stuff we like and grew up eating is not found here of any decent quality.
We make our own biltong, boerewors and malva pudding. All the South African comfort foods. I might be Lithuanian, but South Africa was where I spent most of my life so that will never leave me.
It's a great life playas. Don't let it get you down. You could always have a squat toilet. Exactly.
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That fishing game looks good. Can you fish anywhere? Could you catch crabs in Pattaya?
@@thehairygolfer 😆😆
maybe the greatest game ever made
the only one i play of course
two grown men with peace, quite, and happiness. Gotta Love It!!!! Nothings better!!! 🙂
Found your content when I started playing November 2022 - started going round my local course in 149.. broke 90 three times this week with an official 18.9 handicap following your lessons - thanks Playa!!
There are only a few TH-camrs you watch and think to yourself “I’d love to grab a beer with this guy” this is one of them 😂
Well come on over
Hey man, just wanted to say that I love your content. I’ve managed to break 100 twice this summer after 10+ years away from golf following your advice (+ two very annoying rounds at 100 on the dot). 90 is next. Many thanks!
well done maboi
That's great.. I listened to breaking 90 and breaking 80.... mmm. 20 times each.. really helped me. I am happy with an 86, because I am not a kid and not a pro..
I’m with you there. I started watching Matt a while back and have gone through the 100 and 90 barriers by following his advice hoping to break 80 this year 🤞
Would love more of these ‘vlog’/lifestyle videos. Very relaxing and entertaining, to me at least!
I’ll get a remote job soon and hope to travel while golfing and rock climbing. Awesome to get a look into your lifestyle and would love to see more of a budget breakdown
So cool to see your digs and your Dad is spectacular! Love the down-to-earth, no-frills lifestyle, not unlike my own. Cheers from cool and wet New England!
My 7 year old was singing your birdie song after I sunk the putt! You’ve helped make a playa!
You really got everything you need under one roof❤. Thanks for sharing all your great content Matty, hope to see you on fishing clash.
Love your content brother! after 10 years of consistently shooting 94-100 I felt like I was just spinning my wheels. I just shot my career low 87 after watching you for a few weeks.
He is honest and open on the course and in his life. He is not playing the "Instagrammer life", but happy as hell! Love Golf Sidekicks for it!
Shot 38 this morning . Best 9 of the season. 4 and 5 irons on the tee box except 2 very safe driver holes. GiOTG and made a few putts. !!
This was lovely. There was something peaceful about this video. Maybe because it reminds me of my granddad's place in South Korea, I don't know, but I was smiling the whole video and a little jealous.
First time I saw one of your videos I knew you were playing in Thailand. Little did I know you’re actually living where I grew up as a young kid. Kicking myself that I didn’t pick up golf more seriously when I was a kid there but glad I’m obsessed now and glad it lead me to your videos. Keep up the good work my friend
WaddaHouse!! Very cool, thank you for the tour Playa 😄
Absolutely the best content provider for me. Thanks for a peek behind the curtain, Matty!
What about a door made out of a table?
next video
Thanks for the insight into the life of a YT golf king. Your Dad is as chill as your game is epical.
Loved the look at the Thai life. Going to become a fishing quest baus in your honour
Enjoying your content and channel everyday... and living near the Washington D.C. USA area... this video was eye opening and surprising. Loved the personal insight and "letting us into your home".
Waddaplaya!!!
Thank you for your content. Love your philosophy on the golf game. I’m 75 yrs. Trying to break 80. Thank you for the inspiration!
Biltong is hand down the best jerky out there! Brought back 10 pounds of it with me to the states when I visited a few months ago 😂
Great to see your dad saved that train. Nothing better than sentimental memories. Waddalife..
I spent a lot of time in Chaing Mai in the early 2000’s. One of my favorite places on earth. The first place I ever saw a McDonald’s that delivered.
Hi Matt and thanks for everything good in Thailand. I stay in Pattaya for reasons I don't have to explain. Broke my wrist in Feb. and just now went to the Emerald Golf Course yesterday. I managed to get a 7 Stapleford scoring over 18 but gosh I was happy to get back on the course. I still can't close my right fist completely but I keep trying and get a massage just for my right arm occasionally. Btw... I'm 73 years young. You have a sister does she live in Chang Mai as well? You still plant feathers in the ground? 555
Great video, love your golf tips, just all makes sense, also love Thailand, I feel educated now about S Africa food, did google some of it lol, cheers from UK 🇬🇧
I live in CM too and just shipped my clubs over. Always up for a knock :)
Wow - $1,500 per month. That's awesome. My Thai wife and I will be moving to Thailand in about 5 years. We travel to Thailand every year to see her family. I love the people and their culture. Have you had any luck learning the Thai language?
yeah not easy but also...i will be fully honest
not worth it
just learn basic how to order food correctly
the rest of the time, use google images, translate for individual words
i promise...best advice i can ever give you. its not worth th effort
@@GolfSidekick Haha...yes...I have been practicing ordering my food using Thai for a while now. I want to get a little better at speaking Thai each day. Almost like learning golf...I want to get a little better at it each day.
Love your videos by the way. You have a nice compact swing.
I've been a subscriber for some time now, but I didn't realise you were from SA until I heard it in a video I watched yesterday - the guy mentioned back home in Humewood... awesomeness!! 🇿🇦
Great video. Really enjoyed it. Your dad is a pretty chill dude, love the coffee wall!. You guys have everything you need. Keep making great content. Subbed.
Welcome playa glad to see you here
Simple and to the point great video of casa and Dad 🎉 cheers
Great book to read. Next one is theatre of the mind by Matt Fury. Love watching this. Plan to move from London to Spain in a couple of years. Will send you a invite.
Comfortable setup Playa. Thx for sharing how you live in Thailand.
Just what I needed! I am thinking of coming over to travel and work remotely! Thank you
Highly recommend. Chiang mai is best for it
@@GolfSidekick Any golf courses you would recommend in Thailand that would not break my budget?
@@svenmeyer4973 yes avoid the top rated ones. then the rest are cheap. search 'golf' on google maps and avoid the ones that look nice
I read that book a few years ago. Solid. 😎 cheers!
That was a dope picture you drew Matty boom boom!
Thank you. I will sell on eBay one day
A positive attitude is what it takes, you live your life how you want. I wanted to share the same roof with my father, but sometimes we lost the battle against time. Keep doing with stuff and you will always be ok.
I spent the first half of this video imaging your dad's inner monologue: "...git outta da way from the tube ya nit."
Used to live in the koolpuntville neighborhood in Chiang Mai, the city is a gem
This guy may have a career in comedy 😂 😂
biltong for the win - would love to know your recipe before drying
Where’s the electronic desk I sold you? 😂 might be moving back to Ching mai next year!
It’s in the bangkok house !
Nice to get to know you better
Ive just moved to chiang mai from South Africa. Would love to meet you on the course one day.
I am planning to move in the area also but different country. I bought land and building a house in Vientiane. With the house built, monthly cost will be low and allow me to golf more. We will be right by Fridge Bridge between Udom, Thailand and Vientiane Laos. Just waiting on my daughter to graduate HS and go to college now.
Mrs Balls Chutney Original is best here in Aus as well. Where do you keep your golf stuff?
do you spend more on golf monthly than on living?
Yas indeed playa
😆🙃🤣
My man, the pace of your golf videos and the cadence of the play works. Then this comes out and I can’t hit a putt outside 3 feet😂
You’ve got this playa keep on keepin on
Also never been to SA but two of my close friends went for like half a year and they brought back biltong and it KICKED ASS. Good shit!
What is it exactly? Never heard of it
@@danielowen5889 it’s basically beef jerky but South African style. Often it’s made with game meat rather than farmed beef though. Little bit different texture and obviously different flavour profile than the North American stuff. But if you like jerky you probably like biltong.
I seem to think you were probably the first Playa on YT to do a break 100/90/80 series, and then a few others followed.. waddaya bet someone else will now a "what´s in the fridge?" ;)
Aaaaah.......fond memories of our old house in Thailand......great times....although we WERE allowed to flush our TP.....I think they are punking you mate 😂
not after you try it a few times and have to plunge it all back up....LOL tasty
@GolfSidekick You paint such lovely pictures with words bruv 😆.
To be fair, I live in England now and we just flush it all straight onto our summer beaches so it could be worse I guess?
@@GolfSidekick I thought you used the bum gun out there????
How do you dry your anus after using the bum gun
@@GolfSidekickyou get your girl to blow your starfish
My Thai home is in Bangkok and Uttaradit.😎
The distance between Chiang Mai and Uttaradit is very close.
Yeah but Red Dragon Cafe closed down so now no incentive
@@GolfSidekick I will go to the north for two months from August.
I will also visit Chiang Mai⛳
@@GolfSidekick It is a pity.
It was also the purpose of going this time after watching the video introduction here.
@@downblows You know Red Dragon in Uttaradit? Oh man the Ba Ku Teh was so goooooodddd and the Vietnamese cofeee...
@@GolfSidekick
YES,YES,YES,YES👍
It's near Shiharat Hotel.
Ahhh all the solutions and essentials to make life good. Awesome dude. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Says its about 100 degrees.
Walking around in a long sleeve shirt.
How do you survive?
Warm blooded
6:29 I was enjoying a plate of chutney chicken while watching this😂
This content is right up there with the Redman episode of MTV Cribs. This is classic!
I think so too
Reading scott 🔥 systems over goals!
Super humble living space to save up for the more important things in life, like golf 👏
Someone has the Scott Adams persuasion reading list. Absolute 👑
Iykyk
This is the pivot I was waiting for!! Thailand all day every day!
Ok i will reveal more. Bangkok house tour coming soon. And in the south too. May have to reveal the true budget!
@@GolfSidekick I think it’s time.
@@GolfSidekick I’m expecting you to open a drawer, realize you’ve just shown us a stash of blood diamonds, shut the drawer, then, without saying anything, point out a woodworking project you have 80 percent finished.
@@GolfSidekick Went on R&R in Bangkok during the Viet Nam war. Had a blast, out driver took us fishing and it turned out it was piranha we were fishing for lol.
God Bless you man. Don’t think I could do it. What made you move out there?
Love your little Jack Russell as well sorry he passed 🙏
Do you have any tips on keeping golfing costs down here (I'm in Bangkok but I mean Thailand in general)? I'm new to the game (literally started playing a few months ago and recently joined my first golf club) but it's proving to be quite a costly hobby here, at least compared to England. It seems to me that caddy fees + caddy tips + green fees (when playing away) + golf supplies + other incidentals + driving range / simulator fees = 30k THB/month minimum (on top of the cost of golf club membership), just to play around 2-3 rounds/week (I could play every day in England for less than half as much). Am I missing a trick?
Play sport days at the courses midweek. They have certain days that are much cheaper than others in the week, usually before 7am or after 11am etc
Play upcountry courses midweek.
Skip the sim, go to the range - you can find them near army bases for like 50 baht per tray maximum. Sometimes as low as 30 baht per tray.
Avoid weekends.
Get 2nd hand balls.
But yeah not much you can do. I spend about that much often more per month with the channel.
Nice crib brother! Shout out from RSA. Also love my birding! Hit me up for a round if you ever in Durban.
And birding see some colorful ones. Rest of SA just little brown jobs
@GolfSidekick Selbourne is a great course for birds, and golf. Worth checking out next time you are around
I would of thought your dad would have matching sunglasses with the hat, so we would know that you look like him! 😂
I noticed all the windows have bars. Nothing so bad as what I've heard about joburg, but how do you feel about the safety where you are?
extremely safe here
Nicely done sir.
Dude. That dogs name is so good. Laughing my ass off.
Hey u can see that no woman is living with u guys. 😂
But so cool u are sharing this vid Matt.
Wattaplaya!
Matty, are you doing any Toman fishing over there??
I spotted Five Crowns! What a fantastic game :D
Was your dog a Corgi?
This video literally blew my mind. Wow.
thumbs up for the doraemon pillow. 100% classy!! greets from canada.
Is the finger exercise thing good for golfers?
guitar
Marker Pen down there LOL
Always keep your beef tallow (or pork lard) when you roast beef (pork) or bones! FANTASTIC FAT for cooking or baking! Works like butter!
Yas we only use lard and tallow
Some olive if not rancid. Most is.
Other than that just bacon grease
It costs more than $100 USD to golf there, unless you play at Hang Dong or Lanna Golf
not as a resident
then it's less than half
@@GolfSidekick Do you just show them your Thai Drivers license?
@@mmaranta785 yas
I've been waiting for this. Super interested in retirement overseas.
This just confirms why I will retire in Colombia and not Thailand
@@LuisFigo4this just confirms while I’ll retire in amurica.
I’d recommend retiring elsewhere if I’m honest with you. South America sounds great. Not SE asia bro.
@@GolfSidekick my wife is Colombian and we got another 20 years till retirement.
She wants to go to Thailand and party though
I mean come on now @GolfSidekick as the bumper sticker says, “Texas, hell it’s bigger than France”
Love that advice about the soap!😂😂😂
You fellas look happy but good Lord that is spartan, especially for grown men! You should come to America. You could get a place 3 times as nice with a country view in North Carolina. Heck Pinehurst alone has like 20 courses.
I feel like there will always be a punchline. I laugh no matter what. You have nailed life and that is no joke :)
That marker pen remark had me 🤣
It’s a real problem sometimes
this man is a true golfer
Didn’t know I was in for MTV Cribs Thailand edition 😂
Wadda house wadda playa
Just curious, other than making furniture......and of course yt, what else do you do in Thailand for income?
there are many ways to make income online playa!
so many ways to break free
I can see why the Playa is so wise, reading Dr. Maxwell Maltz.
Do you own or rent? How much? Sorry if I missed that part but don’t think I heard it.
cant own here, not for foreigners
renting for $300
and rent another house in bangkok for $600
@@GolfSidekick oh not bad 👍
So how did you end up in Thailand coming from South Africa?
Anywhere but there
@@GolfSidekick But how did you narrow it down to Thailand?
Cheap taxis
And decent golf courses, evidently.😊 What was it like starting golf in the land of Gary Player?
@@sledgehamner good. Cheap. Nice bent grass greens. Kikuyu fairways and rough. Restart in thailand with tropical grasses. New experience entiely
High rise Condo for me in Thailand. House never. I know, cheaper rental for a house but too quirky for with stuff like not flushing the bog paper and outdoor kitchens. Also wildlife can get in too easy on the ground floor.
Too much internal noise for me with the riff raff living around you mere centimeters from your head when you’re sleeping. Cant make furniture
My mouth is watering thinking about the biltong... A few lads here in Ireland are making it now so I can get my fix of it.
Plus 2 for 9 holes this morning and a new Playa vid....$1500 a month? Can I have a farm for 10K a month?😀 I need a place to park my Backhoe.
Also I wish I had missed the bathroom details...😋 I was eating breakfast...
Love this
The Matty boom boom room
This has Ty Webb vibes. Love it.
I love this guy
Love it 👍👍👍
lol, April 1st was 3 months ago :)
Best episode of MTV Cribs ive seen 👏
Living the dream