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**Cerilopasei** · 09-21-2012, 01:20 PM

Congratulations DanD, I hope you will have a great time over here!

It seems that you are pretty much set. As far as items for everyday life are concerned, Thailand is well-resourced. They have pretty much everything, though Farang stuff cost much more.

Perhaps you have hobbies and may practice sports that are fairly strange to this country. If that's the case, you should bring spare parts of everything. I'm a street-skater, and I was disappointed to see the poor quality selection of skates and accessories over here. I regret not bringing over an extra set of trusted US-quality wheels, bearings etc. The best ones I could find here wear out very quickly.

Other such items are game consoles and videogames. The only one known here is the PS2. It's a difficult treasure hunt trying to find an Xbox; the GameCube (a Japanese import) is virtually unheard of. So, another regrets of mine is leaving all that stuff back in the US. The cheapo PC-games are just not on par quality-wise.

So... hobbies and sports. Extra set of spare stuff.

Also, your Thai friends will be very delighted if you give them gifts that represents the country you came from. Even little things will be very appreciated, as long as it's clearly of foreign origin.

Good luck DanD; enjoy your stay. I hope you share your experiences with us.

09-21-2012, 01:20 PM	#2
Cerilopasei Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Congratulations DanD, I hope you will have a great time over here! It seems that you are pretty much set. As far as items for everyday life are concerned, Thailand is well-resourced. They have pretty much everything, though Farang stuff cost much more. Perhaps you have hobbies and may practice sports that are fairly strange to this country. If that's the case, you should bring spare parts of everything. I'm a street-skater, and I was disappointed to see the poor quality selection of skates and accessories over here. I regret not bringing over an extra set of trusted US-quality wheels, bearings etc. The best ones I could find here wear out very quickly. Other such items are game consoles and videogames. The only one known here is the PS2. It's a difficult treasure hunt trying to find an Xbox; the GameCube (a Japanese import) is virtually unheard of. So, another regrets of mine is leaving all that stuff back in the US. The cheapo PC-games are just not on par quality-wise. So... hobbies and sports. Extra set of spare stuff. Also, your Thai friends will be very delighted if you give them gifts that represents the country you came from. Even little things will be very appreciated, as long as it's clearly of foreign origin. Good luck DanD; enjoy your stay. I hope you share your experiences with us.
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