Living in Chiang Mai (ramblings) posted March 10, 2008: Minimum daily wage in Thailand is 144 Baht ($5) per day, about 4,320 Baht ($150) per month. Some families only have one wage earner. (In India 40 per cent of the population earn about $1 a day. In Burma urban professionals earn about $1 per day. BKK Post Feb 27/08) Of course, meals and accommodations are priced proportionally. If a foreigner can't live in Asia on what you have from home, you're doing something wrong. Even though elephants have been outlawed from entering the cities they still do. Their mahouts, owners, target tourists for donations. The hard pavement is detrimental on the elephants feet and especially in Bangkok they often get struck and hurt by cars or motorbikes. From the Bangkok Post, Feb 22, 2008: Two monks
... read more