Have you been to Thailand Sam? Haggling is expected. It’s part of the game. It’s becoming rarer, over the last 20-30 years you see fixed price formal shops more and more. But if you pay the first price at any market stall or whatever the owner will likely die of shock.

The problem is, without the ads we don’t make a living. Then we starve, it’s not a good outcome.

I typically enjoy reading blogs, but you’ve loaded yours with so many ads that non-bloggers will have a hard time following. After the 5th vastly distracting ad, I switched off. Hope this helps as otherwise I love blogs like these.

Hi Ania,
Thanks for reading our blog. Sounds like you have a plan. Personally if you can get the 6 month visa and know you’ll stay in Chiang Mai I’d be inclined to get the visa. It will make it easier to rent out an apartment etc. Plus depending on how many of you there are the border hops can be time consuming and expensive especially if you’re only doing it for the visa. Just make sure the 6 month visa is multi entry. We tend to see what the countries offer before deciding on visas. It is different across the world. Vietnam we just had the 3 month visa hat we had to pre arrange but a country like Malaysia gives us 90 days on arrival no questions asked. Even Indonesia has scrapped their visa fees.
Good luck in your adventures.
Cheers
Chef