A calmer way to start life somewhere new.
Your way in, your dates and your first year in Thailand, from the first decision to feeling at home.
Free. One question to start, no account needed.
Thinking about it
Find your way in.
Tell us how you'd support yourself, and see every way in that fits.
Serious alert · Storm
Heavy storm warning
Stay indoors this evening.
Reminder · in 5 days
Your 90-day report
File online or at immigration.
Rule change · affects you
New DTV document rules
Affects DTV visa holders · effective 31 August 2026
Your Thai word for today
ฝน = Rain
Say it: fǒn
getting around
money
work
homethe road so far
Day 1 · Bangkok
Day 12 · Doi Suthep
Day 30 · Chiang DaoPhotos, Wikimedia Commons: Terence Ong (CC BY 2.5), JJ Harrison (CC BY-SA 3.0), Supanut Arunoprayote (CC BY 4.0)
The first days
Know what comes next.
One wall for where you are, and what's next.
Settling in
Find your place.
Weekends, neighbourhoods and places worth the trip, picked around your plans.
getting there
Route 108 south to Chom Thong, then Route 1009 up the mountain.
bring
A warm layer: the summit is much colder than the city.
where to live
NimmanhaeminOne-bed ฿10,000–25,000 a monthCafés, coworking, walkableMum, the market is unreal. Tried mango sticky rice. Miss you!
SENT HOME · 2 DECLooking back
Remember how you got here.
Your firsts, your milestones and the postcards home, kept in a book that writes itself.
