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Experts recommend Exped tents for mountain climbers and campers due to their sturdy construction. Available in a range of sizes, these tents are designed to withstand all kinds of weather and are popular with most mountain climbers and trekkers.

The Andromeda II is an all-season tent for mountaineering and ski trips. With a floor made of waterproof-coated nylon and a ripstop polyester canopy, the tent is useful for any kind of weather. DAC light NSL poles that slide easily in to sockets make it easy to set up the tent in a hurry. The vestibule provided is large and accommodates your entire luggage. If you need more extra space, you can expand the canopy to provide the necessary room. Windows made of mosquito netting and doors backed with no-see-um netting ensure proper ventilation of the interiors.

Exped Polaris is another lightweight four-season tent best for mountaineering and alpine climbing. With the tent accommodating two people and a large vestibule for keeping their packs, the tent is designed to be used for long treks. Made of silicon-coated nylon with four mosquito netting covered vents, the tent has 3 support poles, with a provision for a fourth pole for use in case of high winds and heavy snowfall.

For three-people accommodation, Exped manufactures the Exped Venus III. Designed to provide larger space, the tent has double doors, detachable canopy, and two vestibules. It also comes with adjustable vents with a removable partition. The rainfly, made up of polyurethane coated ripstop polyester ensures adequate protection from snow and rain. This one is a freestanding tent and great for use even in rough weather conditions.

Gaining employment in the Land of Smiles as a non-Thai national typically means taking in an English teaching position. Even though there are highly paid English teaching positions in universities like Chulalongkorn or Thammasat, most English teaching posts offer little pay.

As a matter of fact, don’t anticipate a leading wage for any highly skilled job, teaching or otherwise. It sounds like bad news, but in reality if you hope to live in Thailand for a year or two, such low salaries aren’t too much of a problem since Thailand is a low- priced place to live, the infrastructure is perhaps the best in this region of the world, it’s a safe country, and there’s still every opportunity to advance your career and gain some useful work experience.

However there is an obscured problem that only shows itself over time: you’ve been living in Thailand for a couple of years, and you’ve gained decent work experience, your pay isn’t great, but then again the cost of living is low so that’s OK. HOWEVER, here’s the rub : You’ve been unable to actually BANK money while staying in Thailand. The cost of air tickets look incredibly over-priced compared to your salary in Thailand. The cost of living back home gets to scare you when thinking about your Thai wage slip. This problem troubles many foreigners in Thailand a year or so after deciding to work there. Long- term future plans can often be delayed since you don’t have the nest egg of money to put into action any plan like purchasing a house, buying a car, or getting married.

Therefore, important point : when thinking about staying in Thailand, it’s advised to also consider that you will find it very challenging to save meaningful quantities of hard cash when thinking about the costs of “back home”.

Yet, it’s not all about money is it? You can have a great time in Thailand, perhaps learn the language, make friends, go travelling around the country in your freetime, and get some invaluable overseas work experience.

So what sort of work placements can you secure in the Land of Smiles? Looking at jobs-quality.com - a site listing job positions in the Bangkok and Chonburi districts of Thailand - they have listed Human Resource job positions, Admin work placements, production supervisor jobs in Thailand, safety officer work placements etc. Basically the types of work placements you’d discover in your home country. Even though the majority of these job posts may be looking for a Thai speaker, there are still English-speaking prerequisites for placements inside many multinational companies located in Thailand.