Bonjour,
Je suis journaliste pour un magazine d'information diffusé sur TF1 et prépare un reportage sur les français qui vont ou ont déjà pris leur retraite en Thaïlande. Je voudrais rencontrer - et filmer- le quotidien de personnes, couples, familles qui sont partis au Royaume de Siam vivre peut-être avec un pouvoir d'achat bien plus important qu'en France et une qualité de vie tout autre
Merci de me contacter par mail : lbap75@gmail.com
Emmanuel
Et je suis prêt à parier que çà va se terminer en reportage sur les vieux
dépravés qui viennent se taper des petites (ou petits !) jeunes en Thaïlande ...
😠
Si vous avez compris tout ce que je viens de vous dire, c'est que j'ai dû faire une erreur quelque part. - Alan Greenspan
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
Bonjour, Je suis à la recherche d'un couple de retraités français vivant très bien en Thaïlande avec environ 1500 euros par mois. Je suis journaliste pour le magazine Sept à Huit sur TF1 et prépare un reportage sur ce thème Si vous avez des coordonnées à me communiquer je suis preneur ! J'avais lu le témoignage d'un certain "Guy" dans votre dossier retraites en 2006. Tournage prévu en Mars 2010 Cordialement, Emmanuel REITZ, journaliste "Sept à Huit" TF1 Tel 01 56 21 37 14 paname18@hotmail.com
vivre peut-être avec un pouvoir d'achat bien plus important qu'en France et une qualité de vie tout autre
Ben, c'est là on "on rigole" !
Lorsqu'on vit en Thaïlande alors qu'on n'y a pas d'attache (j'étais marié depuis plus de
20ans avec une thaïlandaise lorsque je suis venu ici ...), le "niveau de vie" n'est pas
forcément plus important qu'en France !
Pour avoir un "niveau de vie" plus important, il faut commencer par ... changer de vie !
Fini TF1 (😉), le verre de rouge avec le camembert, son quotidien habituel avec les
mots croisés ...
Fini (ou très espacées) les visites familiales ou des copains, l'isolement les remplace
ou alors on dépense une fortune en avion ...
Et ainsi de suite, la "courte vue" axée sur le cours des monnaies n'a aucun sens ...
🙂
PS: Pour en revenir à mon "soupçon" initial, les prostituées sont moins chères ici
qu'en France 😎
Si vous avez compris tout ce que je viens de vous dire, c'est que j'ai dû faire une erreur quelque part. - Alan Greenspan
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
Bonjour, Je suis à la recherche d'un couple de retraités français vivant très bien en Thaïlande avec environ 1500 euros par mois. Je suis journaliste pour le magazine Sept à Huit sur TF1 et prépare un reportage sur ce thème Si vous avez des coordonnées à me communiquer je suis preneur ! J'avais lu le témoignage d'un certain "Guy" dans votre dossier retraites en 2006. Tournage prévu en Mars 2010 Cordialement, Emmanuel REITZ, journaliste "Sept à Huit" TF1 Tel 01 56 21 37 14 paname18@hotmail.com
Bonjour,
Je suis persuadé que votre demande est sérieuse.
Et je suis très intéressé de connaître le résultat. Vous recherchez des couples retraités qui vivent très bien avec 1500 € de retraite par mois en Thaïlande.
Dans le même temps je me pose la question sur la somme ?? Pourquoi 1500€ …
Beaucoup de veuves Françaises s’expatrie au Maroc ou Tunisie, après le décès de leur mari, justement parce que la réversion ne leurs permet plus de vivre en France avec 800 ou 900 €
Quelqu’un connaît il le montant moyen des retraites en France ? ( par personne )
Je me demande quel pays choisir pour ma retraite est ce la Thaïlande avec tout le charme de ce pays, ou bien un pays avec moins de distance comme le Maroc et la Tunisie où je peut toujours profiter du soleil??
Je me demande quel pays choisir pour ma retraite est ce la Thaïlande avec tout le charme de ce pays, ou bien un pays avec moins de distance comme le Maroc et la Tunisie où je peut toujours profiter du soleil??
Tu es la seule à avoir la réponse à cette question : en admettant que tu aies séjourné plusieurs fois dans chacun des pays mentionnés. Sinon commence par les visiter et dans le doute joue la réponse avec des dés à jouer ou reste en France.... 😛
"Dans vos phrases, n'utilisez qu'un sujet, un verbe, un complément d"objet direct ; Quand vous aurez besoin d'un adjectif, venez me trouver." (Georges Clemenceau)
Tres juste ! Ou thai... 😎
Sinon Tunisie ou Maroc mais le cout de la vie va vite monter pendant les prochaines annees...
"Dans vos phrases, n'utilisez qu'un sujet, un verbe, un complément d"objet direct ; Quand vous aurez besoin d'un adjectif, venez me trouver." (Georges Clemenceau)
Je me demande quel pays choisir pour ma retraite est ce la Thaïlande avec tout le charme de ce pays, ou bien un pays avec moins de distance comme le Maroc et la Tunisie où je peut toujours profiter du soleil??
Merci pour votre réponse
Chat-lut,
Déjà, le climat n'est pas du tout comparable ...
Sauf de courtes périodes, le climat en Thaïlande est CHAUD ET HUMIDE ...
Et, quand je dis humide, je pense MOITE !
Dans le Nord du pays (loin de la mer), c'est sans doute moins marqué que dans le Sud.
🙂
Si vous avez compris tout ce que je viens de vous dire, c'est que j'ai dû faire une erreur quelque part. - Alan Greenspan
Science sans conscience n'est que ruine de l'âme - Rabelais
C'est vrai qu'il faudrait accepter ne pas venir pendant les vacances d'hiver en Thaïlande , en d'autres termes, se niquer les vacances d'hiver pour venir tester la météo pendant la mousson.
Cela fait plusieurs années que je dis que je vais le faire, mais je n'y arrive pas, car pour moi les vacances en hiver là-bas c'est mon énergie pour affronter l'année de "Daube " ici.
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