So Chantal spent more than $5000 on her 40-day
visa run totally organic vacation, in which she spent the vast majority of her time with her ass cheeks gorilla-glued to the floor. I have to admit, I'm utterly flummoxed and almost impressed.
First of all, their flights would
not have broken the bank. The Middle East is a major hub for not just supplying tourists to Thailand, but also is very often a stop-over for Europeans on their way to Southeast Asia. Flights to Thailand are plentiful and cheap. If both their flights together came out to only about a grand, I wouldn't be surprised, but just to be extra generous let's say they cost $1500.
That's $3700 left over to be spent over the course of 40 days. Where the fuck did that money go? Bangkok has a plethora of affordable, Western-standard hotel rooms at the best of times and they were there during the off-season, so there's no reason lodging like theirs would have cost them more than $25 a day. Again, I'm being generous, and there's a massive chance they were offered a discount for a long stay. But still, whatever. That's another $1000 off the total, we're down to $2700. (Though one of the reasons I assume the cost is higher is because I'm absolutely adamant they don't sleep in the same room and thus will need a more expensive lodging than if they were - lol - actually married - lol.)
Food is cheap as hell in Thailand, they're able to grow their own food year-round and import very little, so no import tax is passed onto customers, and food (and labor) costs are very, very low. That is IF you stick to the local cuisine - and I stand by one of my many previous predictions
that Chantal would despise Thai food - but we know she quickly shifted to her old Western fast food familiars and so drove up the cost substantially. Even so, spending $50-60 a day on food for two people in Thailand is absolutely obscene, especially considering she was content stuffing herself on hotdogs and cheese toasties from 7-11, and Salah eats normal-person portions. While he also has the palate of a toddler, he's at least able to pick up cheap halal tendies with fries for a reasonable price.
Yes, they did a few activities that essentially amounted to day trips from Bangkok but that amounted to fuck all, really. Unless one of my previous theories that she'd need individual air-conditioned comfortable travel held true, which would have cost them hundreds of dollars in excess. And also take into account the fines and cleaning fees they'd have to pay for taking durian into their hotel room (and they take this stuff seriously over there).
Anyway, I just love the sheer cheek of this fat garbage sac of rotten cheese who did fuck all on her vacation except sit on her floor stuffing herself with 7-11 mystery pink meat logs, lecturing us with "tips" on how to maximize the potential of your trip to Thailand.
