Originally Posted by Ghost

Visa wise all you need to do is leave the country and get a 60 day tourist visa stamp at any consulate outside of thailand and that renews your 90 days within 6 months limit.
there is no clear maximum on this sort of stay but some consulates in some countries limit it.


If you go to thailand expect to pay to train. Training at keawsamrit is about 800 baht a day if i remember correctly. How much do you expect to win when you fight?

I wouldnt plan to stay in one place the whole time as its not likely to happen. Its better to move from gym to gym as you will learn more that way but spend at least a couple of months at each one. You will find yourself staying longer at some and less time at others. There are loads of good gyms in bangkok and many much cheaper than the foreigner based gyms, but keawsamrit is a good gym, you just wont get "in" with them that much.
What i mean by this is that through training at thai gyms my i pay nothing to train i hang out with the other boxers and am friends with them and go on short holidays with them every few weeks. We have a great time and its an experience i couldnt easily have at a westerner based gym.
So see how it goes when you get there.

If you want to make the most of it you have to be able to wing it in thailand and whatever you do, dont plan anything. Thailand + a plan = disaster. i mean that in the nicest way though.

How much have you saved for a 1 year stay?