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Me and my girlfriend spent around £2000 in a month travelling around Thailand. went to kanchanaburi chumpon koh samui etc we lived very very well on this! i would imagine that u will have plenty of money

£2500 is fine for two people even if you had to pay for all of your accommodation as well, you will have a great time. As said above 2nd class sleeper train is fine, but definitely get air con!

If you do want to save a bit of money on restaurants or scuba diving, you might want to check out our discount card for SE Asia - The link is in my signature.

"Not going after British or western food whilst there, can't think of anything worse."

OK, you have a point on the British "cuisine".

For vacationers, who aren't here very long, I can understand that the food here will be a bit more unique and you want to exploit that. That makes sense. If you are here for a long time though, you will find that local cuisine eventually gets boring. At least most people find that. Now, after five years, when I see a McDonalds (which is rare) it's irresistable. If you offered me the finest Thai cuisine ever prepared, or a Cheeseburger and fries from McDonalds, I would take the cheeseburger and fries.