I love blogs! This move abroad has been so much easier because people write about their own experiences.
For preparing for Shenzhen, www.startinchina.com is a gem. Great info on living and working in our future home.
The Newmans accounts of Shenzhen give great insight into life in Shenzhen. www.thenewmans.id.au.
Thanks to Andy for his snapshot of Mae Sot. I’m pumped for the spa! http://andydaniels.blogspot.com/2009/02/i-really-like-mae-sot.html
Then the spa was great. It is a bit rustic but all the essentials are there. The spa is a very hot steam room with a lot of herbal sents in the steam (hotter than the steam room at Banya, and one for girls and one for boys, of course). Then outside there were lots of benches to chill on, some work out equipment, a place to pour cold water over you, and some herbal tea. It was a really pleasent experience. I spent about 2.5 hours there and was the only farang besides one guy who came and left very fast, actually I seemed to stay there longer than anyone.
