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Thanks for the input. What I want is the easiest and cheapest way to stay. What I had read was that I have to go to Chiang Mai to get a new retirement visa with the two days' time lost and additional expense of hotel and so forth. So if it was just as easy to do 90-day check-ins or tourist visas at MS, I could avoid the CM trip. I didn't know they only give 30 days now. They used to give 90 days tourist visas at Phuket Airport.

Can I get a new retirement visa at Central Plaza?

I could not not find the procedure for mailing in the 90-day check-in. Do I just mail the old check-in slip from my passport and the new form with a self-addressed envelope (plus a change of address form)? In Phuket, they change the requirements every time you go. Sometimes they want photocopies of passport pages, sometimes not.

Again, thanks for the help.

I just moved to CR after ten years in Phuket. I have a retirement visa which is due for a 90-day check-in in June. I think I read that it can be done by mail in CR. Is that correct? How, when,what, where?

What is the easiest way to get a new retirement visa, which I will need in September? Or would it just be easier / cheaper to go to the border every 90 days instead to get a tourist visa (I don't have a vehicle)?

Thanks for your help.

C'mon guys! Someone must have a preference one way or another.

Which do you think has more reliable and faster connection in Chiang Rai, air card service from AIS or CAT?

The immigration office at Mae Sai would be the place. You can also mail in your 90-day report if that would be easier.

Or you can visit immigration at Central Plaza on the first Saturday of every month , their desk is by the escalator by Robinsons Dept Store.

That is great news. Thanks!

If I am in Chiang Rai, where can I do my 90-day check-in for a retirement visa?

Is there such a thing as a classy bar with beautiful women in Chalong? I don't go out so have no idea.

LeungKen: That's it.

LeungKen: Yep. That was my boat and my business. I don't know why the ad is still up there!

My boat has gone missing and it seems that no one knows anything about it. If it was a dinghy or a longtail or even a fishing boat, maybe that would be understandable. But this boat was a 70 ton 28 meter long steel hulled ex-German military patrol boat painted red and orange and fitted out as a party boat. I have run ads and sent out hundreds of emails to everyone I can think of, yet somehow someone towed this boat away from Ao Makham where it was tied up for six years behind a boat repairshop and made it disappear with no one seeing or hearing anything! There used to be a feeling of community here in Phuket but that seems to have also disappeared.

How much should the deposit on a tank of cooking gas be?

I had to buy the entire contents of the little house I am renting and there is a lot of stuff that I don't need, so want to donate it to maybe a kids's charity or to individuals like Burmese laborers who might make use of it. There are pots and pans, dishes, plastic containers, blankets, towels and a lot more. Most of it needs a good wash and some things need minor repairs but for someone who has even less than I do, I know it would all be welcome. Would appreciate someone who can take it all at once.

The founder and Director of Operations for this residential security consultancy is ready to retire so is selling new, independent branch offices of Maximum Security for a minimal investment. Buyers do not need any previous security experience as you are offered the option of having the Director personally train you if you so desire. All you will need to do to get started is the networking and marketing in the community where you want to live.

Because of our unique and advanced residential protections, our company appeared in major publications more than ten times in our first three years, more than other security concern in Asia. This includes Thailand Tatler magazine in Bangkok; Asia-Pacific Tropical Homes magazine, distributed in eight Asian nations; Property Report Thailand magazine, distributed nationally; Tropical Living magazine, both in the Experts Panel and then again featured in the following issue; twice in the Phuket Post Property Plus section; and twice in the Phuket Gazette. And the Director has been invited to speak at both the upcoming ISCPP Singapore Security Conference (building protection) and the Hotel Security Asia Conference in November. This means that the initial public relations, which usually takes so much time, cost and effort, has already been done.

We are the only security company in Asia confident enough in our protocols and methodologies to offer our clients a Double Your Money Back Guarantee should anyone in a residence for which we have developed and implemented a Total Security Program be injured by an uninvited intruder.

We do not sell equipment so there is no expensive inventory to maintain and we do not contract out personnel so minimal staff is required. Instead we provide expertise in the form of Assessments and Recommendations that offer the homeowner or property manager the opportunity to choose from the many options that will offer the home real protection as opposed to the façade of safety offered by alarms and cameras as pushed by major "security" equipment-selling companies.

Email us for more info.

I first came here in 2000 also and have lived here since. You won't recognize the place or the people.

Try http://www.chalongapartment.com/ I've lived here for two years and it is good.

If anyone knows of a small (as little as 45 sqm), inexpensive, very simple house for rent on a west coast beach, please pm me.

Thanks

If anyone knows of a small (as little as 45 sqm), inexpensive, very simple house for rent on a west coast beach, please pm me.

Thanks

I always give the standard 15% and maybe a little more if the service is very good. I couldn't enjoy the meal otherwise. I figure that if i can afford to eat in a restaurant than I am a lot better off than the poor server who is probably making less per month than I spend in a week. I still tip if there is a service charge as that rarely goes to the servers. The owners usually keep that as "reimbursement" for the salary they pay they staff.

I've used this company for eight years:

Prohmthep Accounting Co., Ltd.

108/26 Chaloem Pharakiat

R.9 By-Pass Road, Moo 5,

T. Rassada, Muang Phuket 83000 Thailand

Tel. 076 262 105-7

Fax. 076 262 108

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All of this talk about bar girls and scams is fallacious from the start. A scam is when one person fools the other into thinking something that isn't true. Any out of shape, wrinkled, ill-mannered, drunk too often old guy who thinks that a sweet, charming, beautiful, young girl is interested in him for anything besides his money is scamming himself. It doesn't matter what she says or doesn't say. He is choosing to believe what makes no sense at all so is 100% to blame for any financial losses he may incur. She doesn't have to say word #1 and the scam has already been effected by the guy's own delusions about himself.

There are all sorts of marketing people, from those whose focus is the product development pipeline to those who get excited about the collaboration that a new service launch requires. Here at Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises, Thailand’s only real party boat operator, we view our marketing liaison as a 50/50 mix of operational knowledge and personal contact, communications and problem-solving. Our Russian marketing liaison will be a native Russian speaker who has a hyper-enthusiastic attitude about our party boat and how we can develop new markets.

If you're someone who can get corporate executives at the leading Russian tour operators in Thailand excited about the opportunity to offer their clients Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises at an unheard of discount, who's fanatical about appointments and success but can maintain a sense of humor no matter what level of chaos and frustration confronts you, talk to us about our Russian marketing liaison position in Bangkok.

Read about us, our history and our philosophy at www.saenyim.com/SeaDawgsHome.htm and email us at enquiry [at] saenyim.com, telling us how your background and passion relate to what we're doing, in 300 words or less. We promise to acknowledge every inquiry with a personal response, because we have no robots currently working in our HR department.

At Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises, we value people for their enthusiasm and perspectives, not just for their certifications and degrees or former employers, brands or the buzzwords on their resumes. We love free-spirited candidates and believe that our only chance to win in the marketplace will come by working with the best people in the industry. If that's also your view, please give us a look.

This position will last for as long as it takes you to infiltrate the leading Russian tour companies in Thailand, get yourself into a meeting with the top decision-makers, then get them to agree to book our party cruises. The potential earnings for this contract can exceed THB1.8 million depending on your success.

We welcome CVs and photos from all native Russian speakers who are comfortable communicating and negotiating with top level corporate executives.

If you are one of those rare people who would have no hesitation walking into the head office of Thailand’s leading beverage manufacturer and distributor, getting yourself an appointment to meet with the top marketing decision-makers and successfully presenting them with a unique promotional opportunity, then you are the perfect person to earn in excess of THB1.2 million for this one contract.

There are all sorts of corporate executives, from those whose focus is the product development pipeline to those who get excited about the collaboration that a new service launch requires. Here at Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises, Thailand’s only real party boat operator, we view our corporate liaison as a 50/50 mix of operational knowledge and personal contact, communications and problem-solving. Our corporate liaison need only have a positive attitude about Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises and the ability to convey that enthusiasm to the right people at the right time.

If you're someone who can get corporate executives excited about an opportunity for them to make a huge impact in the leisure and entertainment market in Thailand and the alcoholic beverage market abroad, talk to us about this position in Bangkok.

Read about us, our history and our philosophy at www.saenyim.com/SeaDawgsHome.htm and email us at enquiry [at] saenyim.com, telling us how your background and passion relate to what we're doing, in 300 words or less. We promise to acknowledge every inquiry with a personal response, because we have no robots currently working in our HR department.

At Sea Dawgs Excitement Cruises, we value people for their spirit and perspectives, not just for their certifications and degrees or former employers, brands or the buzzwords on their resumes. We love free-thinking candidates and believe that our only chance to win in the marketplace will come by working with the best people in the industry. If that's also your view, please give us a look.

This position will last for as long as it takes you to infiltrate this major corporation and get yourself into a meeting with the top decision-makers, then get them to agree to sponsor our party cruises. The potential earnings for this position exceed THB1.2 million based on your success.

We welcome CVs and photos from anyone who is comfortable communicating and negotiating with the highest level of Thai corporate executives.

There are all sorts of marketing people, from those whose focus is the product development pipeline to those who get excited about the collaboration that a new service launch requires. Here at Maximum Security, the most written about residential protection consultancy in Asia, we view our marketing liaison as a 50/50 mix of technical knowledge and personal contact, coaching and problem-solving. Our marketing liaison will be a Thai national who has a degree in marketing and who will have a wondrous attitude about our marketing competition and how it will develop new markets.

If you're someone who would love to get students excited about their chance to be part of a complex new service launch, who's fanatical about appointments and fulfilment but can maintain a sense of humor no matter what level of chaos is going on around you, talk to us about our marketing liaison opportunity in Bangkok.

Read about us, our history and our philosophy at www.saenyim.com/MaxSecHome.htm and email us at enquiry [at] saenyim.com, telling us how your background and passion relate to what we're doing, in 300 words or less. We promise to acknowledge every inquiry with a personal response, because we have no robots currently working in our HR department.

At Maximum Security, we value people for their enthusiasm and perspectives, not just for their certifications and degrees or former employers, brands or the buzzwords on their resumes. We love free-spirited candidates and believe that our only chance to win in the marketplace will come by hiring and keeping the best people in the industry. If that's also your view, please give us a look.

This position will last for an initial period of six months during which time you will contact, meet with and motivate the marketing professors at Thailand’s leading universities to interest and enrol their students in a competition for which substantial cash prizes will be awarded to the winning students, their professors and their university. This will be followed by regular consultations with the participating students, all told for about 20 hours per week. The potential earnings for this position exceed THB 800,000 for the six months based on your success.

We welcome CVs and photos from all Thai nationals who have recently graduated with a marketing degree from a leading university and who are comfortable communicating with university professors, administrators and students.

Beaches are closed regularly in other countries when conditions are unsafe and the same should be done here. It is unfair to the lifeguards to not close them especially in a country where employment is so tenuous and blame so readily passed down the pecking order. It is up to the provincial government to provide whatever is need to sufficiently post the warnings and to safely rescue the morons who then ignore them.

I have been here for twelve years and am selling out of two businesses. I was a management consultant for almost forty years in several countries before landing in Thailand. It is incredibly difficult to do business here. The govt officials, cops and civil servants will drive you crazy and many farangs will cheat you every chance they get. If you are determined to live in Thailand, choose somewhere other than Phuket, Pattaya or Koh Samui and just live there for a couple of years until you get your feet firmly on the ground. Don't buy a bar, restaurant or guesthouse unless it will be the only one in a one-km radius and then ask yourself why no one has opened one there before or why, if its such a good deal, they are selling it. If you look at the listings of the leading business brokers in Thailand, the vast majority of enterprises for sale are from these categories for good reason. Farangs come here thinking it will be a fun, easy way to support themselves, then go out of business after a year or so and sell it to another farang who does the same. Go slow and be afraid, be very afraid.