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this borders are hardly a tourist spot and the international press really don't care about that.

It is a disaster for the people working illegal here.

"It is a disaster for the people working illegal here". Good, they are the ones who are causing problems for the many ex pats here who have the right visa.

I see this posted on these forums on a regular basis, still waiting on any evidence of it. Just how do people breaking the rules affect you, if you're not?

They're for Thais that don't want to be caught with their mia nois, they just drive in and an assistant rushes over to close the curtain for you, discreetly collects the cash from the door behind the curtain, no ID checks, no reception, etc.

You take a girl there...

I've been to one, there was a desk in the corner of the car park with a couple guys, one comes up to you as you pull in with your car, if I recall.

If you poke your head out the curtain and catch one of the guy's eye they come over with anything you need, condoms, water, etc.

I can't 100% recall if there was a reception, don't think so though.

The room was pretty unromantic, not terrible though. No top sheet on the bed.

Not sure where good rooms are, if they exist

Jesus? Are you serious?

Go to Google Earth street view & take a walk down a few side sois off Walking Street.

Curtains??????????

Drive Thru???????

EDIT: You're thinking the hotels supply the women????

WRONG.

That'd be a Malaysian massage parlor or a Thai soapy as far as that goes.......

$20 -30 USD bucks (or less) will get you a cheap room all over Pattaya.

Drive thru. I've heard it all now.

Barely enough room to change your mind in Pattaya much less a flippin drive thru ST joint.

They do exist, yes they have curtains. Yes you drive in and out.

Who said anything about the hotel supplying the women, or Pattaya...

or when used by a girl

'so let's do it this way which is pretty close to what i wanted'

e.g. some posters want a thread deleted, others don't, mods say 'ok we'll move it to the pub ล่ะกัน'

it's means 'so let's do it this way, as a compromise'

or 'and that's the end of that'

So the first thought of the Thai guy filming, when he catches up to the tuktuk, is to the ask the driver if the farang has paid his fare yet - (jaai dang yung) then they have a mini chat about that

Unreal

The Yerman had 14,000 Euro's? How long was he going to vacation in Thailand? Staying in a Guest House I suspect he was going to become on of those "in-out," sort of fellows?

Wots a Yerman??? Is he from Yemen?

A pun on the Thai way of pronouncing 'German' as 'Yereman'.

Just because he should have known better doesn't lessen my sympathy for his plight....the simple fact is at the time "he didn't". We are all ignorant before we learn.

The most reasonable, open minded reply is also the most eloquent, grammatically correct one...

get a triple entry tourist visa from Bali, or a double entry from Vientiane or Savannakhet in Laos

Didn't read the thread but it's because they're more way interesting than 'good girls', for certain people.

For those people 'educated' Thai girls are numbingly boring, the sex sucks, etc.

It's simliar to how some girls like 'bad guys'. It's more exciting to have a dysfunctional relationship, you feel more alive.

Not allowed to link to it by forum rules but obviously just go any of the well known hotel discount websites

Search for Sukuhumvit, sort by price lowest first

Two for 400 baht ($11) come up, one for $12, two for $13, seven for $14...

Don't mind the old codgers on here

Dorm rooms for 350 baht/night at HiSukumvit Hostel by Soi Thonglor, the backpackers there are just normal people not 'pikeys' - http://www.hisukhumvit.com/rooms_rates.html

You can find your own room for 700 baht/night in guesthouses on Soi Nana

Or 650 at this hotel on Soi Ekkamai if you book a week in advance http://www.aravindabangkok.com/rates.php

RIP

Serious post, Thai marijuana puts me right to sleep. In the west its prescribed for insomnia.

'Thrown in jail' is also an opinion.

Much more likely a foreigner working online (not taking jobs from Thais) would get the lighter side of the penalty, a cash fine then released. That's what happened to the 17 foreign teachers in Chiang Mai (physically working in Thailand, so worse).

Section 51 of the Aliens Act of Thailand says that's 2000 Baht.

Its not an opinion in the least, there is a provsion in the law to do exactly that so not a question of can or cant, its a question of will or wont

Yeah I didn't say they can't, I said it's more likely to be a 2k fine, and provided an anecdote of that happening, the teachers in Chiang Mai.

Just like the anecdote earlier of being told 'no problem for you' when they explained they work online but don't sell anything in Thailand. You guys don't have much to go on other than 'working is working' in the Alien Labor act.

See you in the next 10 threads debating this (as we've been doing for a year or two now) I have some emails to answer

'Thrown in jail' is also an opinion.

Much more likely a foreigner working online (not taking jobs from Thais) would get the lighter side of the penalty, a cash fine then released. That's what happened to the 17 foreign teachers in Chiang Mai (physically working in Thailand, so worse).

Section 51 of the Aliens Act of Thailand says that's 2000 Baht.

This has been asked before on two occassions and believe in both cases the lawyer was of the opinion a WP was required

Your posts before have said you can't take the word of one person, only the DOL decides, etc. etc., yet here you cite non-DOL individuals as an authority.

Why shouldnt they gob off to anyone ? There are those on here who say its all above board and have stated a WP is not required, so why should they be worried about who they tell ?

Because low level officials are corrupt, it's a developing country. Keeping quiet about it is irrelevant to whether or not a judge (more educated and not incentivized by money) would prosecute you for it.

Even the immigration chief is corrupt http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/854498-thai-immigration-chief-warned-he-might-face-the-chop/

More pics here http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d7285aaae62d421d9db94968ca580fbd/thai-police-stage-re-enactment-site-bangkok-bombing

Caption competition going on on Twitter

If you were the OP and living in Thailand and working online for this foreign company would you honestly want to contest and face prison time?

More like a couple hundred dollars fine.

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just saw this on Twitter...

Interesting but irrelevant, given the Thai language version of the law takes presedence and is the offical version

The Thai version doesn't mention online work done remotely for offshore entities, with no physical presence in Thailand, paid in a foreign currency, either.

i have been told the moon is made of cheese, but just because i have been told some thing doesnt make it true

Anecdotal evidence is within the scope of the scientific method for claims regarding particular instances.

Why ? certain people say working on line is all above board and legal if this is true why go to all this trouble then

Low level authorities figures in Thailand are sometimes corrupt / don't stick to proper laws, for example http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/854498-thai-immigration-chief-warned-he-might-face-the-chop/

if a profession or job is not on the "excluded professions" list then a foreigner can undertake this work in Thailand and a work permit be had ?

The issue is with the definition of 'in', I'd say common sense dictates I'm not working 'in' Thailand by writing a blog about cats and having Adsense revenue from Google wired to my Paypal... your opinion may vary.

Providing service at a substantial charge to extend the stay of foreigners in this country such as arranging student visas for foreigners without actually attending any educational institutes or changing tourist visas into business visas.

The charges range from 12,000-15,000 baht per head.

So it turns out they do endorse young digital nomads living here on Ed visas and skipping classes, as long as they're paying and staying at home quietly (not taking jobs from Thais).

I guess some posters on here can stop moaning about that.

^ Common sense dictates that declaration applies to physical work in the country, laborers, manual work etc as it says on the criteria for persona non grata.

'Persons not wanted in Thailand - Those who, having entered the Kingdom to take up employment as laborers or practice other forms of manual work that require no special skill or training'

http://www.thaivisa.com/392-0.html