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This was the find of my recent border trip to Laos. At Dongmong Airport was a Lawson 108. It had a variety of tasty breads and fresh prepared meals that outclassed 7 eleven. They seem to have a Japanese theme and price is slightly higher. Breads are around 35 to 50 baht and the Fresh prepared meals are around 60 to 100 bat I think. Quality is much better. Instead of the "hot dog bun filled with custard sauce" desserts 7/11 carries, their foods seem not to go the max cost saving route and taste good. The only shame is when I returned to Pattaya. I found that the closest Lawson 108 is up in Chun buri for some reason.

Trip completed today. Nong Khai train station immigration barely even looked at my passport prior to stamping (60 days, visa exempt), reminding me why I take the train these days. On the other hand, exit immigration at DMK was looking at it hard (been here near 12 years almost all on EDs). But when you're exiting it doesn't matter as much, so was smooth overall. Thanks to those who mentioned the tip to exit the night of expiration and camp out at the duty free zone. 6 mis-allocated hours was worth avoiding that 1 day overstay.

I'll mount an LMG on the back Or we could wait until it reopens. Even if it takes a year

ChatGPT quotes $400 to $800 for a small moving truck or large pickup truck. I just have a studio's worth of personal items... does this sound about right? I'm not too worried about theft due to the item value, so is it fine to fly and meet the driver in Phnom penh?

Every ED visa school will tell you it needs to be done prior to exiting the country to come back on tourist or visa exempt status... if you want another ED visa. The letter formally states you no longer plan to study on that visa with the school past X date. It's a nuisance form like many of Thailand's forms. Intentional friction.

Yes I will mail it to them and they will mail it back

Okay, so here's what I'll do: Instead of 1. Flying from BKK to CNX to get my cancellation letter (26th) 2. Then CNX to DMK (26th into 27th, literally 11:30pm to 12:40am) 3. Then DMK to VTE (27th, 1 day overstay) I will pay the ED school to do the visa cancellation 1. This means I can skip flights 1 and 2 and pass DMK immigration at 11pm on the 26th (the final day). And sleep in the terminal for 5 hours at night Sucks paying for 2 flights I won't use but since I've been here so long I won't risk an overstay notice.

Don't get clever. I am obviously asking if they typically have an allowance for around midnight exits.

The flight is scheduled to arrive in DMK at 12:40 AM. So let's say it gets there at 1:00 AM and I get through Immigration for the Vientiane (international) flight around 1:30 to 2:00 AM. You think they would still consider it overstay?

I'm going to fly into Chiang Mai on the 26th to cancel my visa. It's my final day. Then I'll have a multi leg flight from Chiang Mai to DMK and DMK to VTE. The problem is DMK to VTE happens at 5:30 AM on the 27th, and this is not from the same airline. Kiwi emailed me saying this was a "travel hack ticket" and it'll effectively be like two separate flights. Do you think immigration will likely overlook my one day overstay? Chet GPT says it will likely not be overlooked and I'll get an overstay stamp.

thaivisavientiane.com This is the correct website to schedule an appointment, right? And I think you have to schedule it 30 days out at minimum. I'm trying to access it for a late August appointment but it seems not to be working. I tried for my Thailand IP as well as a VPN with a US IP.

Epic turn of events. As an American, I haven't lived in a country during wartime in at least a decade.

I'm sure you guys have noticed this too. There will be two motorcycles riding in close proximity, with one of them stepping on the other one, Usually around the tailpipe area.. My best guess is. They do it to let each other know that the second guy is close by so they don't lose each other. Is that actually what's happening? If so, does anyone know why they prefer this to using rear view mirrors like Westerner would do?

I wanted to film it. But last year, when I did film a pushing/light punching match between ladyboys and Indians on Beach road, one of the lbs threw a half eaten ice cream cone at me (missing substantially) and yelled "<deleted> you ni kaw" or something similar. When I started the filming, others were also standing nearby and filming or taking photos. But by the time of the ice cream cone throw, I looked around and no one else was filming / everyone else had already scattered. I've seen thais loudly shout "no photo!" or even attack vloggers filming them. It's just a risk here. Pattaya Thais are a bit worse than Thais elsewhere. They act like street people at times, knowing the police will just let them off and possibly give the fine to the foreigner (only).

Those who called me a coward will be vindicated by this post. I thought what I would have done in the white guy's situation: 1. Don't drive. I've already "not driven" for 11 years here. But, I live in Pattaya and take a lot of girls, so that is another threat vector (girl gets mad, calls some aggressive guy over, or a bouncer at a club instigates etc). 2. Don't let them stand behind you. He just kept standing there talking to his thai lady, saying things like "why does he keep punching me?" "He needs to stop!" In that situation I think the best course of action is to give a shocked look and then move away to across to the other side of the crowd, facing his direction but not looking at him. Now he has to actively keep following you even after seeing your stunned look. In the "thai mob" videos I've seen online the Thais seem to see shock and desperation of the person they are group attacking as the sign that it's enough, "they've won." So maybe this does it. 3. If the aggressor does follow, now you have permission to run. No one including in Thailand has the right to keep pursuing you to punch you in the back of the head every 30 seconds. There is a legal issue of hit and run but if you call the police (which is what he was doing on his phone) and explain the situation, they should understand.