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"Wondering what Islands that's great and doesn't have all trashy tourist invasions lol. Thinking of Kui Samui or something alike, beautiful islands - for photography, relaxing and so forth. Also, when I'm there, where is good place to get there (boat or plane - good travel agency there) would love some suggestions, thanks! "
Koh Samui do have quite a lot of turists, however depending of where to stay, as there are still some more quiert areas.
Accomdodation from some 3-400 baht (primitive backpacker huts, but may be at the beach) to around 2000 baht for good value at a quiert beachfront (fx. Maenam). More expencieve and luxury may be priced from 2500 baht and up to the end of most people's immagination.
Koh Phangan, the nieghbourh island, may be a better choice. Up north you will find the bautiful nature and quierts bays, fx. Thong Nai Pan.
You can rent a bangolow straight on the paradise-beach for some 5-800 baht.
The smaller Koh Tao & Koh Nangyuan (a bit up north) are mainly divers/snorklers paradise, but indeed worth a visit (fx. day trip).
Many visitors take them all, and spent some time at Samui, some at Koh Phangan and a trip to Koh Tao. Easy to get around with catameran and the many small ferries and speedboats.
There are about 50 islands all together, many as marine park only. November/December is the rainy and stormy monsun-season (storm/heavy rain may last for about a week).
You can reach Samui/Phangan by Air (Samui), by bus/boat or by train/boat. Transfer to Koh Phangan/Koh Tao by ferry, boat or katameran.
From Bangkok:
Direct by Air to Samui are Bangkok Airways (BANGKOKAIR.COM some 25 daily flights from BKK) or Thai Air (2 daily flights). Early morning and late evening flights are resonable priced, the others are quite expencieve (about 4000+ bath one way). Tranfer time 50 min. to 1½ hour.
Alternative by lowfare Air to Surat Thani and bus/boat transfer to Samui. Transfer time aprox. 5 hours.
There are also direct flights from Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Krabi and Phuket.
Bus from Bangkok to either Chompun (continmue with Lomprayah catameran to Koh Phangan/Koh Samui) or via Don Sak and straight to Samui by ferry. Transfer time 10-15 hours. Price ca. 1.000 - 1.200 baht.
Train from Bangkok (leaves 6pm) to Surat Thani and bus/boat to Samui. The train ticket (buy it at the central station in BKK) includes transfer to Samui and is for 2nd class sleeper 6-700 baht. Tranfers time ca. 16 hours.
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I renewed my retirement visa in the Spring by wiring in 800,000 baht into my Thai savings account 3 months before renewal. All smooth at the immigration office and renewed easily. This year I don't think I will spend all the 800K (less going out I guess). Can anyone answer with certainy the following:\
Does the 800,000 have to be wired from outside each and every year OR is it sufficient that there is a balance of 800K even though some of that money was wired in for the prior year.
In other words does a new 800,000 have to be transfered inside each and every year for renewal???
Is the immigration officer looking that 800K was wired into Thailand within the last year regardless of any existing balance?
Thanks ahead of time
No, you just have to show the immigration, that you have a balance of 800.000 baht to cover for your expenses, that the money has been available for minimum 3 month and any transfer of that money, originally came from abroad, as you have no work permit.
A good trick is, to place the "retirement visa extension" money - or some of them - at a fixed account, giving you a higher interest. Several banks offer that. Immigration accepts fund at fixed accounts, but do not accept funds at so-called Fundbooks (fund places in bonds or stocks).
Open another account (fx. with a ATM cash card, which you cannot have for a fixed account) for your daily expenses and top-up with fund from abroad at that account. Immigration do look at, that your moneys for expenses comes from abroad (as you have no work permit), but not really how much you spent. However any income from interest or profit of investments in Thailand are legal. You may place some of your funds at the fixed account and some at the ATM-account, but in total, you need minimum 800.000 baht (best with a little more) when applying for your retirement extension, and that balance must not be less than 800.000 the last 3-month before your extension.
If you want to use more than one bank, please note, that you will need a verification letter of balance from each bank. Some banks, fx. SCB (Siam Commercial Bank) charge your for a letter for each account, whilst others, fx. Bangkok Bank will place all accounts as a total balance in one verification letter only.
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Denmark is a quite difficult contry to obtain a Visa for. I am Danish and have tried it several times for both Visa by invitation (GF) and Tourist Visa. You will need to check the actual recommondations at the website for the Danish Embassy in Bangkok (http://www.ambbangkok.um.dk).
A tourist Visa may be the easy way to do it. That will require, that the applicant can show evidence of fund and provide an itinerary for the whole Schengen stay, including prepaid hotel bookings. If the applicant is going to stay private, an invitation must be included with the Visa application. The host may then recieve a letter from the Danish Immigration Service and must respond positive within two weeks - so count for some 1-2 month before a Visa may be issued. Most important, besides showing funds (may be a Thai bankbook) is, that the applicant can provide evidence for Thai affiliations (business, work, family), so that the applicant is not visiting Denmark for obtaining permanent residence.
For Invitation Visa (which may be up to 3 month, but best to apply for less, fx. up to 2½ month), the applicant (or the host) shall provide evidence for relation (family, friendship, GF). Furthermore a written Invitaton (same procedure as above). Actually the written invitation is quite important and shall include all details about the stay, the relationship, the hosts and his/her finacial situation. A previous Thai-marriage may not be checked. When not a visit to a relative, but rather a friend or boyfriend, the Visa may be more difficult to obtain (the invitation letter is important). The Danish Immigration Service may wish to check background and financial situation of the host. Most important is (again), that the applicant can provide evidence for Thai affiliations.
In both cases a return ticket must be shown, when obtaining / pick-up the Visa, together with a travel insurance policy (both Bupa and AIS has one, which covers enough).
See the present checklist (in English/Thai) for Visa application at:
See pre-printed Invitation form (English) at:
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I shall ad to my comment #37, that my archietct told me to keep and take good care of the original set of drawings with the stams and signatures from the office issuing the building permission, as proof of ownership of the house, as theese drawings have my name printed as owner on each page.
At Samui, I did have to bring that set of original, stamped drawings to apply for the house book, and an employee from the office did come to inspect the actual building site, compared the house with the drawings and took photographs of the house, before they issued the house book.
Anyway, the quote from Philip Bruce's book may help the O.P. to have the house transferred into his name - depending of precedures at the local Land Department.
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Normally it is the Tassaban office, not the Land Department, which issue house books and register ownership.
Are you sure? A Tabien Baan house book is not a legal registration of house ownership.
No, I am not sure.
However, at Koh Samui it was the Tabien Bann office issuing the building permit in my name and same office issuing the yeollow house book with me named as owner (or master?). That was the correct way to do it, according to the office here and my local lawyer. The Tabien Bann office may be wrong - however a lot foreigners own houses on this island - or they may do it different, in other districts. I did fx. notice, that some of the Land Department procedures are slightly different here at Koh Samui, compared to the Land Department up in Surin.
According to Philip Bruce's book, How to Buy Land and Build a House in Thailand (page 80-81): "Buildings other than condomiums do not have any form of title document, but their sale or long lease can be registered at the Amphur (district) land office. Proof of ownership, must be established either from proof of construction or document showing previous sale-purchase.
Transfer of a building as distinct from its land requires the posting of 30 days public notice (to see if anyone wishes to contest the ownership). Foreigners may own a building (as distinct from its land) and may register such transfer of ownership into their names at the local district office."
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Crossy with all due respect that is one of the biggest myths here at Thai Visa
The building permit will only be issued in the name of the person or entity on the chanote
The house book (Blue Book) will then by issued in the name of the person or entity on the building permit
All the utilities will be listed in the name of the person or entity on the house book
Please advise me exactly how a foreigner can own a house in Thailand (other than via the BOI investment rules)
I would love to be able to show my lawyer how it can be done
and stgrhe's route still does not result in a foreigner owning a house in Thailand and is entirely dependent upon a "friendly" land office
OK well there's a challenge. This is an interesting point which I would like to clarify/confirm. Has anyone reading this thread been able to get the building permit in their name? or tried to but then been told by the relevant officers that they cannot do that? Please share
Yes, at Koh Samui.
I have leased the land.
I got my name on the drawings and on the building permission. I had to show a lease agreement (may be a standard 3 year), a permission to apply for a bulding permit from the land owner (kind of proxy), and the Land Deed.
House number and house book shall be obtained within one year from building permission and the house shall be 80% completed.
I got a blue housebook for my girlfriend and our doughter, but no owner of the house mentioned.
I got my yellow (farang) housebook, with my name stated as owner of the house.
Rules may be slightly different in other districts (Tassaban office).
May be (very) important to do the things in the right order.
Building a house you want to be owner of on somebody else land, without a contract and not have your name on a bulding permission, may complicate the later paperwork.
All good advises, I have heard, are:
1) A permission (written contract) to use the land plot - lease contract, usufract or...
2) A set of drawings and/or building permission with you name
3) Keep all constructor contracts, bills, money-transfer-slips etc. as proff of paying the expences
4) In some districts, it may be difficult to obtain a yellow house book. That requires, to my experience and knowledge, that you are resident (retired or married or...) and come up with two witness (one shall be gouverment employed) and is recommended after an interview at the Tassaban.
My best advise (which is the same as other have mentioned):
Perhabs have a talk with a lawyer, who is used to advise expats. Most lawyers do not charge for the first consulting, only for work done.
Talk to your GF and MIL to have a lease agreement or usufrcut or any other prof of permission to use the land.
Keep all construction documentation, bills etc.
Do you (your GF/MIL) have a building permission? Some times up at Isaan, they just build a house. If there is a building permission, check if it is possible to transfer to your name, may be possible with a proxy-letter.
What kind of Land Deed (Chanote, Nor Sor 3 or ...) are we talking about? If the Land Deed is high enough, you shall be able to have a loan servitute stated on the back (at the Land Department), say 1.5 mio. baht. That will make it impossible to sell the land without paying the loan back. Your loan agreement can be made (if the Land Deed is high enough) with the land as security. However, you will then need a Thai name on the loan agreement, as a foreigner cannot own (take over) land. Consult a lawyer about theese possibilities.
Normally it is the Tassaban office, not the Land Department, which issue house books and register ownership.
Ownership thrugh marriage - you need to talk to a lawyer. Maybe it can be stated in the marriage contract, that you own and can keep 50% (or 100%) of the house, but with no prof of right to use the land, your 50% (or 100%) ownership of a house seems to be useless. Anyway, in case of a brake up, a house in somebodys (your MIL's) garden, may be quite useless for anyone else, but that family.
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I am almost sorry to say (after reading the above 2012 comments), that Samui and Phangan do not seem to come to an end right now.
Only very little rain, almost no wind and the sea has really calmed down og looks fairly normal and sailable.
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Agree with animatic:
"Personally, if there was food and a roof available I would NOT be trying to leave so quick. I find the idea of travel right now more threatening than staying put. "
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Samui 30-03-2011:
Only little rain now (evening), after more than one week with constant downpour and flooded roads - between ½ and 1 meter high water.
Many power cuts during the last week. It is told, that there have been electrocute accidents both in Lamai and Chaweng, followed by power cuts there.
Still high waves, so no ferries and boats to the islands. Shelfs starts to be empty in the shops and some products has finished - like most fresh food at the markets. Fuel may be a problem now, as often sold out until the fueltrucks arrives on the afternoon ferry - there has been no ferries for several days.
A little private video from the airport and beach today at:
http://megaserver.info/tv/mplayer.mv?vFile=samui_mar2011.wmv
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Thanks for your answers.
I will have no business running. So the companies are not that good of anidea.
The cost involved to pass over to Thai person (incl. all txes) is totalling much, much less then just the bookkeeping cost.
Could you please explain that loan thing to me in more detail?
In principle you may be able to use a standard loan form (the ones you can buy in fx. book- or paper shops) and have the loan declared by the Land Department on back of the land deed. It will work as a mortgate servitute. The land deed shall be of a high class, Chanote - perhaps also Nor Sor3 may be valid for a loan. I got the advise from my lawyers - I will recommend, that you consult your lawyer for further details.
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I have been thru the same considerations. I ended up with company lease, as "my company" also have some other activities and income.
My lawyers - I did consult more than one - advised me:
1) A company annual statement shall always end up with a little profit, so some tax has to be paid.
2) It may be a problem, if the company only hold one plot of land as activity. The gouverment mainly looks at larger projects, rather than the single "private owner". The question is, if the land investement and lease may be considered as a business or not?
3) If the land lease Agreement runs over more than 3 years, then it must be declared at the Land Department and a (small) tax paid, to be valid.
4) If the lease Agreement is made with a person, then declare also a loan at the Land Department - fx. the price or value of the land, evt. including construction/house - as the land then cannot be sold, before the loan has been paid fully and cancelled. This clause will be an extra security, that the registered owner cannot just sell "your land".
Running a company will always include some expences like accounting and annual statements. It is a question of (your) security, if it is worth spending the expences. Having a person (thai) imployed in the company and paying the Social Security, may make the company look like a business.
Selling the land from company to a person, will most probably also include tax and transfer fee at the Land Department and perhabs some profit taxation in the company.
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I'm sure the environmental control restrictions were a gimic imposed in part by Bkk Airways...makes good business sense to have 36 flights with high demand..the demand will inflate the price and their profits (as weve seen)...rather than run 50 flights with a watered down demand (more empty seats = lower profit)..i grudgingly fly here and back from Bkk 10 times a year, yet in 2 years have been unable to redeem my frequent flyer free flight, as all flights (even 6 weeks in advance) show as full..Just cant get my head around why the flight Bkk to phuket is longer than Bkk-USM yet 4 times cheaper...Bkk Airways staff should wear stripey jumpers and batman eye masks
My family and I use Bangkok Air quite a bit and have redeemed a number of Frequent Flyer free tickets, even two this New Year season, only one week in advance.
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and amazingly all these people keep building hotels knowing the the airport situation: due diligence? The nice figures quoted probably have nothing to do with flight access and more to do with strong baht vs european currencies.
what was the load factor of those 36 flights a day?
I agree and would like to see some low-cost options into Samui but it's a bit rich to say the hotels aren't full because people can reach them.
Well, currently flights are pretty full and during past peakseason it was very difficult to find a seat. But a quick calculation;
36 flights allowed means flight movements, so thats 18 arriving and departing per day.
Let these all be large planes holding around 80 passengers per flight maximum.
Then assuming only toursists are flying, Samui Airport can welcome a maximum of 1440 tourists per day.
No lets assume that the average tourist stays 5 days, then you can fill 7200 beds per day
Assuming 70% of tourists come as couple and 30% is sinlge, then you can fill 4680 rooms.
So the other 10.000 rooms will have to be filled with people not coming in via Samui Airport, and then I don't even consider all private houses and villas that are rented out, nor the fact that Koh Phangan also gets a large portion of its tourists coming in via Samui Airport.
So yes, there definately is a shortage of flights. The fact that planes are not always full as it is now, is just beacuse they are sooo expensive. But from a PG standpoint, I can understand that it is better to fill planes 80% and charging 5000 Baht per ticket, than having them full all the time if charging 2000 Baht. Only when more flight movements are allowed to arrive, will it make sense to lower prices, as you can just fill more planes and still make a profit. It's a matter of supply and demand and funny enough PG is not the one responsible for capping the supply, they just very conveniently use it.
So a second airport makes no sense as the environmental rules wouldn't change. Unless they raise the number of flights allowed, but then we wouldn't need a 2nd airport...
36 flight a day means, 36 incomming and 36 departures - there are aprox 25 daily roundtrips to BKK. In average 4,000 perople arriving and 4,000 departing, assuming each aircraft can carry 130 in average (some more, some are the small ATR-72, 70-seat planes). The new terminal should be able to handle up to 2 mio. passengers a year, today the number of passengers are quoted to around 1,2 mio.
Average stay 5-7 days gives some 25,000 guests, however not all passengers are tourists looking for a hotel and the like, some are residents and expats. Some passengers continue to Koh Phangan (maybe also Koh Tao).
It is difficult to quote excact number of beds available at Samui - some bungalow renters may not be registered - but officially it should be somewhere between 15,000 and 25,000.
Accoring to Bangkok Air and Tourist Organizations - from what has been written in the local papers - the number of passengers and visitors increase with some 2-6% annually, even during the recession. Some of the visitors comes with bus or train via ferry or catameran, even budget airfare via Surat Thani. However the number of new hotel beds increase with some 10-15%. Building more hotels and resorts than the demand, means means more empty beds.
It is correct, that in the fairly short peak season it may be difficult to just walk in and buy an air ticket - so it is everywhere in peak season - but it is also difficult to find a free bed at Samui. However the capacity of the 36 dayly flights can still be improved some, by replacing the ATR-72 operations with bigger planes. But what about other periods? Normally it is not a problem to buy air tickets.
Airport capacity and building one more airport has for long time been a discussion at Samui. It seems like hotel owners believe, that their overcapacity will be sold, just the Island get one more airport. However, will there come more tourist, just because of one more airport? Open up for Low Price carriers seems to be the answer, we hear.
But will the budget tourist at all "invade" Samui?
The new hotels at the Island seems not really to be budget class - at Samui that is considered to be a room around 3-4,000 baht a day - it seems like Samui more heads for the up-price market, with more exclusive accomodation. With the high land prices and locations directly to the beaches, budget class accomodation can hardly be a business at all. During the recession Samui has not been hit as hard as other Thai destinations, perhabs the up-price guests do not need to cut that much in their travel expences, even the strong bath indirectly increase the prices with some 20-25%. At many other beach destinations you can find hotel accomodation for under 1,000 baht. In general everything at Samui seems to be a bit up-priced, not to forget the taxis and Song Thaews (especially at night). Mainly the taxi fares seems to irritate many tourist and make them "not want to come back!" Furthermore the infrastructure - power supply, water supply, garbage deposit, roads etc. - need heavy improvements, before the "invasion". And should budget air-tickets - lets say half or less (fx. around 2,000 baht) of the Bankok Air fare - be available from Bangkok, then Samui will still compete with fx. the 120 baht luxury coah from Suvarnabhumi to Pattaya, their 20 baht song taew fare and cheaper accomodation. Saving a few thousant baht on the airfare, may not make the big difference, when you you still have to spend 20,000+ for one week accomodation. Charter tour operators may face the same problem, finding enough affordable accomodation.
Quoting Boater:
"A compelling situation has emerged where the island sits within an international flight corridor that requires low-level landings. Environmental controls in turn have resulted in a restrictive ceiling of 36 flights a day."
Will there at all be free airspace capacity for a second airport on the Island?
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Thai women are very friendly are quite open minded from what I heard. So it should not be that hard to strike up a conversation with them. At least that is what I heard. But since I am not that good looking I am a little unsecure to do this as my experiences in the West were not so good.
Save this post. Put it up on your wall. After you come to Thailand it will be a constant source of amusement to you.
The thing is --- his first post in the thread claims he has lived here 7 years.
mstribling --- things just are not adding up.
Yeah I am here since 2004, but I have never a Thai woman. I have not managed to date any woman here and I need tips to overcome this.
Being little shy and reserved myself - so I may know a bit of how you are feeling - may I come up with a suggestion. Even you look for a "normal" woman, try to visit some of the ladybars. Choice some not too noisy and not go-go bars. Smile back, when a lady smiles to you or comes to join you - they will do. You can offer a drink and have a conversation, and as you even speak Thai, if will not be a problem to talk to a newcomer, who cannot speak English. Do not say from the beginning, that you are not looking for a bargirl, then she will find an excuse to walk away, not waisting her time on you. Just enjoy having a smalltalk with a lady and make yourself comfortable with the situation. You can always ask questions about her, most Thais loves to tell their lifestory, if you cannot find subjects to speak about. Of course, you do not need to pay barfine or bring the lady home, but when leaving you may be gentleman and give a small cash tip (fx. 100 baht) as thanks for her time. If you have good time with the woman, you may even be able to come back and talk more, building up some self-confidence. Soon you may be able to "move out" and enjoy the company of "normal" women.
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9) Be a (n oldfashioned) gentleman - always discreet pay the bill(s) - women loves that. In Thai culture, "Mr. Rich" always pays - being farang, you are "Mr. Rich".
Not quite true. Poo Yai always pay - the big person, person of highest status - that is not always the richest as wealth is just one of many attributes used for social ordering in Thailand - along with age, job, family position, contacs, and a myriad of other things. It is usually the Poo Yai that does the inviting too. If you invite a young lady out, you are assuming the role of Poo Yai, and thus you should pay the bill.
You are absolute right, but it is difficult to explain - as you say: "...and a myriad of other things." I just tried to keep it simple for the matter of a farang dating a woman:o)
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"In the West it is always rumored that it is easy to pickup women in Thailand. This may be the case in the bar and prostitution scene which makes up about 2 % of the countries women. However the normal women are quite hard to get a relationship with as I have experienced in the last 7 years I have been living in LOS. However many Farangs are quite sucessful and happy with their Thai girlfriends / wives. I wonder how they do that?"
Many Thai women will be (very) interested in a farang, but...
1) First of all smile - you are in LOS - that is amazing how easy you can make a contact with a smile.
2) Be polite - follow the good custom of LOS - Thai's don't like rude people.
3) Dress acceptable - Thailand do have a dress code - you don't need to wear a suit, but dress after where you are. Bangkok and a tourist beach area are not the same.
4) Try to look handsome - even older men may look very handsome in the eyes of a Thai woman - be clean (both you and your clothing), shaved etc. and do not appear like a "Cheap Charlie" (man with no money).
5) Be funny and joke - Thai's loves to joke (sanuuk).
6) Read the book "Thailand Fever...", where you will learn more about the local culture and Thai courting.
7) Be patient, because a women smiles back does not mean you have a date or she will follow you to your hotel or appartment. Dating a respectable lady in Thailand may be a long process. You may invite her for a coffe or dinner, but don't be surprised, if she brings a friend (woman) - a respectable lady will never come alone.
8) Language may be a problem, if you don't speak some Thai. However, many younger women understand quite some English, but are not used to- or to shy to speak it. Thai women are in general shy. However, you may have a lot of fun time - and you learning some Thai words and she some English - by using dictionaries and phrase books.
9) Be a (n oldfashioned) gentleman - always discreet pay the bill(s) - women loves that. In Thai culture, "Mr. Rich" always pays - being farang, you are "Mr. Rich".
10) Be prepared, that your financial situation/support is important - even the woman may wish to share the bill at first date ("khran jai" or not to be obliged) - questions about your income (and your wealth) are both polite, so you can make face, and gives the lady information about your status, so she is not wasting her time dating you. Thailand Fever, page 182: "...what is the difference between courting a Thai woman and puchasing a Thai prostitute/bar girl? After all, in both cases, you pay money and then she reciprocates with company and sex."
You may find (mainly younger) women, who just looks for fun ("sanuuk"), but in general a Thai women will search for a relationship with a good provider.
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Depends on your definition of "normal women?"
Do you speak Thai? Makes all the difference in the world. Or at least in Thailand.
normal women are the 98 percent who are not prositutes, who work in offices, department stores, nurses etc...
Depending how you will define the word "prostitute"?
To my knowledge and what I have been told by (a lot of) Thai girls, the (only) interest for a farang is, to get a better (finacial) life: "To move up".
A farang dating a mid- or upper class Thai lady is quite outstanding - not completely impossible, but requires a lot of patience - whilst the lower class ladies (and their families) benefits from moving up with farang-money. That be the farmer girls from Isaan, many university students, ladies working in office etc. or even selfemployed with some fairly good business. They all dream about "moving up" the easy and fast way, like winning in the Lottery: Finding a farang. I know (friendly) quite a few nice and respectable ladies with that dream - some of them even manage to find and marry a farang.
Take a look at the profiles at dating sites. Not all, but many young girls (18-25 yo) looks for a man (farang), any age. Only few looks for a man, around their own age.
In other words - "Money number one" - they do it for the financial benefits and for a better life, often including a better life for their family back home in the village.
The traditional Thai culture is quite the same. The man pays "sin sot" (dowry) - he is buying his wife. The girls are tought, that a man, who can take good care, is number one - then love will come later. Often young girls are married to quite older men (not really old) - which is possible at a (unregistered) village marriage - fx. I have experienced 13-15 yo girls getting married to men around 30, because they (or their family) could pay a good "sin sot" - arranged by the families, so kind of "arranged marriage" (however, some times, because a young girl get pregnant, and the families do not want to "lose face"). I know Thai men in their sixties, getting married to girls around 20.
In Western terms and culture, we normally connect prostitution with money - a paid for service. However, in South East Asian culture, the financial status is very (the most) important. In the book "Thailand Fever", it is told, that the paid for service continues during a marriage (page 182): "...what is the difference between courting a Thai woman and puchasing a Thai prostitute/bar girl? After all, in both cases, you pay money and then she reciprocates with company and sex."
Many women, looking for a farang, have been married (once or twice) to a Thai man - or younger girls have had a Thai boyfriend - and found out, that it did not work. The commen story is money (not enough), drinking, butterflying (the man having a mistress or several), the man being rude, the man leaving when a baby comes (especially a baby girl). Not because the Thai ladies suddently loves farangs - even they say so - but they find the farang being a better option with more financial support and the impression of, that the farang normally takes good care of his family. Some farmer families up in Isaan, even send their dougters off to find a farang, as soon as the girl is old enough. Often I've been told by many (all) ladies I know: "If some girls says, they don't do it for the money, they lie!"
So - in Western terms - that makes all Thai women (propably apart from the elite class and the upper mid class) prositutes.
And I must add, that I know of many girls - who have had a past period in the nightlife - being honest, nice, good and respectable girlfrinds and wifes.
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what is this Gasohol 91? And can it be used on any car/bike that normally uses 91?
Sure it can be used.....................for a few km............
I did some check-up, when the 95 where introduced. All cars (and probably motorbikes) should, without problems, be able to run on gasoline mixed with 10-15% ethanol. Ethanol have been used as gasoline mix for many years during winter in cold areas. A car can run on pure ethanol, but rubber seals etc. will be damaged. However, most new cars may work fine with up to some 80% ethanol.
How Clean Is Lamai Beach?Any Pictures
in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
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Oh yes, Samui can indeed look like that - after the monsun or after the storm in March.
Family and nightlife: Chaweng may be much better than Lamai - the latter mainly girly-bars and aftar-party at Fuzion from 2am (dedicated House music). Only on Saturdays boxing at the barcenter stadium. Chaweng have has a superior night life and a nice beach.