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Little lower ferry fares due to diesel price-cut between Donsak and Phangan and Samui...

It seems to have changed and become more easy to get a Yellow House Book now, from what I understood in later posts. I needed to have my passport's name-page translated to Thai by an approved translator – it was several A4 pages of which one was a photo copy of my passport, another the translation, and then additional 5-6 pages with the translator's qualifications and diploms with the correct authorized rubber stamps; and of course copy of his ID-card. It costed me 5,000 baht. I needed to bring two witnesses that knew me well. At least one had to be a neighbour and one had to be government employed; could of course be a government employed neighbour. So I got my next door neighbour and the local poo yai ban – head of village, who was, and still is, an important person on Samui and counted as a "government employed" – to show up in the tessa ban-office. I used my girlfriend as translator at the quite intensive interview about why I wished to settle in Thailand, my religion, and many other questions. Later I could apply for a pink ID card, but by that time you needed to bring a recommendation letter also from the tessa ban-office. Both Yellow House Book and pink ID-card have serve me well; worth the effort...????

At the moment I think it's still only Lomprayah catamaran ferries to their Maenam Pier; Seatran has to my knowledge not yet restarted their express boat...????

Be happy for that, then your Thai driver's license in accepted in some countries abroad... You managed to do it much easier than I did for my Yellow House Book on Samui – it was like applyring for permanent residency, except I didn't need the language test and sing the national hymn (the staff at the tessa ban-office shall be happy that I didn't sing)...

Poland is a member of EU and not known for killing political or other opponents, there must be something more to his story...

I have always been charged 500 baht for a residence certificate, I have never heard anybody saying it's free on Samui...????

You haven't been living on Koh Samui then...

Sounds fairly difficult at the moment, as cheaper bungalows many places now are 100% booked, and the owners will only rent out on daily rate instead of discount for longer term. 13k baht a month – I presume it's baht, you didn't write a currency, but $ and € will of course change your situation...???? – for what you ask for might be too low a budget on Samui right now... @Mac Mickmanus's kind offer might not be that bad, after all...????

You can select FTT to be shown on Thai bank-statement in Wise, before you transfer the money...

...with 44,000 baht in his pocket. It's quite amazing so much gold and money India tourists in Pattaya are wearing...

Seahorse car ferry from/to Chonburi starts again...

I regularly get deliveries from Lazada to Samui with Kerry, lastone about a week ago...????

Agree fully with your two first paragraphs – Samui actually ranks in fatal traffic accidents as one of the most dangerous places in the World – while to the last paragraph, the article says: "Her scarring wasn't permanent - but she'll have to use factor 30 sunscreen on her face whenever she leaves the house for the rest of the year." ????

299 baht for a cabin i Bang Por, I presume that's a decent price...

I never had problems driving on Samui – been doing it since 2001 – when comparing to my home country I got used to that the traffic is "same-same, but different"... It was actually little weird to drive in my home country when I for once was back last year...????

I presume you talk about US$, when you talk about Hi-so...

I should remember to mention – when talking about hi-so-ladies – that women generally marry up in status; and if they are already up there, they normally marry equal status. That might especially be worth remembering when trying to meet Thai hi-so-ladies. If you are not in the well-off level, you might find it difficult to get a hi-so-lady interested in you... A good book to read for better understanding is "Good Medicine for THAILAND FEVER"...

In some areas there are plenty of local shopping within walking, or bicycling, distance, however depending of what is needed. I can as example mention where I live, and there are quite similar possibilities along the northern part of the Ring Road – the main road around the island – depending of how close you wish to to a beach. I live in Maenam and have numerous restaurants, pharmacies, dentists, mom & dad grocery stores, 7-Eleven, Mini BicC and Lotus's Go Fresh supermarkets within a few hundred meters distance; and expanded to about 500 meters even banks, pet shops, a building construction market, and much more. You can find similar in Bo Phut-area, both close to beach or further from one in the area with the hypermarkets and shopping malls, i.e. BigC, Makro and Lotus's with HomePro, even three of the international hospitals are in that area. Transportation is relative expensive – but even overpriced it might be cheap compared to some European countries – taxi prices range from 200 baht for a very short distance (almost round the corner) to about 600 baht for longer distance of about 10-15 kilometers. As @Tropicalevo says, you might find a reliable driver you can call. In daytime between 6 am and 6 pm, song thaew cars run around the island with fares from 20 baht to 100 baht per person depending of distance...????

It's not impossible – it has happened, I know of some – but it might be difficult and take time; even long time. Ladies from good families don't easily date – at least not without a chaperone – and you need to meet them first. Same with hi-so-women. You have to "hang out" at out places where this kind of women comes and get their attention to get into a conversation; might not be easy, but indeed possible. Hi-so-women might be met in hi-end shopping malls or similar places like hi-end restaurants; the might even visit the places in the nightlife. I'm not sure where ladies from "good families" can be met, a good family might not equal a well off family...????

When 15 years old they can have an account in their name with full access, both debit cards and banking app – my daughter got it when she turned 15, I have no access to or control with her account...????

Maybe you should check and think, before you post a comment... The monsoon storm ended by that time. It's normal and nature that Maenam Beach is full of seaweed after a monsoon storm; and there might also be a few plastic bottles between. Everybody helps cleaning the beaches after the monsoon – not only a few Russian tourists – it's same procedure every year. I know, because I live there beachfront and has of course also been cleaning beach; and so have the Thais...????

Yes, Elite Card says that it's only on certain destination they have full service. However, it's pretty straight forward to do 90-days address reporting. Only the first one needs to be made at an immigration office, the following can be done online HERE...????

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If you read the article, they came from four cruise ships visiting the island...

Central is not made for "mere mortals", it's made for loaded Thais and ditto tourists...