22 hours ago, whitemouse said:

 

Everywhere. 

 

Cambodia is very strange when it comes to food. Nowhere is food so bad, yet weirdly expensive. Street food is twice the cost of Thailand. I'm not foody, but Cambodia street food is close to not edible, unless you like strange greenish colour bowl of  cabbage,  something beteeen a soup and really bad salad. Good for losing weight tho.

It's true that is not an exaggeration. The one, and only that I've found, is something called Mee-Chu and it's a stir fry with vegetables and a fried egg on top, the meat is barely edible but they don't give you much. Cost 1 dollar. But you have to really search for the carts.

Hello, I'm moving to Phnom Penh in a couple weeks and would be happy to help you if you would like brochures handed out and if you're looking to get more expats my friend works at one of the leading schools there and I can spread the word there also.

Regards, David

I'm with Robert Redford; I would "feel out of place in the country I was born into" truly a stranger in a strange land. I'm off to Cambodia soon and then....?

Crying and lying, perhaps that makes him the perfect choice for our high court, considering the state or our legal system. Even if people want to completely ignore these women coming forward(bravely) and exposing him just watching his response had me cringing and reminds me again how so many Americans can watch Trump and see something totally different than I do. The only thing I'm glad about is that I'm far away from it, makes it a little less painful to watch the fall. 

You want the RAM to be 3-4GB, this one is only 2GB and for that price it should have more.

Thanks everyone!!! 

3 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Immigration is open 24 hours a day at Don Mueang.

He should allow a extra 30 minutes after checking in for his flight to clear immigration.

Thanks ubonjoe!

Thanks for mostly helpful posts! He's going to fly to Cambodia and pay the overstay at the airport. Does anyone know if it's ok to do that at Don Muang Airport and how early immigration is there(can you call the airport and ask them) since I've heard you need to give them extra time to process it. There's a 6:30am flight that's the cheapest....

2 hours ago, sanmyintmaung said:

I believe he will need to show up at the airport with both old and new passport so that Airport Immigration can calculate the amount of fine he has to pay before allowing him to leave the country.

What if it was lost/stolen the old passport so only has the new? 

A friend of mine has a several year overstay(for what I consider valid reasons, all negative commenters save your vitriol for Trumps' legal team) and he needs to get a new passport before leaving the country. My question is; should he go to Thai Immigration with the new passport and tell them about the overstay or just show up at the airport and present the new passport and say the old one was lost? I'm wondering if Immigration would want to detain him right then and there but also if he showed up at the airport with a new passport even though he's ready and willing to pay the fine would they let him leave then?

Thank you for your(helpful) input! 

23 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

 

Spanish food is incredibly diverse these days. Some of the top rated restaurants in the world are now located in Spain. Not like the old days. And the wine. It can be sublime. And reasonable. People are cool, though it helps alot if you speak spanish. Spain is totally different than Mexico. Decades ago Mexico used to be really nice. Now it is far more expensive than it used to be, and the security issues are not worth it, in my opinion. Spain is fairly safe. Quite scenic. It can be on the conservative side (alot of conventionally minded people) But, expensive like the rest of Europe, unfortunately. 

Damn, you ruined it at the end there...expensive? I thought Spain was supposed to be quite reasonable. How about Portugal then? Thanks for your input!

17 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Personally, I have no alternative to Thailand, that comes even close. For me, Burma would be almost as bad as the Philippines. Never gonna happen. Really poor infrastructure, military is way worse than here, genocidal government, food not as good, difficult to travel, as most hotels in smaller cities will not and cannot accept foreigners as guests, etc, etc. Not even close. The PI sucks. The entire country feels like Tijuana. Food is some of the worst in the world, as the PI people do not have the culinary gene, like the Thai people. Security is horrendous. Always looking over your shoulder. The only reason to be in the PI is the women. And the english skills too. Been to Vietnam a few times. Find alot of the people there to be like cold fish. Just not appealing at all. 

 

So, where else? If I was wealthy, I would probably spend four months of the year here, two months in the US, three months in Spain, and three months elsewhere, traveling around. 

Thanks for the post, can you tell me a bit about Spain? Been to Mexico many times but never Spain, I wonder about the food? Love Mexican food but Tappas...?

Overstay scam:  there was a post not long ago titled: 

Clear a long overstay!?

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This guy claimed to have cleared a 12 year overstay with a new passport. I contacted him in order to get information for a friend and he put me in touch with someone else who claimed to have a connection in immigration. Then he asked me to email him a photo of my passport so he could "check it out" and see if it was blacklisted already. When I declined he got very aggressive and when I stopped responding to his texts he threatened me. I believe they are running a scam where they try to get ahold of overstayer's passports and then threaten to turn it over to immigration unless money is paid. I tried to report this and that members id to thaivisa but they didn't seem too interested. 

On 6/29/2018 at 1:39 PM, ubonjoe said:

You have to go to immigration to have your permit to stay stamp reinstated in the new passport.

Thanks for your reply! And what if you need to fly out right away for an appointment? 

What if your passport was stolen and you have a new one? 

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Plenty of 2 bedroom houses available for rent at 4k-7k/month.

No need to live in a condo.

But how does one find these houses? I want to for an Aussie friend of mine. I see empty houses but never any for rent signs...?

Where is it located, can't you rent it out? 

3 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

When I go to my local market, I have a plastic bag or two in my pocket.

 

The market ladies all know me and often point at me, telling their friends that "there is the Farang who brings his own bags!". I even get small discounts on occasion as the ladies say "you save me money".

 

Until my pulling a plastic bag out of my pocket or people bringing a cloth bag daily becomes the norm, Thailand (and not just Thailand) will continue to drown in an ugly sea of waste.

 

This problem will be around for a while as people's habits don't change quickly, but re-using a plastic bag several times is easy to do and will have a huge and immediate effect on the environment.

 

The problem is, as always, with people.

 

 

I bring my own plastic containers for street food. I've never seen another person do it which is why I think we're doomed....seriously. When I walk on the klong I see the floating trash dump go by...on and on, the people here don't care - just plain lazy. This subject is too often grouped with global warming which muddies the waters. But ask Trump about this problem...."it's just Fake News".

21 hours ago, gaff said:

 

Interesting ,is it in BKK or Pattaya ?

 

 

BKK, Suk. Soi 23 at the end near the klong, forget the name right now. One guy bought 3 of them and connected 2 together. 

I know some guys who bought their townhouses in the same development and they explained to me it was because there is also a highrise condo building as part of the complex, so I guess you are not buying any land.