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Nemesis7

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  1. 7 hours ago, tonray said:

    Don't worry, if you cannot pay her enough, she will find another farang, usually overseas, whom she met online who will pay her the balance. But when he comes to visit for his 30 days a year, she will need to see her sick grandmother in Issan for a month.

     

    1 minute ago, jeab1980 said:

    Sat here thinking its ground hog day again.

    Unfortunately it's so true 

  2. I'm my opinion in south east Asia Bangladesh could be cheaper and banking wise they are wild you can roughly 12% on your money on yearly basis and 7% on daily basis in the account. Long term visa is also available and life style ranges from low to extremely high kind, friends where she wgat you and how you want to leave . It's my opinion 

  3. 23 minutes ago, impulse said:

     

    The whole story is that falang volunteers after the tsunami showed up unannounced, in an area where pretty much every standing accommodation was already spoken for.  The government had no way of knowing who was a bona-fide rescue worker and who was a scavenger looking for goodies to loot, nor how they were going to get basic necessities in to feed the victims, never mind a bunch of newly minted foreign visitors.  

     

    Anyone associated with an organization that could show 200,000 baht in assets in Thailand qualified for a temporary volunteer work permit.  IMO, any organization that didn't make advance arrangements with the government and have $6,000 registered in Thailand had no business showing up in a devastated area where they would need to be sheltered, fed and otherwise provided for.  

     

    I applaud the volunteers' initiative, but I think the government did the right thing for 90+% of the volunteers, in light of conditions.  Sadly, I'm sure some of the guys who did show up could have helped save lives.  But I'm equally sure a lot of them would have been a net drain on the situation.  Lots of horror stories worldwide about NGO's taking up entire 5 star hotels, eating all the decent food, partying 20 hours a day and doing pretty much nothing beneficial.

     

    Well mate you are right and mostly they are from UN based organizations. Big talks, parties and no work. 

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