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Might help if you say where your going in Thailand

We will be traveling all over the place. Koh Chang, Koh samet, Krabi, Koh samui and so on.

Pattaya beech between midnight and 6am. If you need more privacy, find a nice friendly ladyboy to look after your stuff for you.

Thanks but no thanks. I would not visit the trashcan of Thailand unless someone forced me at gunpoint.

The OP wants to shag his bird on the beach but won't lower himself to do it in Pattaya.

I reckon you can try it on any of the four island and beach destinations you mentioned and try and bring them down to Pattaya's level of filth.

Or just come and do it in Pattaya and get it over with.

Beach sex.... so overrated.

A bit gritty for my liking

Have no idea where you can come up with 5,500 baht. You ask about 6 days but it seems it will be 7 days as you do not get a free overstay day (only if you leave on that day is if free from airport). Overstay is 500 baht per day. For 1,900 baht you could obtain 7 days with show of ticket out from immigration. Or you could make a border crossing return for a bit more.

I suspect you mean your permission to stay end on 28 February as your visa date has nothing to do with stay and then you speak as if you have a multi entry by calling it a 90 day border crossing.

Normally an overstay has not been a problem for visa issue.

Thanks, Lopburi. Going down to immigration sounds the best option. Much better than having to head off to Cambodia to get another 90 day stamp.

I presume they will accept a print out of an e-ticket at immigration??

I will say at the outset I am not asking anyone to be complicit in anything classed as illegal or untoward, but for information so I can decide what is best for me to do. I do understand the risk of staying without a valid visa for 6 days also.

My Non O visa expires on 28th Feb 2012. That is the last date I can do my next 90 days border crossing.

My flight from Thailand to the UK is on the 6th March 2012.

I have the option of heading off and doing a border crossing before my visa expires or overstaying and paying my dues at the airport.

Would I be correct in thinking the overstay fine would be 5500 Baht? (Taking into account you are allowed 1 day overstay).

And that there would be no problem getting my next Non O based on over 50 years and with my UK bank statement showing the required minimum of £900 per month?

Thanks

More and more fat Thai people too, eating McD's and such. Should they not be charged extra too?

What about road tax? Sitting behind fat people with the cheeks of their arse hanging either side of the seat and blocking the view of the road ahead. Surely they cause more damage to the roads than an overloaded truck? They should pay more.

Link please. Please. I am dying to see it.

Let me be my own judge.

Thaivisa society is deteriorating also.

Maybe we have always been this way? Did not nature make us to procreate?

When I was 14 I fantasized about older girls in mini skirts.

When I was in my late teens I fantasized about women in their early 30's.

When I was in my early 30's I fantasized about all ages of women.

I still fantasize when I see something I think is sexy. Fantasizing is healthy.

What you do about it may or may not be healthy

Ouch !!

Mods, maybe better if this is in the Issan forum? Could it be transferred over please?

Plenty of views in here but obviously no ideas to date.

Thanks

I'd recommend getting a pro to do it. It's cheap, and hopefully, they know what they are doing.

Where are you located?

Also, there's a nasty cold going around. I was sick for 2 1/2 weeks, and I know others that were out of it for 3+ weeks. Worst cold I've had in years.

Yep " caigt " is right had a cough for three weeks just on it's way out, thank's to " tiffy ".

The heat of the day then a very cold air-con room will make you cough anyway.

Recommended to clean air-cons at least once a year, I do mine myself but you can get someone to do it at very little cost as said.

Yeah I've had a head cold and nasty cough for going on 3 weeks now and it isn't getting any better. I've been stocking up on the Tiffy but it just doesn't seem to be shifting!

Looks like I'll get someone in to clean the air con filters. The guys paid a visit for maintenance about a month or so ago but I'm not sure they actually cleaned the filter. I'll chase up with them.

Glad to know I'm not the only one with this nasty illness.

Same here. Since before Christmas. Gave me a bad chest infection on top + sneezes. Only now is it clearing.

Air con can make you cough too so you are not the only one. I only put mine on when very hot or in bed for.... erm ... you know

LOL. Bad day at the office. I think most of us have those. Good to get it off your chest

do not even bother-it simply does NOT exist-as above has been pointed out-thats simply IATA ruling, dating from precious old times when computers were so limited tat no years were writen-only dates, hence. Also its simply impossible-even now on most airlines, to book for more as 364 days ahead. The advice to try to rebook for after that ultimum date: ignore-this will cost you dearly (a lost fare one way). Also has not really much to do with particular airlines.

Yes-you are right- a flexible, 1 yr ticket/return will cost about same as 2 singles anyway. But that has always been the case. Best way to cut cost is to try AMAP to go in LOW season. Best airline offering 1 way fares (in price, not in comfort) is often AirBerlin-German, from DUsseldorf, with connections from Stansted same day.

IF you aim to stay long time in TH with the occasional short visit to UK, then it might be beter to swallow pride and book 1 way-and returns ex TH-these may indeed cost more as ex UK now, but less as the costly returns you would need ex UK.

I appreciate that.

Looking at this idea again has made me think some more. Because of the 1 year visa and + 90 days tagged on, I could stay longer here with a tourist visa on top. Alternatively if I did need to go to the UK for some reason I could simply purchase a single and go.

2 singles seem the best way to go.

On the other hand the 15 month rtn ticket was a topic worth looking into.

Thanks for the replies.

I have checked with the firm I booked with 'Dial a Flight' and they cannot do it. There is no problem to alter this current ticket and others to the full year and with no fee. Yet that means losing an extra 90 days here on my Non-O visa. That 90 days may not seem a lot but I would rather spend that time here each year.

Where a fee is concerned for changing a flight that tends to negate the idea of getting a return flight. By the time you pay the fee which in many cases can be £70 or so, it would then be as cheap to buy 2 single flights.

It is a great pity that airlines are not a bit more accommodating in respect of changing dates to beyond the year.

Maybe best looked into when I fly back in a few weeks to the UK. Easier to make enquiries there.

Nong Bua Lam Phu near Udon Thani.

Roughly how much would it cost to take a mini bus to Pattaya? How long would the journey take?

Thanks

Is it down to attitude in many cases?

On my way North driving the car in the days before I realised you did not have to stop for those policemen waving you to the side of the road to make some tea money, I stopped. I had been speeding, doing about 140 on what was a quiet stretch of road. When the policeman said I had been speeding and I replied, with a grin on my face, 'Nit noi.' The policeman burst out laughing. We had a bit of banter in English and he let me off with 100 Baht fine, certainly less than I previously paid.

That is why I do wonder if a lot of interaction between us and the BiB is down to attitude. Ours and theirs. If we have a bad attitude towards them to begin with and it shows, surely they will react to that. Maybe the officer has had a bad day too. They get nagged by wives etc too.

On my various interactions with the BiB during the last 6 years I have never met one with a bad attitude yet. A smile and civility can go a long way and I think that is generally reciprocated.

We do know there are a lot of the BiB out there who want tea money and very few people like policemen to interfere with our daily lives until we need them in some emergency or other. So a bit of respect each way can do nothing but good.

Have a local insurance policy and let her take care of it all. If she loves you and is caring she will do the right thing.

You will be dead and gone so it is up to them.

Make sure you have the death certificate and I cannot see the need for any other docs.

1500

My Issan lady v the salon owner. I honestly did not expect too much of a result with business owner v Issan lady.

Issan ladies have a reputation for extreme violence among the other Thais.

It's a little bit like owning a Rottwieler.

I am not surprised by the outcome.

Nice to know.

I had better make the next one an Issan lady then as well

im currently looking at going back to the uk around march 20, returning late may/early april. currently, the cheapest price i can find is around 30k with air india (not including insurance). is this a reasonable price and has anyone flown with air india before? are they to be avoided?

Check this bit, it might help with the dates

April is before May. So is that late April Early May?

Is there a way to get a 15 month return ticket UK - BKK ? Or would I have to purchase 2 singles?

Thanks for any help.

Mumbai airport using Air India. BKK - UK

The flight was late arriving. Herded through stringent security. Many passengers in Security were getting exasperated. No chance of any refreshment or toilet stop. Late arrival in UK also. Baggage at UK (London) was delayed. I made my train connection at Kings Cross with 5 minutes to spare when I should have had a good hour and a half.

I did this as a one off flight to be able to fly UK- BKK return in the future at cheaper prices. I would never ever do it again with Air India.

It happened that Air India were the cheapest at that time so I used them.

can you link to cathay at £540 ish

Qatar @ £496

http://www.wefly.co.uk/travelreq.php?6021838e-4026-11e1-b8be-b8ac6f12e7e3

CP @ £553

http://www.kayak.co.uk/#flights/LON-BKK/2012-06-19/2012-12-05

Searched through Kayak Flights.

Note These are June 2012 - Dec 5th 2012

My neighbours run a salon next door to me and they have a dog about the size of a cat. That dog started crapping on my drive. It got through the small gaps in the wrought ironwork design at the base of the gate.

The woman who owns the salon speaks reasonable English so I asked her to keep the dog under control and to stop it crapping on my drive. The dog continued to do so week after week. After several more requests to the salon owner, one day I dumped the dog crap over their wall and later it appeared back over my side. Now I was not happy.

When I next saw the owner and the dog in their drive, I told her their dog would die if i ever caught it on my property. Still the dog crapped on my drive.

As it happens, I acquired a new woman in my life and explained the situation to her. I told her I will kill that dog too. She immediately went to the salon. Whatever she said did the trick. That dog has not been in my driveway since. That is some months back.

When the dog is now outside it has someone with it. They have also set up a 'Poo Bowl' and the dog does its business in there.

My Issan lady v the salon owner. I honestly did not expect too much of a result with business owner v Issan lady.

Racism? I do not really think so. I do think some Thai people do not hold us in very high regard. I say that because I have been made very welcome at many places and at parties, weddings, funerals for both Hi-So and other classes of people here.

The UK's APD certainly appears to form only a small part, of what the various airlines are charging as passenger-tax/charges, on their quoted-prices. Perhaps someone might do a wheel-touch stop on a runway somewhere in Europe, and pay just the lower-rate, on APD ?

Or Air Asia might run a bus-connection to the Continent, to link with their long-haul flights, which would be a return to a model used in the 1950s/1960s by the pioneers of the package-holiday ?

One can imagine a lonely/cheap runway somewhere in Benelux, with a hub for cheap buses linking several European capitals or other centres-of-population, and full-flights out of the EEC to an Asian cheap-flight hub. Bring Back Magic-Bus & Laker-Airways' Skytrain !

Back in the real world, the Qatar/UAE-based airlines are already offering an acceptable-quality product, with a single stopover & better luggage-rules, and under-cutting the legacy-carriers like BA or Thai. Now if only they offered more-than-one destination in Thailand ? !

And as I am finding as i search for a flight Qatar are coming it at below £500 return LHR - BKK

I was sat in a small restaurant one evening, a place I used quite often before moving to Pattaya and 4 policemen were sat nearby. An 'escort girl' and her friend that I also knew walked in and sat at a table near me. We chatted a bit and then one of the police officers walked over and asked if I would join him and his colleagues at their table. I was hesitant after hearing various stories about the Thai police but he was quite insistent.

I joined them at their table and the waitress brought my drinks over. It turned out these policemen were Tourist Police and they had hardly seen or spoken to any English speaking people and they wanted to talk to me to learn more about us and what we are like and to be able to speak in English. I had a great evening with these guys. When the time came for me to leave they insisted on paying the bill and one gave me a card with his number on it, telling me to phone if I ever had any problems in the future.

Not all the police are on the take and trying to scam us. I too have been stopped and paid the fine for speeding or whatever excuse while driving my car. But these guys in the restaurant were very pleasant.

Thanks guys for the input. It is good to have people around with this sort of information that you might stumble upon by accident or a lot of hours surfing the web.

Yes, a long flight in bad seats gives cause for concern and with having a bad back to begin with I do not want to exacerbate that.

I am glad I am looking in advance for flights. I may have to be a bit more flexible in my time spent back in the UK but with a combination of factors like visa, the Olympics and also the summer holidays looming I want to make sure I am out of the UK well before then. Back to the searching for me. At least I have time.