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Not the first time Colombian gangs specializing in housebreaking have operated here. Several have been busted in the Pattaya area over the last 10 years. Apparently, used household goods of all types get good money in S. America where import duties are extremely high. In the Pattaya cases, they had a container waiting and would fill it directly from the truck used in the burglaries. In Pattaya they would bribe housing estate guards to point out homes where the residents were away for extended periods, then clean entire homes out of whatever they could carry.

Be aware the Spanish Embassy will most likely not give you a new passport, just an emergency travel document that allows you to return to your home country, no other destination.

Any chance OPs PC was purchased in USA? I ran into this exact issue once. I purchased a new laptop in US, brought it to Thailand. Tried to connect to my home Wi-Fi and couldn't though all my other devices were connected with no problem. Long story short, the US reserves several WiFi channels for government use and all WiFi devices sold in the US have these channels locked-out. Just coincidently, when set-up, my router had selected one of those channels which are not locked out in the rest of the world. Changed the WiFi channel and all was good. Edit: Closed channels are 12, 13, 14

Late in 2023, Jomtien Immigration started requiring the TM-47 along with copies of PP front page, visa, TM-30, maybe the TM-6 as well. I just stop at a copy shop next to Immigration and have them make whatever I need.

Not 10 minutes at Jomtien but they do have a huge volume. Did my 90 day there this past Monday, arriving at 10:30am with all forms and copies prepared. Sign on the counter said 1 hour wait. Turned out to be 40 minutes. Watched as one man yelled at the counter girl for 5 minutes, really aggressively. She gave it right back. He finally stormed out waving his arms in the air, expressing his outrage at everything Thai. I wouldn't want their job.

The commotion woke me up. I live in a 10th floor condo, the balcony of which overlooks the wooded area, next to Villa Navin. There was a pool party going on at one of the villas so at first I thought the noise was from that but the shouting between police officers didn't seem like party noise. Really dense vegetation in that lot which extends from 2nd Rd to Beach Rd, bordered by Villa Navin on the South side, Soi-9 on the North. I can see how it would be very hard to find a person in there. Nothing worth a video. Couldn't really see anything but flashlights. That check-point has been going-on for the last month, usually Thursday to Sunday, around midnight to 2:30AM. The difference in motorcycle and motorbike noise is dramatic. Usually a lot of bikes screaming up and down both sides but when cops are there, quiet like the covid days.

Isn't that actually a problem worldwide? So many videos of people on roofs awaiting helicopter rescue. Even worse the videos of people with no option but to jump rather than choke or burn to death.

Nice clean look. Easy for me to read as I use a 43" TV as a monitor. Pages seem to load more quickly.

The price will also depend on whether or not OP will need a bone graft. Makes a very big difference.

I was staying at a Phnom Penh hotel once. There was a commotion outside my door and a look revealed a lot of police and several hotel employees. Turned out a younger man: mid-40s who had just flown in from Europe and checked it the previous night was found dead in his bed. Same as this case, no sign of struggle or drugs or any other person in the room. Long story short, autopsy revealed deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot from his leg to heart. Not that uncommon after long flights sitting for 10 hours plus.

I actually got burned by a flood car once. Back in the late 1980s, I bought a 3 year old Chevy Astro Van pretty cheap off a used car lot. Lots of problems from the start. When winter came and I tried to use the heater, hardly any warm air came out. Friend suggested checking the air ducts. About 5 lbs of dead leaves and sticks were packed inside each duct...obviously from a flood. Once we knew it and started looking, found debris wedged everywhere. I had other Astro vans so eventually just used it for parts.

I believe there is also an "Expiration Date" for LPG tanks. A friend had an older car with an LPG conversion. Her last inspection she was told that the tank was approaching 10 years old and would have to be completely replaced before it could pass the next inspection.

I remember a Bangkok Post article a number of years ago about shady dealers who buy flood cars from insurance companies for salvage value, then clean and recondition them. They alter the documents and sell them either online or at weekend car flea markets in the countryside.

Counterfeiters will have a go-between hire a bunch of locals, give them a stack of counterfeit notes and have go out and buy low cost items, always paying with the large notes thus getting genuine change. The collect the change money and pay the buyers a small percentage.

A friends former Filipina GF ended up hooking up with a Canadian man and emigrated along with her 14 year old son to the Vancover area. Three years later he was convicted of manslaughter in an Asian gang related killing. It's a sad fact that kids dumped into a place where they don't fit in often find gangs the only place where they find acceptance.