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Goes both ways. I worked at a guest house here in thailand for quite a few years. Although not 50/50 there was an abundance of married women travelling on their own or with gal pals, enjoying their time. Interestingly many were of German nationality (and Japanese ).

Yes, but the main focus of the article was tourism. And a healthy tourism sector can add to a countries well being. Very few can survive on just tourism. Not sure your age, but today's youth have more opportunities to travel than any previous generation.

Like many countries around th world, Thailand, and others, are feeling nervous. With ever changing rules, anti-vaxers, confrontations on airplanes, etc, they are just unsure what the future will be like. However my prediction will be places like Thailand, Mexico, Jamaica, sun destinations that rely on that lower/middle class tourist on their two week holidays will roar back late next year. I look at advertising , and brochures, from tour operators, airlines etc, to see what is happening. Most of these companies have to plan trips 6 to 12 months in advance. Seeing plenty of promotions for the 18-30 yr old travel group. Admittedly these are just ones out of Canada, but places like Southeast Asia are prominently advertised. Also the new rail link from southern China to Vientiane could prove to be a huge boost to this region's tourism sector. Projections are that there could be up to three passenger trains and one, possibly two cargo trains, per day. A recent news article showed there Will be upwards of a million Chinese visitors using the rail service (up to the Laos border) for the Chinese new year in February. Just shows........... People are people and they want to travel. They are begging governments to open up. How? Get people vaccinated. Follow some simple hygiene related rules. Simple. Nobody. Absolutely nobody, has the right to Travel! One can not demand to be let on an airplane, train etc. Thailand, and others, have an obligation, Like it or not, to protect its citizens to the best of its ability. We may not all agree on how, but nobody should think governments are wanting their citizens to get sick, and or, possibly die.

Maybe I am missing something? Reading your post I think the exact opposite. In the grand scheme of things you contribute very little to the economy. Tourists spend money in bars, restaurants, soapy massages, tourist attractions, bar girls, golf courses, getting medical procedures done, car rentals, hotels, jet skis, festivals, and more. How much do you pay these people? 300 baht a day perhaps? 5 or 6 people? Two or three days a week? A 20 year old university student on a two week break probably spends the same, if not more, in a day than you do in a week. That's what Thailand needs. A family of four on three week holiday hitting up Bangkok, Koh Chang (beach spot), and Chiang mai will spend a small fortune. They are who Thailand needs. The married father of three children, who comes to Thailand on a buddies week long golfing holiday. Spends money on golf, bar girls, more bar girls, some more bar girls, a quick visit to the local medical clinic, drinks, food, hotel, car rental. Will also spend a small fortune. This is what Thailand wants. Your contribution, which I am sure is appreciated, is not what Thailand really wants to focus on. I have lived here, off and on, for the past 15 years. I always fail to understand why people say they feel unwelcome. Try and get a tourist visa for your Thai wife to go on a holiday with their spouse and child (Canadian & Thai citizen) and you may not complain about feeling unwelcome as much. I personally have only ever had one bad experience with immigration in 15 years. Which was in part my own fault. Now with the new 90 day reporting website thingy making it a breeze to do that, things are getting easier.

Last year, 2020, my then 7 yr old needed the test and again this year, now 8 yr old, needed again. Both for return trips to Canada. Both countries required. Japan Airlines via Tokyo between Bangkok and Vancouver.

Just to add to this topic. I registered yesterday for the first time, and received my notification this morning. All in all it took me 15 minutes yesterday and a 24 hour wait time! Brilliant in my opinion. Nong Khai office. Just as an aside due to circumstances I had previously done via a local agent for 300baht. Easy breezy, lemon squeezy. I do have a printer so that helps, but I am sure easy to do a screen shot on phone. Or any given print shop will help. I printed some stuff from a gmail account and it cost 10 baht. Most seem to have a computer with all the icons for email, chrome, etc already set up.

Tin Foil needed, aisle 13!

Most, if not all, scientists who report via main stream media do state that there is more study that needs to be done. This is not CSI where answers are found in an hour. They have been researching these types of viruses for years and can provide very accurate "predictions". Then you have Mike The Pillow Guy, whom some people believe knows more than most others. Sad really.

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Hi again. I did read your post. Line 5 or 6 says how and where to meet people for conversations. Suggestions were given. As for the other post you quoted. I agree. Many topics I would likd to engage with others. Like how would I get in contact with my dead ex wife. Just to rub it in that I have lived longer than her. I am sure there must be some interest in this. How does one get the smell of a dead hooker out of the boot of a car? Not for me, just I am sure it would be an interesting topic Erectile dysfunction. In the partner one is going down on. It must have happened to everyone here, I would be interested in how others dealt with this. Was it me? Wet farts. At my age I am scared to let one rip in public anymore in case I poop myself. Is there a magic answer for this. I have really bad hips. What would be an alternative to the wheelbarrow position that would still be enjoyable and pain free. Soon I will be unable to chew my own food. Any thoughts on how to find someone who could pre chew my food. Obviously needs to be someone with proper hygiene. Due to an old injury, I was hobbled by some Native Canadian Indians, I now walk with a limp. Finding shoes is a nightmare. I would still Like to ballroom dance. I would need a strong partner to help hold me up. So far no luck. Discuss. When I was younger I stupidly applied some tiger balm to my scrotum. Since then my left testicle is completely bald. Always been shy about it. I think talking about it with some people would help me decide should I shave my right testicle to match? Or do as I have been and just keep one hairy nut? This would be fun. Now I too am looking for people to get a conversation going. Cheers

Here are some suggestions: Hang a sign around your neck stating you need a friend Go to Tesco/Macro/BigC, whatever and engage in conversation with any foreigner. Hang around a Swensons or Starbucks and when an appropriate person comes in, ask to join them Take out a personal ad in Thaitiger or BP Create a website for elderly foreigner looking for like minded companions. Try to find a local group of LGBTQ's. Wonderful group of people if just looking for conversations. Volunteer for any number of support groups, suicide help, AA, GA, etc. Prisoner visitor support groups. Hang out at a local medical clinic and ask people for advice Check out local restaurants for pool, darts, quiz nights. Etc. Even though you may not play you can always provide vocal support. Use massage parlour, call girls, ask them if they know any clients your age and could they hook you up. Just a few things off the top of my head.

Funny. I live near Nong Khai and at present....at least four of the nearby young ladies (distant family of the wife), all under 18 are pregnant. Most, if not all, our neighbors are dark skinned, wife included. Many have returned home from the resort areas after working in the entertainment industry. Want cheap sex....come to Nong Khai, loaded with sex workers. My wife talks about how some far any stink. Told her all I can smell is fish sauce eminating from most of her relatives pores. If the daily talk is not about food, it is lottery. Most in our village never made it past M3. Sorry, if an ugly dog walks into a bar just calling it a beautiful swan does not make it so. I have lived here for 15 plus years. SOME of what they talk about is spot on. Mean? Racist? Just look at the division's in other countries...US, parts of Europe, South America. Ethnic divisions are alive and getting more extreme. Tis the New World Order as I see it.

I am no doomsdayer but believe the world will probably implode by 2065. Keep looking at my daughter 8 years old thinking the world will probably be a pretty sh*tty place by then Truly hope i am wrong. Perhaos compassion will win out! Unlikely though.

I have an 8 yr old who spends her time between Canada and Thailand schools. From her. Canada Schools - more interactive. Smaller class sizes. Engaging teachers. More fun. Thai Schools - larger class sizes. More disruptive students. Much less one on one. Some children get struck with a ruler or stick. She can not recall a Canadian teacher ever being "angry" or yelling. Thailand nearly every day. That being said she loves both systems! I have no idea how to classify a child as being "smart" or not. My daughter loves going to school and works hard at understanding the materials presented to her. We talk a LOT. It also helps that her teachers like her a lot, both in Canada and Thailand. My wife still struggles to understand why I spend so much time with our daughter with school work! She too gets frustrated at times. Tell her children look to parents and teachers as role models. Daughter is in a public school and doing fine here. We could spend another 100,000 baht or so in our area for a school. Not sure she would be any further ahead. I do not believe a child is born smart or not(some exceptions, but very few), I truly believe the key is keeping them engaged. Keep learning interesting. Spend time with the child. We play a math game using kids names from her classes. Somchai has 4 plates of Sumtam, but naughty little Bank takes 3 plates of Sumtam. How many plates does Somchai have? The goal is to come up with funny scenarios and increase the difficulty. We play this game in the car, before bed, eating, all day long. She now gives me riddles in Thai! It is hard work. By the end of the day i am exhausted. But my daughter wants to be an English Teacher here in Thailand. My goal is to help her achieve this. I am sure you do already do, but keep communicating with your daughter. We play Roblox together sometimes and even in the game i ask how was school, what happened. Best of luck.

My wifes family is from Isan so strike number one. Dark skinned, strike number 2, poor! Two brothers got picked. Both got injured in some border skirmishes. Keep praying this luck continues to the next generation with my son.

Part of what I have heard about this, though, it is usually a language barrier issue. Not sure. I have two, one I have begged the local "council" (wink, wink, bribe) to take the sh*t stain of a son. My other one wants to go at eight years of age!

Allowing those that would prefer to live off the land would make more sense. Whether or not married to a Thai. Versus wealthy persons buying up huge swaths of land for personal profit. I can understand why some Thai people are against it. Land could be scooped up all over Thailand by rich foreigners thus excluding many Thai people from being able to buy. Could drive up prices as well. Look at places like Vancouver in Canada. Supposedly 25% of real estate is owned by Chinese or others who do not live in the country. Price for land or housing is unaffordable by most locals. Rent is sky high. So everybody wants to go to a restaurant, or go shopping at a local mall, but the employees who work in them can not afford to own or rent a property. I think the money will win out in Thailand. There is not much long term planning that goes into this stuff.

A bit off topic, but curious. I have had a reply in regards to extensions, that it is needed to be done by October 1st as there is a shake up happening within immigration. Anybody with any knowledge to what Might be happening? Thanks.

I have spent considerable time around drug users. Here, North America, Europe. Seems you may have also. As such you know that the last thing your going to get a drug user to do is quit voluntarily. Only ever seen it happen a dozen or so times. So yah, at some point one gives up. Similar to anti-vac people. Their body, their choice. Except it seems when it comes to womens reproductive rights and choices. As for hookers. As i mentioned with another poster there is probably 1 or 2 percent who are consenting to physical act of sex. Many are forced either by economics, or threats. That is hardly as you put it "between consenting adults". If you paid a hooker $1,000usd a day to stay home and bake cookies. Or. Sleep with 5-10 people a day taking risks of disease, violence, or death, of which they get to keep less than half what they earn, are you implying they would continue working in the sex trade? What do you call it when one party is forced to commit an act, and the other party wantingly commits one? Consenting is not a word that first pops into my head.

Like I said everybody knows one or two sex workers who have done well. People also win the lottery. Some estimate that there could be upwards of a million people involved in the trade. Most are never going to live past 40 let alone be a "millionaire". Many functioning drug users. Again sure there are a couple "millionaire" or why not "billionaire" businessmen (no women?). How many strung out junkies do you think there are versus your rich friends? I would say 100 of thousands. Don't consider the pot smoker any different than your average drunk at the bar. Pretty harmless. But in the end they give up something in enjoying their habit. Same as obese people who eat KFC and complain they cant lose weight. At some point we all pay a price for our indulgences.

Harsh? No, not really. I have no problems with someone being a hooker or druggie. That does not mean I have to like what they do. There have been very few that have lifted themselves out of poverty. Yah, sure "everybody" knows so and so who is now a bar owner etc. There are/were over 100,000 suspected hookers and most are as poor, or worse off, than when they started. Better education, job training, counseling, free housing, free child care and support, stiffer penalties for Johns. Many ways to tackle the issues that drive people into this area. Just society deems most of them as unimportant, throw aways. And that is not right. Same goes for druggies. The 1 out of 100,000 using medicinal purposes. Fine. I have worked with many, many drug users in my time. At some point I gave up on most of them. Just in our little spot in NE Thailand there are probably 30 or 40 users out of the 100 or so that make up the local village. Many are related to my wife and her brothers. In the past 15 years or so just gotten tired of going to one funeral after another. Not sure if you have been around one at the end of their life....not much positive is happening for them. Harsh? No.

I am not a big fan of drugs, drug dealers, or druggies. As such I do believe in the idea of legalizing it. But even go one step farther. Governments should contract it out to one supplier. Make the product safe, cheap, and plentiful. In less than a year you would do away with the issue. Take the profits and invest in rehab and counseling programs.

You would think that with this high profile of a case, statements would come from high up. Unless, something should happen that exonorates the guilty party, then the Pol. Col. shall be falling on the sword as they say.

I Don't pretend to know a lot about this issue, but... Immigration Office A: perhaps they were trying to help you by stating you could get a new B visa, but if you went back to their office. Immigration Office B: mu understanding is you are required to leave the country to obtain a new B visa so they offered what they could. There is a visa company that advertises on this site that may be able to help. Good luck, but perhaps with the re-opening of certain provinces happening with lockdowns being somewhat lifted, there may be chance in the next month or two. Perhaps not helpful right now.

She is a University student by the reads of things, so she is probably on some sort of grant, or other social assistance program. As such she will be able to afford to stay in Thailand for quite some time. As most are not paid out in one lump sum, this could explain why she does not have the money immediately. Ah, to be a young, dumb, and full of c*m travelling student.