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Fly to Udon Thani and take a van to the border. Nuff said.


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This is discouraging news. Ive always thought in the back of my head that Id open a food business in Thailand after I retire.

Where are you planning to open this business? Are you sure youre providing the appropriate amount of tea money?


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Posting this for a mate.

He's been living in Thailand with his girl, both of em on a ED visa connected to a 4-year uni. Had a bit of a medical emergency and both of em stopped attending classes about a month ago. They've both gone back to her country now. She's going to stay there. He's coming back to attend to their lease and close out his visa, then return to her country where they will stay indefinitely and probably never return to Thailand. His ED visa is set to expire in August.

Should he expect any problems or fines related to his visa? Would the school contact immigration and inform them that he was not attending class? What's the best way for him to proceed?

Thanks in advance for all advice.

Depends on the Thai. My ex complained if my bag was left in the wrong place.


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6 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

... or maybe sewing or churning butter.

 

The jury is out on whether or not the enjoyment is unilateral or mutual.

I expect the O/P is bearing up after learning that "us" aren't available.

 

Apparently some still think that "barefoot and pregnant" is part of Nature's plan.

Geeze, people can't even enjoy cooking their own food anymore without being called a sexist bigot. What a great world we live in now.

In summary,
 
"just get back in the kitchen and clear off"???

i here and understand what you are saying, ive dated shxt load of girls here in 17 years i have a handful of girls ive been seeing for years, not boring girls. these ladies can talk and i have many common interests with them and similar outlooks on life. not the chat like ( not how old are you, where you come from crap) they all have nice bodies and good looking with no tattoos. yes had to kiss a lot of frogs to find all the princesses but it was great fun doing all the kissing. when i say middle class Thais there not stuck up.
all im trying to get across to you is there educated have jobs and money to buy there own houses , cars ect. 
FORGOT TO MENTION ALL WITH NO KIDS, I DONT DATE WOMEN WITH KIDS.

On 3/26/2017 at 0:51 AM, petermik said:

Try searching outside the bar

Great, another "you're meeting em in the wrong place" comment. Now you sound like a Thai. If you don't know how boring Thais can be, or how many of em are unable to say anything beyond "Aroi!", "Sanook!", and "Do you miss me?", then you've either never been to Thailand or your standard for good conversation is very low. Or you're just lucky and have only had contact with upper crust, western educated Thais. Anyway, the bargirls are typically a lot easier to talk to bc they don't have all the social hangups that the classy ones do and are typically a lot more comfortable speaking their mind.

I dont know where they buy em, but the ones they call rubber mattresses are great. Cant imagine theyre all that expensive either.


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They want to be treated like women.


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This is just one of those things that is always going to be annoying for foreigners and sophisticated Thais. It's not personal. It's not about degrading the foreigner or anything like that. It's just the way Thais do service on the street level. When they want something, they walk straight up to the vendor and say "Aow..., ka/krub." And then the vendor either remembers it or they ask again. Haven't you ever had a Thai ask you "Why do foreigners always wait for someone to ask em what hey want?"

On 1/14/2017 at 2:15 AM, Tagaa said:

I can only relate my experience. Sorry if you don't agree with my experiences.

 

I think I have a pretty good grasp as I have lived in 3 different geographic areas of LOS & have lived in Thailand, full time, for just a few months shy of 10 years. Thai's have no manners.

 

Thais are all smiley & pleasant when they want something or want you to buy something they are selling. You will get lots of smiles when you are a tourist. But get out of BKK, Pattaya or Phuket and, lets say, go up country. You will have a much different experience. Thai's are xenophobic. That's one reason we have to jump through all the stupid hoops at immigration.

 

You would think that, after 10 years,  I would qualify for some type of visa that didn't require yearly renewal and/or 90 check ins. Nope. They really don't want you here and hope you will leave. Don't forget to leave your money behind.

 

By the way, I agree with joeyg...I avoid farangs as well. I'm a quite happy farang quasi hermit.

I have the exact opposite experience. I find when I get out of the tourist areas that Thais treat me like a normal person. When I'm in BKK, Pattaya, or Phuket, I feel like everyone thinks I'm just another sex tourist and treats me as such.

You're lucky if you get a footpath here.


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2 hours ago, Dagnabbit said:

 

Klong Toey Slum might surprise you, if you went on a solo walk there one evening.

Funny you should say that b/c when I try to imagine what area he was talking about I always imagine Klong Toey. That's the place that Thais always warn me about too.

6 hours ago, colinchaffers said:

I'm not sure how to say it but the attitude to life and death is different in Thailand and people can be at risk unknowingly.

 

Good way of putting it.

8 minutes ago, The Dancer said:

If it's a South Side of Chicago wannabe that you are looking for, where you can get robbed, beaten and yours brains blown out just for saying hi, then you're in the wrong country.

 

Why? Because you've made more than a 1000 posts so presumably lived here for years and yet have to ask. If there were such an infamous hellhole in the vicinity you would've heard of it by now. No? I've been here more than 10 years and haven't either.

 

Which is not to say there aren't gangs, mafiosos, drug rings, khan pens (assassins) and such. But it's very unlikely you're going to run into them from getting off at the wrong stop.

I agree. When I came here as a tourist ten years ago, a German guy told me about a mythical section of Bangkok he described as the city's "south side", but I've never seen it, or even heard about it since then. Closest thing I've ever seen is a row of towers at the end of On Nut 46. Thailand seems somewhat unique among large cities in the way the poor live alongside the rich. Diversified housing is usually a good crime deterrent.

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

Violent crime is reported in annual victims per 100,000 population.  I recall the number in the USA is about 400 per 100,000 population.  Assuming Thailand is about the same, even a place that's crazy dangerous would have a rate like 4,000 per 100,000 in a given year.  That's about 11 per 100,000 people on any given day.

 

So even if you hung out in a crazy dangerous area (barring doing those stupid things you ruled out), your chances of being victimized in any given day are about one in ten thousand.

 

My point?  People who tell you "I've lived here for 30 years and never been mugged" don't know whether the place is safe or not.   They don't have enough data.  Someone living 30 years in an average US location would have about a 10% chance of being a victim in that time, and 90% chance of not being a victim.  (I use USA numbers because I don't trust any published numbers that may affect Thai tourism)

 

One caveat:  Don't get between a Brit and his barstool.  Do that, and all bets are off...

Ok, but I guess I'm talking about specific places. Like, there are places in USA where a white guy in a collered shirt and golf shorts will probably lose his wallet within a few minutes of stepping off a bus. There are also some white trash areas where I probably would not go if I wasn't white. Is there anything like that here in Thailand?

Are there any truly dangerous places in Thailand? Or should I say where are the dangerous places in Thailand? And no, I'm not talking about soi 6 Pattaya with your last 1,000 baht in your pocket. Or any other place where you could get yourself in trouble by being an idiot, like as an unwanted guest at an all Japanese club or something. Let's also rule out vehicular danger, since we all know you roll the dice on that any time you walk out the front door in the Land of Smiles. I mean places where a man can get himself hurt by another human in Thailand simply by minding his own business. (I assume almost everywhere is dangerous for women when the sun goes down.) 

I know there's some rough neighborhoods in Bangkok, but nothing the reeks of "you will definitely lose your wallet if you go there". Some of my Thai friends have suggested rural Thailand is not safe for a lone foreigner at night. And I've heard legends about some heavily armed militant groups that grow drugs in the mountains. I assume they wouldn't be too happy if you walked up on their stash.

I'm not positive about this, but it seems like the middle class is growing, and the economy as a whole is improved. So the perceived need for foreigners is lower.

"Educated the masses"? Are you Thai? I doubt it if you're using TVF, but even if you were you'd have a difficult time educating anyone here. No chance as a foreigner.

Elephants and comfortable clothing play into the exotic, laid back image westerners have of Thailand. Nuff said.

I suggest speaking with an attorney who specializes in these types of situations. I've heard of situations where self-employed individuals were able to get a visa and work permit provided they paid taxes on their declared income.