delgarcon

I'm in Madawaaan. The accident (or Cruise ship) was somewhere between here and Chaloklam

Since around 8am I've heard at least 10 ambulances with sirens blaring and it's still going on. Obviously some are return journeys, but it looks like full moon party weekend has claimed more victims. There goes another ambulance!

11 hours ago, khunpeer said:

same on KPhangan, taking everything over...

I think you'll find that Israelis are the main foreign buyers here in KP.

Depending on how badly you want to stay there, maybe a couple of thousand baht would encourage her to complete the TM30.

Unfortunately Thais do not learn how to drive competently. I had to teach my gf how to drive after she had completed her lessons in Koh Samui and passed her test, the test being a total farce.

44 minutes ago, phuketsub said:

Thanks for all the help. I did go to Thong Nai Pan Noi and it was very nice. The road over there was a bit of a challenge, but it was worth it. I can't believe how bad this southern beach is for swimming given the number of resorts on it. 

When I first went over to Thong Nai Pan, a few years back, it was a dirt road and it had been raining heavily the night before. We were two on our Honda Click and that was a challenge. I didn't go back until the new road was finished and I wondered how I'd managed it before.

Thong Nai Pan Yai Beach

2 minutes ago, delgarcon said:

You don't know what you're talking about

 

There is striking evidence that amid a growing political vacuum created by political uncertainty, conservative forces in Thailand are mounting a rearguard action against the result of the May 14th General Election with a spike in online misinformation stoking fear. This is happening simultaneously with efforts by an eight-party coalition trying to form a new government while facing a minefield created by the kingdom’s election laws. The country’s complicated and onerous legal provisions have seen it still awaiting confirmation of the election results with a growing threat being presented to the prospect of Mr Pita Limjaroenrat, the charismatic young leader of the Move Forward Party, taking on the mantle of Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister in August.

 

A top business leader on Thursday warned that the threat of a delay in forming a new government expected in August and the rising prospect of political instability poses a twin threat to the Thai economy which is struggling to overcome a slump in exports this year.

 

by Joseph O' Connor

 

The chart is GBP vs THB btw

37 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

That's strange. I also receive my pensions in Baht, transferred over from the UK via Wise, and the exchange rate has been pretty much stable for a long time. I'd guess at least a couple of years. Same with the US$, no major change.

 

Anyway, political turmoil has no effect on the Thai baht anyway, as previous coups have proven. Thailand is an insignificant SE Asian backwater, and anything that happens here largely goes unnoticed by the rest of the world. What happens in Thailand is only of importance to those that live within its borders. The rest of the world hasn't the slightest interest in Thailand, financially or politically.

You don't know what you're talking about

There is striking evidence that amid a growing political vacuum created by political uncertainty, conservative forces in Thailand are mounting a rearguard action against the result of the May 14th General Election with a spike in online misinformation stoking fear. This is happening simultaneously with efforts by an eight-party coalition trying to form a new government while facing a minefield created by the kingdom’s election laws. The country’s complicated and onerous legal provisions have seen it still awaiting confirmation of the election results with a growing threat being presented to the prospect of Mr Pita Limjaroenrat, the charismatic young leader of the Move Forward Party, taking on the mantle of Thailand’s 30th Prime Minister in August.

A top business leader on Thursday warned that the threat of a delay in forming a new government expected in August and the rising prospect of political instability poses a twin threat to the Thai economy which is struggling to overcome a slump in exports this year.

by Joseph O' Connor

https://www.gov.uk/international-pension-centre

You will find an online enquiry form here if you prefer to e-mail then

7 minutes ago, Gandtee said:

A phone call costs more than a months pension.????

You're kidding, have you never heard of skype? If you're not sure how,  get someone to download skype for you and you'll find that a call to the UK costs peanuts, The problem is that you're unlikely to find someone on here that's got a Thai wife who's earning a UK pension.

I suggest you phone them, they usually answer eventually

149 times an hour! Are you sure? I was diagnosed with S A 12 years ago and I saw a Swiss pulmonologist a couple of years later for another test and she told me that I stopped breathing 45 times and that I had severe  S A. I will never forget her words, "If you don't use your CPAP machine, like money in a Swiss bank, you are GUARANTEED to have a stroke!" I wonder what she would have said to you.

5 hours ago, radiochaser said:

Back in late 1972 I met a 14 year old American teenager outside of Udon Thani.  He traveled to Thailand with his parents on vacation.   At the end of the vacation his parents went back to America and left their son there, because he wanted to stay longer.  They would send money to him as he needed it.   When I met him he had just traveled from Vientiane.   He was living out of a backpack.  

When I was 12 years old my dad, who was a tour guide, left me in Grindlewald to enjoy 3 weeks skiing in the Bernese Oberlands.  I stayed in a small hotel and the concierge gave me money when I needed it.  When it was time to go home, I got a train down the mountain and across Switzerland and France, the ferry to Folkestone and the train to Victoria where my relieved mum met me. By the time I was 16 I could have traveled round the world on my own.