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Or just live in Laos on the other side of the Friendship Bridge. A 'retirement' visa costs $750 a year through an agent, no medical insurance or money in the bank required.

Starlink needs the approval the the regulatory body in each country before it can offer service (it also needs regional uplink/downlink stations and internet backbone infrastructure since (like GSM in a moving cat), it must pass your signal on from satellite to satellite seamlessly (since each satellite is in low earth orbit and is only 'visible' to your fixed location for about 15 minutes as it passes overhead). You think Thailand will say yes? Fat chance! The same goes for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar etc etc. There is very little reason for these countries to approve Starlink.

I was staying on KP during last high season. My detached studio near Chaloklam had a separate kitchen and bathroom, parking, huge land (coconut plantation), free wifi and electricity and it cost me 9,000 THB/month with no security deposit needed. How did I get such a bargain? I ignored the overinflated prices on FB and drove around and chatted directly with the Thai owners ????

Yonks ago when I was a tourist police volunteer in Phuket, I was called out late one evening after dark to search for a lost French guy in the forest areas in Thalang. I went into the forest with a local Thai who knew the area. The French guy had a mobile phone with reception and I told him to tell me when he could hear my whistle. Well, as soon as I blew my police whistle the Thai guy looked horrified and told me not to blow the whistle since it would scare the "tree spirits"!! How is one meant to find a lost person in the dark forest without using a whistle? It took us some time .........

One reason why my brain is in tip-top condition is because I teach Physics every day ????

Whatever you do, DO NOT move to Luang Prabang in Laos. If I told you why then I'd have to kill you.... Simon (happily living in Luang Prabang)

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I'm 64 years old, expat medical insurance, $150/month premium for $400,000 annual cover, $500 excess. The only exclusion is for my BPH. That's with WR Life. I could have got cover for the same terms with other expat insurers for about $250/month but I don't trust insurers to pay out :). So I don't want to commit large funds to medical cover, just in case they refuse to pay out. In any case, one should consider what you need medical insurance for: - Minor accidents/ailments = you pay the small cost yourself - Cancer, 'slow' growing ailments = you have time to return to your home country for free treatment. - Sudden serious event (cardiac arrest, stroke, major car accident etc) = you are dead! (Well, since I live in northern Laos, I most certainly would be, due to the lack of decent medical care). That just leaves major but not sudden death events, such as need for a heart stent etc, where air travel back home might not be possible. That's where I would expect to need medical insurance.

The OP states that the problem is with sponsored FB adverts which are fraudulent. IMHO, FB is totally complicit in this fraud because they have to approve every sponsored advert. When I have paid for sponsored adverts (for my educational charity app), I know that my advert copy was checked by a real person and on several occasions I had to edit the copy before the ad would be accepted by FB. Therefore, I'm fairly sure that FB checks every sponsored ad copy and it is FB which gives the all-clear to these fraudulent ads. TBH, you have to be pretty stupid not to spot a fraudulent sponsored advert. "Earn 5,000 baht a day for doing sod-all" etc is clearly some kind of fraud and IMHO FB knows this!

I speak RP English.

This is Thailand. Medical treatment not same as farang hospital. You tink too mut....

I wondered why I keep on getting adverts for latex gimp suits.... ???? Seriously though, from the OP I think that it's a good assumption that this was a suicide attempt since his friend said that he has mental health problems. If you suffered from a life-threatening heart condition, it would be prudent not to travel. I would put mental health issues in the same category. If you have suicidal thoughts then you really should not be travelling here - you should be seeking treatment in your home country. Jumping off a building carries the risk of killing others walking past (it has happened before). Having a cardiac arrest only risks your own life. For this reason, I regard 'jumpers' as selfish (although I understand that they may not be thinking clearly at the time).

I thought the guy was talking about jellyfish......

I was a Thaivisa member 20 years ago - what was your nick back then because obviously your current nick is recent. (On that subject, why do people change their nick??)

Or perhaps this kind of costume?

My old hometown of Leicester (UK) was ruined by the time I was a teenager. Totally overrun by immigrants that do not assimilate. Not really a tourist or nudism hotspot either....

^^ Thanks - that worked fine! I only have a small amount of ETH, so no worries!

Yes it is worth it because I will want to make further transactions in the future. I transferred my various cryptos to offline text file storage some years ago and now I've forgotten how to transfer them back again to a 'live' wallet!

I need to make a small $30 purchase using Ethereum. I have the destination address of course. I have some Ethereum in an offline cold paper wallet (ie - the public, private keys and JSON file data is stored in a text file on my computer). So I need to add that Ethereum to some online wallet so that I can make the transaction. I installed the MEW (myethereumwallet) Edge extension, but I can't fathom out the process to add my Ethereum to this wallet. Can anyone help me? Perhaps I need to install a different crypto wallet? Thanks!

Why do you call it sex tourism? Only men get involved in sex tourism with locals. These lardbucket British women are having genuine romantic relationships with these well-endowed local lads!! ????

Why do you need to receive thanks in order to be honest?

So absolutely anything associated with your back will be excluded from cover....

I moved to south-east Asia about 21 years ago, initially living in Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket etc) but then relocating to Laos and Myanmar for work. I have lived in some pretty remote places in those countries. I prefer the rural country lifestyle and I'm no longer restricted in what I do/where I live by a partner. Some might find such remote living a challenge, especially when living on one's own. But although I am alone I am not lonely. My main hobby (shortwave amateur radio) benefits from rural living where the electrical noise is minimal and there is room to install antennas. I could live by the sea (and have done so in Phuket, Samui and Phangan). But after being stung by a box jellyfish early year in Phangan and almost dying (I truly thought that I was about to die!), I'm happy not to live near the beach. A lung condition means that I have to live in hot and humid climates, and I know what happens if I don't stick to this need. So I'm very happy with my lot and enjoy the simple life admiring nature and doing my best to stay below the radar of the anti-ham radio police guys in Laos ????

Do you try to say hello to Mexicans in the USA? 'Cos they aren't the people of the USA ????

It was a couple of years ago from a link in a CM forum thread. (Sorry I can't recall the exact thread). The photos of the place looked absolutely fine, certainly zero comparison with a government Covid facility. As others have suggested, get a live-in/daily visit retired nurse. I'm living in Luang Prabang (Laos), but as I am getting older and because the local hospital has very basic facilities, I'm checking out living on the quiet side of Vang Vieng (I'm assured that there is a quiet side!). VV is on the new motorway and train line to Vientiane where there is a new private hospital and other cheaper medical options. (The best medical option in LP is maybe the local vet...)