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Pattaya Airways sounds like a great name. Will every flight have a happy ending?

That is perhaps debateable, nevertheless it certainly does prevent re-offending.

There does seem to be an incredibly naïve belief among governments that if you take Mo out of Mogadishu then, almost magically, Mogadishu evaporates out of Mo. We are living with the consequences of that naivety

High powered motorbike meets low powered brain. What could possibly go wrong?

TIT

Seaplanes?

Bangkok could be submerged in seven years TAT is working on a new marketing campaign "Venice of the East", taxi drivers will be retrained to operate gondolas (still no chance of getting them to operate their meters though) and the horizontal entertainment operatives from Sukhumvit Road and Soi 4 will move to the Nana BTS platforms. Business as usual!

The BBC tell lies. This is news?

I fear that it is far too little and far too late. Western Europe is lost.

Forget the lawn. Plant Astro Turf! 😉

So right. To paraphrase a well-known Hollywood legend (or is an Urban Myth?): Pay them to leave.

Tragic. RIP to all who have lost their lives in this sad incident.

That's they way it used to work, but that was discontinued as it was considered a "boomer" anachronism. These days a simple accusation proves guilt incontrovertibly. Courts and legal processes are superfluous.

What is really happening in this scenario is that the younger companion is holding on to its ATM.

So 17,000 Baht in total. Cheaper to quit monkeying around?

No money in it for them.

Yes. That had certainly not escaped me either. In fact I aim to spend a maximum of 5 months in any country every year so that I don't become "resident for tax purposes" anywhere. If you become "resident for tax purposes" then at the VERY LEAST you get the hassle and stress of filing tax returns in that country, plus you are very likely to have to pay more tax (it's never a refund on taxes paid in the country where your income originates!).

So, kinda like Thailand?

The Agent that I used sorted the FPCS out with my accommodation provider. All I saw was the duck gliding across the water, no view of what was going on beneath the surface. Add to that no need for any trips to immigration and it was well worth the extra cost of using an agent imho. 😊 BTW, it MUST be the property owner that generates the FPCS page because the foreigner tenant may not do that, so having a smartphone would be of no use in this instance. (That said I find a smartphone indispensable in Phnom Penh for PassApp and the Citybus App.)

All part of Pattaya's shining image as a "family friendly" destination.

And Paraguay?

"Thailand offers a multiplicity of long term visas......" All of which seems to be thoughtfully designed to deter as many applicants as possible. By contrast in Cambodia, retirees pay an annual (multiple entry) visa extension fee of c.$200 (c.$300 via an agent with no need to ever set foot in immigration, just drop off your passport with a pic, pay the fee and collect it in about a week). And that's it. No mountains of paperwork, no bank deposit, no re-entry permits, no 90 day reporting. Just come and go as you please. One page in the passport is used up each year for the visa (plus entry and exit stamps). One gripe: the annual extension is for 364 days only!

ICE vehicles have problems, mostly surrounding air pollution. EV's are by no means problem-free, but Bangkok is in dire need of anything that can reduce air pollution, so this is surely a step in the right direction? (Albeit a very small step.)

The Trouble with Harry....

The best way to avoid being rear-ended is to ride like a Thai - on the wrong side of the road or on the sidewalk! Perhaps that's why they do it?