steve187

look at the video on thai rath link

RIP not a nice way to go, not much rain in that area yesterday, speed is the factor, the engine is out of the pickup and across the road. also not a nice way for the wife to learn her husband had died,

rayong to koh chang ferry is a lot further than a 30 minutes journey, more like 4 hours in a car, no tests for ferry, was on koh chang a few weeks ago, a bit busier now. the west side is the touristy side, the east is remote. I like Klong Prao beach area, koh chang is always a good place to visit, hotels from 500thb to 5,000 thb, we stayed in the centara, but if you have a child then there is 'the splash' which has a slide etc in the pool area also a new resort 'koh chang paradise resort' again with a water park attached, which was busy when we were there. without transport i would stay somewhere on the west side that have a beach within the resort, plenty of food locally. Koh chang is very hilly, m/c are available to hire, not sure about getting around, as we always take a car, some good site to visit are 'kochangisland.com' and 'iamkohchang.com' as well as the eastern area on AN - https://aseannow.com/?forumId=129 have you thought about flying some of the journey, a long journey into Rayong on the bus, then another 4 hours ish by minibus from Rayong onto the island a recent thread here -

get a long stay yearly 'married' extension

using my figures above, so 1st year increase of 2.9% of the op's £179.50 would be £5.38, new pension £184.88, 2nd year 2.5% of £184.88 is £4.62 so now pension is £189.50, 3rd year 3% is £5.68 so now pension is £194.18, 4th year 2.6% is £5.04 so now pension is £199.22, 5th year 3.9% is £7.76 so now pension is £206.98, 6th year 2.5% is £5.17 so now pension is £212.15, 7the year (this year) is 3.1% is £6.57 so now pension is £218.71, i was 8p out in my post, op started with a bigger than most weekly pension. i may have something wrong, is so i apologise.

over the last 7 years the UK state pension has risen by 20.5% (£36.79), making your weekly amount £216.79 rises were. ( i think that how it be) 2015/16 2.5% 2.5% 2016/17 2.9% Earnings 2017/18 2.5% 2.5% 2018/19 3% CPI 2019/20 2.6% Earnings 2020/21 3.9% Earnings 2021/22 2.5% 2.5% 2022/23 3.1% CPI not sure what these near automatic benefits are

i think the zs will go turbo 1.0 litre, the UK have a 1.0 turbo and 1.5non turbo version. if so that should reduce the price down to an eco car

RIP, quote 'According to local residents this road was very dark which is believed to be one of the factors that caused the accident.' it would be dark, the street lights were not on

i was there 2 weeks ago it's open for trucks' didn't see any foot traffic

the standard spacing for floor tiling is 3mm, Thailand in their wisdom fix tiles with almost no gap, there for any expansion results in tiles popping, another problem is fixing porcelain tiles with sand and cement, porcelain tiles will not stick to sand and cement, a porcelain suitable adhesive is required. i have spent the last few days breaking up loose 600 x 600 porcelain tiles in a house that we rent out, not an easy job, the best way is to completely take up the old tiles without remove the sand and cement bed, level the floor with a suitable floor leveller compound or adhesive and retile with correct adhesive using a 3mm gap and a deep maybe 8/10mm notched trowel, i spent 40+ years in the UK as a floor and wall tiler, both before and after adhesive came on the market. i almost cry when i see the tilers at work here, everything cut with a grinder, no dry cutter or wet cutter, no laser levels good luck

that would still be a good route would save the journey through Bangkok. good luck with your endeavours,

not sure on payment methods, but the whole m-flow is a mess, cars overtaking the m-pass queues by driving in the m-flow lanes and then cutting back into the m-pass lanes and then again into the cash lanes, it seems all they have done is replace some of the m-pass lanes with m-flow lanes.

so they broke a covid rule, as i would think did thousands of others, but are they hounded like the MP's were no, yes it is one rule for them and one rule for the others. the press decide who to hound. Boris in my opinion has done a good job of the tasks that were dumped on him, brexit, covid, and now the Ukraine, who would have done a better job, all MP's are equally bad.

i think if anything the question should be, ' what Thai licence do i need to drive a hiace or similar'

roojai is an agent what insurance company were you with

still none the wiser on what entry stamp if any the op was given

No combinations for married extensions, either 400,000thb in bank for 2 months before application or 40,000thb month income

you are advising people with no mention of the insurance which seems to be the op's main concern, also you have no knowledge of doing a non imm 'O' visa conversion from a visa exempt entry or a tourist visa, while within Thailand, any conversion to a non imm 'O' visa requires 14 days remaining on any permission to stay stamp you have

but what you are doing is illegal, and how does investing in the USA, help a UK resident, i would rather have my 400,000thb in a bank in Thialand and pay out 1,900thb legally once a year, then be here on a dodgy extension, costing 15-20,000thb, you can try and justify it all you want, but rules are rules,

while we are on the subject of power for ev, what sort of solar set up would be required for day time charging

using an agent to fund the money is a back door way to obtain extension, could come back and bite you in the a*se, once you have used an sgent its hard to stop using them as the financials are never seasoned correctly ie 800 for 5 months 400 rest of the year.

i have a 74 kombi, here are a few links to vw facebook pages if they are any good to you what part of the country you in. https://www.facebook.com/groups/315383855277253 https://www.facebook.com/groups/272010044535 https://www.facebook.com/groups/315713098522473 https://www.facebook.com/groups/thaivwclub https://www.facebook.com/groups/717990768357327

need id card, passport, land deeds, hospitals , banks etc etc. all changed inside Thailand, lots of running around

hardware house and do home have, what have you bought a bug or a kombi

and to me, me old china so money is just left laying around and a walk in or climb in thief happens to come across this hoard when the house is full of guests.