ChrisKC

Your age will have some bearing on what can be "dangerous" or any potential specific offences. How you dress and as others have said, wherever you are, flaunting yourself or your jewelry is best avoided. Nevertheless, I have visited the Philippines twice, once to Dipalog and to Davao, last occasion 2015. There is a general atmosphere of the Philippines in my limited experience that, while I was not affected as an older man by possible dangers, I felt uncomfortable with the presence of security guards everywhere and they all had some sort of weapon that was a bit scary to see. For a holiday, I would guess you would want to go to the places that tourists go to and therefore, as everywhere else, that attracts the unworthy of humanity. Thailand is not without problems similar but without that feeling of having the need to continue looking over your shoulder. I think wherever you go, you try to assess the risks, but take a calculated risk and in most cases, you will be free of trouble,

I know through a friend that a Danish man with a tourist visa has tried to open an account recently with the BBK in Bangkok and was refused. i don't know the reason given but I would like to make the question simple. What is the minimum requirement, documents, etc for a foreigner to open a Bank account in Thailand? Thank you for the help

None of that Duopoly brew or sell beer, it's lager ( they are brewed differently) and they can't make up their mind what it is, so they call it "lager beer" - a bit like whisky - gin! Given that I am from England, I know what real beer is and whatever might be said about the Thai public defaulting to choosing Thai lager in the event of a shake up to involve real beer brewers, I think they would be very happy to share an "Exmoor Ale" or an "Old Speckled Hen", or a "Theakstons Old Peculiar" with me! Oh and make that a pint, not that foreign litre stuff. And no ice!! Let's have a CAMRA here - Campaign for Real Ale Cheers, Skol or "Bottoms Up" whatever takes your fancy.

Why, why, why?

Like you, I have travelled much inside Thailand over the last 20 years and recently as 4 days ago, to varying locations and never been remotely involved with Immigration. In fact. on my last four journeys, although I had my passport with me, my driving license covered me re ID, And out of interest, I didn't need my passport (driving license only) for five hotels and resorts on my recent trip to the islands. In essence, Immigration don't even know I have left my home Province for two weeks!

Alcohol Bill Is he someone on this forum?

I will vote for him! Seems like a nice man

He had a little adventure he wasn't expecting

Even at this early stage I see it as a no brainer for any foreigner to accept this plan to buy land in Thailand under the details so far - so many potential problems: Who are the main beneficiaries of this idea? Government, Real Estate Agencies, Corporate bodies. These wealthy people; will one rai be enough and where will it be located? When the Thais know it is for the "Wealthy", up will go the prices to stupid levels. Who could you later sell to and would potential buyers be "qualified"? Who can legitimately inherit the land apart from Thais? With the changes every five years - who will benefit? Linked with Retirement extensions, work permits, etc For those who are elderly, investment opportunity not much of an issue. It's a "get rich quick" scheme and is not the way to grow the economy that should be planned for gradual improvement, especially as it relates to catching up from all the losses incurred re Covid. The people who spend the money are the likes of us over many years that help provide jobs for local businesses, regularly bringing in foreign exchange, etc My point is that objections by the Nationalists are unnecessary as it will affect hardly any average Thai person.

Some people will have heard of "spills". I think that they are effectively very thin candles and up to about 30 cm long. They go through narrow grating easily. Don't need to drop anything through the gaps. Where to get them in Thailand? no idea

It is obvious you only read some of the news and haven't heard from all the independent people who DO have the truth to tell, in many cases with videos and spoken testimony from both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers that include intercepted messages every day. You should by now, understand some basic truths of this war and therefore you have little reason not to be proud of a person that has spoken a basic truth that the Thai government is out of touch with the rest of the world and as important as anything, out of touch with its own people.

What I find strange is that the Bangkok Post every day for a few weeks now when reporting under Covid, is showing Zero infections. This is not the same as there being a previous announcement that infection rates would no longer be recorded. So my interpretation that showing a figure, albeit zero cases, is being shown, suggests that all those tested for covid were negative and nobody registered as infected at a hospital. If this is true, and I doubt that very much, with no infections in all of Thailand, how would it be possible for anyone to catch covid? And of course, apart from other reasons to wear a mask, why is the majority still wearing and for some not so doing, inviting the black look?

Thailand doesn't seem to know there is a war on.

And if you do, do they fall in love with you?

I think Thailand is voting on the principle of neutrality rather than the facts and circumstances of the case, that would enable me to vote in favour of the motion with a clear conscience.

This week I have had confirmation that to conform to Thai law, PayPal can only accept Thai citizens and in what will be known as "PayPal Thailand" and my account of ten years will cease to exist from the end of November. The only transaction that will work is withdrawing any cash surplus actually in the PayPal account and if not done by 15 December, I will lose it. I have had my PayPal account linked to my bank for 4 years and the system allows to offer a payment through PayPal itself or default the payment to my debit card. In some cases, I have had some money in PayPal but wasn't enough to cover the payment but no problem, as they used all that was available from that and the remainder from my bank. I am disappointed about my account being lost but this is Thailand's doing, not PayPal.

Not to mention, that in order to "pronounce", one needs to speak!

You seem to have been to some nice islands already. Go back to your favourite and find something locally with help from a local about options for the kinds of accommodation. Over ten years, a few things will have changed. If your plan is a for single one month holiday, you could try Koh Lipe, considered by many to be the best island of Thailand, but then again, these things are a matter of taste and therefore subjective. My wife and I went there last year for about a week and we loved it - nobody around because of covid. If you are looking for the best of all worlds then only you know what will suit you!

He's got a thing about the past and that nobody else ever involved in a past war should help those in need!

I am from UK and pots and kettles are not proper comparisons with the current war. Looks like your hope needs to be altered to disappointment. There are not many countries in the world that can claim much innocence when it comes to wars including my own over hundreds of years. My comments are justified and I stand by them.

Same as the neutral stand on the invasion itself. We get the message and so do millions of others across the world. Just about everybody following this war knows that diplomacy from the West will not be met by Putin unless it is an agreement to keep what he has stolen. i think the war for Putin will end, not only mean losing what he stole since 24 February but to lose what he stole in 2014 (Crimea) as well! And for Russia thereafter to become a pariah State! And I will be quite happy with that outcome!

I think that once a drivers licence has expired, the whole process starts again with tests etc. That's what I had to do, as my licence had expired 3 years earlier

I am basically in agreement with this report - being published! All the dead are gone but hospitalised patients and all other traumatised survivors (parents etc) have to live on with lasting emotional problems that we are reassured are being cared for by professionals. Very often on this forum we see reports of many serious incidents of all kinds but after the initial headline, we wonder what happened later and how certain circumstances played out.

This "survey" showing an average of less than 20 people in every province is not representative or statistically significant and it is worth only ignoring it.

Sounds reasonable in principle but am I right in thinking that whatever they do, even successfully, that it will prevent one individual somewhere, some time, from going crazy and committing such atrocities again?