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Well for a start dont live in the middle of nowhere, where your wife dictates your life for you. Live in or near Pattaya. You then have the choice of the beach at Jomtien, nightlife whenever you want it, cinema, eating out, going to the gym, playing golf etc. If you have the funds and are reasonably fit, retirement should be a fun time. If you think you are already on the way out, doing nothing will quickly accelerate that.

I visited The Queen Siriket Navy Hospital 2 weeks go. Every single person and there were hundreds were wearing a mask. Although I dont like wearing a mask, out of respect I did so. If requested to wear a mask in a given situation I would look at the circumstances and if its a reasonable request I will do so.

Whats a VPN got to do with it. He means checking the immigration database to see if you have entered or left Thailand.

Just continue to get the ferry and go to the main beach. I know where the best place to go is but sorry I am not posting it publicly because I want to keep it the way it is.

Never had a visit and dont expect to get one. Why do they assume people on an extension be it Retirement or marriage are in the country at all times. Personally I am here on Retirememt and between May and Oct I am in the UK, so they will be out of luck trying to visit me.

Why the secret? Are you embarassed to state where you come from?

Apparently the kids are Cambodian kids with no parents who ran away from the home. They are a lost cause already, bad parents who dont care and Thai authorities, legalising cannabis without any due care as to what the effect of this decision would have in the real world. I am all for legalising the drug but for heavens sake lets take back some control. Even in liberal countries like the Netherlands you cannot openly deal and sell the drug like it is over here now.

What do you expect. It always rains in November. Rainfall is equivalent to April and May. December will be mostly dry.

Its an issue between Thai's. Can happen anywhere in Thailand. Its on 2nd road, where it happened is at least 200 metres from Walking St not a few metres.

Koreans maybe. Yes the odd farang. About 0.1%

This is the one and only effective cream and I have tried many hydrocortisone ones. Best ever find here.

Its a Thai club, nothing to do with Tourism or farangs. These clubs are everywhere in Pattaya in non tourist areas.

I am 66 and its easy. Expand the text and or the screen if you need too. I am posting this from my mobile. I never use a laptop other than to look movies etc

Well use the app then. Its a well known fact that the Grab good app is the very very easy way to order food in Pattaya. You come on asking for advice and then when given it question the answers. You seem to be living in the dark ages.

You little devil

People should stop getting their knickers in a twist. These venues are not the traditional tourist venues on Walking St and LK Metro, but Thai venues on 3rd road etc where very few foreign tourists go. Now if Republic, Insomnia, Bliss or Escape were raided then it would be a concern.

@AndyAndyAndyhow long have you been married to this obviously stupid woman. Seriously it cant be the first time she has shown this irrational behaviour. More fool you for putting up with it. Its obvious that this woman should have been ditched years ago. Sorry you brought this on yourself. Unbelievable

Really bad planning here. The expiry date of your passport did not suddenly happen, you must have known it was expiring and that you would have this issue. You should have got a new passport 6 months ago, issue sorted.

Its the same time every year it never changes. The last day is always 19th and starts as early as the 10th on some soi's. If you have never experienced it then fine. However most of us hate it and either go somewhere for 10 days or stay home.

Ok thanks. Not been there for a while. When mine was rejected I was directed down to a lower floor where they could do it for us, I assumed they were still there.

Its a scam at the MFA. They rejected my translation as well. They like you to use their own in house translation service which of course passed first time

Deleted same joke lol

No chance, small bottle

Close the thread. The OP is obviously trying to wind people up.

Its easy to say that. A lot of people me included do not wish to leave 800k wasting away in a Thai bank and prefer to pay 13k to an agent. Before you say that "if you cant afford to leave 800k in a Thai bank then you should not be here". I say. I own fully £350k my own house in the UK and with my Thai wife a house worth 7 million baht in Thailand. Its about choice. I do accept however that there are some who cannot show the money in income or in funds and live day to day. These people have no choice but to use an agent. But they have enough money to live on and are no problem to the Thai authorities.