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As of two week’s ago, Bangkok Hospital, Chiang Mai were offering Pfizer Comirnaty - ฿2,500 including vaccine, doctor’s fee and hospital fee.

I completely misunderstood the question. Sorry for my inappropriate response. I would have deleted it if I could but there is no option.

That sounds very difficult to prove Sheryl. Appreciate not want you want to hear but maybe the best route is for your mother to obtain a Non-Immigrant O in the U.K. and apply for an extension of stay based on retirement within Thailand. This would at least avoid the need for compulsory health insurance if she went down the Non-Immigrant O-A route. It does require ฿800,000 in the bank or the ฿65,000 monthly income method (or the help of an agent to get round this requirement). But sounds more feasible than trying to meet the list of eligibility factors of the U.K. Adult Dependent Relative Visa which appear almost impossible for an applicant to qualify.

Anyone know how to get hold of bahtSOLD other than through support(at)bahtsold.com or via the bahtSOLD Contact Support option on the bahtSOLD member portal? I have placed a property ad with them which worked well and subsequently paid for an ad upgrade. The payment has been taken via a mobile banking payment by their payment partner OMISE CO., LTD but the ad has not been upgraded by bahtSOLD. The payment has been showing as “Pending” on bahtSOLD’s payment system for several days even though the money came out of my bank account instantly at the time of payment. Despite being told a Customer Service Representative will be in touch within 24 hours and chasing them several times since they are just ignoring me. I have spoken to SCB Bank and they said as the payment was made by mobile banking and not by debit/credit card payment there is nothing they can do.

Well it certainly wasn’t unpleasant! I have already renewed my Thai 5 year car driving licence twice at this office and it was “pleasant” on both occasions. And actually I will be back in 2 years time to renew my temporary motorcycle licence and not 5 years. I was trying to be helpful by sharing my personal experience at my local Transport Office.

I went to the Pranburi Transport Office last Monday at 1:00 p.m. with the following documents: 1. Original passport 2. Original U.K. Driving license 3. Certificate of Residence from Immigration 4. Medical Certificate 5. Copy of passport photo page 6. Copy of current extension of stay 7. Copy of last entry stamp 8. Motorcycle licence application form There is no need to bring passport photos as they take your photo at the end of the visit. Go up to the 2nd floor and as you enter the door there is a member of staff at the desk to help you and give you the correct queue number. Queue numbers are displayed on a screen showing which desk to go to when you are called. Documents all checked in 5 minutes and I was given a queue for the following morning at 8:30 a.m. I arrived at 8:15 a.m. (office opens at 8:00 a.m.) and was No 7 in the queue. By 08:30 a.m. my group did the driving skill ability tests: A. Traffic lights - press “start” button on hand control pad and then press “red”, “amber”, “green” as the traffic light changed. There were 9 of these changes. B. Brake test - press the accelerator pedal and the light goes “green”, once it goes “red”, press the brake pedal before the light on the machine reaches the red zone. I did this two times but most people seemed to have to do it three times. C. Depth perception test - using a hand control pad move a small vertical bar towards another small vertical bar and stop when they are aligned. Only had to do this once. D. Peripheral vision - call out “left” or “right” when a light appears. All in all the tests were pretty straightforward and everyone appeared to pass. As my licence was treated as a “new” licence I had to go and watch a video for 30 mins or so on road crashes and road safety. This was a little surprising as I had already watched an hour long training video on-line and printed off the QR Code showing my training was completed. I had done this previously when renewing my 5 year Thai car driving licence. At least the video I watched st the office was a different video. I was advised in future I can renew my motorcycle licence and get my queue appointment on-line and watch the training video at home on-line and print off or show my QR code on my phone on the day of my renewal at the Transport Office. I left the Transport Office soon after 10:00 a.m. with my new 2 year temporary Thai motorcycle licence. All in all a very easy and pleasant experience. Well done to the Pranburi Transport Office who were very friendly and helpful.

Fantastic! Thank you so much for your detailed response. Not left yet so will go through your suggestions. Really appreciate you sharing your experience. Thank you.

Anyone have experience of this and what you did to get new licence plates? I am aware there is the option to paint over the letters and numbers but have been advised this is actually illegal. Do you have to go to a Department of Land Transport (DLT) Office in the Province the car is registered in to get replacement licence plates? I understand I need to take the car’s blue book and my passport. Anything else? What is the timescale and cost for replacement licence plates? Do the DLT offer a service for fitting the new licence plates or will the car testing centres used for annual inspections do this? Thanks for any experiences you can share with me.

Thanks to everyone for your responses. There is some really excellent suggestions/feedback which will make our trip planning and journey that much easier. Really appreciate everyone’s input. Thank you!

I have been regularly flying that route with Air Asia and it is fantastic! Can highly recommend. If only going for a week or so I fly and hire a car but this time will be there 4 to 6 weeks so hiring a car becomes an expensive option. Also no fixed travel dates so booking flights at short notice is expensive too. With our own car we can just decide to head off when we want. The road between Bangkok and Hua Hin is much better than it used to be. We drove from Pak Nam Pran to Bangkok and back last November and it took just over 3 hours each way. I remember when it regularly took up to 5 hours.

Fantastic thank you!

Great ideas thank you.

Because I need my car in Hua Hin.

Looking to drive from Chiang Mai to Hua Hin. Hoping to avoid central Bangkok by going west of Bangkok. Any suggestions on the route and a place to stop overnight, about half way down, would be appreciated. Thank you.

https://wedo-air.com/product/sqair-air-purifier/ They do sell carbon filters which can be installed alongside the HEPA filter. The carbon filter acts as the pre-filter. It filtrates larger particles and eliminates odours from the air before reaching the filter. Carbon has the ability to absorb almost any type of gas and molecules. Not everybody requires the pre-filter and only want the HEPA filter but the option exists for those who want it.