Agreed. I just hope it was really taken to safety. I have been appalled at the cruel way snakes are treated here. So different to parts of India, for example, where many pythons are household pets.
80 years old, living happily in Thailand for 40 years, and married to a lovely Thai lady for nearly all of that time. The big test for me will be, God forbid, if she should die before me. For now, all's good.
If you are able to do so I strongly suggest that you, simply, deposit Baht 800k in a Thai bank, and just leave it there only updating once a year before applying for your annual extension.
I contacted several hospitals in Bangkok at which I am registered, and this eventually resulted in a confidential invitation for a vaccine at one of them. I am elderly, and it was a rather tiring, time-consuming and tedious exercise. Nothing very clever on my part, just perseverance.
They remain in the Commonwealth. I worked in West Africa in the 60's in Nigeria and Ghana. I can assure you that most local people wanted to maintain a close relationship with the UK. They were worried about the re-emergence of tribal wars with the Brits gone. Sadly, their worries were well founded.