Scouse123

I find Agoda cheaper if I log out as a member and book as a guest. Then, when the price is agreed, I log in to my membership to claim the points. This often happens, it's cheaper to book as a non Agoda member through their website.

Why? The common fallback position with youngsters these days is GoFundMe! They think that's what it is there for, for people who don't know them to donate due to their own stupidity.

Your compassion is really quite underwhelming.

Hamas is a highly radical terrorist organisation. They will never stop. Do you think, for all their complaining, the Arab neighbours want to see them controlling a Palestinian state? Not a chance, they are afraid of it overspilling into their back yards.

They can't do that when he's already decomposed, and the Police are not convinced it's a natural death. And in Kalasin they are kept in the hospital until just before the ceremony, Nobody wants dead bodies in the house with all the ghosts and superstition.

Don't need to dig, it was a dry ditch.

Well, he isn't parked in her living room, is he?

Sounds like she wants him burnt ASAP. I wonder why?

But we are talking about a Thai forum and about a common occurrence in Thailand, not USA or the EU.

I am sure WISE will be gutted if you move.

It's quiet now, it will be dead in June. Yes, they also have the Cambodian equivalent called Pass app. It also has Grab food, Grab tuk tuk, Grab car, Grab bike, etc

And how do they perform background checks when these immigrants come from lousy countries with little or no rule of law. It would be impossible to perform such checks. This is the problem with the dinghy dodgers, we don't know what is landing on our shores.

I would do ten arrival cards to avoid Poipet, I hate the WAY OFFICIALS OPERATE in the place. I once booked a cab to take me to Siem Reap from Poipet. This smart ass pretending he was helping to try to direct and show me how to obtain a visa, and I duly informed him I had one. He then asked about transport, I foolishly told him I had booked it already. Then a desk with women dressed as nurses pretending to check for fever and charging us a fee. This guy with some kind of tourist assistant badge then went over and whispered in this Cambodian immigration guy's ear and all hell broke loose. I was told that I must take a bus to a pickup point some twenty minutes away and get a car from ' their official ' pick up point, where taxis were scandalously high in price. We eventually had to pay a bribe of $20 to use the taxi we had booked. Coming back was no better on the Thai side, it was nearly 2.5 hours in the immigration queue at Aranyaprathet with surly, rude Thai Immigration staff. NEVER AGAIN.

It takes me 4.5 hours from Kalasin to Chong Chom. It is about 30 minutes crossing the border. Free luggage allowance. Likewise, it then takes 2.5 hours to Siem Reap. Total is 7.5 hours. If I was to fly, it is one hour to ROI Et airport from my home, arriving an hour before, plus luggage fees. I then fly an hour to Bangkok, then more often than not, a bus to the terminal. Faffing around another 20 minutes. There I collect luggage in about another 20 minutes. Then I must make my way to international departures and clear immigration, ensuring I am two hours at least before the flight. It never works that way for connections, I am usually waiting 4–5 hours for connecting flight to Siem Reap, flight time to Siem Reap is another 1 hour. Then I clear Cambodian immigration and collect luggage, at least another 35–45 minutes. Then it's another hour in a taxi to Siem Reap. Total 10 or 11 hours messing about, then the same farce on return flights. And it's more expensive. That's why we drive.

I go regularly to Cambodia, it's not an issue for me as I have a retirement extension. This month, I took my son and his mother, (who were both holidaying here from the UK) to Cambodia for three nights along with my Thai partner through Chong Chom/ O Smash border crossing. Nobody was asked on our return to Thailand through the land border anything relating to flight tickets or onward travel.

Yes, I have been a few times, and I have a Buriram footy shirt, but my home is further up. I do sometimes do overnight in Surin.

The only thing I can say, and I was in business in Pattaya from 1997-2008, is we did not have to put up with all this stuff that's going on down there now. It just didn't happen. The Arabs were limited to what was the Arab quarter. They weren't flying around fighting and lawless on high-powered bikes. Also, Thailand wasn't full of bargain bucket flights, (I know flights have shot up post Covid) but we didn't get nor attract bucket and spade tourists either. Most of our clientele dressed for dinner, the customers went to the beaches and islands in the daytime and hung around in seafood restaurants around walking street, when they couldn't be bothered with the beach. It was way more refined, especially in the nineties. There were plenty of classy places with live entertainment and piano bars etc. Lady boys accosting a tourist was big news back in the nineties, and it wasn't often. Thefts did happen, but not like it is now. The women wanted to be with you for as long as they possibly could, and did some fabulous gestures voluntarily, such as taking the laundry to the shop without asking you, etc. The people then really wanted to please, and everything seemed much happier in those days and friendlier. It was 4.5 hours to 5 hours from Bangkok to Pattaya then and no highways. Drinking mostly began as the sun went down. A daytime drunk was indeed a rarity. Nor were we full of Chinese scammers or Russians. The Russians, that first started arriving around 2002, were very well-heeled and spent a fortune. We loved them as customers, because of their spending power. They did, however, keep themselves very much to themselves. The Royal Cliffe was a firm favourite of the Russians. We did have Chinese tour groups, but they were shepherded around on buses, and the most we saw of them was being led by a guide at the front with a flag. Those definitely were the good old days, Pattaya has changed forever, and it isn't for the better.

Haha, But I have no reason to go to Buri Ram.

I'll leave it at that. Cheers

I carry on straight to Kalasin

Stupid response The Gods moved fast to educate you, but you were quicker off the mark.

That's the one Without evidence or knowledge, let's blame the victim. You really are a piece of work. Let's say ifs buts and maybes to justify 10 against 1

I have long stay in both Thailand and Cambodia. I don't go for visa issues or anything . I go through choice because I like the break and I like Siem Reap. I much prefer Chong Chom, I park my car in the military car park and my Cambodian regular driver picks me up in a large private van for $80 eaxh way Even if I am on my own I do this. I don't share transport, i like alone or with Thai family. I also certainly know how to act, dress and converse with Immigration police

You are talking specific problem areas, you certainly are not takjing NZ as a whole

Where?