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Heck.... in that case... see what they’ll give for it, then I’ll buy it and sell it privately and make the extra 200,000 baht myself !!!

You must be a right laugh at parties !!!

Agreed... Unless there is significant savings, it makes much more sense to go direct with the airlines. I made the mistake of booking a ticket though an agent a couple of years ago. Flights were cancelled (Qatar Airways)... It took 5 months to get a refund, Qatar Airways were the slow ones, but the Agent offered me about 80% of the refund cost claiming they had costs too. I wasn’t interested and got IATA involved, I was quickly refunded the full amount. In short - the Travel Agent still tried to ‘take some of the moment’... but the airline were still extremely slow to refund, by EU law the had a legal obligation to refund within a week... (something they never stuck to).

OMG.... some of the posters from page one are going to be beside themselves !!!...

Was back then during Covid , a few add ons though like luggage and food Cheapest BKK-UK flight I have seen in the past few years was 10,000 baht one-way with Thai Airways... Upcoming the cheapest one way is with 3 stops !!! (Mubai, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv) not a journey I’d wish on my enemies !!! (10,817 baht). Its entirely conceivable that a Budget carrier adds promotions to fill a plane - 4000 Baht seems extremely cheap and is possibly a quoted price before taxes etc... its still jeffing cheap !!!...

sure you did. Yup.. you still didn’t get it... 2340 hrs to walk from Bangkok to Nottingham (approx 100 days).. just under 4 months... thread is 4 months old.... You didn’t get it, no need to try and save face, some people just miss a lot of stuff.

We went on an ‘unplanned ski-trip’... I was fortunate enough to have my kit with me, but Wife and Son’s was back in the UK... Kit for both of them was purchased from Decathlon, no issues whatsoever. As you mention, its not the best quality compared to Columbia, The North Face kit etc, but its certainly passable and yes.. in this instance, fine for being on the side of a mountain in a whiteout.... I trust the Decathlon kit more than I’d trust a knockoff from MBK.... It all depends what the Op is using the kit for.

Another option is heading up to MBK and taking a look at what they have there. Its all fake stuff and I wouldn’t use any of it when going up a mountain etc... But... If all you are looking for is a warm jacket when out and about, nature walks, the town etc... then what they have on offer should be fine.

have you looked at decathlon ? https://www.decathlon.co.th/en/search?query=Jacket&sortBy=th_pr_dosa_price_desc Size is always going to be an issue though...

I figured some people wouldn’t get it...

This is a 4 month old thread..... He’s surely made it home by now...

That 20% / 80% thing has been doing the rounds on social media for the past few months... I guess people relate to it... The suggestion is: The top 20% of men attract 80% of the women leaving 80% of men to fight over the remaining 20% of women. I think all that top 20% requires is to be reasonably tall, be in decent shape, have a decent smile and a comfortable confidence around females... If I ever was in the minority desired by women, I’m certainly not now... in my 40’s grey hair, swapped the swimmers physique for a beer drinkers... Wife seems into me still though, so thats a good thing... She even picks up the dinner tab sometimes but then I feel there is some expectation to give her a knee-trembler !!...

Exactly this.... When flying in to Phuket to ‘for Sandbox quarantine’ I had 40 kgs... I didn’t want to pay the Thai Airways excess baggage on my flight up to Bangkok to dropped one of the bags off at Kerry Express a couple of days before the flight. The Bag arrived the following day... I can’t remember exactly how much it was, but it was only a few hundred baht for 20kgs (in one bag which I managed to ‘stuff’ inside a cardboard box*) (*Note: there are size limits - the parcel / package has to be smaller than their largest box).

In some countries an emergency travel document can only be used for the sole purpose of travelling to ones home nation (this is the case for the UK - I’m not sure what nationality the Op is). This seems to be one of those ‘grey areas’ in which many of us could find ourselves in without a convenient solution. The issue clearly is the amount of time it has taken to provide a replacement passport. I think the only solution available for the Op is to do what she has suggested already. Wait it out then take a flight to Laos as soon as possible. Of course, the Op should get to the airport early to allow sufficient time for them to deal with the inevitable... oh..ah.. cannot, have to go to the immigration office etc... I think IF the Op has documentation that shows her passport was lost (i.e. police report) that immigration at Suvarnabumi would look upon the issue more favourably - the one thing I would ask is that an overstay is not placed on my record or a stamp in my passport.

I doubt you ever had much sex at any age (with another person in the room). .... erm ok... irrelevant attack taken on the chin !... Have you never wondered why women don’t want to be with you unless there is some financial gain ???? Perhaps you are right and thats the same for all men beyond a certain age, but your comments imply this is so for younger men... I just never found the to be the case - at all.

The only excuses I can possibly see for this incident to occur the way it did... a) The woman driver was about 5ft tall, did not have her seat adjusted high enough and could hardly see over the steering wheel, thus her view forwards was blocked by the instrument display... But that still doesn’t explain why she didn't stop after driving ‘over someone’... perhaps the wheels didn’t go over him and he was extremely slim, thus the it felt like going over a speed bump ?? b) She was off her nuts on something... (Diazepam / Benzo’s )

You surveyed the scene ????? was that in broad daylight ??? !!! Hilarious... ‘When I get to Thailand ??’... erm... a very odd comment with rather idiotic underhand implication that I may not be in Thailand thus watering the validity of comments.... That highlights the extent of your fundamentally flawed logic. Are you really daft enough to think that being in Thailand or not adds any validity to this thread ??? And, no, there is no baiting of you... Just debate and calling you out on some rather ‘out there’ conclusions and comments... I fail to see how you can’t recognise this woman is not 100% at fault... that you don’t think this was broad day light... Your conclusions is are downright odd. That can be observed from the video... And as you point out the sharp turn has to be navigated slowly and the car almost come to a stop... So, why, when going so slowly the lady still did not stop ??? There was no visibility issue... Its clear from the video that this was ‘broad daylight’... there was perfect line of sight... (photo below) The lady didn’t stop because she wasn’t looking where she was going - its that simple. Then she fails to stop because she didn’t notice she’d hit someone ???... how is that even possible ? She needs (needed) to be given blood tests.... there is no way someone drives this poorly without being loaded on something... i.e. Xanax... Did ’surveying the scene’ allow you to identify that ? AND... IF after surveying the scene you still believe that this accident is something that is not wholly the womans fault, then for the safety of all other road users can you please stay away from driving any vehicle ever again for you are a danger to society.

I wonder if the Embassy can intervene and provide Immigration with ‘a document’ (I’m not sure which) which provides an extensions while awaiting arrival of the new passport. This can’t be the first time this has happened and the Embassy must have some official advice for the Op. The only thing I can think of to stay 100% legal is to have the Embassy issue an emergency travel document so that the Op can leave within the validity of her permission of stay. Of course that is a far from idea situation and adds complexity to the issue that the Ops Passport is currently in the process of renewal and will be sent to Thailand. I wonder if the Embassy has any direct contacts within Thai Immigration whereby mitigating circumstances can be applied. This doesn’t help the Op of course, but I’d be following up with the Embassy directly, meanwhile hoping someone on here has faced the same situation and can offer good advice.

It was clear to see... Conditions couldn’t have been any clearer !!! The very clear video is not enough for you ???? It was 2:50pm... (link below which has already been posted numerous times throughout the thread). Broad Daylight.... Ample natural light. IF you don’t think the light was either ample or natural then you may need medical optical assistance. IF you don’t think the line of sight to the painter was clear, then you really should not be driving, just as this woman should never have been permitted behind the wheel if she couldn’t clearly see or failed to maintain adequate attention to the road. https://thepattayanews.com/2023/01/12/australian-woman-runs-over-and-kills-street-painter-in-pattaya/

4 Weeks.... Thats good info. Obviously I’m not counting on the 4 weeks and will still leave plenty of time.. but it helps me decide if I’m going to renew my Sons Passport in April, or if I wait until we visit the UK in the Summer and book the fast track option (His PP expires in Sept). The only thing which concerns me is that once we submit an application we are not supposed to travel on our passports.... Which, if we are overseas and ‘something comes up’ and we need to travel we could be stuck. That said, the corner of the Passport is not cut until we receive the new one, so theoretically its perfectly possible to travel while an application is in place (although we are not supposed to) - I’m not sure if thats an actual law or just a recommendation / guidance from the FCO.

BritMan alter ego ???.... Perhaps you always paid for it... I’ve had loads of fun in the UK in my younger years and here... BUT.. If you have massive character flaws, assume all women are hookers, if you don’t have character, don’t have game, look like a looser.... yeah, I can see why some may assume that ‘they always pay for it’....

Just because your relationships were not and are not genuine, that does not mean no others are. All you have done is project your bitterness and failings on everyone else’s relationship and again highlighted your misogyny and in effect called all women prostitutes (3x dinner is sex). What you have also done is accuse every married mans wife (on here and elsewhere) of being ‘ingenue’ and entering into a relationship with their respective male partner only financial reasons... That may have been the case with you, but you are a fool if you think all relationships are as broken as yours always have been, thus tarring all relationships with the same poisoned brush highlights that you have only ever been on the unfortunate side of things and are simply unable to see beyond your own damaged experiences, it makes you feel better to imagine everyone else is in the same broken situation you found yourself. IF that offends, just consider you have offended everyone’s sisters, mothers, wives with your outlandish sweeping statements that women will only have sex with a guy if he either pays them or buys them dinner !!..

You think someone who has spent some money deserves to be cheated, just because you don’t understand why they’d spend that amount ? Do you deserve to get cheated when spending money on something you like ?.... Perhaps others call you stupid just because they don’t understand why you’d spend that sort of money on something... it could be a holiday, a house etc... Would they be right to call you stupid without knowing anything about you other than you ‘bought something’ ???? Might they themselves actually be stupid for passing such judgement on you based on one piece of information ? I know a couple of Thai guys who own very fast cars... Porches, Lambo’s... They are not stupid people, they work hard, are successful and smart.... So, do you think this guy is stupid just because he’s a foreigner spending that amount of money here? I’m curious... People calling this guy stupid based on a single piece of information - I’m interested to see what drives people to these conclusions... Its jealousy of course... Jealousy of the money these people have... its somewhat of a juvenile mindset and they just don’t see it themselves.

So you are choosing the ‘road works’ as the issue... hmm... All of Thailand is undergoing road works all of the time ?... hmm... I get your point about the left land getting bumpy due to trucks... its the same on the road south from Hua Hin - that doesn’t make it unnavigable and its just as bouncy and uncomfortable in an SUV... we just have to stick to the outside (right most) lane. The Bangkok to Khon Kaen part of the road you mention (BKK to NK) is a very good driving road, particularly through the hills entering up to the Khorat Plateau... perfect for a Porsche (if the roads are not crowded).... None of it is a show stopper in a Porsche... And if as you mention some of the roads off the main highway become extremely poor, so poor for a conventional sedan (i.e. a taxi) then no car is going to easily pass that road.... Roads of that poor quality are very few and far between... I’ve driven off the beaten path and never had an issue with the roads other than at those times when the road is so remote it becomes a dirt path (then an 4WD SUV is necessary). The photos below are google maps images of the roads in to Udon and into Nong Khai... No issues there... And below that is a great driving road in Naan province... some of the roads are so good the attract motorcyclist and sports car drivers purely because the are so enjoyable to ride / drive - personally, I’d rather ride them, but a Porsche through some of those roads would be awesome.... I’m not going to pretend that this guy was going to drive his car up to Naan Province, but there are not many roads at all (none that I know of) where the Porsche is unable to travel... perhaps flooding in Pattaya is the only issue in which case anyone with a sedan will suffer. Now... Can you point to me on Google Maps where these extremely poor unnavigable roads are.... (just incase I win the lottery and decide to get a Porsche I’d need to know where to avoid !!!)....

Not my cup of tea, but it has a lot of ideas that I like... I don’t think its that bad actually, build quality matters so I wonder what this is like... I think the range quoted was about 329kms. I’d love to see a classic Landrover defender EV with many of the same gadgets. I like the removable roof panels, but also don’t imagine ever using them in Thailand unless living up in the north. The reality is of course is that this will be an 8 million baht Car in Thailand even with the promise of tax free import on EV’s etc... That said the EV 1 model is $110,000 (B3.6 million) so I’d expect to see a fair few on the roads if it is imported... the EV 2 with less range (250km) due in 2024 is $80,000 (B2.6 million)... but 250kms range would be a concern because this is the type of car to take on a road trip not the daily school run..... After all the talk of free tax and incentives etc I wonder what the real costs of cars such as this would be in Thailand.