richard_smith237

Yes... they will start a new service after next monsoon season... And when that doesn’t happen, they will start a new service after next monsoon season... And... ... I think you may see the cycle there... Lots of announcements of this Pattaya to Hua Hin service which never seems to take off...

Do you trust she will ?? You could turn to an Extension of stay based on Marriage (400k in account for 2 months before hand).... IF its not possible to switch from extension of stay based on retirement to extension of stay based on marriage when you apply for your extensions.. then you could simply apply for a Non-Imm-O Visa based on marriage, and then apply for the extensions of stay 2 months after arriving (and season 400k for 2 months).

(a possible option) If you have Thai children in Thailand you may get away with the Non-Imm O based having being a parent of a Thai Child - then 400k baht does not need to be seasoned for 2 months.

I’ve long said that Thailands traffic is an example of how the 'consequence’ is not a concept thought of or widely understood.... immediate actions, response and reaction are the every day modus-operandi of the vast majority, not only in road use but in general life... this manifests itself as a general lock of respect and consideration for and concept of safety.

As a motorcyclist the centre of the lane is where not to ride as that is where oil and other ‘debris’ lies... ideally we ride in the where the car tyres roll, but that also depends on the road etc. Riding position is of course dynamic, never on the shoulder which, in countries such as Thailand with its disregard for smaller vehicles’ riding to the side encourages the idiots in larger vehicles to ‘push you further’ out of what they perceive to be their lane. Its a little easier on a larger bike as the ‘idiots’ tend to respond to a ‘look’ over the shoulder if they are trying to bully you out of their way (when riding with the traffic), but on a scooter they seem to believe you shouldn’t be on the road, but on the side and seem more inclined to want to bully out off the road and out of their way. In this case.. (the article), I can’t see the vid so I’m not sure of the motorcyclist was under-taking the truck or if the truck over-took the motorcyclist then cut across him... But the root cause from the motorcyclists perspective was not being on the main part of the road.

I wonder if the irony is lost on anyone.... That photo... ????

Rubbish... The only routes which are longer due to avoiding Russia are to the Northern European hubs such as Helsinki - Finn Air. The conventional routes - such as direct with Thai Air, Eva and BA never did fly over Russian or Ukrainian Airspace. Neither do the Middle Eastern Airlines; Emirates, Etihad, Qatar etc... Flights have long been avoiding Ukraine & Russian Airspace since Malaysia Airlines was shot down - avoiding this airspace is nothing new. Thus: There is no excuse for ‘additional costs’ due to additional mileage flow. That said, fuel is more expensive, however most of that was purchased on futures markets a while ago when the price of fuel was significantly less. The only valid excuse for increased prices is a simple business model of capitalist response to excess demand with the profits being masked with Covid costs and elevated fuel... many businesses are doing the same as if they consider its ‘their time to win back lost profits’... sadly this costs everyone elevated levels of inflation becomes the end result.

Same... but were told to put our masks back on after the meal service.... As soon as we arrived in the UK and got off the flight, masks off... IMO - its no hardship to wear a mask. I don’t like it, but those who are boycotting their travels because they don’t want to wear a mask are being rather childish, its just a mask... I’ve caught horrible colds on flights in the past that have nearly ruined holidays etc... thus anyone who is slightly sick or has the snivels should be wearing a mask anyway - but people are selfish idiots, so won’t be upset if we have to wear a mask on any flights in future if it means selfish ayholes have less chance to spread their colds.

Kind of makes you appear like a nut-job !!!... ????

Your advice is to fly to the US with a broken shoulder ???? ..... that kind of nullifies any other advice you may have on the subject....

I agree... This is good feedback. I’ve read so many comments in threads where people ask ‘do I need an onward ticket’... and some cocksure genius present with ‘I’ve never been asked’... or ‘I’ve been coming here for 20 years visa exempt and on one way tickets’.... ... taking advice from chancers is never smart.... As you wrote [searat7], its better to be safe than sorry. At least ensure you have a plan b with wifi cover IF at check-in (or Immigration) you are asked to provide evidence of compliance with requirements.

While they are at it they perhaps should do something to deal with all the drunk aggressive foreigners…. ????

The Yellow vax books are a waste of time if he already has the Vaccination certification from Mor Prom.

Emirates - still mask wearing.

Agreed…. While Thailand has its negatives (I’ve been accused to many times by hapless fools of being a Thai brasher), it has so many positives that make it an ideal from where to base ourselves… (even for non grumpy old men & sex pests)…. Ask any digital nomad and someone who can work remotely & most of them will suggest Bkk is ideal…. Internet price, reliability & speed, cost of living, great food etc, cheap accommodation, cheap transport…. That’s pretty much what the article states but most critical readers failed to comprehend.

If only time travel was real….. you could go back in time and improve your reading comprehension! ???????? “for digital nomads”……

This is some next level genius s#it ????????????

Selective confirmation bias much ????

DUI…. Driving under (the) influence. S ????

No.. I don’t think its an insurance scam.. I suspect the ‘Indian angle’ is just confirmation bias in the reporting.... The reporters in Thailand love repetition and perpetuating myths.... in this case Ladyboys robbing Indian Tourists..... Others are probably robbed too but it just doesn’t make the news for some reason.

No superior feeling towards Thai’s whatsoever... Just you, which I why spending any further time on a response to your idiotic projections is beneath me. ????

Are the posters initials LL by any chance ? Just a wild guess. Noooo...... couldn’t possibly be !!!...

Are suggesting that Thai’s do not race their motorcycles on the streets ???? IF so, you are very wrong. In certain areas young Thai males at night are an absolute nuisance and the police can do very little to stop them. These Arabs are behaving just as badly. We disagree... the constant barrage of noise here is sometimes overwhelming... Peace and quiet is not valued to anywhere near the same degree here as it is in the West.

Nice deflection..... accuse the victims of pulling a scam..

It's not as if the peace and quiet is held sacred in Thailand and no authorities seem to care if the roads are kept safe. ... So this ‘outrage’ is rather hypocritical to say the least... These tools come here and behave like this because they can... if the police are to lazy and not stopping locals from behaving antisocially and riding dangerously how can they expect ayhole foreigners be stopped ???? No... Do any of these ’tourists’ who rent these motorcycles have licences ????.... Wasn’t all this supposed to be stopped years ago with the insistence on licenses to rent motorcyclist ?? Thailand - IF you want to complain, get your own house in order. IF you (Thailand) were following the regulations, these motorcycles would never be rented out in the first place to young men who very likely do *not have motorcycle licences (and with almost certainly do not have international licences to accompany a local motorcycle license (if they did have one)). Thus: renting out these motorcycles to these guys is very likely illegal in the first place. *someone (I know who) is very likely to pipe up and point out that I don’t know these guys do not have a motorcycle licence... but really, its the same pattern that has been happening for years, and when these guys lop off the top of their scull on a street sign after failing to navigate a corner the reports always say they did not have a MB licence.