swissbie

good work

And a few hours later, maybe not.

If the second claims are true it will be another incident in a lengthy list, that will help to widen the division between the authorities and the community.

I fully agree with you, Rykbanlor, too often muslim activists are blamed for everything. Army or policebrutality, even drugs and mafia related incidents are easely blamed on the insurgency. They don't have their own media to express themselves what as a result undermines peace negotiations heavely.

Do it as the locals. If you have money in your pocket, pay it on stage, if not, get the bill. Hardly anybody goes to insist at the police station, the influential ones who could make their stand normally don't get fined.

I have just read the posts about less tourists everywhere and then went down to latest news, editor's pick, about jam packed Maya Bay..

April fool? No, unfortuntely it's no joke. It was announced in February und as my supplier told me, it will be inforced without any sence of humor on April 1.

Not only the beer companies are greedy, on april the 1. all alcoholic beverages and cigarettes will get more expensive. This time it's the government, collecting some more taxes.

Last time in Nakhon Pathom, also done it in Samut Sakhorn and in Bangkok. And yes, it's not even everywhere, but everytime not the same. As I said, lucky too, no queue..

Had my last extension (based on non-imm.-o) done within 15 minutes, lucky no queue. Based on marriage, but my wife has double-citizienship and does also the extensions, so no time wasted on consideration. Get all required documents ready, that makes it easy. In case of changes, always do it early (up to 30 days in advance). Even if you have to arrange some new requirements and see them another day - try to have a nice conversation - it's still much better then in most of western countries.

The only real problem that Hat Yei has is flooding. And yes, it's no seaside resort. But Songkhla Province has nice beaches and fortunately there are so many people afraid of bombs; these beaches won't get <deleted> up as fast as elsewhere.

he he, maybe your right, so better not to mention the beach near there i realy like..

Thanks garrya, seastallion and roosta. Too much comments here from Pattaya, knowing nothing but writing the hell out of a shit. Sure, there is sextourism too in Hat Yei, as nearly everywhere in LOS. But for the most of Malaysians, they come to Hat Yei for pleasent shopping in a easy environment. I have friends, they even come from Kuala Lumpur to spend a shopping weekend with their family in Hat Yei. Folks who don't know nothing about it should go there themselves, take some time and build their own oppinion. Don't condemn people and places you don't know.

Photos in front of the house are requested in some provinces, not everywhere, but if, only with family members. I got my extension of marriage non-o today, done in 15 minutes, good luck, no queue. First, they asked me to go to the bank again, because my bank requires 3 days to do this since a few years. Difficult, because my bank book was completely full. As I was going to leave to try doing it tought, they called me back and told me no need to do it, too much of a hassle. Big smiling. I have to admit, I'm quiet fluent in Thai since many years, but it's sometimes still difficult to understand their sense of humour. Happy it went smooth, but still don't know, if they were messing around with me. They make the rules, if they don't like you it can get very strict. Many years in Thailand, but still learning..

Go to the immigration at May the17. for the 90-day-report and for the extension of your visa.

The same timezone for the whole country of Indonesia? So when people get up in Aceh about 06:00am during sunrise, so folks in new guinea should also go out to the fields at the same time, but still in the middle of the night there. Will teh animals get used to it too?

They use less chemicals now indeed, but not because they want to save money , this stuff is toxic. There is now way to kill all the mosquitos without also killing humans and animals. So they try to kill their breed as far as possible without poison everybody.

95 grams of cocaine is definitely not a small amount. Kratom is still illegal, but police don't care about it everywhere. Otherwise, the days before newyear is traditionally the time where policemen are looking for en extra income, they have generally lots of obligations and need it for various purposes.

I would advice you to ask directly at your immigration office. Conditions are different. I made and extended non-immigrant o visas in Bangkok, Samut Sakhon and Nakhon Prathom. Familiyphotos had only been required in Bangkok. The requested amount on a bankaccount is now 800k (here in NP) and a copy of the bankbook is not enough, I have to provide a letter of garantie from the bank.