Altalake

Financial advisors. They do a 5 minute course and hang out their shingles bleating "professionalism".

Leeches and crooks - 95% of them. Caveat emptor.........Even the big banks are the same.

No point, Richard Thailand has said it all!

Even the grenade-shaped San Mig is not very good now, and that was just about the ONLY saving grace of the Philippines.......

OK Guys, where will one go for sun from Northern Europe?

West Indies? Three times the price, often hostile people - and pretty ordinary food.

Mediterranean ---- too cold.

East Africa - can be dangerous and costly.

Sri Lanka/Goa - nice enough, but beaches nowhere near as nice as Phuket, and food not so good.

Hawaii - forget it.

Viet Nam? Well, in the south it is OK-ish - but Hanoi is cold.

Lotsa luck, we like it here in Paradise-Phuket.

Certainly not! Unless you are VERY lucky - leave one day late and you pay 500THB!

It is all quite easy.

The Thai Consulate in Vancouver will give you a three entry visa - as other Posters have said; Can$120.

You get 60 days on entry to Thailand - they include the day of entry as Day One. If convenient, get a 30 day extension (e.g. Phuket Town Immigration) and then after 90 days you MUST go out of the country. Back in to get another 60 days - which again you can extend by 30 days. Then if you like, out of country again after the 30 days is up for another 60 days when you get back in.

British Columbia now allows 7 months out of the country for the medical Care Card services. It is a bit costly, but it works.