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Having looked at Australia and the US, doesn't seem to be explicit prohibition against back-to-back entry/visa runner, like the one for Australia says 12 months stay in 18 months period, that means 4 visa runs, but I suspect after the 3rd re-entry immigration would have flagged the Thai person already I supposed it might count as 'unwritten' rule? I suspect at least grilling from immigration officers would be in order if a Thai person exit a western country only to immediately re-enter

Which countries allow Thai national to visit Visa-Exempt or with Tourist Visa and can circumvent the maximum stay of the visa by exiting and re-entering the country? For example, Australian Multiple Entry Visa for Thai nationals allow up to 3 months stay, presumably approaching 3 months, the Thai person wishing to stay longer could get a cheap flight to New Zealand if they also had relevant Visa, re-visit and stay another 3 months in Australia.. apart from having conditions that they can only do this up to 12 months stay in Australia within 18 months, are there any other conditions that the immigration officer won't look too kindly and refuses entry? Same with the US, they allow up to 6 months stay depending on the entry stamp, if a Thai person exit via Mexico or Canada Border only to enter again they wouldn't look too kindly and refuses entry too right? Apart from Australia's no stay longer than 12 months within 18 months period, most of these rules are unwritten too right? Suspecting that the 'tourist' is abusing the Visa system by working/not having sufficient means to support stay and refusing entry is pretty normal. For Thai nationals found abusing visa system this way they might even be hit with a multiple-year ban from entering the western country again, for expats in Thailand, a flight home and applying for a new visa is fixed easy enough So for the case of Thailand's 'No Evidence of Funds' reason stamped in after back to back border bounce we keep bitching on about, they owe nothing to us to have this 'hidden' rule written out, the Border Police might as well say F off and get a proper Visa and tourism numbers wouldn't be affected one bit

I'm researching similar system too, There are big and small Xiaomi 'positive pressure' air purifier that looks just like their air purifier plumbed into a wall. Several sizes available, they monitor CO2 as well which their regular air purifier don't, these boxes goes for around 13,000 baht for the medium size, plus require installation by competent aircon installer as it requires big hole to the outside Due to the popularity of the Xiaomi air purifier, I hope that it'd share the filter, but these 'positive pressure' system don't use the same filters and while they're easily ordered from China enough, I'm not sure if 3-5 years down the line it'll be available , unlike the free standing air purifier, removing these machine means big gaping hole in the wall Also these setups do let in a bit of heat if you're running aircon, more expensive system that don't lose heat/cold would involve complex heat exchange

only window AC in Thailand still selling are Junk 2nd hand items from Japan or Some unknown brand from China The ones native to Thailand are last sold 30-40 yeas ago, most apartment buildings and houses don't even have window that can accommodate them even to even make alterations to the window to be able to house them you might as well drill a hole and install the normal split type, even in rented apartments, Thai people install and remove them when they move out all the time Portable types where you duct the hot air out the window are being sold a lot too, are you sure it isn't one of those

if the unit is capable of wired remote option, there's usually a solution that's a box/board you plug into where the remote's supposed to go that will give you remote access over internet and your flavor of home automation from google home to Home Assistant, this is better than the manufacturer's own solution with app that will go unsupported second to that is internet controlled remote that can blast off/on and temperature at the aircon, But these will be for individual unit, so no central control but you can control them individually from your phone or computer, is that central enough

I think in some diagram, Thailand code seem to point out that it requires exothermic welding (or other approved method) of attachment of grounding wire to the rod now, other approved method is not depicted? are clamps still ok?

How're they supposed to know or care if he's doing the border bounce, genuine tourist would love to visit Cambodia for a day or two and onwards with their travel and probably aren't on back to back and won't be caught out by this

Money cures all ails

the electric company would inspect any new builds before connection of meters and would refuses connection that's not up to code

advance election date is on 7th May, same prohibition as actual date of 14th

Do they have Christmas Holiday where you're from?

I'm surprised at the availability of 'universal' receptacle still, I though they're supposed to be gone from stores by now as they're outlawed and stores are only allowed to carry stock from 2020s and no new importation since then But then I only see 'universal' type receptacle, previously you used to be able to get pure Shuiko plug with side groundings which suits kitchen appliance better. Maybe they're declaring them as 'universal adaptor' instead of AC plug to get around the law or something

check carefully if her UK visa counts as 'Residence' Visa for the UK, otherwise she will need to apply for the Schengen Visa all the way in Thailand

Never seen it written in the standard, but heard the rationale that high powered devices are the ones that tend to have right angled plug, so the design prevents two high powered device being plugged into the same socket by choice..... but the more likely option is that it's cheaper to have rails of live, neutral and earth running along using flat metal in the same orientation rather than have the live/neutral pair be side by side means wiring them with insulated wires or complicated casting of metal instead of straight piece running along both sockets,

It was definitely a mall, not in American style but an 'arcade' with other shops on the same premises I distintly remembered I got my glasses from eyeglass store in the same mall, there were also some clothes shop It also didn't get demolished when the expressway were built, it was directly opposite the Mahatun Plaza which is now mostly office building The expressway was up around 81, Ploenchit Arcade where Foodland was in was around to at least 88-89

the short า is never used with ฤ, ฤๅ is considered a separate vowel due to infrequent use and difficulty in finding the character on the keyboard, ฤา misspelling has cropped up it's also hard to see the difference on some typeface ฤาฤๅ

Patpong is still there to this day Villa on 33 is from the same era also, they keep expanding next door hence the uneven floor

You hit the nail on the head, The half-assed gentrification really robbed the area of its charms, First the clubs in Soi 11 got turned into Condos, The price of land keeps going up, Hotels like the Hyatt and Sheraton just open next door to Ruamchit Hotel, but the street walker still ply their trade... these new hotels guest to walk out of their hotel and be greeted by quite a curious sight every night

Where else can you go for groceries and ogle at the meat on the way back

Ok, not as far as the corner of Wireless road, definitely was on the plot that was empty for a long time, Must be either the Rosewood hotel or where Noble Condo is now

It was in a sort of a mall, where Homepro or some posh hotel is now, just under the Ploenchit Station It's usually full of embassy staff, I don't think there's any Thai Supermarket back then, only Foodland and Villa, plus many other Thai operation that died off since then, some like T.Super near Soi 51 is such surviving sample, I think also Central started as similar outfit but moved onto Department Stores The Thais seem to make a big deal about being an air-conditioned market

Last time I went to Foodland in Ploenchit was probably 1990-91 they moved to Soi 5 around then, you're gonna need a time machine to visit them at the location

The whole area is okay if you want to enjoy middle eastern foods, but reallistically, unless you live there why should you choose to shop there when newer and better place are around? Is it being racist if you don't want to share space with people from less civic-minded culture that are loud, disrespecting towards women and demean service workers in general, and that beer bellied mongers and arabs share in common? Abd hotels in the area are quite run down and geared to caters to the bussed in and the arabs, The odd chinese independent travellers or young western backpackers that book rooms due to price aren't likely to return or recommend the area to their compatriot Other posters also mentioned the Africans that congregate on what used to be the Amari hotels, they're not dealing here but being loud is driving away decent people too,

The Arabs has pretty much overtaken soi 5, to the detriment of other clientele, Who would want to stay in Nana except sexpats and arabs? the Chinese and Vietnamese in the hotels are bussed in and don't spend. Big Spender Chinese independent travellers don't stay in places like Grace Hotels It's no longer the metropolitan melting pot of embassy workers from wireless road like it was 30 years ago, those crowds are better served by Central Chidlom or Embassy and how many posh community malls down Langsuan road over there. Middle Class Hi-So Thais further down Sukhumvit has so many High End Tops and Gourmet Market opening left righ and center from Asok to Thong Lor, Foodland itself has their new posh store in Thonglor for the Thai middle class, and their Sukhumvit 16 has decent western clientele. The Soi 5 remains for old timers who refuses to move with the time. It only looks empty right now because it's the middle of Ramadan, it'll be swarming with Arab come next month.

Cooking gas in Thailand in big cylinders what they called 'LPG' Liquified Petroleum Gas is a mix of propane and butane, pure butane comes in cans for portable stove only, so check if your imported burner/stove is compatible with what for appliance bought in Thailand, you don't get a choice for the type of gas, only low pressure or high pressure depending on the appliance