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Move into a cheap hotel for a few days, do your extension , give a months notice, and move somewhere with an honest landlord.

THeres à super pizza/ italien restaurant on Soi 3 ( i think) the soi before immigration. Pizza done from scratch with real italien cook.Uses italien flour. 

best I’ve had. There’s Marcos too, on the way down from the Provincial court and before the Jomtien / Bangkok bus station. Haven’t eaten there but heard good things from people who go there often.

The trend is huge malls all over the world. Unfortunate for small business owners of course. Many town centres globally have been emptied , closed down shops everywhere. Parking problems  being one of the main problems. Of course, having a super air con to do your shopping / eat, have coffee, or a nice roof over your head when it’s cold or raining is great too. It’s called progress, and there should no going back .

From what I see, Indians come in groups and are mostly men. So , not much imagination needed to know why they come to Thailand. 

Rent and electric bills aside, I think you should be ok on 18000 B a month, eating good food at home and eat out once or twice a week., Not much else to do in Krabi , is there ?

Sorry, you don’t have a choice. Get a good lawyer , divorce, and put in for visiting rights immediately. You won’t get custody. Go back to OZ and send her upkeep and school fees for her children. At their age, you have time to sort that out. Do it all now, the longer you wait the worse it will become. 

Forget Sihanouk, go to Kampot. Say hello to jean Jacques at camp potes bar .

So, I was told years back at Jomtien that I must also go myself and fill in the document Notification of Address  as, on a tourist visa 60 days, when I want an extension, I will need the slip of paper stapled to passport. So, my condo management does it all online and gives me the copy, then I also must go myself. I do this every year as I stay 3 months and need my extension. 

I think if you don’t want/ need an extension, you don’t have to bother with reporting yourself, and only condo management will be enough. 

Sorry to butt in, does online applying for rdv also work at the Cardiff consulat , or can you just go there to get your visa?

I think the Bangkok post has a full page of publicity for flight tickets etc. Where do you live ? There’s a nice English speaking agency in Pattaya who would know all about tours. 

7 victims have been disfigured by Xeping and the case is ongoing. It’s all over the press. 

While I am not against this idea, I would never trust them to have a good coverage. I prefer my own insurance who are experts in international travel and have their own doctors and repatriation cover, and guaranteed under Eu law. 

While I agree that this man should have a heavier payback, court/ bigger compensation, the idea of different price buffets where a family can’t share the same table is ridiculous ! Have never heard anything like it. How unprofessional to do this, did they never think that a couple, for example, might choose different menus ? Some restaurants do children’s menus, which is very fair considering the child’s appetite.Some small kids eat free. Some people  do have stupid ideas.

MAybe they should ask themselves that if there are all these illegal hotels, then the authorities are not doing their job . 

I really hope that the police/TAT or someone has found these tourists new lodgings and that TAT have taken on the bill.  How on earth can this be allowed to happen ? These poor tourists should cause a big stink international news etc if not. 

Hi, if going on a Friday and picking up Monday, what can you do there on the weekend, or go somewhere else for two nights, come back Sunday ??

If anyone is getting on in age here, alone, and low funds, I would definitely advise going back home while you can .Giving yourself time to sort out the new way of life there, and arriving say in April, when weather gets better. 

If you only want breakfast without a room, sorry, never seen that. Individual small restaurant s offer breakfast, but not buffet.

Most hotels these days have a breakfast included in the price. All you have to do is search booking.com and Expedia for example . Put in your date and area’ prefered and hundreds of offers will pop up. 

(What’s the salted fish they bbq in the’ markets in Thailand  ?And why do they offer so much river prawns? Personally I don’t like them, much prefer fresh sea prawns.

First, I’m home when the maid comes. Second, never leave valuables in drawers , visible etc. Third, if you have a safe , keep it behind a locked door/ cupboard. Cheap safes are easy to open. If you’re that worried,set up cameras. Or clean yourself.

Well, I suppose that news will shut a few of you rumour mongers up!

Unfortunately, it seems that only fixed rates work. Huge boards at taxi stands and’ inside airports stating the price. Maybe even a ticket with a destination number and price.  Didn’t  they have this in Phuket years back?