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Doesn’t everyone check these things before leaving on a 2 month holiday ? Also, a visit to your bank is vital , to let them know you are in Thailand ? Don’t blame the bank. It’s just ignorance.

Go visit, you won’t stay long. As everyone says, it’s been destroyed .

Yes, he told me about the food truck, said it was going to be state of the art. I liked the food in RMPM , I used to live up the road from there. Had some lovely ribs, and good Christmas time menus. I enjoyed the air con myself, wouldn’t go there if it wasn’t opened up on the road, which is narrow, dirty, dusty and cars going up and down get blocked, plus a bunch of motor bike taxis. Nothing works round the area. Hardly any friendly places left.

Wow, you really are a nasty, vindictive, acrimonious lot ! Got nothing nicer to do ?

France is a sticker for this. You need an onward ticket for the plane ticket and and visa. Some people have been refused a visa in Paris because the onward ticket exceeds 2 months!! They don’t always take into consideration  that you can ask for an extension after your visa ! Because of them I come into Thailand Visa Exempt. 

How can you condemn a restaurant for proposing a 18 h reservation ? Have you even thought that the restaurant might be full, or reserved at later times ? Unfortunately, in the restaurant business , you have to pick and choose to make sure the kitchen staff can cope correctly , that there is enough  staff, and once you’re full, you can’t invent extra tables, especially for 10 people . A couple might eventually be squeezed in . Lots of reasons why to legitimately refuse a booking at a specific time. That’s where competence comes in. As for posting untrue things on TripAdvisor, that is downright disgusting, nasty, vindictive and illegal !!!!

THanks UJ , up to now, I have always been registered online by my condo office, and have also gone personally to Jomtien , filled in the Notification paper, given them the copy of my online registration from the office, passport etc ,but they never told me this wasn’t necessary, and I thought I needed to because I always have one extension during my winter stay. 

If it’s that important to come back to Thailand, why not book a flight Europe to Kl, for example ( plenty reasonably priced flights) and come in through the Malay/ Thai land border ? Sounds a good chance to me. 

Hi Ubonjoe, but who will give him the famous slip of paper to put in the passport “ notification of address” ? If the hotel/ condo does it all online, does one still have to go personally to Jomtien IO ?

Are you looking to buy or rent ?

Yes , the condo I rent is slowly falling apart, and so are the pools. I think mine is one of the better ones. So far, only the shower  is leaking, and all the shelves fell down !! The windows are blocking too. I’ve seen worse at the neighbours with their tiles all risen up.This condo is about 5 years old.  This seems to be a common problem here, my neighbour in a previous condo had all her tiles rise, and I came home to my condo in  PHUKet once and thought there’d been an earthquake while I was on the beach ! In general, the workmanship is horrendous in condos under the 5 million mark. In the more luxury buildings I would like to think it’s much better. That said , I wouldn’t swop my apartment in the south of France for one here. Mine was built in the 70 s , is looking great , never had a major problem, and any time one comes up for sale it’s snapped up. Through chatting with neighbours (in Thailand) who own their condos, I know that none of them  have been able to sell , and have been on the market for over 2 years.

elviajero, sorry, we might not all be “typical tourists” but I use SETV s which are for 60 days, and I’m allowed to extend for another 30 days. I’m a tourist , spend a few months here legally and also do my reporting address myself at Jomtien, and my condo office also does it online on the day I arrive. I consider myself a typical tourist , what else could I be. Without the address reporting you don’t get an extension at Jomtien. They turn dozens of people away daily for not having that slip of paper. Unfortunately, lots of condos don’t play the game.

There is no delete all on junk. Only on trash.

Lots of Thais in Yangon , Bangkok Air flights full of them. Also in Siem Reap. In Scots market Yangon the jewellery counters were full of Thai ladies. You don’t see many Thais travelling in Europe though. Mostly, they are with their European boyfriends/husbands .I think it’s just easier visa wise, to visit neighbouring countries, and of course much cheaper. 

You cannot empty the folder on iPad. You have to delete one by one.

So, if a person stays on a tourist visa , ( 2 months plus a right to 30 days extension, ) the host has to inform immigration that the foreigner is staying at that address. Ok , but it doesn’t mention if  the tourist has to go himself to immigration , which I was asked to do by Jomtien Imm, and what I have been doing for the last two years , as well as them being informed by my condo ???

I moved from Phuket because I could not go where I wanted to, due to drunk, crazy dangerous, rip off taxis. They beat up tourists there, in Kata beach, in full view of everyone, daytime, because a tourist dared park near them. ( it wasn’t parking for taxis, and the tourist didn’t know the danger he was in ) The taxis stopped the launch of a leagal public service bus to Patong , the police did nothing. Not only the tourists suffered, the locals couldn’t get back and forth to their jobs. I had awful experiences and finally gave up, left my lovely home there and moved .The police, authorities, did nothing, and probably never will. 

Was just reading in the buisness front page Bangkok post yesterday, thousands of condos sitting empty. For the first time in many years , prices haven’t risen, in the near past they rose up to 5% yearly and a few years before that 10% !!!! So that’s  one high climb. No wonder the prices will even itself out. Thailand lately is not being rated very high in the western world. Confidence in a non corrupt , quality run housing market is slipping fast. People aren’t stupid or taken in by “ amazing thailand “ fairy tales. One look around and you see what you get , and it’s not up to western standards.  I wouldn’t swap my apartment in the south of France for one 10 times the price in Thailand ! 

If you are till stuck in Central America,  go to  an Iberia office, they are usually everywhere there, and find out directly what happened. Then, if need be, call your bank. Or pay with your card directly in their office. 

Contrary to what a lot of people think, generally, food is quite unhealthy here. Suger, salt, pesticides , chemicals, and not observing hygiene. We all know this. One look at those sushi places in the malls with everyone serving themselves, coughing and sneezing and prodding them, that’s without naming all the ingredients they use , mayonnaise, one of the most dangerous foods if not kept properly. Meat/ fish left  out all day at the mercy of flies, sweet foods too, bread cakes etc. These people wouldn’t last a week under western standards. Restaurants , especially chain ones, are mostly awful, serving cold food, slapped on a plate. The famous roast  duck and steamboat place one of the’ worst offenders. I’ve found two places where the hygiene seems good, small indépendant places, clean, and normal prices. Personally, I’d rather pay more for quality meat and fruit. And yes, most of the better quality gets exported .

Hey i thought you were on a diet ? Seriously,  I love KChang. But to get there go on a mini bus, hotel to hotel. No mucking around , great service and cheap. See Colin at Cocodeebo, look it up, or Ian on Iamkohchang. Great for booking trips to the islands. 

The  man is obviously ill. I hope this never happens to any of you here.