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40 years of being a snowbird ( ie 4/5 months every EU winter) and I’ve never been asked or had a problem.

Anyone voting for Trump and buddy Vance are as mad as those two , and don’t belong anywhere near politics or positions of importance. Dangerous.

What rubbish. First he wasn’t a buyer off the street and unknown. He lived mainly in Dubai. Many very wealthy people have different passports than they’re own due to buying costly properties and investments in those countries. I know a very well off property developer , British, who has also a residence and passport in Dubai. It’s always been like that. I’d never trust a billboard Chinese sale of passports for a measly amount of money ! Laughable.

I somehow doubt that Indonesian government would take kindly to this sale of their passports. Wonder where and who is running this offer.

I was lucky years back in Phuket. I had a land line and fax, TV , video etc. I rented from a Thai American journalist . I could have had the car too but I was worried about the small roads and difficulties to park in Kata Beach.

I joined in 2004 too. I must admit the wonderful characters that were there then have not been replaced.

The article doesn’t make any sense at all. How can anyone state that Bangkok is in the top 30 dangerous, and at the end says that it comes second to Singapore which is first in safety ?

Hi, took about 5 in all over 8 days. Just wasn’t worth the stomach upset.

Sorry my IPADs gone crazy.

Sheryl please, I had a really bad reaction to Tramadol 100. I really can’t take them. What can I ask for to really help without the side effects please ? I think I had paracetamol had something with paracetamol and codéine that worked . Can’t femme tho. I have L 5 S1 and sometimes feel as tho my right hip blocks which scanners say it doesn’t.

I had an awfully bad back 2 months ago. ( L5S1). While waiting for the cortisone injections rdv at the hospital , I asked my specialist for Tramadol to get me over the bad days. He gave me Tramadol 100. Wow, I was really sick after and felt terrible, but they certainly stopped the back pain !! I couldn’t use them . Were they too strong, why was I so ill after them ? i suffered with heating pads and paracetamol.

I lived over 2 years in Hua Hin about 13Years ago. It was much better than Phuket weather wise. Cooler, often a nice breeze . My pool was often cold ! I moved because I got bored, not enough to do. Not enough shops. Apparently it’s much better now with more Malls and shop choice. Now staying in Jomtien which isn’t too bad weather wise. I stay from Nov to March, longstayer or snowbirds as we are called.

I was in Phuket 2 yrs ago and it rained non stop.Jan and Feb . So hot and humid and wet. Daytime mainly dry and come late afternoon the sky turned black and a soaking.

All my ( love) life I’ve mainly been attracted to intelligence. I can’t imagine spending much time with someone I can’t talk to about all sorts of subjects. Lust doesn’t last long with me.My main 3 loves have been clever, active, and fun .

But even if illegally working , which I don’t condone either, does it give the employer the right to underpay them, treat them like slaves, or beat them. Often, they have work permits but the employer would rather pay them under the table, as they know that the poor will accept. A lady I know who runs a successful restaurant told me years back that’s how it generally works. She has at least 6 foreigners working and they all earn the legal wage, the hours are respected, they mostly speak very good English and perfect Thai. And they actually turn up for work and don’t disappear into thin air for no feasible reason . When I lived in Phuket , my small condo building was run by Burmese , completely. owned by a Thai . I stayed there around 10 years and the staff were always the same.

Quite agree , but no one could beat our Joe !

To attract investment a country has to have a very stable government, rules and regulations and a solid reputation. Does that sound like Thailand ? 13 successful coups d’état and 9 unsuccessful over a century.

Well the senior IO doesn’t « tink too Mut » Even if you do a TM30 it doesn’t mean you can’t be on the other end of Thailand robbing and murdering does it. Or that a young mongering tourist in Hua Hin is out in Pattaya trying out all Soi 6.

Yes, and I doubt ten million Baht would build a hospital in Japan. Why would Vietnamese invest there,, or was it just a scam gone wrong.?? And what were they all doing in Thailand ? That’s what I hate about all these stories, we never know the ending .

And it will be very good for snowbirds as myself, staying in Thailand through the EU / cold winters of home. This has been my MO for going on 40 years. There must be thousands of wealthy pensioners who spend their winters here, where I currently stay in Jomtien the owners/;renters are practically all staying 4/5 months. They have a mini bus that picks them up every morning to go golfing. Pensioners have more spending strength than a lot of tourists in general.

Not a very nice way of suggesting what happened, but could be very true. Some foreign workers, Cambodian and Burmese especially are very much exploited in Thailand. I’ve seen a few workers living conditions in my time, Kata Beach Phuket opposite the Club med where I took clothes , milk etc. Patong , right behind Junk’Ceylon, and Pattaya . Often no running water or individual electricity and horrible living conditions, and all for earning a pittance ! When I hear stories like the one above it doesn’t surprise me, and no, I don’t condone the persons actions or any type of violence. Foreign workers have absolutely no rights in Thailand as we have seen many times in the past. ( the Fishery slaves, Koh Tao , etc ).

Love the title headline! So cute !

Bangkok is busy , but there’s a reason, lots to do there, great restaurants, fantastic Malls, sky train, and tho people complain I take a lot of taxis when there ( often) and never had a problem. Ok, maybe not always a meter running, but they’re dead cheap compared to Pattaya or Phuket. I always find something new or discover especially over the other side of the river , and often enjoy my evening cocktails top floor of Iconsiam and live music. Christmas and new year is great there. Great choice of food on the basement floors’of Paragon, Central etc too. Cha Am is a bit of a dump if you ask me. Give me Jomtien with a great pool any day given the choice.

I think the Immigration offices will be very happy to get rid of the 30 day extensions clogging up their offices all day long., lots of people are snowbirds, as myself, who come for a few months through the EU winter. The new rules suit me fine , if they ever come into force.

It doesn’t bother me as I don’t get out that much at night. But… I did walk down Soi 6 once by mistake after leaving Pattaya Hospital . I must say it wasn’t a pretty sight. The screeching girls in the most awful get ups, or practically nothing. It just breathes sleeze, which doesn’t bother me either. Walking street I found looking very grubby, and I don’t know Buakhao. I think the whole place needs cleaning up, ( clean as in washed clean / upgraded) and I don’t agree with the young girls walking round in their knickers , but there again, not my country , if the authorities are ok with it , so be it.