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That’s what I do , 5 months maximum and even then I go to Bangkok for Christmas, and have never wanted to stay for Songkran . I also do another trip somewhere, otherwise I get bored .

Since the last 2 years, and because of Brexit , the immigration in UK and EU look at the stamps and pages in your passport ! I’m British . I was asked in Heathrow where I lived, I said France as I’m a resident.I had my identity card to show.,This year, Swiss air Nice to Bangkok transit Zurich, forgot my French identity card at home . Got a right telling off from the strict Swiss as I passed through EU queue window , UK passport, resident of France , forgot card !! If you don’t have your card or proof, normally they’ll stamp your passport. In my case they were lenient with a warning. I think a load of visas. and stamps from Thailand didn’t help, although my maximum stay in Thailand is 4/5 months.

There have been reports of Vietnam being strict on entry rules. Haven’t heard anything about Laos.

TT best, I’ve exchanged there recently and they gave me exactly what I ordered and new. If in Bangkok, Superrich is everywhere and at Suvarnabhumi airport.

You’re late, the expats have called Phuket « little Russia » for quite some time. Went last year, it was awful, I’ll never go back. Shame as I’ll miss my friends there .

Years back four of us had a fantastic meal in Hat Yai , a hotel dining , ordered a load of dishes and every one was delicious. My favorite is a massaman.

Why was the OP in a bar with girls for hire ? Why did he speak to the mama San ? Did he expect the ladies to pay for him ? Where does he think he is ?

All I can say ( if they are talking about Rolex etc) is that the Thai youth are very well off today . I have many foreign friends of all ages and I’ve never noticed one wearing such a watch or Indian style gold chain. I’d be too afraid to be robbed, hurt etc. My Vietnamese mother in law was on holidays in Vietnam , her chain , which wasn’t that big, was ripped violently from her neck and hurt her badly as she also fell. The thought of that happening didn’t cross her mind. Expensive watch robbing is common everywhere, from driving in a traffic jam, on red lights, walking , and coming out of parkings. I wouldn’t wear one , although I like them . , and have considered it in the past.

No one wants a red stamp ( is it red?) in their passport, looks bad from the get go.

It’s probably from heat , like a heat rash., wash’often and only wear cotton clothes/ pants. Antiseptic talc fromBoots or Watsons might help.

It also stains the pavement !! after chewing it ( they roll it up and the vendor adds other herbs) and your teeth turn a lovely ruby color , when finished they spit it out everywhere. I thought it was blood when I first saw it in Myanmar. They say it stops hunger pans so might be a reason for poor people to chew it. Ladies do too.

Quite agree, the restaurant food hygiene is a bit lacking in Thailand. Seen some things that make my stomach do a flip. One Japanese restaurant I went a few times ( owned by Thai family) had little square plates with ready cut up raw chicken stacked in the heat. Probably the same as all other meats and seafood/ fish. I stopped eating there after that. Another terrible habit of Thais, is re - freezing frozen food that’s been defrosted. I’ve been to Japan , it looks a lot cleaner than Thailand , and the restaurants take hygiene very seriously. I have a good nose for that. Also, I’m,quite sure that most of the products are locally sourced in Thailand. You can also get food poisoning anywhere, even if the restaurant is a well known expensive one.

It’s only a problem if you eat lots of it, same as salt.

Why not do what other countries are famous for ( especially France who brought everything to a halt this year) a strike by all who voted Pita and co. Do they know what strikes are in Thailand ? Apart from’the red shirts blocking airports. Peaceful sits in at the same time.

Why the face ? as I said, my condo office set up an Amazon stick for free, plugged in back of tv, I’d never seen one before as never needed. Also,I can confirm, good friend had all the programs set up on a huge TV by her landlord ! Does that surprise you ? It was in Pattaya / Jomtien .

Yes, I’m sure he saw this coming , who wouldn’t, but I think he’ll fight on , as long as they let him !

A sad day for Thailand. The people who voted for him would have a sit in , or strike, there would be uproar in any western country ,US, South America. Let’s see what happens ! A Crying shame .

Check your wifi strength and ask condo office / landlord to help .Before renting again, check that the wifi is strong and sometimes condos have a choice of English channels already set up ! A friend of mine had it all in a rented studio !!

Have a look at *LBC listen live * works perfectly on my iPad and telephone. For TV Get a small Amazon stick ( google) works great loads of English Channels or ask your landlord office. My condo office lent me one free of charge !!!!

Although most airports have escalators and heavy suitcases used on them all day and night long. I’ve also often seen (outside Thailand ) an escalator stopped with a sign * maintenance * . Maintenance definitely a problem here , you see it with air cons, I always look and take the filters out when I arrive ( all condos I’ve rented) and they’re filthy, one exception was owned by an American journalist. Could it be the quality of these escalators? Or are they* made in China * Look at that collapsed bridge in Lat Krabang , surely not normal ! ? I’m even wary of lifts, but then , you can’t stop living can you.

I missed something being away, but I thought the accusation of share holding had been refused ? Surly lawyers were on this ? Democracy once again in danger. New attack probably instigated by Prawit .

Probably 30+ years ago buildings/ bridges were better built. I met a very nice guy in Phuket about 30 years ago , and him and his company had been hired to build a bridge in Bangkok. Nice guy too from London. You can see the construction problems on the newer condos all over Thailand. Cutting costs on all the materials. I can remember the first modern mall top Bangla Rd having problems with the basement cracks.

I might be missing something, but how do the family etc know he’s been missing after 24 hours ? If he is, maybe he’s done a runner, I would dump the car too if it was a grey Mercedes. He might be over the border or in hiding.

I think Save the Frogs and Gammaglobuline are the same person myself.

I think the OP was joking about long flight routes ?