geisha

supersomchai. Don’t worry, buy an onward ticket to Cambodia Phnom pen for example. Print it. If they say anything at UK check in,, show them the ticket and say you are going there for a visit. No problem. Once in Thailand, normally immigration do not ask to see your return or ticket. But keep your boarding card from your UK flight, sometimes they want to see it. Once in your hotel/ condo , you’re fine. After 3 weeks stay , go to your local immigration office with passport and copy details page, visa exempt entry stamp page copy, 1900 Baht cash, proof of Thai address which is the TM 30 that your hotel or condo office office is obliged to give you !!! Print. ( they do it online and best to ask for it on your arrival ) . Fill in the form at the immigration office, or get one before or download and fill in before. And your good for your 60 days. Careful not to go over the 30 days visa exempt stamp , as I said, go a few days before. All easy, don’t go on a Monday and careful of weekend closures and holidays.

I gave up on evisas since they began. My home is in France, it was so easy before to apply directly at the consulats, Monaco, Marseille, Paris , Lyon. I get online visas to loads of counties from,Australia to Burma to Cambodia and the americas. Never had a problem. The Thai embassy in Paris is a disaster and so unfriendly you wouldn’t believe. So no help there. If I really needed the visa I would apply through one of two good Paris agents and pay the price. It’s bad publicity for Thailand that they can’t arrange a good visa process,

Joe taxi, nice cars good drivers .

Never had a problem myself, or heard of one. Except during strikes and after’covid.,

There are enough Russians in Thailand to teach newcomers how to survive if necessary. They stick together.

Re the new Asean now post mentioning secret checks into the running of Suvarnabhumi arrivals and departures. I don’t believe the mention that the immigration and baggage belt people check on hotels/ guest house details of arriving and departing tourists ! Also It should be very easy to see someone on overstay ( or are they blind and can’t count ?) and direct them to the overstay counter. There just aren’t enough manned desks and belts , nuff said. The boss should be sacked.

I stayed many years in phuket Kata in the 90s till 2013.I have a lot of Thai friends who owned land , small hotels etc and eventually sold for massive amounts . Probably today worth 10 times more. None of them live on the coast or beach towns ! They’ve built lovely houses with fruit gardens etc more inland and near Phuket town. Beach property doesn’t interest them. Same all over Thailand.

Suvarnabhumi is the absolute worst tourist country airport where delays for entering, and departing are concerned ! i have met many Thai travelers who are absolutely disgusted by the welcome queue they get when arriving after a 12 to 18 hour journey. What I really don’t understand is the departure queues. I have lately been warned it can take hours, with passengers running to get to their far off gates. For gods sake, a look at passport , stamp out, should take a minute and problem travelers set aside . And the baggage check, leaving ? Cant they open more counters, they don’t look at the screens anyway, I’ve watched them many times.

I put a little pink post it, ( very small Size ones) when there’s something difficult to find. I also have a Burmese visa from 2019 and many hôtel check ins have given me strange looks until Î point out it’s not my photo page !!! It’s on the first page.

He was a well known multi millionaire before entering politics !!!

The way the Chinese behave is enough to anger anyone, we would never take reservations from them in S France after a few disasters. Maybe the Thai hoteliers , restaurants etc have had enough of them. I remember an ex condo cleaner in Jomtien telling me she was in a local big hotel, and that the Chinese had ruined the rooms, this was about 5 yrs back. There were a family in my small building the other day, despite signs everywhere ( the place is very well maintained) they smoked, drank bottled beer in the pool, made a total mess, and washed their sandals in the pool before they left ! ( there are showers ) .We all stood on out balcony’s and stared !!! They were gone the next day. Thank’God, no welcome from me. This fake news is maybe because of the reactions they have caused while being here.

The Chinese crooked casino runners have totally ruined the coast of Cambodia. Taken over the old port as well I hear, but have not personally seen., If the local people were poor before,now they are even poorer.

I doubt it was alcohol.

After Brexit, many Brits living in France saw their UK bank accounts closed. Try an address with family that have the same surname as you.,

Some are indeed pretty, but what about the working girls on walking street ? Are they , and the owners, being totally ignored by immigration ? Surprises me with all the spot controls going on.

True, I don’t see the ones who stay here as a happy smiling folk. They do avoid all contact , always have. I’m often spoken to in Russian by market stall holders, I always say I’m English and speak a few words in Thai. I don’t think I look Russian at all, strange, the Thais weren’t so keen in speaking English a few years back.

These scam emails have become more frightening and threatening every day. Obviously, a few fragile people fall into their nets. These criminals need wiping out.

As these people are highly placed, not ordinary crooks, it’s a delicate situation , arrested with great a deal of precautions. About time there was a big clear out .

Hi, has anyone been to Suvarnabhumi lately ? I’ve been warned that the delays after check in are terrible ? Im flying with Singapore Airlines to Singapore with the 12.15 flight on Sunday 2nd of April. I was counting on checking in baggage at 9.15 am which is 3 hours before. A passenger told me that there were signs up saying for departures to be there 4 hrs before ???? Has passport control and security become that bad ?? Thanks for any feed back. I find this ridiculous.

And what about the Russian children ??? Do they not have to be schooled ? Seems to me each family has 2/3 kids tagging on !! And insurance ??? i also think the Russians wanting to leave have been planning this for quite a while. I remember last year on Kata beach, groups of Russians talking earnestly for hours on end. One Russian restaurant had long queues outside .This exodus was planned.

Seem to me that there are a lot of Russian places opening up, restaurants, laundries , agencies, even a massage lady told me her business was bought by a Russian man. They openly work in certain big condo complexes like the one I won’t mention not far from Jomtien night market. They might have work permits or Thai company style business, elite ? Or the new long term visa ( forgotten name) but it’s obvious they are settling in and not snowbirds.

I use Shiseidô,Japanese make , best of everything , but expensive. I like a tan, but moderate . I wear a hat in the sun, and UV protective tshirts . Avoid 11am to 16h exposure. All sun loving nationalities have high % of skin cancer.

Jomtien have told me in the past( before Covid) one week before, so maybe it depends on the person you see. Also, there are quite big queues . It is a very small office for all Pattaya and Jomtien. Just go very early in the morning before opening.,, you’ll never queue more than 30 mins.

I have a question for Big Joke, who, by the way, I think is doing a fantastic job of getting rid of the worse elements of visitors to Thailand , and those who facilitate it. Why, is it so easy for the Russians to be welcomed into Thailand when I have trouble getting a legal visa in my country because the process is so difficult and long ?? Is it only money that counts or what ? Is it because the Russians are buying up the long standing empty condos that nobody wants, what is the reason for wanting to create Russian ghettos and all the trouble that comes with it ?

I see an awful lot of stoned people walking about , the cannabis trend has taken over Thailand. Not sure this will attract the tourists the government like , and I’m sure it’s bad news for Thailand in the long run. PS, I am not anti cannabis.