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On 7/15/2017 at 5:02 PM, 4MyEgo said:

That could happen with any girl, anywhere in the world, I got involved with a Thai girl over 10 years ago, purchased land in her name, built a property, purchased a car and bike in her name and am very happy, if things go pair-shape, I see it as only investing as much as I am prepared to lose with plan B leaving me the other 90% which is overseas and cannot be accessed by anyone except me.

Funny thing is this is the same advise which is usually given to people visiting a casino: never risk the money you cannot afford to lose. Thailand for farangs is a big casino where the house edge is always against them. And the longer you play (or more you invest) - the more you lose at the end.

Digital nomads = long time tourists. Tourists are not obliged to pay taxes in every country they visit. 

2 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

You will not get another visa from Vientiane, and may have trouble elsewhere.  The only solution is a new passport.  The new passport won't change anything with regard to immigration (why will link the passports and see all your entries), but it will allow consulates to issue more tourist visas.  If you ask consulate personnel, many will tell you to get a new passport.

To say you the truth - that was my plan of action since there are no free pages left in my passport.  Hope it helps. Thank you for an advice.

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

That is who did it. Where is the visa from?

Vientiane

Just  made a surprising revelation. Checked my passport and the last Tourist visa received at one of the embassies abroad and noted something special there. It is printed in small letters (right above the Visa itself) and only in English:

" Remark: The holder of this passport travels to Thailand under a tourist visa several times which may result in the refusal of a visa in the future. "

My passport contains 5 more Tourist visas (made one after another in time). Now I think who did print it there? The most obvious version is the Embassy workers themselves. The second version - the officer at the Phuket immigration where I made an extension several days ago. It was not done by the IO at the border crossing (sure about it 99.9%).

Also , I wonder why is it written in English and not Thai language?  

The next trip I am planning to take all my belongings with me since chances are high that I will not be able to come back any time soon.

A little bit off topic. Can anybody here explain me the logics behind the fact that internet nomad’s work in Thailand is classified in the same category as any other employment in Thailand by foreigner. My internet work has nothing to do with Thailand. The money I earn strictly outside Thailand is spent, in a big part, in Thailand. Still I am supposed to be punished by the Thai laws as if I worked illegally in the Kingdom.

This place sucks in many ways. But all the other places I lived suck even more. So it is SPECIAL by a comparison to something else (not in itself). 

Taxi drivers must die! All over the world.

1 hour ago, dexjnr555 said:

I can't read between the lines? I want to be smart? I am smart, definitely smarter than you. For starters, I can actually spell and use proper syntax/grammar, but that's a secondary issue here. On to the topic at hand, do not come to Thailand if you do not want to be surrounded by Thais speaking Thai. Yes, he probably won't have any meaningful discussions with Thais, because he can't speak the national language of Thailand, which is Thai. I bet you're the first person to blast foreigners in your own country for not 'assimilating'.  I don't think Thais would want insular people like yourself in their country.

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Strong family ties in Isaan families? That is what you call sending your daughter to sell her body in Pattaya in order to buy a new car for father? For me It is more like an immoral gang acting closely together for a purpose of material gain or profit. Yes, yes - not all of them are like this. But TOO MANY for my taste.

Move wherever you want , OP. It is your life and , as a man, you must live it by your own rules.

10 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

I do not know for certain and can only take a running guess at this one, that considering how serious and extensive this woman`s injuries were, including brain surgery, it is possible the government hospital did not have the facilities to complete the medical procedures required and she was sent to the private sector for some treatment therefore increasing her medical fees substantially.

 

In Thailand if Farlangs become ill or are involved in accidents and not in fit conditions to tell which hospitals they want to be taken to themselves, the medical services will automatically take them to what is considered the top private hospitals placing them in the most expensive rooms, believing that all Farlang tourists will automatically be covered by travel insurance or will be able to afford the fees. This happened to one of my elderly expats friends. He collapsed in the street oneday, then woke up and found himself in the Chiang Mai Mccormick Hospital. He was only suffering from heat exhaustion but 3 nights at that hospital cost him 60000 baht.

The only motive is to to squeeze as much money from farangs as possible. Why to think of "they think  that all farangs have a gold insurance" stuff? They think exactly what almost all Thais think of farangs - those farangs have money and even if they don't - they must pay much more than we Thais do here in Thailand. Period. 60.000 for 3 days in hospital because of heat exhaustion? OMFG! Every time I come back from the hospital and tell my Thai gf how much I paid - it makes her laugh at me. 

P.S. Taking into consideration this hostile (in some ways) attitude towards strangers in Thailand - all the farangs indeed should be very cautious here and take a good care about their insurance and other related staff. 

What does medical evacuation look like? Why it costs like 10 first class tickets of the best of aircompanies of the world?

The real Big Fish criminals can apply for Thai Elite and forget about any immigration hassles for years. It is usually those modest and honest earners who are mistreated by Thai immigration the most. Thais are very superficial (in almost everything) and nothing can be done here.