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Andrew Dwyer

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  1. I flew BKK to Istanbul - Istanbul to São Paulo in business on Turkish and have to admit they weren’t the best I’ve ever been on . The plane seemed old and food was not great.

    In fact the only saving grace was I left my iPad on board at Istanbul and they were helpful in recovering it for me, otherwise I wouldn’t choose to fly Turkish again.

    I did fly EVA on a similar long haul in business and found them a lot better.

     

    Sorry, I don’t know the price for either flight as was on business.

  2. Your 90 day report is due on March 28.
    You can report to immigration 15 days before and up to 7 days after this date, normal practice would be to report on March 28 or a couple of days earlier. As this is your first 90 day report probably wise to report early in case you don’t have the correct paperwork.

    You should report to immigration soon to register your address ( either TM28 or TM30 , it can vary depending on the immigration office ), a Thai speaking friend would be helpful .

    I entered on an O-A over a year ago and understand your confusion.

  3. I have brought a toolbag with mechanics tools ( sockets, wrenches etc ) and on another occasion a plastic toolbox with diy tools in and never had a problem.

    I have also bought 2 cordless drills in the uk and brought them in no problem, putting the drill in checked bag and the li-ion batteries in hand luggage with tape on the terminals.

     

    My bags have been through the x-ray on a couple of occasions exiting the baggage claim at Swampy but never opened, it appears that they rarely stop people !

     

  4. As said before every Amphur is different, mine requested:

    Blue book and id of houseowner
    The usual copies of my passport showing visa stamps.
    Verified copy of my passport from British embassy then translated to Thai at MFA.
    MFA translation of my birth certificate into Thai .

    Obviously the last two docs caused me some expense !

    Upon providing these documents i was ( via my gf ) interviewed by headman and asked for my financial status, if I’d ever taken drugs ( because , according to him, all farangs take drugs ! ) and my marital status, when i replied divorced i was asked to prove it with a translation of my decree nisi/absolute.

    It was at this point that the interview finished, I returned his fake smile with a fake smile of my own and never returned.

    Have managed to survive living in Thailand for the last 6 months with no yellow book so will continue to do so !!

    Amphur Bang Pa-In.

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  5. If it has not been already mentioned, there's a smart phone free app called "Skimmer Scanner"will tell if there are any bluetooth gadgets fitted, which apparently these things mostly use have tried it a couple of ATM machines which came up clear, i am no expert so can't say it this would have been any help to the opener, maybe somebody has more experience of this app.!  

    I googled it and it seems there isn’t an iPhone version of this app yet which is a shame .
    Thanks for the info though .
  6. My New Years resolution is to stop drinking shots then falling down and knocking my shoulder out!


    Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect

    I’d like to see that !!

    Not the actual you falling down and knocking your shoulder out ! I meant you stop drinking shots...........................you know what I meant !
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