Andrew Dwyer

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kay how does that stack up price wise with Thailand, and what town in Thailand would you compare it to?

I have some colleagues that worked in Merida ( yucatan ) , I can ask them if you want ?


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Monterrey ? November last year.


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It is a bit specific don't you think ?
I've spent a lot of time in Toluca, but it's cold, industrial, nowhere near the coast and a long way from the US.
Other than that I spent a couple of months in Monterrey, was working and in a hotel so can't comment on accommodation, but the city is really cool, in a mountainous area with some stunning scenery. 2 1/2 to 3 hours drive to Laredo Texas.
Sorry I couldn't help more.


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A good friend of mine retired here. He wanted a bank account and the banks refused. I took him to immigration in Jomtien and we explained the situation to them and asked how he could have 800,000 baht in a Thai bank with no account. The immigration officer wrote a note in Thai on a piece of paper and told my friend to give it to the bank. My friend gave the bank teller the note and within 15 minutes he had an account and an ATM card.

impulse
What exactly can i see here that i cannot see any other place in the world.
have you ever seen mount Rushmore? The bad lands? have you ever seen the Dolphins swimming into Tampa bay just as the sun is going down? Have you seen the island of Ithaca,from the boat out of kefalonia? Have you ever seen Niagra falls (like no other) What about the Scottish highlands in Autumn? Have you seen Custer National Park and been less than 50 feet from an American Bison.Have you seen the pyramids/the museum of ancient art in Cairo?Have you ever been to the Gulf of Mexico and seen the endless span of the sea there? What about the lake district in England .Have you ever been to New Orleans, and sat outside Chef Boyardee's seafood restaurant,on a warm night,  in a wicker chair, drinking a Southern Comfort, watching a steam boat sailing down the Mississippi? Because i have   I could go on, but all of the things i have mentioned are free, or for a admittance fee which does NOT have a price 10x for tourists.
Tell me what i would miss if i didnt see the,so called attractions of Thailand,that doesn't compare with any of the above.Island after island after island,yada yada yada.

 
You sound like the guys that are willing to pay 120 baht for a cup of coffee here then tell me "What, it costs that much back home".  One of the main reasons I came here is to stop being ripped off by paying nearly $4 for a cup of f'ing coffee "back home".  

I'm enjoying the Don and George show !
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I visited a waterfall up north somewhere recently and they wanted 500 baht just for me !, the car and Thais were free !!
I declined their kind offer and went elsewhere.
Whether the waterfall was worth 500 baht or not I will never know, at 200 baht I would have ( grudgingly) paid.

My gf was amazed and posted on Facebook about it.


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Floating markets seem to have adopted a 200 baht farang entrance fee within the last year ( certainly Ayutthaya has, and Hua Hin apparently).
From zero to 200 baht seems like a pretty good money earner based on the number of farangs visiting them.



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i know is a bad idea ....but suppose he could leave the kingdom by land with some good friend's  and take a flight to euro by cambodia or laos....for Thai immigration he remains on file in the database  on the black list right ?

It's certainly attracting a lot of attention !
I drove past there this morning, got stopped around 7 or 8 times by army checkpoints.
The amount of news teams, reporters, police and army is amazing !
Everybody hoping to get their share of the 350 billion baht [emoji51]


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Looking forward to the remakes of:
The Mummy
Kong: Skull Island

Both look very good if the trailers are anything to go by !!


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SS-GB has started….looks great.

Andrew Dwyer

Sorry Andy,me old chum,got there before you.never mind mate, i'll let you have the next one.

Ahh I see it now #25.

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I've lost face now !

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Well he can tick that off his bucket list !!

Very sad way to go, and I agree with others, the photo  was totally unnecessary !

RIP

Benefits to the Thai partner -
 
Some pension schemes pay a widow's pension. Probably have to be married (or at least in a civil partnership) to qualify.
 
Easier to gain a long term visitor visa to the spouse's country (UK is 10-year max).
 
Face - I think that marriage has more status in the eyes of the Thai family/friends. Of course, the highest status husband is an Englishman.
 
 

You are required to have an eyesight test
Maybe reaction test
 
No actual driving test
 
Its also better to have an International Driving License to support your Dutch License
 
 

I am not proud to say I am watching this right now !!


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Maybe had a dodgy cup of Earl Grey and tripped up over a soi dog ?


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Believe the hell garden is in Suphan Buri....

 

Or, there's more than one....

There's definitely more than one .

These are at Ang Thong

Amphoe Wiset Chai Chan to be exact.

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A " long time " farang ?


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So can any farang who feels they are Thai tell me what to do when you just have a squat toilet and a cistern of water (no bum gun)? Do you carry around a roll of toilet paper just in case, or just splash yourself even if you have the trots?

Paper in car

or

Wipes in gf's bag

or

Worst case scenario, use undercrackers , flush em and then go commando !!

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Pathum Thani for me, just coming up to 1 year.
2 months Thailand
1 month working outside
2 months Thailand
1 month uk [emoji636]
2 months Thailand etc etc


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