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Im extremely happy and please with the friendly THAI people when they: Hose me for a taxi ride in Phuket. Hose me for a taxi ride in CNX. Charge me double at the movie hose and national Parks. Expect me to slip a few baht to the IO. Not return my rental deposit because Im farang, but return when my wife gets after them. Want a few baht to remove lock from my tire when parking, but no issue when my wife barks at them. Try to charge me when sitting on the beach in Pattaya. Try to scam me for jetski or motorbike rental, but back off when my wife chews on them. NONE of this happens to me in Portugal. But most of all, I love listening to the Brits and Aussies bitch about it.

Its also possible to take a hammer and beat your head in, but why?

Sex...been going on since the beginning of time and it is not going to stop anytime soon. Why not legitimize it? Require medical checkups, collect taxes from it. Brothels not need to be a seedy establishment, but rather a classy joint. License the ladies...or guys and in-betweens if that's your preference. Many guys have a driving urge for a roll in the clover well into their eighties..maybe more. If their significant other doesn't fancy the clover anymore, let them see a pro for a quickie. Politicians and Preachers have been trying to ban the working girls for years because they haven't found a way to profit from individually. Except the rouge ones that use religion as a fake cover. Ban the Preachers, not the working girls.

Come on...U got be kidding me. The Chinese shell out BIG Baht for a high speed train, and then You think they want underprice their imported wares in competition with Thai and Lao goods. Just because their Belt and Hose-job initiative has raped multiple poverty stricken Countries, the Thai farmers would think that the Chinese would do the same to them?

Christ sakes, this is like a rolodex of forecasts, just roll the cards and use a new date. I really wonder if they have a clue, or just trying to justify their position by appeasing the public with a hook, line and sinker.

WHAT??? a low life scum sucking dishonest agent in Land of fake smiles. Cannot be, "tell me it ain't so Joe".

The promiscuous environment has existed in the Asian cultures since the beginning of time. As well, in other cultures also. The GI's didn't invent it, but certainly enhanced the development of the industry...and it is an industry. Probably one of the more profitable sectors of the tourist market. Many of the comfort businesses are directly overseen by higher level politicians and law enforcement officers. The corruption runs deep in this culture. After all, if it wasn't confiscated narcotics funds, where did Joe Ferrari get his stable of vehicles....maybe they were lent to him (as the Watches were by another well-known). It isn't just the sex industry, promiscuity exists in the local culture also, as our Swede friend in an Udon jail has found out recently.

The original attraction to Thailand no longer exists. Prayut.....you screwed the Pooch and ate the Golden Goose. Xi has you in his back pocket and you'll never find your way out. The days of Waltzing into Swampy with a 30 day Visa free pass and extending it for another 30 days is over. Now it's fubarred, goat-rope, hose-job, bungled paper game. As well as , get screwed out of a few baht along the way. Ive been coming to Thailand annually since 1998. Lived and worked there 7 years. Picked up a wife.....mistake, leasing is a much better deal and you get your choice of new colors and interior each year. Semi retired. Contract for six months and enjoy life for the six winter months. Games over now. To many SE Asian, South Pacific, South American and Euro Countries opening back up, or easing restrictions.

I've got to commend most of the Euro-culture here when it comes to intimacy and nudity. There is only two basic flavors of a human and DNA decides that. It's no big secret when it comes to the physiological description of the human bodies, or sexual practices. Intimacy and nudity are a personal thing, yet much the World wants to label it as an illegal activity, even though it has been going on since the beginning of time. Go to a library, or an online source and nude photos and intimate descriptions are very legal. Yet record on one of your devices and it's illegal. Most Euro folks know when and where it is appropriate. Ever been to Ibeza? While most folks are enjoying the sun, you can identify a USA American by looking for the big camera with a telephoto lens. So now you go to a Country, (not just SE Asia), and see extreme poverty where individuals choose to make a living in the skin game. Oldest profession on Earth. It is so sad that many Cultures shun and ignore it, rather than recognize and legitimize it. Many guys and gals support their families from this trade. Given that, as with any group of humans, there are some that take it to an extreme and general run afoul of their activities. Abuse and crime are rife within the sex industry and until it is legitimized the sex workers will continue to experience situations like this. The stupid jerk is guilty of defrauding a commercial entity. The fact he has photos that were, as I understand, mutually agreed to, should not be a crime if no abuse or minor was involved. But none of that should be an issue because our fearless leader tells us that the sex game dent exist in Thailand.

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No problem for my Wife. She was issued a ten year visa. Until CV19 hit, we went Stateside once a year for few weeks. But given the current situation with With "Joe the Puppet" running the Country, u may consider the Rio Visa program. Just pack light so your satchel doesn't sink in the river.

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USA of America, (there are 35 Nation Countries in America.) is falling apart. Just as Rome did. The political and Judicial climate has changed from protecting the innocent to protecting the guilty. A convicted felon has more rights than the innocent person they robbed, raped or killed. Young adults want things given to them and despise the upper working class that struggled to pay the taxes that gave the young adults a better life. My two adult children , who are upper income professionals, have evolved into social communist liberals. I used to asked them "What was so wrong with the life you grew-up in". The basic concept of USA residency and citizenship is available to anyone that can muster through the immigration system has eroded into, "cross the river and chant yea Biden". Yet my Thai wife has been struggling for several years to appease the system in order to gain USA residency. At this point, it may have been cheaper to buy her ticket Mexico and pay a Coyote to take her the river and teach to say "Yea Biden". The US dollar is slowly eroding on the World-market and XI is doing his best to control. Our inept Liberals are handing it to him. I remember when you "broke the law", you felt guilty and ashamed. With todays young Liberals, when they are caught in violation. they get angry and attempt legal wrangling attempts to reinterpret the Legal verbiage. Civil War, I am all for it. However, it won't be the militiaman groups of wayward preachers and politicians with a "wet-dream" concept of power and money. The next Civil War will be fought with computers and not Guns and the average Joe will not be involved. So...can the USA be saved? No Friken way. Not when you allow illegal aliens into the Country and allow them to pull society down, rather than attempt assimilate and become an asset to society, rather than a liability. Incidentally, all USA Americans are the products of immigration. It was a great concept and it worked well, until the social communist liberals decide to sell their soul for a vote.

Is there a Thai Citizen that owns property unrestricted in another Country? Tit for Tat? There are so many equitable ways to deal with this issue. However, the powers that be continue to try and appease you with BS.

SAD...many Khemer villagers struggling day-to-day just to survive. Yet their Royalty wants to buy a football team. How much Rice and Vaccine could 100M Euro buy?

Until the respective Thai consulate / Embassy issues new COE and / or Visa procedures, your are still obligated to the current procedures.

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For christ's sake...how many times have we seen this gimmick? Prayut's pals are use to telling the Thai's any line of BS they can dream-up and expect them to believe in their "wet-dreams". My wife and her family think he is next to immortal and grasp everything the Thai political clan puts out into the media. Makes me want to puke. The Politicals are really saying..."we need someone else to screw-over, because our cash reserves are running short. It's got nothing to do with developmental economics for the Country. It's all about hoseing someone over for their own personal gain. Then they inflate the numbers to appease the media. Fricken criminal. Welcome to the "land-of-fake-smiles".

Once you understand that and can navigate through it, you’ll do just fine. But the minute you think you have any rights……….

The only legal doctrine is THAI-ism, defined as extreme corruption and it is implemented through extortion.

I also carry extra spokes in a 5/8s vinyl tube with the docs wrapped around them. Think seriously about some of the newer carbon lined tires. Many of the local lorrie transports will not change their tire until they literally disintegrate….really. Consequently, the roads are littered with small wires ( the shredded reinforcement bands in sidewalls) about the size of a stick Pin. After numerous reoccurring flats that you end up changing on a dark morning near ditches and field populated by creature that can hurt you, I went with Schwalbe marathon pros. Never a flat. But there are many good brands out their. also, drivers and dogs are real issues. There is an area south of Hua Hin and Pran Buri where an extremely large tribe of soi dogs hang out. Be cautious there, if one starts to chase you all the rest with follow. ive tried spray, sticks, ping pong balls, dog food, whistles and yelling. The best trick for me is to just stop peddling and then go away. However, no guarantees.

I have biked SE Asia much and have never been asked for documents in LOFS unless crossing a border. However, I have made copies of my documents, soft laminated them, tightly rolled them up and stuff up my seat tube....sounds kinky. If you quick release on seat tube (not recommended for theft issues) it is easy to retrieve them. If not , a little more work required. With that being said, the very best identification and protection would be the phone number of a friend, wife, Thai buddy, Lawyer or what ever. When an issues arises, they can usually sort it out quickly.

DR Donna...MedConsultasia.com. Her team has their act together. I was at Seoul going through the preflight verification process to fly onward to BKK. Inline were two young Thai ladies returning to BKK. Somehow they were able to board the LAX ICN portion of their trip with questionable paperwork. The Korean "paper-bangers" caught it and were going to send them back to LAX, rather than onward to BKK. The young ladies were in tears. I suggested they call Dr Donna's office immediately. They did and problem was sorted out in minutes with the correct documents faxed and emailed to the Korean "paper-bangers".

Did first jab Moderna Jan 14. Second Moderna 11 Feb. Did two week Quarn in BKK starting 14 Feb. did 89 days with Wife and then left for six months work. Got 3rd Moderna jab on 6 August. Plan back Land of Fake Smiles in October for the Winter. Have official Vaccine card that indicates three Moderna Jabs. Did not cost anything. Nobody questioned me about previous jabs. Signs everywhere here adverting free Covid Jabs...no cost. Conversely, Wife had to "pull a few strings" and drop a few BHT to get the SinoVac jab. Do I feel guilty? Hell yes. This is a global pandemic, not a local virus. How do we bypass all the political <deleted> and get the Vaccine out to everyone without the upper crust of society's "skimming the take". You can pull the "Thai-ism' string and get the upper crust vaccinated, but the virus will still be mutating and propagating within the unvaccinated. "WE" as the self-elated, superior creature on this sphere do more to destroy ourselves than further mankind.