StayinThailand2much

Me: coming from the supermarket, a few plastic bags in hand with the name of the shop in large letters on the bags... Thai: "Where you go?" 🙄 Me, walking alone along the beach in Pattaya. Girl: "Where is friend you?" 😆

You should ask Wikipedia, but I very much doubt it.

So, the cops can't control illegal prostitution, so, most likely, all tourists will have their visa-free entry cut by half... "Smart" move! 😆

I looked into this, but those foreign currency accounts seem to have relatively high fees, while, at the same time, not offering much interest.

They should do it like in China; different currencies in one savings account. (When I lived there, I had yuan, HK dollars, and euros all in one account).

You mean a 'Refused...' stamp, no doubt, not an exit stamp.

not a bad deal If you're not blacklisted, and know what remark(s) they put into their system, please give us a hint, as no-one really seems to know what is in there. (From experience I know that there must be some remark they add to your 'profile' once they want to refuse you, cause shortly after I (almost) got refused at one Bangkok airport, I experienced the same at the other, and even a third entry point.)

Good luck with that. Immigration at (Bangkok airport) entry points seem to have wildly different policies from provincial Immigration offices. Or did you contact Immigration at that particular Bangkok airport? (If so, please share the response, as, I'm sure, many AN members would be very curious to hear about it... You're not banned, but if I were you, I would either go with 'fast track', or, at least, get a visa from a Thai embassy/consulate. (Alternatively, stay another 6 months, or so out of Thailand.)

Not likely. However, if Trump continues with his shenanigans, the dollar may soon be at parity with the yuan... 😆😂😆

Did you read my (and the original) post?? I am NOT resident in my home country. All my money (income, etc.) was already taxed there before (at source). If I made any money outside of my home country today, my home country would NOT levy a tax, as I do not live there... So, please spare your accusations for your drinking buddies.

Someone once gave me a fake Harrods bag. Took it to China and used it for shopping at Walmart. Left it for 30 seconds sitting on a trolley while browsing the shelves... Gone! 😆

Counterfeit luxury goods and bribery in Thailand?? Who would've thought... What is the world coming to? 😆

In my case: "If a person has neither a domicile nor his habitual residence in ..., but at the same time generates income in ..., he is subject to limited income tax liability. This means that in this case there is no taxation of world income but only of income earned in ...", meaning no. 😊

Plenty of tourists (on lower Sukhumvit); backpackers, couples, Indians, Arabs, Africans... Not the typical redlight crowd. Also, the freelancers hanging around between Nana and Asoke look scary...

Pesky tourists! Why can't they behave according to the requirements of Thailand? First order: hand over all your money NOW, next: get out... 😆

It seems to be for currency trading. The baht has been pretty stable for the past 18 years.

17 United Kingdom 310.2 There you go; the UK has slightly higher gold reserves than Thailand (234.6 metric tons). The U.S. has a GDP 54 times that of Thailand, but barely 35 times the gold reserves, not to mention foreign currency reserves; Thailand: US$246.900 billion (March 2025) vs. the U.S.: US$243.610 billion (Nov. 2024).

Good luck to Thailand's exporters! 😆

Rank Country/Organization Gold holdings (in metric tons) Gold's share of forex reserves 1 United States 8,133.5 74.9% 2 Germany 3,351.2 77.1% — International Monetary Fund 2,814.0 —[a] 3 Italy 2,451.8 74.1% 4 France 2,437.0 74.7% 5 Russia 2,332.7 29.5% 6 China 2,292.3 6.5% 7 Switzerland 1,039.9 9.6% 8 India 879.6 13.4% 9 Japan 845.9 6.6% 10 Turkey 623.9 43.6% 11 Netherlands 612.4 64.9% 21 Thailand 234.6 9.5% Thailand: almost 1/4 of gold reserves compared to Switzerland, and almost 28% of India's holdings (despite having a much smaller economy and population)!

Even better; sometimes I put my bag on the empty seat on the train. However, if the train gets crowded, there's always someone who wants to sit... The people who don't sit down (or even change seats) seem to be younger women. A 'sex tourist' prejudice? (Ironic, as 95% of Thai women on certain dating websites seem to be there just looking for customers.) 😆

Thailand has huge gold and foreign currency reserves (particularly compared to its GDP), and the gold price is up lately, which might (at least partly) explain it.

Didn't they store part of it like for twelve years, then (tried to sell it) cheaply to buyers in Africa in 2023?

Haha, big brother probably has to bail her out (if she ever really has to pay that). According to Google, her net worth is 'only' US$25 million... 😆

The biggest problem occurs if you take a Taxi 'Meter', but as soon as they leave the airport, they tell you that they won't use their meter, but, instead, charge you XXX baht. There you are, heavy bags in the trunk, and fleeced at gun point. That's why I stopped using them, esp. if I have luggage.

Where was this report, warning me, 28 years ago? 😆