StayinThailand2much

Can I open a bank account as a foreigner in Myanmar? If so, what are the latest requirements? Which bank (branches) in Yangon are considered 'safe' and foreigner-friendly? Are there bank accounts where I can deposit foreign currencies (USD, THB)?

General hygiene of sellers, food, utensils, etc. Environment (right next to the road), taste, texture, ingredients, oil they use, etc., etc. - I either go to a proper restaurant, or cook at home.

No need for dinosaur models, as the originals are right there...

That's less than 13 million... Where did the other 15 million arrive from; Kazakhstan? I bet, a certain percentage came from Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia, where Thailand as a 'tourism destination' is very popular...

One week later my ATM card was stolen right in front of the checkout. Was in my backpocket, and I only realised it back home. Later more things were stolen from me. Never experienced having so many things stolen from me in such a short time.

That's just one reason why I don't buy there. Saved me from many bouts of vomiting and diarrhea...

Guess, all the good news: "record tourist numbers", "record economic growth", "increase in tax revenue", etc., were out already, so it was time to report about something disgusting, preferably 'outlandish'...

Be arrested; why? Because it was a foreigner, or because of the Tuk Tuk? I see Thai men, esp. taxi drivers urinating at the curb, etc., frequently. No-one demanding to arrest them...

Yes, I use Zoom like 'never'. After trying a few times, and uninstalling a few other apps that I actually need, I had the necessary 1.1GB free on my phone to be able to download this app that I may need twice a year...

Supposedly it is possible to join a Zoom meeting on an android phone without downloading the app. However, clicking on the meeting link, I just get... Your meeting has been launched Don’t see your Zoom meeting? Launch Meeting First-time user of Zoom? Download from Google Play Zoom

100% agree. I see a high fluctuation of staff in other jobs all the time; hotels, shops, etc. Even a good number of food hawkers throw in the towel after a few weeks, or months. On the other hand, bar girls, massage girls, and freelancers work the same profession, and often the same work places for years, or even decades! Easy work, very good money, and no office politics... If there is one 'secure career' in Thailand, it's the one where they just lie down and spread their legs...

Something doesn't quite add up... All the time news about rapidly shrinking inflation; supposedly close to zero now, while the central bank, at the same time, is still raising their policy rate. - Either the guys at the central bank are complete morons, or the inflation figures are, at best, flawed, and at worst, bogus. Looking at price rises at supermarkets recently tells me it must be the latter. (To name one example, salad dressing I used to buy is up more than 100% in one year.)

The effect will be, in my opinion, negligible; certainly nothing to 'help the economy change gear'.

Yes, many even truthfully writing the number of their children, and what their hobbies are. Then write: "Single", while at the same time looking for 'customers'...

Also, there is a large number of Thai women on dating sites selling their own videos...

Anyone knowledgable in tax law? If 'a person (is) liable for PIT, has to (...) file a tax return (...)', does that also mean that a person not liable for PIT doesn't have to do it?

Try Thailand, where, as a retired expat, one is required to have 2,191.78 Thai baht (€57.23) in the bank for each day of staying there (if one applies for a retirement visa extension), of which, for almost half the time, not even 1 Thai baht (€0.026) can be used to pay for daily expenses...

I chatted with some of them. The problem is that, while at first they pretended to be there for dating, they quickly revealed that they just were there to sell themselves.

Ah, a bag again. Hope a man was not involved in its disappearance. Wonder, whether it was even real. Someone once gave me a fake Harrods bag here in Thailand. Took it to China as a shopping bag. Used it there once, or twice, cause it was stolen shortly after, right there in the middle of Walmart. (We were two, standing only a foot or two away, browsing the shelves... Gone in a minute!) I didn't know back then how rampant theft is in China.

That, nowadays, applies to any corner of the globe, incl. Thailand.

Great report, Joe. Did you, by any chance, ask the RD whether they expect you to lodge a tax return after the end of this year?

Thank you.

That's what I meant. Worked out for me twelve years ago, but nowadays, it seems, just sex workers, scammers, and weirdos...

Doesn't work anymore. Anyone got a new link?

That 'high season' has been going on for roughly 10 years now...