Expat68

My friend has just come back from there, visiting Thailand on the way home to blighty. He found travelling around the Philippines very difficult (he has been before) he said Thailand was very easy, also outside the major cities WiFi was not very good and to him the place has not recovered from Covid. Just quoting what he has told me

The reason why I live in Thailand is because 33 years ago I fell in love with Thailand and today I am still in love with the place. We all live/visit the place for one reason or another. Just embrace it and feel lucky

Nong Kai. Quieter than Udon but pleasant place to stay on the banks of the Mekong.

Better off avoiding all tourist areas. My friend who is currently on tour in Thailand only yesterday turned round to me and said the women where you live are different from Pattaya, to which I replied that they have not been tarnished by the westerners

If it does happen!! Pattaya will probably the most affected

Drink 2/3 litres water each day

I did say read up on it!! Prolonged use of it destroys tendons in your body

Ciprofloxin is a very dangerous drug which you can buy over the counter. Read up on it, it has been banned in some countries. I am now only just recovering after 4 years

Hard boiled eggs, you can buy them from 7-11

I love living in Thailand, anything I post is the truth and nothing but the truth

Stay clear of all Thai people if they are drunk/drinking. Many years ago at my wife's mother's funeral one of her brothers lost it and started waving a gun around

Hotels, local restaurants? I do not live in tourist citys and I can tell you the locals are struggling. I have lived in my city for 14 years and theft is on the increase, the large supermarkets now have CCTV in car parks, failing that they have security, this is the first time ever

Thai life is worth nothing also

I had my varicose veins stripped in the UK many years ago. I will try and and remember. Pre op, shave your crown jewels. Local anesthetic, they make incision (cut) both groins (this is where they strip the veins through) Painless operation, bandaged from foot to groin, stay in hospital 3 days? Will not let you out until you can walk (with stick). F------g painful, can take week(S) for pain to go completely, may need physio on legs. Where surgical stockings for a while. Hope that helps

This will do more harm to Thailand tourism

I think it is a good idea to focus on foreign/Thai people travelling within Thailand. I do this on average 8 times per year

Monthly rental, I live in a cheap but one of the most beautiful areas to live in the uk. Wages are low hence rental is low

Houses/rental are cheap on north Yorkshire coast

McGuigans is pretty good

My agent is totally on the ball, visiting my property at least twice a year, anything needs doing he just emails me

My 2 bedroom bungalow rents for £600 in the UK, in a very nice area on the N. Yorkshire coast.

Put a cat in there. Problem solved

I personally have had mine rented out with an agency for the past 13+ years. Just a word of advice (no doubt there will be people on here that will disagree) everyone who rents a house out in the UK, needs to inform the inland revenue, my agency provided me with the form, they do in fact make random checks to make sure that everyone on their books have filled in the appropriate form, also you need to fill in a self assessment each year

Yes, definitely. I do every year. Tax period for Thailand runs from January to December

Don't know why. Was there two tracks in Bangkok before COVID?