bangkokbonecollector

On 3/31/2022 at 6:05 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

How exactly does anybody extort lots of money from an 11 year old child?

Well as part of the family that money is her's either now or in the future when she inherits the gains off that investment.

No point in test and go if there are already thousands of infections in LOS. it is now being seen that subsequent strains whilst often more infectious are less virulent.

I am afraid not but good luck Sir!

As far as I am concerned the original's didn't integrate very well and have gone about using the local ethnic groups to line their pockets.

8 hours ago, hotchilli said:

I'm waiting for Xi to take back part of NE Russia, which once belonged to China for thousands of years.

Yup, none of that land is theirs really. Russia should be pretty much current western borders to the Volga river and that is it.

I was able to get my 60day extension today after I had used up my 90days from a Non-Immigrant O visa through my Thai daughter.

It was actually quite a struggle as my immigration office was mistaking the 60day extension with the 60day covid extension. We told them a million times we were aware Non-Immigrant visa holders could now not receive the 60day extension due to covid.

The message eventually got through when I told them to actually read the reason I had given at the bottom of the form.

2 minutes ago, sureno said:

I just got one yesterday so it definitely exists. Hope that helps. 

It does very much so and congratulations on getting it. We are going to try and get it tomorrow and will let everyone know the result. I think whoever we spoke to just didn't really know and was confusing everything.

14 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Yes

Tx mate, I think my local immi is confused as usual.

So let me get this straight.

Parent of a Thai child or married to a Thai who entered Thailand on a single Non-Immigrant visa cannot get a COVID 60day extension BUT can still get the original 60day extension which has been around for years?

Thanks

On 2/25/2022 at 12:40 PM, ubonjoe said:

You can apply for a 60 day extension for every 90 day stay from a non-o visa.

I have just asked Samut Sakhon immigration and you can't anymore. Not sure if they just don't know what they are talking about or what. I will ring again today to make sure they understand I am not talking about a covid extension.

Hmmm this is very strange. I am also in the same predicament and Samut Sakhon Immigration and stating that the 60day extension does not exist anymore and you cannot get it.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Keeping things in the family as normal.

Wouldn't you?

8 minutes ago, Thunglom said:

Classic example of Sealioning! -

"I was wondering if you had knowledge or data on the topic from your experiences of working in the field in Thailand" - I think you accept that I have knowledge in this field especially of reports and papers written on it. If you accept my arguments are correct why do you resort to sealioning or argumentum ad hominem? basically you seem to be the one who is desperately in vain trying to argue a point.

 

My post and your earlierl comment was ...

"Their absence indicates the overall poor health of the natural environment in Thailand - something the authorities seem completely indifferent to

 

"Not sure I agree with this as when I go hiking it seems quite lush with plenty of wild animals."

 

I've said why I consider your arguments to be anecdotal, baseless and ill-informed and how it is damaging to conservation efforts. If anyone is "itching for a fight: - it is you who keep making unsupportable contradictory statements....and now resort again to odhominem.

Good luck

21 minutes ago, Thunglom said:

You were suggesting you thought there was a lot of wildlife in National Parks. This is subjective and anecdotal comment - you were disagreeing with my post - yet what you have stated is not supported by any evidence since the 1960s.

 

"Do you work in conservation in Thailand?": - what on earth are you trying to say with that comment? - it looks like you are now trying to attack the message. rather than the message.

The problem is people are so badly informed about the state of wildlife conservation in Thailand the comments like yours are not just inaccurate they are potentially harmful as they lead people to believe "everything is under control" - when in reality Thailand ay well have te distinction for presiding over the extinct of the last Tiger population in S.E. Asia.

It was a simple question as I was wondering if you had knowledge or data on the topic from your experiences of working in the field in Thailand. Again, I was merely stating my own personal opinion and experiences. However, I can just see you are itching for a fight so good luck with that and your future. Peace

1 hour ago, Thunglom said:

I can’t believe how naïve you are being.

I have 2 problems with your posts.

Firstly you seem to suggest that the eco-systems in Thai’s national parks are OK?

Secondly, don’t seem to realise how flawed anecdotal evidence is. 

Just telling what I see, not trying to make any definitive conclusion. I would say maybe only a third of the hikes I have done were/ are in national parks. Usually national park hikes are very basic and you do not really get to go into real nature.

Do you work in conservation in Thailand?

16 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

Such as? ......Asian tapir, herds of wild banteng cattle and Gaur, wild Asian water buffalo, herds of deer etc?

 

What about bears, pangolin, giant hornbills, elephants, crocodiles, freshwater turtles, otters, gibbons and Langer monkeys, wild boar......do you see them often on your walk?

 

Or maybe you only see small Songbirds, a few snakes and lizards?  

 

There should also be packs of Asian wild hunting dogs, jackals, and big cats like leopard, clouded leopard, jungle and fishing cats.

 

Sadly all these species are near or on the brink of total extinction in Thailand, so I can't believe you actually see a healthy ecosystem abounding with wildlife.

 

 

 

Well I am not in a blind so some of these species would be hard to see with all the noise walking and cutting through the jungle makes. As I replied to another post, we always hear small to medium sized animals running around us. Pretty sure we heard wild boar on Khao Laem - Koh Chang and in Tak. We also always hear species of monkeys in the trees, one chucked something at us once.

6 hours ago, jacko45k said:

Yes all of the above... mind you, he is hiking through Nong Nooch and they are all concrete. 

https://www.goexplorethailand.com/

Yeah tonnes of concrete 55555 55555

20 hours ago, Thunglom said:

Seriously - your single personal experience is a valid assessment? Or you have done an in-depth survey of Thailand's eco-systems?? Have you even attempted to identify the flora and fauna you encounter and the quantify this in terms of viable populations around Thailand? I presume you hike in the WFC - where have you actually been?

how much poaching have you witnessed? the illegal logging? The depletions of prey species? the encroachment through damming and other building in an around national parks?

 

The shear fact that there are only 200 or so tigers in Thailand are a clear indication that the eco-systems are severely depleted.

https://www.goexplorethailand.com/

A few of the places I have written about but I have hiked maybe 2 dozen other areas...just lazy to write them up 555

I really couldn't tell you what scurries around us but on every hike without fail we hear monkeys, some type of wild boar and always some type of pheasant. Always see elephant tracks and on one Hike into Khao Yai national park, I am pretty sure we heard a tiger in a cave or at the very least a large animal breathing heavily.

It is quite hard for us to know what we see as we are not fixed in a blind but making quite a lot of noise walking or cutting through the jungle.

I feel that the reality or perception I have of Thailand's conservation efforts is different. I know of rangers in half a dozen national parks who go on weekly conservation multi-day hikes.

9 hours ago, Thunglom said:

Not quite sut=re where you're going with that. Is there an inference we are meant to draw?

'Their absence indicates the overall poor health of the natural environment in Thailand - something the authorities seem completely indifferent to'

Not sure I agree with this as when I go hiking it seems quite lush with plenty of wild animals.

On 12/5/2021 at 4:22 PM, Thunglom said:

Basically this announcement is rubbish - a sound bite -  the population of tigers in Thailand has been around 2 to 300 for the last 10 years

Whereas people on the ground are working very hard to save a population so small it is probably not genetically viable, the authorities with the power and money have no grip on even the basic concepts of conservation.

A report a while back pointed out that there is room for nearly 2000 tigers in Thailand using the current forest and land suitable - however encroachment, developments such as dams roads etc , poaching and lack of funding make this impossible at present.

it isn't just a matter of keeping tigers in the wild because they look good - they are apex predators in a functioning eco-system. Their absence indicates the overall poor health of the natural environment in Thailand - something the authorities seem completely indifferent to,

When I go hiking I see a lot of wildlife.

Seriously, how can we not think that it is already here and growing. The system as it is has so many variables to positive passengers to fall through the net. Thailand had to make a sacrifice and I am sure they know that a PCR 72hrs before travel and a PCR immediately when you arrive is not full proof.

Pretty sure it is here and is spreading since mid November probably. The positive thing is there hasn't been a single death yet directly linked to the Omicron and therefore we can assume that our new friend has opted to be become more infectious and left severe. As someone quite rightly posted early on, viruses main aim is to survive.

As long as their natural food resources are plentiful, there should be no problem.

2 hours ago, metisdead said:

Off topic posts and replies trolling about the inactivity of the Thai army have been removed. 

 

Some troll posts have been removed. 

Well done that man!

+ to the thread in general, I hike along the border with Myanmar; from Phetchaburi  prov to Tak prov and trust me, there are thousands of trails and it is a very difficult place to patrol.

https://www.goexplorethailand.com/post/solitude-leeches

This is in Ratchaburi prov and the place is littered with old trails.