kellersphuket

It's a well known fact that Thais have terrible english skills on the whole.

One only needs to visit the likes of Singapore, Hong Kong & Taiwan to see what I mean. 

The issues mentioned by the OP are non existent in the well educated & well mannered societies mentioned above.

as if we needed anymore proof!!

The Land of scams,,,

scammed on arrival till the door hits your butt in departure.

'thank you sir, come back again.'

wise up people!!

they only want your money & nothing else.

4 hours ago, wmlc said:

I’m so sick and tired of all this TM30 scare mongering and lack of knowledge of the posters who’s post only half the story and only 50% accurate

A bit like your post then ????

basically last night I got a phone call from the PH embassy telling me my 1 year visa had been denied. to cut another long story short they told me that the visa had been denied due to some irregularities regarding my finances. I have multiple offshore accounts that i use for my investments and they were not happy with the documents I had submitted. They told me that my only other alternative now would be to apply for a tourist visa if i still wanted to visit.

I have decided against it, and will be staying in phuket till the end of August. at which point I will head back to Nashville before heading down to Colombia. I will be staying in Medellin. 

looking forward to mixing with the local chicas down there, ive heard they are hot stuff!! ???? 

Mornin yall,

before I hop over to the Philippines I was thinking about taking a short trip back to the states again to see my daughter and her family. After that I was thinking about trekking down to Costa Rica, then onto Panama and then finally to Colombia.

Are these places safe? has anybody here been? I'm a pretty seasoned traveler just never to central and south america. Ive heard nothing but good things so far about all three places, although some have told me that Colombia can be a little dangerous in parts. I was thinking maybe Medellin and possibly Bogota.

Gracias! ???? 

hey ya'll, I'd like to share my experience of what just happened to me at phuket immigration this morning. I arrived at the office about 09:45 to renew my visa, got my ticket at 10:30 and sat down in the queue with my documents. My number was called just after 11 and I sat down with the IO. She didnt seem too friendly and demanded that I hand over my documents to her quickly. Accidently I included a paper that she didnt need and she basically threw it back at me. At this point I was getting a little agitated and so I asked her if anything was wrong. Without looking at me she said "you foreigners are so rude, no manners." I thought what the hell, what did i do? Then she said "you know I am police officer right? why you not wai me when you walk into my booth?' I replied "because I am not Thai or buddist, so I dont wai to people." She got really offended and her face started to red up like she was embarrassed. at that point she threw my passport back to me and told me to come back another time when I learn some manners. I told her I cant cos my extension expires tomorrow, at which point she stamped me with a 7 day notice period to leave the country.

<deleted> has just happened? i'm back in my appartment now. what are my options? Do i need to leave next week? can I apply for another extension again? what are my options? I have the 800K sitting in my bank and all documents are correct and up to date.