Langkawee

7 hours ago, Langsuan Man said:

So you are tacitly admitting that the Thai insurance is worthless and I am going to have to pay first and then hope for reimbursement. 

 

That is not really how insurance is suppose to work.  That was the purpose of X amount of funds in a Thai bank or proof of funds in a foreign bank 

Read the volumes of posts by farang and Thai how they try to keep you in the hospital for the longest time with substandard or wrong drugs. Go to Malaysia or go to Boots 555

You need to watch with your eyes them swapping the parts because  there is a great resistance to changing parts, they look at you as I you are crazy, they might be right in my case 555

3 hours ago, Langkawee said:

Get ready for your move to Vietnam, indefinite 3 month visas for $40, beer at 60% discount in BIG C or LOTTE MART, much tastier food "COM" and beautiful women. It's not so bad to have to leave Thailand 555. You'll survive. However to find a cheap apartment impossible without a Vietnamese friend and this website https://nha.chotot.com/ IMO. Not easy at all to find cheap apartments. Stuff in English on internet is much higher than market price, IMO, a scam. The greatest thing about Thailand is the ease of finding nice cheap apartments and what traps many farang in Thailand. 

The only way to find an apartment in Vietnam is with the help of a Vietnamese friend. This is where foreigners can be scammed and pay much more if you look yourself. A Vietnamese friend has confirmed this. 

2 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Another poster who seems to think that others are beneath him.

No, he is just being helpful by stating the facts, better to talk straight than be stranded abroad with no way to collect his personal effects and sell his car. Clearly you can not live on tourist visas anymore, but no problem in Vietnam.

21 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Not available to retired men.

Get ready for your move to Vietnam, indefinite 3 month visas for $40, beer at 60% discount in BIG C or LOTTE MART, much tastier food "COM" and beautiful women. It's not so bad to have to leave Thailand 555. You'll survive. However to find a cheap apartment impossible without a Vietnamese friend and this website https://nha.chotot.com/ IMO. Not easy at all to find cheap apartments. Stuff in English on internet is much higher than market price, IMO, a scam. The greatest thing about Thailand is the ease of finding nice cheap apartments and what traps many farang in Thailand. 

10 hours ago, Xaos said:

Pattaya is like police state. Checkpoints 24/7 I drive a lot big bike got all papers dont drink, but situation is extraordinary. Stopped 3 times a day offten everyday. On top of that they do urine tests etc. Fining pot smokers 10k on spot even they smoked legally at home countries. 

One time cop told me whats ur bike cc I said 1000cc he said my licence not good for 1000cc only scooter, tho no such licences and mine full thai 5 years. Less checkpoints in Baghdad. I travel asia a lot too. Never seen this bad. In vietnam its hard to see cop, only one i

I saw was directing traffic. If I wouldn't be attached here I would leave to other place most likely. 

Talked to a Russian riding motorbike for 4 months in Hanoi. Never stopped by police. Myself never stopped in Hanoi riding 2 weeks,  nor riding to Laos border. Thus Vietnam has backpacker market.  Chiang Mai can easily be stopped 12 times in a day. This with the carnage I will never ride again if i  ever  return. 

2 hours ago, Leaver said:

No, you didn't say the teacher was a farang, but the above quote is misleading, mainly due to the grammar used, and the way the sentence was constructed.  

Yes very misleading, he's probably an English teacher, lol. We all know dissidents are treated so well in the land of scams, lol. 

3 hours ago, chrisandsu said:

Oh I gotcha ! Who’san going to be issarns child welfare system now then ? 

An Indian friend once told me Indians do not marry prostitutes. It does not bode well for these esan gals now the jai Dee farang have departed. Very sad indeed. 

1 hour ago, AlexRich said:

I’m disgusted by your spelling!

 

All he’s done is spend all his money in Thailand for almost 8 years, harming no one, least of all Thai people, who have been the main beneficiaries of his spending. 

White men will tell you they are living in paradise. It is the town of choice for the mentally ill. After all who woukd choose to live in a sh%tehole that will make them prematurely die. 

7 hours ago, Thaidream said:

Yes- I see the same thing- mostly people in ther 20s and 30s who have no patience; know nothing about Thailand; speak no Thai; speak broken English and are generally  arrogant.  

 

 

Most 20 to 30 year olds are not sex tourists. They have no need to learn to Thai to find a wife. 

2 hours ago, Russell17au said:

The first mistake that the OP made was to complain when he was taken out of the line and put to one side with 20 others. So the question that the IO's would be asking themselves is "what is he complaining about and why?" and that got him off side with the IO's, so I believe that because of that the IO's decided to go by the book and to check everything and because the OP has already gotten himself worked up he did not listen to the questions properly and he misinterpreted what was said to him which made him more aggressive towards the IO's and complain even more. This type of thing does no only happen in Thailand, it happens in every country in the world.

He is 80 years old you spineless apologist. 

17 hours ago, Matzzon said:

No, it´s not. For stating something like this you must be sure. The question is if you understood what they were asking for?

As Ubonjoe explains, they nowadays ask that you show 20k baht when entering thailand on a tourist visa, and 10k baht on exempt entry. That was probably what happened here. That is something that has been informed of and known for long time.

I understand that you see this as strange at the age of 80 years old, but unfortunately things change. It was probably you that did not roll with the changes, rather than the Immigration Officers trying to get a bribe from you. Especially that border has been regognized as a generally friendly border to enter Thailand at.

Generally friendly border compared to North Korea's borders. I totally agree 555. Friendly, and they only ask farang to show 20,000. Friendly, yes so very friendly. The delusional farang and what they define as friendly, astounding. The 80 year old OP had a tourist visa, and you call the border friendly, shame on you! The sooner people boycott Thailand the better. 80 years old God dammit. Miserable excretement of a welcome, obviously not friendly at all. 

1 hour ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Perhaps now I can stop mowing the wifes 2 large lawns in excess of 2 rai. She can hire a gardener. But then I would need to find a new excuse to down a few beers!

555

10 hours ago, theonetrueaussie said:

While it may be what you wanted to hear, there was recently a story of a german expat who did the same as you come off retirement get toruist and he was denied in bangkok and sent back to germany. At the current time no one can say for sure if you will be denied or not, up to the IO on the day. Best bet would be to fly into chiang mai then transfer to bangkok.

Why risk it when you can fly into KL and be sure to be welcomed. I think you are out of your mind to risk it. Thai airports for international flights i will always considered closed. Absolute madness to fly into Thailand if not on a retirement or marriage visa. 

On 10/23/2019 at 9:23 AM, bitterbatter said:

How dare these foreigners bring lots of paying tourists and business to Thailand!  Let's not talk to them and sell the permit to them, instead we will send them to jail and courts where they will be guilty until proven innocent.   Then they will pay big money for not understanding our very difficult to understand system of payola.

Why werent these foreign criminals identified by the new biometric system before they arrived. Vietnam would welcome them in a heartbeat.

That New passport is going to look incredibly suspect. What are you hiding? 

On 10/18/2019 at 10:18 AM, Leaver said:

Possibly, but many will know a rip off when they see one, and may refuse to pay on principle. 

Thailand gets 40 million tourists a year, 10 million of these stay for one hour crossing the borders of Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myannmar. 20 million enter by airports for connecting flights to another country. They are stamped in for 30 days while waiting in airport for their flight to far cheaper destinations. That leaves 5 million Chinese, Indians and farang who have not discovered Thailand is the hub of mysterious death and slowly decomposing bodies in morgues with no chance of a coroner's report and autopsy. Your son or daughter died for unexplained reasons. Welcome to the land of smile. 

On 10/16/2019 at 4:52 PM, IvorLott said:

Random searches/urine tests of foreigners in the Sukhumwit area (especially around the Asoke intersection area) was very common a few years ago, to the extent this outrage made the international press. I had a business contact overlooking the area, and we would watch the villains at it every day; the vermin would even drag folks from taxis.

Don't underestimate what the Thai police can or can't do, they are a law unto themselves.

I guess this is why they now need the Indians. Social media very damaging. I know they would never harass their Chinese tourists because their President would have something to say and the Thais would beg for forgiveness. It's a shame Western leaders are so pathetic at protecting their Citizens.