LomSak27

A vaccination certificate would be a start.

CM Mediclinic - Chiang Mai Medical Clinic They're up past (west) of wat jed yod, near looper pool. I used them on my last trip, LOCATION CM Mediclinic 155/28 Moo 2, Jed Yod-Yu Yen Soi 10, T Chang Phueak, A Mueang, Chiang Mai, 50300, Thailand. 0805 362362 [email protected] www.cmmediclinic.com

Side note - As you can earn up to 108K USD, tax free as an expat (more, much more, with a good accountant) , doubt that is a real valid reason. Lots of people like to talk about, cry about, get outraged about, the IRS. People I have met with real IRS tax problems living over here, invariably incurred them because of businesses, real estate, previous ownerships, earnings and how to say, 'legal judgements', all from their time in the US. Not from living and working overseas. You are spot on about the distance time equation. With a 16 to 24 hours flying time, once you factor in airport and change flight times, that is one long painful trip. Given times zones, one of the worst jet lags you will ever encounter., coming and going. All for a two or three week vacation?! Thailand will always have US tourists, but not enough to be a major player. That said Thailand was getting more US retirees in the last decade, likely for the same reasons they had previous waves of Germans or Brits. All that before the pandemic though, who knows what will happen now.

Obviously this has been the head guy, yes that guy's, pipedream for years now. Long time before Still no specifics on why quality tourists would choose Thailand. What's the lure? How are they going to sell it. "Digital nomads" What the heck? I have met a wealthy digital nomad, BTW, one. Retired after twenty as a microserf in Redmond. Making real money as he traveled. However that is a world away from you tuber nomads you meet online or up around Nimmanhemin. The ones having the 25 Baht plates of gap cow on side sois. Those champagne wishes and caviar dreams, never cease to amaze..

Doh! What thief/murderer doesn't do a home invasion without 300,000 baht in pocket?! Happens all the time in my hood.

"Lazy"?!! It's Deja Vu all over again. Instead of being, right, lazy, as you say. Introduce yourself to a dictionary or an online search. Expecting to be spoon fed today gets you no where.

Indonesia Portugal Greece - Guatemala (Antigua or Lake Atitlan) Always keep that plan B folder updated!

OP Pattaya is bad enough, add dirtbags and what did you expect?! The solution is as simple as a move. Most normal people refuse to live in a squirrel cage, BTW.

Of the local products I use Nivea for men Stress protect. Looks like the pic above, but liquid. They market a bunch of brands. Still, I have to look a bit to find that exact one. I do not know what stores are in Hua Hin, but I ran into some Old Spice 'Pure Sport' a couple months back. I am in CM, so either in Tops or Rimping market, I forget the exact store, but I picked one up So it is out there.