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Turning of the main water might help right. If it is in Chiang Mai + this time on top, you would be winning the lottery if someone came that actually knows what they do. Last time I had a electrician needed it took 5 of them while all showed me their 'PEA certified papers'. They can't even deliver food in that town. Just wondering, someone broke your water pipe where the main connection is? As I heard a few people now of which that happened lately in CM.

CM used to be the easier but I noticed on my last arrival a lot people were being hassled and that the ''all ladies employment'' is also active there. Those catching the few queues with a guy were always processed without issues and much faster too. Have to say this is the first time ever I heard of someone being refused and send back there. Not surprised at all, CM is going down hill day by day more. Try to even fly from there except Bangkok, it's 4-5K up anywhere.

Good read. I'm looking myself into start living in Spain half the year at least, from next year too.

Ehh incorrect, you are free to settle down and live anywhere in the EU, where you even get the logic from that would not be allowed. This was even the case before there was free travel too. Explain to me where in EU I would not be allowed to settle down or live if being from the EU? I have formally lived in multiple European countries other than my own, never a single issue. Of course that does mean you would register at the local province, have a local health insurance as well as pay the local taxes and more but there is nothing that stops you from doing that at all. Even better, over time you can obtain the nationality on top.

Once got this crap in a bucket on phi phi islands, while I can drink a lot and that was my first few sips. Results were not pretty, I basically gave the entire bungalow a new floor layer of puke. Didn't even know what to say to the cleaners except by holding 500 baht, but they looked at me as if it was a every day thing. As if they know exactly what the limit is to not hospitalize you.

Just use a 49 inch ultrawide from samsung, 4 screens in 1, 60W electric average reasonable too. The 34'' uses 30W.

I don't mind visiting immigration or waiting 1-2 hours at all, I just mind to be always uncertain of the next visit and officer I need to deal with as of ever changing requirements, which then cause further delays and just a general unwelcome and uncertain feeling. I never did 90 day reportings, I did have to pay 1.5-2K for that twice. Anyway nowadays I just pay the agent to pre-sort and have it approved by the time I come to just take a photo and return my passport back. In and out in 10-15 minutes max usually. Worth the few K it costs big time.

Also the same with all the easy loans on properties and mainly condo's, the same milking machine, Thais all bought to then rent them out for double or to simply not pay back except for the interest and see the difference as additional income. Bubble: *POP*

Their solution is to use the car to start driving as a Grab driver. Not realizing at all, that the car this way will need a lot of maintenance in general aside from eventually being at it's end due to mileage, this while the loan then still lasts 15 years more. Same for houses, loans are 25-30 years while the builds last barely 20 years and the land was bought overvalued in the first place. It's a never ending debt trap. All their logic seems to do is: the car has no scratches and inside is like brand new, so the value is the same as when I bought it. Or another common logic applied is that they sell it second hand for the value + interest they paid so far. You can already see the market being flooded with very cheap cars as their mileage is on the moon. I remember when I moved here around 12 years ago, a second hand would cost a few hundred K at least, now 30-50k. But for all this is a solution already in place too; they go bankrupt and then they drive on their grandparents ID with grab, i always see these old people pictures while a young guy arrives lol. It's that normal nobody even mentions it. All this also explain why it often seems as if Thais have money trees. They don't and it ends bad. As far my calculations goes, it is only interesting if you can pay off within 5-7 years in Thailand. I stopped volunteering as all this is ignored while all volunteering is about giving the poor a fish. It's hypocrisy at the max.

Ever since smart phones became too much, it is humans going backwards. Funnily it is all around the same year 2014. The irony is that not only the real world 'died' since that time, but the real internet too from 2017. Over half of all Internet and social media traffic is bots already. The giants not speak up as of ad revenue. Yes you read that right, over half of all likes views and comments are not real humans, if on YouTube / social media. And now you can't see dislikes too, so let's say 60% disagrees, you would still see results as if they were a minority.

He, as a individual, caused disturbance with this electric thing, otherwise there is basically zero checks except in front of the police station itself. That's why everyone calls it police road. So if he was tapped on the fingers it was justified for sure. A lot of idiot drivers there, I stopped counting but it's at least a few per month that die on the roads. Just half a year ago some foreigner hit another minivan causing the driver of 2 kids to die. Month ago another young guy died on the spot, another one last week now needs 250K in bills for his legs etc. My best guess is that 90% of the things here not even make the news. People would be horrified.

That's what you get if nobody learns things properly. Main issue here is always people driving too slow or driving double lanes, I am pretty sure that that kind of behavior alone accounts for 30% of traffic jams. In Chiang Mai that is even 70% of the cause. I used to think it is because there are too many cars but if you really pay attention to it, and then count them, on the city sizes etc, it is actually very little. They just drive so bad, that the amount now is already causing issues.

Oh it's the foreigners again who are the reason things are not working out as predicted with revenues and tourism.... Did they ever consider that if foreigners all stopped too, there would be even less viable business, mainly in like tourism.

United wokedom

Fake news again? I must have missed something if Bangkok has a nice airport. Oh you mean they are that desperate that they now allow 24 hours early check in in an attempt to boost sales? Pathetic.

At least you can say without doubt; I failed in life. When you are in need of a dining group in CM 55555 What is next? Opening cigar shop number 10 while nobody wants it?

Actually if a place is really spiritual and reasonable for all sorts of people, it is Phangan. Where it seems to go wrong, is with those, and that is that many of the Israeli's actually openly say to agree and even defend anything being said against them. This is where it is for example completely different with Russians too, most of them actually despise Putin.

I doubt it would be cool to get a bad trip if there suddenly was an explosion or someone shooting or just people chaos lol.

It was until it became an event where people carry flags to it.

Anyone has been there since the 90's if you speak about that, has nothing to do with recent changes.

Israeli's have tried hard to colonize phangan since the end of covid, nobody really likes them. There have been fights and issues among the crowds itself in recent full moons due to that too. It for sure is the easiest way to target them. I guess they did not think about that when moving to a remote island.

He will be on his way if his family can pay like 500K to 1M happens a lot in CM.

Portugal is great, specially the coast line where you would fly to Faro and then you can take a diesel train trough orange farms along the coastline to albufeira, porto de mos etc. Winters are amazing, almost always blue skies, plenty of places to eat/drink etc too. Beaches super clean, oceans super blue, dolphins etc. Also little issues with immigrants and the like there as it not that attractive for them there. But a lot soi dogs. You could buy a car for like 40-80K baht, own it hassle free and just drive around + rent, the cost would not be that much different from Thailand at all. If you cook yourself it will even be cheaper for higher quality. I guess we all know what it really is about; lonely people who are single. That makes TH a easy option with the girls.

Trust me we do not miss you brits lol

Totally right, anyone I met that was not at retirement age yet, but left after X years or when they got kids, ended up doing way way better and still visit Thailand for holidays on top, even twice a year. These relationships and marriages so far all lasted too. I've seen this with 15+ couples by now, that left. There is very few I know in the same situation, that stay here long long-term, often they are alcoholic, half broke, relationship issues, not a great school or place to live either etc. Even those that do have the financial grip on it, seem to lose their relationship / marriage here. Also if then speaking about those who are in retirement age, I would even less secure here. Can't trust these doctors too, the healthcare system is crumbling already too, it only goes downhill while prices go up. Last but not least, I would have a blast to then have 2-4 weeks twice a year here to see people who are still stuck here again, have some fun in the bars, also being able to waste like a weekend millionaire. I would miss absolutely nothing, most would not even know that i left, I always lived in 2-3 cities over the year for the past decade. I'm never always at the same place. The latter is maybe in reality the biggest reason I want to leave; i have seen no progress in the entire 13 years I been here, in fact, it became worse. Why pay tax for that.