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There is always plenty of rice, potatoes no issue to grow too. Vegetables and other things can be done in a month here if doing hydroponics. Aside of that plenty of fruit, chickens and eggs too. Little reason to be a big prepper here. Same with water wells. I do have prepped in terms of additional water filters, medical supplies, solar/battery and similar items. As well kindle in EMT protected box with all the books (SAS survival etc etc) + backup.

The point is that vaccines for Rabies no longer work, if you start injecting and symptoms already started. There is days between the shots too, if you didn't have any recent ones in the past. It is not just the brains, it starts from the spinal cord. So sooner the better.

I noticed last year same as this year, we usually can't see Samui for 4-6 weeks or so, and then it got better again in late May I think. There was quite a few hours of rain on Phangan today, cooled off, we barely had wind too last days, was super sticky hot.

Can anyone advice on traveling if flying first to for example Roi Et Airport, to the border, as well the costs? Bus and taxi? Or another airport also fine.

Everyone knows that the benches along the moats in inner CM city are full of homeless, rats and more. Not to mention LB's sometimes later at night. Would never sit there, specially not as you said you saw rats biting trees beforehand lol. Perhaps only during the day time, it is doable (rat free, homeless free, garbage free)

Depends where you are but what is the hassle anyway, just buy the Grab motorbike packages for additional discount, and book those, will just be 20-30 baht for 500 meters anyway. They are often there in minutes, you can even book it when nearly arriving already.

Actually 70% of all wealth is with 50+ people, so eventually it goes back to them. It is actually the biggest wealth transfer in history, that is soon due.

I call these people, rich on paper people. They might be able to show or claim this 1 million yearly pension, or even are millionaires, specially americans with paid of homes etc. But the reality is that they wasted most of their life, and gonna die with most of the money. I prefer people who find a middle way, like myself, and enjoy as you live. To save money on your water bill, in SE asia, then you simply suck and are a very sad person. Rich dad poor dad basically, the guy the OP writes about is poor dad (for those who don't know the book, the poor dad is not actually poor, but he is compared to rich dad). I also think in the same time it's so sad to see many people with loads of money, but no financial education, thus thinking they have nowhere enough to retire early or live here, while they can easily. I really laugh about this, I started with 5K euro 10 years ago, and I am still here today, better off than ever before even.

Easily, sponsor deals for even just a 1M subscriber channel pay easily 20K USD per deal, of 1 minute. The original YT ad revenue is actually just a side income for many. Same so many girls are self obsessed now, even they only seem to have 5-10K followers, they still make money with it. Specially in economies like the one here.

Millions of no-life Thais, who watch youtube and other social media like 8 hours per day. Yeah that will generate ad income sure. Knowing that, to then still produce, is like being a digital drug dealer or pimp. I never did business in social media for this reason.

So he is a sell out.

My password actually has near double the 18 characters too lol, silly AI news all the time, it can barely do anything like this today.

Lol, the supplier excuse. They just wanted or needed more money, 455 for a cheeseburger is a lot of money lol, I think you can get it in a 5 star hotel for that money. The last time I paid near 500, I was sitting in mahanakhon tower.

Hehe yeah, 40B per kg is peanuts. I do it myself at home pure out of convenience and being lazy to drive twice to a shop + wait a day.

Bought a new Samsung machine 50/50 with landlord, staying at least 2-3 years and costed me 2700 baht. I usually can run a laundry, hang it out and have it dry by wind within a few hours only, a lot better than all the laundry shops, having to drive there, wait a day for the cheap price etc. Also it smells better as I buy some decent detergent, my clothes stay better for longer. As well super useful with all the towels and bed sheets. But if not having that, in most places I still know multiple 40B per KG places. Bangkok however is tricky, and I do not like drying machines in those new places too. Better to air dry it if you ask me. I usually leave Bangkok within days, as I fly with hand luggage usually + run out of clean clothes lol.

She has like 80M USD net worth, that will get you a visa anywhere lol.

Define 'a lot of money'

The room itself doesn't exactly look nice too. Maybe you can do more than complain of the garbage alone, fix his room up, paint etc. Assuming it's a single mom story, he is a boy, he never had any example for sure.

Ever heard of sarcasm?

The reason we in Europe went to afghanistan was also because of the USA, does that mean we are not responsible of our own actions while spending time there? One must really be the bottom loser type, to not understand this.

What is your point even? Obviously all taliban would be released anyway, as they are now running the country again. Just pathetic once again, to blame Trump, Biden is a old moron who behaves like a child when it comes to owning mistakes, just as much, if not more.

Yes but it is also confusing if you are not a long timer or frequent visitor as you do actually pass by a total of 3 booths, it can give you the idea that was the end of it, while you then still have to go back again to the middle for the 4th booth. Sometimes there are such big groups hanging in front of that 4th booth, it seems there is nothing to see there, until the driver starts yelling we need to hurry up and get back to the minivan, and before you know you follow the herd without having gotten a stamp. I guess our driver was good as he actually checked the stamps of each passenger before we would leave, some were send back too to finish the process. Just did this 2 months ago so that is very recent and similar timeline.

I just checked on the Dutch news and what I actually said one week ago, really happened to her too, it also happened to her travel buddy, strangely enough the news article was only about her, she did not understand this. So what turns out to be the case: they forgot to stamp / enter her back in on the border from Malaysia and Thailand. This happens a lot since those visa run companies go to a place where there you can basically just walk out and in Thailand. There is one booth to check out Thailand, then barely 50 meters further check-in and out malaysia, and then on the way back in the middle, a check in place for the thai side. This often goes wrong when 30-50 runners arrive at the same time. Specially as a first timer. At those border areas, one can theoretically just walk back into Thailand, after checking out Malaysia, illegally. You could then also theoretically get out of Thailand again, without stamps, and check into Malaysia legally.

A similar case happened to another Dutch man who also received assistance from the embassy too. Both of them did not receive any yellow or red cards, however. It is unclear if Thai Immigration will review the incidents or comment on them.

Lack of governing is sad, as specially in these months, it would be nice to have a limited reasonable priced area(s) with sunbeds and sun protection. Could be done by handing out X licenses per beach with a limit of X chairs. Then as soon illegal ones show up again, the licensed one ring the phone in minutes, its competition. But then again, TIT, the licenses would be sold to one owner with 3 companies lol. So I guess it should be a lottery for 5-10 year term licenses, extensions possible for those who comply with all rules, paid taxes and had no serious complaints.