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That is true when you use your card for shopping, whether online or in shops. The rate is good, and no fees are deducted. But not when you withdraw money with a foreign ATM card.Might differ from country to country, but I have used my KTB debit in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia. Only in Indonesia were the losses negligible.

Yes, they changed the rules recently, and to open a proper account you need either a WP or TRC. These changes make it harder for illegally working foreigners to deposit their money and move it out of the country. With the account I have you can only move money into the country. And I am sure they love getting our money. So no need to cancel that.

Thanks Jack, but I already have a Thai bank account. I could of course have the money transferred to my KTB account and use my debit card in Cambodia. I have done that in the past, and the losses are substantial. It's not so much the bank fees themselves as the hidden charges in the currency conversion rate Last time it amounted to a loss of 7%,still better than the 10% I lost when doing the same in Vietnam.

I know this question should have been posted on the Cambodian forum, but very little activity in terms of replies to be found there. Is it possible to open a bank account in Cambodia on a Tourist visa. It does not have to be a proper account. I just need it for transferwise wiring of cash (they require, in contrast to PayPal an account) I opened an account in Vietnam for this purpose. It's an account that does not come with a bank book, ATM card, no deposits within the country allowed either. Just withdrawal of money wired from overseas. Does such a thing exist in Cambodia?

Had something similar here in Vietnam. It started out as swelling of one eye and a rash around the neck.Then balanatis like symptoms. Antifungals were useful. Went to a dermatologist who said it was contact dermatitis. He prescribed Fucicord for the eye and Tracolimus for the genital area. That got rid of it.

In 2020 the Vietnamese government issued new immigration regulations that did away with the 3 month Tourist visa Allegedly this was done to crack down on illegally working English teachers. TV from then on were restricted to just 1 month (with the possibility to get two 1 month extension). It was unclear whether these extensions would have to be applied for through expensive agents (like previously) or could be done for the official fee of 10$ at the immigration office. The country closed its borders till recently so there was no way to find out. The only immediate effect was that they stopped giving 3 month extension for those of us that were 'stuck' here. I have been doing very expensive monthly extensions for over a year. Now there have been reports/rumors here in Vietnam that they might revert back to the old system that was in effect pre-covid that allows many nationalities 90 day TV, and Americans 1 year TVs. Expect much of the usual dilly-dallying before they come a provisional decision that might last, or might be changed /reinterpreted shortly after the fence sitting. Thailand is bad in this respect, but Vietnam is even worse, much worse.

Songkran hasn't been about tradition and religion for a long time. It's about getting <deleted>, drive around like crazy while <deleted>, killing people by the hundreds in the process. Sadistically throwing buckets of water (often with chunks of ice for increased pain sensation and delight) at each other, preferably at the crotch. Rubbing carcinogenic butt powder into people's nostrils, eyes, mouths. In general, being as loud and obnoxious as one possibly can. Hasn't much to do with what the Buddha taught.

Right now Cambodia. They just scrapped the Covid test requirement altogether. Proof of insurance is not needed either. Both are needed in Vietnam. Also Vietnam right now has a massive surge of transmissions with over 300000 daily cases. High risk of getting infected and having to self-isolate or be quarantined, either in Vietnam or on the way back.

That law was introduced by the Thaksin administration. There was no such law in the seventies, eighties and into the nineties. Thaksin's minister Purachai(the pure one) was spearheading efforts to make Thailand pure again. Strictly no prostitution(so unpurachai/pure) either back then.

It doesn't really say what cancer he has. But if it is stage 4 brain cancer that has metastized to the brain it would take a miracle to cure him. Even stage 1 lung cancer has only a 20% five year survival rate.

Wasn't expensive. About 15 $ on top of the visa fee itself. The faster you want to get it back the more expensive it was at times, at other times the embassy would not allow express service. The Thai embassy in Phnom Penh is one of the worst embassy I know of. They constantly keep changing their rules and regulations. For years they didn't allow non - Cambodian to go through agents. Anyway, after 2 years of suspension due to Covid, hopefully this will be a new Era of more efficient service.

Yes, along the river front. There is one block that has several of them. Before the Pandemic I always used the same agent,for over 10 years. The name of the agency is 3 letters starting with a an L(something like LTK or LPK) He was able to get a TV without you having an outbound ticket.

That is a good question.

Yes, supposed to, but they can't make up their minds about the how exactly. Tourism authorities want to fully reopen, Department of health wants a conditional partial reopening, resulting in the usual Vietnamese dithering. Nobody is issuing Tourist visas yet. Embassies don't have a clue yet if and when they can issue visas again.

How are you planning on getting into Vietnam? Or are you currently in Vietnam?

Yes, hard to make sense of the comparative numbers :Vietnam over the last 2 or 3 weeks has been steadily going up from 20000 to close to 200000,while Thailand has been basically unchanged at around 20000 cases. Omicron arrived IN LOS two weeks before it got to Vietnam.

Ruble actually. A plummeting currency. One Ruble doesn't even get you a single Baht anymore. Headed for parity with the 'satang' or Vietnamese dong.

555. Yeah. I also give serial killers a lot of thought. Fascinated by the Zodiac,Ted Bundy etc. Doesn't mean I will become one myself.

But what if you change your mind on the way down? Really high buildings it can take a while to get to your final destination.(you could of course carry a parachute just in case) If you jump from a lower floor you might survive and spend the rest of your life paralyzed or in chronic pain. Shoot yourself in the head is superfast. Poisoning and slashing your wrist, you can call an ambulance if you feel like you have made a mistake.With my extreme fear of heights, jumping would be my last option.More afraid of heights than of death. So I would rather die than jump.

Don't think tourism has much to do with the value of the Baht. The first year of the Pandemic the Baht kept gaining with tourism in the doldrums, then it started falling for 6 months with no change in tourism. Now rising again. There are many other factors that have a greater impact on the Baht than tourism.Maybe some Economist can enlighten us.

Spot on :Thais can't do anything wrong. It's the bird<deleted> farangs that are ngo. Thailand number 1,as I was told so many times by Thais. No1 at what though??

Any sleeping aid that does not disturb the REM and deep sleep phases of your sleep cycle could be regarded as natural. Benzos and most other sleeping pills do decrease the particularly important deep sleep phases. Zolpidem does it less so, and off-label low dose (25-100 mg) administration of Trazodone is supposed to maintain the normal pattern of the sleep cycle.

I assume you are taking two 50mg tablets. You might not even need that much. As little as 25mg might do the trick.

Extremely special. Like one in a million.

You are totally wrong about the aging aspect. Thai women often keep their youthful looks into their late twenties. A 25 year old might sometimes pass for a 19 year old, but somewhere around the age of 30 they do a giant leap. Within just a few years they manage to look 10 or more years older. I have never met a Thai woman in her forties that was still really attractive(without layers of makeup) . But you do find some farang women and Latinas at that age who are still stunning. SEA women do not age well.Men on the other hand do, which might be one reason why there is so much "chao choo", promiscuity, in Thailand. Thai men leaving their partners for a more youthful version.