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Even that doesn't always work, I knew a guy in Hoi Ann, married to Vietnames gal, they had 2 kids together, and he still had to exit evry now and then and re-enter.

Like yourself I have an old TIN, from 20 years ago when I was teaching, it was issued in Songkhla and I have the card stored away. I'm now retired, with a small pension, and I've been spending under 6 months a year in Thailand. But if any officials want to see my TIN, I have it.

It's the cheapest, and flies direct BKK to Perth, my last few trips have all been with Jetstar. Certainly a no frills airline, and lots of smelly trashy low budget travelers onboard, last flight we did in mid December, BKK to Perth, the dirty backpacker sitting next to my TGF took his shoes off and his feet stank terrible, my TGF then wore a facemask for the whole trip of block out some of the smell. Flying with Jetstar is not much fun, but as I say...the cheapest fares, direct flights to BKK, and so far they have always been on time.

He's his own worse enemy, doesn't know when to shut his gob.

So what's to stop Aussie kids from using a VPN? I have a VPN in my smart TV in Thailand, it sets my location as Dallas or Seattle and I watch US YT and other free movie sites that I can't normally access in Thailand. The kids are clever with internet and work around this dumb law.

Looking good now, I think you've planned a perfect route. Personally I'd skip Satun provincial capital and just head straight for Pakbaba. I've been a couple of times to Koh Tarutao and think it's the least impressive island there. Much better are Koh Bulon Lae and Koh Lipe.

Nothing much at all to see and do in Phatthalung, other than the lake and see waterbirds, but you can see much of that if you so desire when in Songkhla, also if you're doing Satun-Trang-Krabi then going to Phatthalung is kinda backtracking. NST has a very important and impressive wat, and not much else of interest, but if you've already seen a few of the big Bangkok wats then there's not much point going out your way to see one more big impressive wat. There are some nice beaches and resorts along the NST coastline but they're not easy to reach without your own transport. Krabi town is quite nice, Ao Nang too, and definetly go to Railay for amazing scenery. If you want to see more islands you can consider Koh Lanta. PhangNga Bay is famous for the karst islands and is mainly visited by tours either from Krabi or Phuket. There are loads of tour agents in Krabi town and you'll soon get all the details on visiting the attractions. At Krabi there's also the hot springs, and Wat Tham Sua with a cave temple. Surat Thani is ok but from a tourist perspective it's mainly just a place you pass through on route to Samui and the other islands, likewise Chumphon, the jumping off point for Koh Tao. A more interesting route from Krabi would be PhangNga - Khao Lak - Ranong - Chumphon.

I lived in the South for over 20 years and traveled all over so I can give you a few ideas, Pretty well the best attractions are coastal, beaches & islands, though there are some nice waterfalls and caves around the interior. From HatYai you could head to Pakbara in Satun province and from there take the boats out to islands: Tarutao, Lipe, Adang. Next Province up is Trang (more islands) then Krabi (more islands) You can island hop up that entire western coastline (Andaman Sea side). Alternatively, you can go to Songkhla, then move up the eastern coast (Gulf side) to Koh Samui/Koh Phangan. If you're more into islands/beaches then the Andaman side has more to offer. You also need to consider time of year, as the weather patterns are different for either side. You really need to get hold of a good guide book, something like the Lonely Planet, that will give you all the details and recommend places to stay. You can also look at a map of the South and work out which places catch your attention, then look on YouTube for trip reports, they usually go into great details regarding places to stay, interesting restaurants and accommodation.

She looks pretty good to me, nice figure, and mute, what a bonus. Why the hell would he want to screw around? 😁

How old are you? What is your nationality? (and what part of your home country are you from?) What is your usual occupation? Do you have an degrees/diplomas/certificates?

Somehow I don't think he's long for this world.

I've seen similar flying from Australia, a couple years ago with a morning flight Perth to KL, there was a large group of Aussies, some sport team, about 15 of them, they were getting stuck into the piss in the departure lounge at 6:00am, by the time the flight left they were all well oiled and kept getting out of their seats and blocking the aisles talking with each other, worse were the ones sitting in their seats listening to music with headphones on, often turning around and bellowing out to one of their mates 4 or 5 seats behind, oblivious to the fact that one's voice shoots up in volume while listening to loud rock music through headphones.

There is definitely a noticeable negative and nasty side to this AN forum, much more noticeable than any of the other internet forums I look at. So many threads just deteriorate into back and forth bitching, and there are many here who instantly jump down others throats, it's like they go through every post looking for some point they can seize upon to use against the OP. Because of this I personally don't post much here, and I've given up asking anyone for advice due to smart-ass nasty responses.

Probably cost the TAT 5000 bottles of whisky to get that award. 😁

Again, nothing new here. British and European men have been relocating to tropical regions for centuries. Lured by the sunshine, cheap living, and the availability of native women. If you read Maugham's novels, they're full of tales of Englishmen & Scotsmen & Frenchmen living the good life in SE Asia and Pacific islands.