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20 minutes ago, Jaggg88 said:

Flights are still much higher than pre-Covid so that may be taking its toll on numbers.

I had to pay tourism tax in Rome and Vienna and it was collected by the hotel on check in.

That must be new. I didn't in 2017.

I notice Korea and Indonesia now slugging people for serious money, $50 and up, before the flight, even just to transit landside for a hotel sleep. 

The slimy rent seekers could do this very fairly and transparently but it's clearly another "caper" to fleece all non thais, and the airlines see it as such. 

How to do it fairly is all visitors after immigration, pay B300 in any denomination at a government booth, THEN they immediately get a small stamp in their passport which is their HEALTH INSURANCE RECEIPT for the time they are in Thailand.

They could also just do it online before arrival. 

But don't hold your breath!

3 hours ago, BritTim said:

As stated by others, to complete a border bounce, you must enter and leave Laos. Assuming you are ineligible for a Laos visa exemption (most of us) you need a visa to enter Laos. Your choice is a visa-on-arrival (cheapest, but takes up a full page in your passport for the visa sticker, and might take a bit of time if there is a queue) or an evisa (more expensive, takes three days, saves space in your passport, may be much quicker at the border). If applying for the visa-on-arrival, make sure you have clean, undamaged US currency. It will be substantially more expensive if you pay in baht.

 

I can confirm that Immigration at this border crossing rarely hassle arriving travellers.

I did visa on arrival at Savannakhet, and the Lao Cop asked for 1800 in baht. I had US notes, but would rather keep them.

I later did an exchange rate and I paid = $52.75 so I was ripped off paying in Baht. 

I would have gone e-visa, for the reasons you mentioned alone, but left it too late (3 working days minimum). 

1 hour ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

For the non-military immersed here, where are you getting that info from regard his decorations?  Something in one of the photos?

 

Yes, he's wearing four ribbons on his Airforce Cadet uniform. These are, in UK military called "commemoratives" The British sovereign issued just three and the Coronation medal, during her epic reign, these are to recognise service to the crown, but chiefly to commemorate Her Majesties Jubilee events. 

As the kids decorations are also worn by long serving adults in Thailand, and he has FOUR; ex-servicemen from other nations on here can draw their own conclusions as to the value of decorating a high school aged person in peacetime. 

3 minutes ago, garyk said:

It doesn't matter. Thailand elite will set the course for Thailand and they are Chinese supporters 100%. Personally I will not give Thailand another dollar of my money.  The writing has been on the wall for a few years now.

The elites do have significant blood connections to China, but the British Royals are half-german and that didn't stop two world wars!

In the end Thailand will side with the winners, they deftly shafted Japan when the tide turned in WW2.

In Korat, US Jets and Chinooks were up and about every other day last month, during Cobra Gold. 

Thailand isn't going anywhere. China has nothing but suffering and pain ahead of it. 

1 minute ago, Pink Mist said:

Can you share a link to show your post is correct and not supposition. So far I have not seen a source to cooberate what you posted.  All news is so far only just over an hour old. 2 casings were found and a gun is all the reports state.

Already done. 

32 minutes ago, Pink Mist said:

Sad, may they both RIP and their killer be found and sentenced appropriately. If it was a jealousy killing then it should be easy to track the individual down.

It's a murder/suicide. So yeah, they tracked laughing boy down. 

There's a place near the moat.

It's very busy, but you can walk in if you are prepared to wait.

They did a great job of freezing two Sebohrric Keratosis from my scalp. B400 total including ointments.

The card I have is in Thai except the line ID "chartchaiclinc"

Ph: 053 214318.

I was earlier robbed blind at Bumrungrad in BKK for B16,000 tho they did pathology to ensure it wasn't cancer. You got a good deal at the Ram my friend!

I don't think Chartchai have the facilities to diagnose, only to remove moles. 

On 3/20/2023 at 3:40 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I think it's funny that many comments here assume it is possible to do this with logic and reason.

What gives you that strange idea?

 

IMHO there are some things in Thailand that just are, no question of why or why not or whatever. It's like trying to argue with the sun that it should be up for an hour or two longer. It won't work. And everybody involved will think something like: What stupid idea is that. TiT

While I agree with your assessment that this whole thing looks like a giant set-up in the making, and the extended family act like they own the place already, and also that his wife clearly has him under the thumb, and trapped in this horrible, controlling, and expensive mistake...

I saw a retired hostage negotiator online say that logic is like beauty, it is in the eye of the beholder. 

4 hours ago, Goat said:

i have contemplated it. Not so much the load that concerns me, though I do concede my usual litre does impress them. 

It is more the testosorone. I had a dog fixed up once and he was never the same. I dont want to end up being a grumpy old man.

They cut and then tie off two tiny tubes. You still produce sperm, they are absorbed into the body tissue. 

Nothing changes other than the sperm are blocked from swimming into a cervix.

It's nothing remotely like castration.

????

On 4/17/2023 at 11:11 AM, HampiK said:

There are many very good buffets available in Bangkok. But it depends you want seafood or international, and of course also the price range.

Goji at the Marriott Marguis they have a really huge selection of many different styles of food, but it's also more expensive.

 

At the end it depends on the price and what dishes you see as a must have...

This is a Question in the Chiang Mai section. 

I somehow found it easier to focus on audio better without the video, and you were coming thru directly on my Bluetooth hearing aids.

Please consider a pro mic if you're going to do these regularly. 

Thanks for the op-ed. 

Is the extension you are on only be valid for the part time job? It's certainly unusual for a foreigner to have two jobs here. 

You could also try Thai Visa Advice group on FACEBOOK. They're very good at helping sort out these complications. 

The more details you can give them, the better they can help. Also, you won't get the idiots chiming in on FB it is a private group an extremely well run. I see they are here already!

You don't need to show a visa for a domestic flight, and it doesn't matter to the airline.

The bad news is you will be sent right back to the issuing office to transfer your stamp. Your second best option is to depart internationally on one passport and return on the other if you can get a day return trip to anywhere that is cheap enough. 

You cannot bounce by land and swap passports, only by air. 

If you do this ARRIVE AND DEPART the foriegn port on the passport you want to return to CNX on. 

Never a dull moment when the upstanding citizens of the Middle Kingdom and the Thai Kingdom get together. 

It's almost slapstick comedy.