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I walked today to Lotus's in On Nut to buy some food and was quite surprised what I saw. A foreigner, looking like a younger version of Arnold Schwarzenegger, looked like he just left the gym, heavily tattooed and wearing a Thai police uniform. I thought, that's strange. Probably a tourist police but he was walking alone, wearing the full uniform including a weapon and nowhere was something mentioned as " tourist police". This guy looked scary. Looked like he was recruited out of those "foreign motorbike clubs". He was feeling very important, walking around the area.

RIP

800k Baht Must be a farang on Non-Imm O-A.

Indeed. I tried for a few hours now.

It's not loading. I tried on my phone and laptop. Can't reach this site. Wanted to print my last TM47

I mentioned it later. Leaving from BKK

Yes they are open.

For once I hope that the Baht gets even stronger.

Was just seeing a report that Russians in Bali are moving their money through crypto in Bali.

looks amazing

Just looking a youtube report about Bali. They are fed-up with the Russians. Whole buildings being build for them. They don't care about the locals. They scream around, no respect for the local culture. Taking nude pictures, working illegal etc. Bali is starting to send them back because of working illegal, nude pics and behaving like they were still in Ruskylandia. Everyday more ruskies arrive and many with a one-way ticket. On this report, you just see the young ones. Where do they have the money from, what visa do they get? A 17 year old travelled to Bali and stayed. How on earth is that possible. Thailand, do you want to go that way as well?

Probably choosing the trip south towards Chumphon.

They let me plan and surprise them, as usual.

Sounds interesting, thank you.

YES, nice hotels a must. Some sightseeing, mountains, beaches. Open for everything. If not rainy season, we would be off to Koh Chang but when it rains ( a lot), it's not pleasant.

A 14 year old teenager onboard.

Bangkok

I've been in Udon Thani last weekend. Heavy rain as well but had a nice hotel. Was the only farang there and during breakfast, they might have thought to play some farang music. 5555 I couldn't believe my luck. They were playing: "I wish you a merry Christmas". Those thais, amazing.

I usually plan trip well in advance. This 7_9 days road-trip came up shortly. We want to stay in Thailand as daughter already travelled with her mom to Europe. Option one was Koh Chang as we love the island and have a favourite hotel but the weather is a concern as this site of Thailand gets most of the rain. Option two is driving south but no idea where to stop. Option 3 is driving up north which partner is talking about but up north, it's raining a lot too. 2-3 days to go but still no plan lol.

Good morning, Very last minute planning. My daughter, my partner and myself a planning a last minute road trip for a week or so. Planning on leaving next saturday or sunday. Preference was: Koh Chang but probably not suitable as it's raining a lot in this area. Driving up north? Driving south? As I see, the best weather is south from HuaHin. Any suggestions where to go for a week trip by car and where to stop and what to see. Thanks in advance.

I have a brand new "Lolex" and nobody ever looked at it.

At least the "BMW" is reliable. There must as well be some "Chinese" on overstay but better not to mention them.

Thank you. We never stop learning. My bad that I didn't know this.

Great. You made it clear. But at passport control today, agents were arguing because some agreed with the re-entry permit and others said, that a new one is necessary. Just to get it right, they got a new re-entry permission without using the other one. If they agents get confused, imagine us.

Not confusing: Actual date of expiry was 31/07/23 As school is finished, they went last week to Chaeng Wattana to renew the permission of stay and to get a single re-entry permit. Queue for permission of stay was very long. Ticket for the afternoon. Queue for re-entry permit quite short. They went to the agent to ask if re-entry permit can be purchased before having the new "permission of stay". She looked the actual permission of stay which was dated: 31/07/23. She asked when they would come back. Answer: 15/07/23 Agent said: ok, no problem. Pay 2x 1000baht and they got their re-entry permit. In the afternoon, they got their new permission to stay, which is now dated 31/07/2024 At the airport today, the agents were arguing between them because some said, the re-entry permit is valid and others said, that a new one is required. At the end, they paid 2x1200 baht to get a new re-entry permit. Imagine leaving the country because agent accepted the valid "first" re-entry permit and coming back, another agent doesn't agree.