Peter pop

But hospitals make big profits and employ lots of Thais.

I will be 81 soon. Life is healthy and good. I have been self insuring here for the last 15 years. I have thought about returning to the UK but so far the arguments stack up for staying here. Fixed pension and inflation are the main worries.

At the foot of a high rise building perhaps ?

Dr Morgan, HCMC opposite THE Geriatric Hospital on Hang Dong Rd. Best in CM

My wife has just received her UK visit visa , 14 weeks since the application. This is the kind of service that is now expected from a failed state. UK Citizen, 80 years old , 15 years in Thailand and nothing but failure and disappointment from the UK Government in my lifetime.

Thank you for this discussion. Very much in my mind after 15 years here but on a Frozen Pension. It would only make sense for me if my wife worked in UK. Not an attractive idea [for me].

You write well but use a broad brush. Your generalisation about the worrying decline in men's masculinity, manifests itself mostly amongst the chattering educated classes in all countries. These same people are overrepresented in the 'entitled' generations. My experience as someone who has been lucky enough to have worked in many countries, chosen to live in Thailand with my Thai wife , but have five children in England and Australia, is that they, their friends and the children of my ex work colleagues behave [for the most part] just the same way as I did in their elationships. The girls are a little more confident and noisy but have no need to embrace 'me too' movements. The men have loads of respect for ladies, with a helpful dose of 'Laddish' behaviour. You worry too much. Too much influenced by what you choose to read perhaps. A more serious issue is the decline in male virility; their increasing inability to get the girls pregnant. This compounded by the girls choosing to delay having children. When I read about this, I do worry about the future.

I think the maximum age is 74. Important information for many.

I have been here 15 years on marriage extension. At 80 yrs old I am unable to find insurance to re-enter, UK derived holiday insurance is only for UK reidents [min 6 months registered with British GP]. I am trapped !

As shown above the link is not valid for those of us who live in Thailand, want to go on holiday AND RE-ENTER.

Warning 1.This COVID-19 Insurance Policy for Thailand Inbound Travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic is intended for foreigners who wish to apply for COE or Thailand Pass, not for foreigners and Thai nationals who currently live in Thailand.

See terms and conditions para 3

This is a quote from their website........... Warning 1.This COVID-19 Insurance Policy for Thailand Inbound Travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic is intended for foreigners who wish to apply for COE or Thailand Pass, not for foreigners and Thai nationals who currently live in Thailand. I am still trying to find insurance for me aged 80. British insurers will only insure British residents registered with a GP in UK. I was offered insurance with SAFESURE. 750 GBP FOR 3 MONTHS, but when they discovered that I lived in Thailand the offer was withdrawn.

For information the max age to get AXA Insurance is 74. If anyone knows a Thai insurance company that insures over 80 yrs old residents like me I would be very grateful for the info.

So does that mean that I am trapped here. I am 80 in April and cannot find insurance of $50,000 to re-enter.