Jimjim1

I wrote about exactly what I do every time I come to Thailand and I have never had a problem, I simply tell the io where I am staying and they stamp my PP for an additional 30 days and give me a receipt for 1900baht clipped into my PP. I never use the full 30 days leaving after 45 to 50 well within the 60 day period and airport io’s always smile and are very friendly. As for a TM30 I have never been asked for one but I did once ask the hotel for a letter confirming my residence however the io did not even look at it so I have not bothered since, I just carry a hotel card should anything arise.

Ask her to put it in writing and then post it here so we know it is not bs

Quick update you can go to any io in Thailand but you must check in to a hotel in the city you are in and take a hotel card with you so they will know where you are staying and can check if they want to. I have gone to an io within an hour of checking in and had no problem getting the extension

If you know you are going to stay 40 or 45 days why not simply buy your expected departure date flight and a few days after you arrive go to an io anywhere in Thailand and buy a 30day extension it is easy and should take no more than 1 hour, just go in and ask for an extension, they are fully prepared for it and know what to do, I do this every time paying an agent for something as simple as that is a complete waste of money as is paying a fee to change your flight. One word of caution, tea money is still very much a thing with io’s so hand over 2,000baht and do not expect or ask for any change, if the io offers change (unlikely) don’t accept it just quietly tip it back over the counter they will remember you next time just go for it you will be surprised at how easy it is.

Shoot I thought Aloa was a place in Scotland

Try giving it to her once and she might stop……….

My mistake and I apologise my memory is not so good now that I am a wrinkly, but whatever you pay for a good cup of tea has got to be worth it has’nt it. Surely just because someone chooses not to follow the crowd and not be a bar hound does not make him a cheap Charlie whatever price he pays for his tipple, it simply means that the places he frequents have a pricing structure that is not a complete ripoff, which actually makes a big difference considering the comments on an almost daily basis about ripoff taxis, national parks, and all the other generalisations.

One day you may be old and lucky enough to be a “grey nomad” yourself so I hope you will remember your disgraceful ageist remarks. As for the person concerned here IF he is entirely to blame in this and was indeed intoxicated he deserves what he gets, but looking at the wider picture turning left at a junction without stopping is probably the most stupid action on Thai roads but to do it without looking and driving straight out is beyond belief.

Correct me if I have mixed you up with another but did’nt you complain about the 25Baht price of a cup of Tea a few years ago.

Again true but this is because the Ukrainians were forced to learn Russian by the soviets but they kept their own language and culture, Singaporn was wrong to state “same language same culture because it was an independent country before the red revolution and therefore had its own language and culture, it was also the bread basket of the Soviet Union because of the quality of the wheat and other food products it can grow, and now much of the world is / was reliant on that wheat.

No it is’nt Ukraine has always had it’s own language even when the soviets insisted on the Russian language they still used there own amongst themselves.

The same thing was happening a lot in Jomtien a few years ago, but the sad thing was that the restaurantuers logged us all in with the Russians and places I had gone many times and who Inew me very well suddenly demanded payment before placing my order, I was in one when about 20 people came in ordered and ate the food and then slowly left until only one remained who then denied any knowledge of the others only paying for his own food order. They were able to leave because it was a very busy restaurant and the toilet was in back and led directly to the car park, freeking cheap Charlie’s screwed it for everyone.

Nah but you got the rock he lives under just to the right of the tail feathers

Don’t get too upset it is just another youngster discovering the wheel again, they do this every day and INFLUENCE the rest of the brain dead bunch to do the same.

An earlier answer to mine was to put stones in a tin and rattle it when they approach you and this is good advice, however if you do the same in a large plastic water bottle and do the same it will make a louder noise because of the size of the bottle and that is enough to send them away. You do not need a lot of stones maybe 6 to 9 or twelve at most the rounder the better and of a size just small enough to go through the neck of the bottle, any smaller and they will not rattle properly.