TropicalGuy

Simple google search. suggest you counter -argue with facts not emotional & anecdotal bias.

Cannabis a psychogenic drug linked to derangement & violence. Undoubtedly adds to driving dangers. ????

Most Dead Ten year & 12 year olds from motorbike accidents ? Largest Lack of Logic & Sense ?

They just don’t know about thinking & stopping time./ distance. Believe in Instant Stop. ????????

Cyclists (unless Lycra clad on racing bikes) are seen here as Less than pedestrians….. open contempt& disregarded ????

Deadliest here for motorbike deaths. In Arab countries NOBODY is stupid enough to drive other than four wheels as its absolute mayhem even then, highest four wheel deaths are in these hellhole places…where they will drive at huge speed feet from your rear bumper in rain & fog ????

Or moving “ crones” if in Madrid city Centre at night ????????????????

OFF TOPIC : RIP Poor Lady BUT I behave as pedestrian the same as this pick up m, on sidewalks & in malls here by making a breaststroke motion with my arms yelling” comin’ thru” when encountering blocking groups oblivious to others???????????? in Madrid evenings there are so many walking dead zombie oldies lurching around blocking sidewalks it’s like that Michael Jackson “ Thriller” video with Vincent Price; forced to walk on the road there everywhere in city Centre…..

“ we’re not in Kansas anymore “ (Wizard of Oz) “ Kansas just went bye bye”(Matrix)

Bad Enough on motorbikes here. Bicycling on any public roads here is near suicidal; incredibly stupid. Safer jumping into an alligator pond or off a bridge. ????????

“ international “ too broad a category. Weekends in Mexico from US or Rome from UK are quite different to 12-16 hour long haul flight vacations. Who travels long haul for a week holiday ? Nearly no one except the rich I guess. ????

US has the nastiest intrusive ( western) Federal Govt. This culture feeds into US Immigration which questioning can be downright brutal for the simplest of cases.

How would Immigration know you had a Thai wife ? Should not be volunteering any private data to govt. no benefit . Assume they will invariably look to use it against you ????

Rich East Asian/Aus-NZ no doubt ????

tourist financial status is solely their business. If they can afford a long haul air ticket they can afford to stay here short term. ????????” dilution of Culture” ? No farang ever made even a tiny dent in the underlying culture here !????????

Well, I would estimate the number of independent western women living overseas (without the inevitable husband in tow) at less than 1% ( if that) of western expats. I’ve never come across one in fact. Most younger women would always return home to further career, marry & start families. A quite separate way smaller demographic with undoubtedly their own contact networks. Women by evolutionary design are not “wanderers” ; they ultimately stay close to original home & family rather than seek new ones like many men obviously do here.

Might be very long NHS waiting lists though post- Covid ? ☹️????

Try Public Hospitals if not insured. Tariffs 25-35% private hospitals. Prepare though for long initial processing, lengthy waits at each “ stage” & huge crowds of old sick Thais, many dying slowly right in front of you. ????????

An “Oasis” moment ?????

Shake down so only cash in hand works ????????

https://www.thaiembassy.com/news/covid-visa-extension-to-continue-until-march-25 Yes, was thinking of the nine month STV (wrongly thought std 60-90 day TV not available). “Convert” the wrong term s/ b just “ extention”.

THAT was what I did for my son via UK Embassy Bangkok. Going around in circles here ….the “ relevant document” ( singular) is Thai Birth Cert ????

so not difficult and IS required.

No good for births in Thailand as here . I speak only of my case eight years ago.

UK Embassy