NanLaew

Really? Maybe only folks with red nose would notice that.

Interesting, thanks. I wonder if Haleon's share price has benefitted? I saw another story in the UK media recently about a blood test that seems to a reliable predictor if one has Alzheimer's versus undergoing lumbar punctures and brain scans. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/23/blood-test-could-revolutionise-diagnosis-of-alzheimers-experts-say https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/22/alzheimers-blood-test-revolution-for-over-50s-dementia/

because if the wife didn't kill him pollution will Oh? I thought this happened in Korat, not Chiang Mai.

Can't say I've seen any "families that walk around and look at things with their kids in tow" in either Pattaya's sweaty underparts or in Nana. Why does a sighting of a single family suddenly morph into multiple families? It's like that picture of the Chinese kid taking a dump on the Pattaya Beach road side walk. The pages here were full of comments from people, most who either don't live in Pattaya, don't like Pattaya or have never been to Pattaya, suggesting that loads of Chinese kids were dumping all over the place every day. Curb your enthusiasm.

Perhaps by law they need special facial recognition or similar photos? Just asking for a friend. Or maybe @Kinok Farang's high school year book pictures weren't considered to be a true likeness any more?

So you trust a Thai government worker to be more dilligent than an employee of a private company with a government contract? It is staffed 24/7. The only time you may have to wait longer than 5-10 minutes is when the IO staff have gone AWOL from their office.

Then why did soldiers from the 7th RRFS outside of Udon Thanii like to go down there for in country leave? As you say, it was in-country leave but most stopped in Bangkok, same can be said for those on R&R from out-country. I agree that small numbers did venture to Pattaya over the years, which greatly disturbed the nomadic Germans who had been occupying the place for years before it was 'discovered' by the soldiers.

Not sure what you mean. Did my reentry permit at DMK last Nov. The reentry office is just past immigration. It seemed I was the only one with filled in TM8+ photo etc. All the others were paying the extra 200b to have immigration fill in forms etc. So the DMK IO's add a 200 baht service charge for doing it themselves? TBH, I never noticed if they charged me an extra 200 baht. It was over a year ago and receipts have been binned. The key difference for some is the RP service desk/office location: BKK is immediately before passport stamping, DMK is immediately after passport stamping. Another note for those using the Premium lanes on departure from BKK who need the RP, you will need to hike from whatever Premium lane security you just passed through to the aforementioned RP service desk in the common people's immigration halls. Not sure if the Premium IO guy keeps a hold of the boarding pass so you need to hike back that way but I did get my ear bent by a very upset Premium passenger having a gurn about it.

Centrum can delay Alzheimers? Citation or link to the news story? As noted earlier, buying Centrum on local online market places in Thailand isn't a guarantee that it's the same Centrum you get at Walgreen's, CVS or any US drug store or Boots or Superdrug in the UK.

The 200 baht service fee is only charged if you ask them to complete the form and take the photos, if you take them yourself, it is 1000 baht as normal. Yes, that's correct and your choice. But I am 67 and life's too short to download, print and fill in a form before I go to the airport just to save 200 baht but waste an extra couple of minutes at the service desk.

At BKK, they add 200 baht service charge as the RP service desk isn't operated by Immigration staff. The people at the desk get your information, take your picture and walk your application to the actual RP office adjacent while you wait, maybe 5-10 minutes if they're not busy. Never seen more than 2 or 3 people at a time waiting, but mostly by myself. The upside is they save your info/picture so the next time it's even faster. This is all BEFORE you get stamped out. At DMK, there's no service desk and you do the RP application yourself inside the IO office immediately behind the passport desks. The fee is the same as your local IO office, no service charge. This is all AFTER you get stamped out. Done both several times and never ever came close to missing any flights.

Weak you say? I guess it's never been the same since Tony got out of the local neighbourhood gym business.

...never banged a ladyboy.

Especially does not equate to solely. There are plenty in BKK too but they can blend in more with the general population. The provinces, not so much. Really? I'm managing OK.

If you need to ask.

Yes, we'll be there the last week of March.

The articles says the victim is a TOURIST, not a worker at the "massage" place. The article also says, So it's a fairly sound bet that the chap who got beaten up was an unofficial employee of the massage shop as @KhunBENQ suggests and doesn't want to be in ANY spotlight. Otherwise, why would an alleged couple of angry 'Russians' beat up a disabled Korean tourist in broad daylight?

Crime That and dodging Putin's draft.

Christ on a bike, another one? Click the bloody LINK in the OP to get the whole bloody story. Sheesh...

Arouse... touch up...? Sherlock? Is that you?

I guess that's one way of looking at it.

Is the bad behavior getting worse and reports of related incidents increasing? Don't forget that bad news sells and, "Deranged naked tourist breaks door in 7-eleven" will always beat, "More than 1800 visitors including 14 large tour groups visited Nong Nuch Garden yesterday" to the front page headlines.

Maybe start a Hua Hin bank account and yellow book specific post in the Hua Hin Cha-am sub-forum? That could get some valid responses from those that have "been there, done that" and managed to get both. That should save on wasted time and frustration when you get here.

That would apply to a multi-entry visa that's already been presented. AFAIK, the MFA doesn't notify the RTP when they issue a visa and there's no reference in the RTP database if it hasn't been presented yet. The IO scans the passport first, and all previous activity linked to the passport holder's biometrics will be displayed. Then they start flicking pages. My experience is that some IO's will ask at this point if I have a visa, probably to speed things up (you are doing their job of scrutiny for them). That's maybe because my history shows a mixture of entries as visa-exempt, on a visa or on marriage/retirement extensions. There habe been several posts, including on this thread, where people have either managed to get a visa-exempt entry while holding an unused visa in the same passport due to the IO not checking properly, while a few others have tried (with varying degrees of success) to get the IO to ignore the visa and stamp them in on the visa-exempt allowance. My understanding, based on my experience and what I was told by an irritable and irritated Immigration 'boss' at BKK, is that if one has a visa in any travel document, that is the only travel document and only entry entitlement that can be presented for entry to Thailand. Good luck to the OP on getting the less observant IO if he tries to get a visa-exempt stamp. Make sure it's a bloke, as the ladies tend to have eagle eyes.

It's not about believing any myth. It's more about being able to accept the status quo here. Accordingly, another thing that probably differs are our blood pressures.