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True. Or you just don't want to wait many hours at Immigration and get it done in 30 min.

Another war monger. Find something better to do than scaring people.

You can budget about 35k baht for a legit 1 year course to pay to the school. Then you have Immigration fee: visa convertion from tourist/exempt to NON O about 7-10k baht (not always, it depends, you could go to an embassy outside Thailand and apply for NON O), extension every 90 day (1900 b). 90 day report is free, do it yourself. Grand total is about 45-50k for 1 yr legit school.

It is an extremely arrogant attitude to live in another country and pretend that the local people speak your language. To be honest, if I was thai I'd easily send you all to hell, especially those of you who get mad at me for not understanding your slang. That being said, it's a very difficult language to learn, but this is no excuse, if you're living here you should at least show to locals a little bit of interest in learning and speaking their language. Otherwise you are just a colonialist.

I wouldn't do it if country of destination is in the West, no matter you can show all is legal (no black). They're going to give you a hard time. The West is calling for central bank digital currency. No more cash in use. If you mean 500k USD then completely forget it, if thai baht up to you.

NATO should leave the rest of the world alone and in peace.

You're talking like google is the Bible, it is not.

Avoid trying to understand them and you'll have a better life here. It can be difficult sometimes.

Not really, because we mainly take what they are not interested in (dark skinned, over 30 yo, etc).

Despite that, I hear there's a lot of tourists around, even with the bad smoke, and restaurants and hotels have barely seen any 'low season' in the last six months.

EXACTLY THIS

Are you on a wheelchair?

It's a way to bring votes to the left/greens, which otherwise is destined to be heavily defeated in the next elections. Furthermore, it is certainly easier for a mass of sleepy and stoned people to accept certain economic and social policies than attentive and angry young people.

Run away. Start new life. Now you know it better.

I thought the Wild West was long gone. Could you please let us know where this is happening so that we stay away?

There's good and bad everywhere you go, Bob. But I second you on some of your negative feelings about this country.

In September or October you're going to apply for another METV, when was your first one issued? You shouldn't have any problem getting a second one, but I wouldn't be 100% sure, it depends on your embassy. After all you're asking for the same visa just after few months. Have a plan B, just in case.

I have always thought that you born in the 40s and 50s are the luckiest generation. Further confirmations in this thread.

The West is going down, both from an economic and social point of view. It isn't just the UK.

Here we go again, it's China's fault. Are you sure it isn't Russia? Maybe both, why not.

Given that it is part of their culture so take it or leave it, without any pretense of superiority on your part, I simply do not enter places where it is required to remove shoes, unless it is a private home of friends.

You're coming for Songkran, that's a good reason to be here, and if you'll have a return ticket there shouldn't probably be any problems upon entering BKK. But after this, you'll need to be careful for more consecutive entries.

EDIT: I WAS WRONG SORRY He was actually speaking about car trade with Mexico and China when he used the word 'bloodbath'.

Trump explains that if the Dems, who are pushing for violent immigration and world war, win, "it will be a bloodbath". The press sums it up like this: «Trump announces that if he doesn't win, it will be a bloodbath».

There's not much you can talk about with them. Because of the language and culture, just a small talk is ok. There are exceptions of course.