Gknrd

I will help you guys out. I will go to Indonesia and start a few smoldering fires there... As the smoke covers Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia. Look at your wife , Gf . And see if she is worth it...

You are welcome..

It's Ganja time, then the Shrimp...

BS

If I have to go that bad, I piss in a water bottle. Here in the US I keep a water bottle in my truck. Never know!

Exactly, all these people commenting here don't know Thailand for sure. I was there for 12 years and last year went back for 6 months. Same guys were using agents. No problems what so ever. Got a friend in Udon that married a Thai national in the US. For some reason the marriage was not registered in Thailand or something. She just gets him an agent every year. And they both have income. Just much less nonsense to put up with. Last time I was there I was contemplating staying and he chimed in with just get an agent. He said after he hit 80 he did not want to put up with it anymore. He said best thing he ever did. Said if he ever had problems he would do a run and put the money int he bank. But for years he has been living a stress free life from Immigration. He does nothing, no 90 day report nothing.

I used to stay in a guest house slash hotel that had mostly europeans living there. That is exactly what they did. In their case their embassy issued a letter showing the pension. They had it down. Just changed the amount and printed out a copy. Never knew them to have any problems what so ever. I was trying to remember if any used a bank or not, but I don't recall.

Much better to use an agent. If you put the math to it, investing the 800K in a ETF , S&P 500 etc. At 10% you are money ahead. If stuck in Thailand with a wife, GF or what ever. Then, if they ever put a stop to using agents, put the money in the bank. Another consideration is, if you want to fund the existing Thai government. Which is basically what the 800K is doing.

And you read about the "left over women" in China. As an old man sounds like China would be a smorgasborg for me.. :) Those over 40 Chinese gals look pretty well put together and age well... To bad US and China are on the outs I would be there in a heartbeat..

The Pollution Control Department Joke of the day!

If GeoPoliticial people are right China will cease to exist as a functioning Nation in 10 years. Then decline from there. Definitely not a power to be worried about. Of course Thailand will still be dragged down with them to some degree, again if the GeoPolitical people are right. All I do know is I pulled out of the Chinese market, and will never return to that cluster F&ck. Even it they came back to rule the world I would never put a dime back in that total mess.

Quality Malay tourists. flooding over the border for a quickie for the weekend.

Then when I would cross the border preach to me about living in sin not being married to my Thai GF. If not for the Thai hookers Malay's would be strung tighter than a cork. You haven't lived until you head to Kolok for the weekend and watch the Malays come in.

I think you are confusing facts with the crystal ball TAT uses for their predictions.

As a single guy that live in Thailand for years. Pattaya is the last place I would head for a good time...

Thailand sucking the last Yuan they can out of the China economy as fast as they can. Hahaha. Keep up the good work Xi, that guy has turned China from a powerhouse in manufacturing to a laughing stock in the west. Enjoy your ride Thailand.

I want to go see the ghost city...

About 12 years ago I saw a motorcycle get run over during the holiday. The motorcycle was sitting in the median trying to cross. A truck came running down the middle lane passing everyone. Killed the guy on the motorcycle before he knew what hit him. I pulled off the road , rented a room for then rest of the holidays. They are crazy.

The young US tourists will visit. 30 days is enough. The good news is the long term expat money will never return. Anyone with a few bucks that looks into retirement or long stays in Thailand just laughs and heads south for the winter... Maybe once just to look, then after chocking to death on the polluted air, putting up with the government immigration rules you say. Well that was fun, now where do I spend my money and time without the nonsense and can breath the air.. Thailand is a joke.

Time to buy some food and hold up where ever you are until the carnage passes.

30 day visa is a joke if from the US. Pass. Just returned from South America, same prices, same rip offs, same same but different. Round trip 500 bucks. 90 days on arrival and 90 day online extension if you want. Nice winter get away. Flight time with one layover was 8 hours, no jet lag, same time zone. Screw S.E. Asia. I can get ripped off elsewhere without the extra government zenophobic rules. Best thing Thailand did for me was tighten the rules, start waving the red Chinese flag. My money will never pass from me to another Thai as long as I live. And I make sure everyone that asks or mentions Thailand knows the score. And I have had many ask as I travel.

Depends what you want, you want an easy hooker , then easy. And about the same as Thailand. All over the place here and beautiful. You want a decent woman, not like Thailand for sure. In Thailand every woman from shop worker , teacher, what ever will hop in be with you in my experience. In SA not so.

I have been to many place for long time stays. My first was Thailand. Then Mexico, Then S.A.. All over SE Asia. For the last 16 years. I have finally picked Colombia (for now). Thailand, easy women.. over the top. But, visas and dealing with immigration is not my cup of tea. Air pollution is extremely bad. S.A., crime is bad here. Need to be careful especially at night. Women are not easy like in Asia. I finally chose a country with good air, cheap, and easy to get back home as a US citizen. I now spend six months in S.A. and 2-3 moths in the US each year, then I try to spend 3 months in a new location each year.

Same in all of there foreign third world countries. Credit card or no service.

I am getting them done in Colombia now as I speak. I tried the clown show in Thailand. Over priced IMO. Over priced here but the quality is much better . As soon as they see you are foreigner the price goes up in all these countries.