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Yeah, I was there for 6 months. Drove the whole country of Laos. The good old days are gone for good. China invaded Laos and took over the whole country without firing a shot. Laos is a good example of what they do to very poor countries that do not know any better.

Yea Laos was never all that, but since the train the roads have turned into one big pot hole. The reason the roads have gotten in such a bad shape is! Laos is servicing the debt to China, and does not have the money to keep the infrastructure serviced. Going to be a nightmare for the western retiree's that bought into the LOS's BS... haha

Might as well be wearing a t-shirt saying "I am guilty and waiting for the storm to blow over"

It is not going to change in our lifetime. Question is what do you do? Since this is an expat forum, the answer is you leave if you want to live a healthy life. If not then you stay and deal with it.

I am chocking just looking at that and remembering the last few years before I left. A death trap for retiree's and tourists.

Maybe so.

You are braver than I was, am...

Found one that was one day off in three years retirement. Must of thrown away one of my passports. I travel allot. I will see if I can find another one . I have a huge gap. I think it was because of me washing it and when I tried to go to India from Thailand in Chiang Mai the took my passport and made me get a new one.. I am a little hesitant taking a pic and posting it here. Just in case I want to return one day. Anyway, I was in on March 1 on one retirement visa and the next one they shorted me one day. I will try to dig up some older passports.

If you do you are an idiot. And very lucky. I and all the guys I know went back at least two weeks before it expired. Going on the day it expires is not a good idea.

I will see. I just had my new one issued in Thailand before I left for good. Since I don't plan on coming back I will see if I can dig up the old stamps. My passport has been updated a couple of times. Just dug out three passports in the last 15 years. I will see if I can find some stamps.

was all over the place when I lived in Thailand. Extension of stay in Chiang Mai several times, BKK, Udon , Hoi Hin , cannot remember them all. But clearly remember the time stamps being out of whack..

OMG, that is cheapppp. I should have looked into Spain wow.... I have a friend there that I have been wanting to visit for a while now.

For that price in the Euro I would not even think of Thailand. I am having my implants done in Colombia. Now waiting for the bone grafts to heal. Mine cost me ( 790 US for the implant and 595 for the tooth) I decided not to have them done in Thailand. But, have been thinking of going to Turkey to get them finished. Just for the travel experience. I would like to go to Turkey and the surrounding countries for a visit.

Mine used to change about half the time I got an extension. Crazy. Never asked and never understood why. Usually only by a few days or on one occasion three weeks. After sitting at immigration and then watching them move the rubber in the 10-25 stamps I didn't care really. Never thought calling them on it would be in my best interest.

That alone should tell you to not invest in Thailand and not go to Thailand if from a western country.

They are rich, both will catch a mysterious disease and be transferred to a five start police hospital. Then after a few weeks be released with a deadly medical condition that cannot be cured. Then fly home to their families and a miracle cure will happen in a few days. The cop will be driving his new Benz.

Here is a good guy that follows the law, and how most of westerners are brought up. Unfortunately if things get bad in Thailand he and most like him will be the first to go. Thailand is a corrupt country from top to bottom. If it gets really bad. The only westerners living there will be the ones using agents and bribing officials.

You retiree's think it is bad now? Things will get absoulty nightmarish. With no leadership and no direction and saying this to immigration lets each individual and individual office go it's on direction. It is already like this and with this can and will go into a very bad direction for the law abiding and good retiree's. Bribes will be out of control. Unreal, putting the fate of a retiree in the hands of a money hungry immigration office or officer. What a great idea.. every Thai immigration officer will be driving a Benz in a few years.

"Joke of the day". Thinking anything the people want will make a difference in Thailand. Or change anything. Military and communist run countries are all the same.

PM2.5 air pollution was behind approximately 29,000 deaths in Thailand in 2021, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of IQAir data. The number of air pollution-related deaths per capita in Thailand last year exceeded those from road accidents, drug use and homicide combined, a new report finds. And you go search, best places to retire, and Chiang Mai and Thailand in general are on the list. Air quality affect the very young and the old retiree's the MOST.. Advice I give to my friends is! If retired stay out to Thailand all together. Even for a short visit. Thank goodness for the anti western sentiment the Thai government is projecting to the people. At least people from the US will stop visiting.

If he get's out of this , His new name will be "Teflon Don, Big Joke" No charges ever stick to this guy.

Won't be long before the Thai internet censors start deleting negative posts. Or banning sites that say anything bad about Thailand.

Retiree's don't understand or want to under stand the laws of Thailand. They are ripe for the picking. Always amazed at the retiree's that come here and think they are special and it will work for them. They come to a dictatorship run country, in a country that does not want them (only their money). Then expect things will go in their favor.. Coin the phrase: Stupid Farang.

Thailand will benefit, but only with low and medium end chips. Good jobs for the Thai's. China already has them. Of course all the manafactruing in countries that China is in bed with will help China. No western nation is stupid enough not to know it is just for cheap labor and low end chips. Thai media is run by the government and just like China, everything is rosy and they are the center of the universe. At this point no one cares.

Same speech different day. Again depends on if China can pull their selfs out of their problems. Which is doubtful. But, they better hope China can pull off a miracle. It is too later to woo back the Western countries that actually have a future and money to spend.