I am in South America at present for my annual 6 month vacation. And one thing I have noticed here is how friendly the drivers are.. When standing near a cross walk I cannot tell you how many just stop and blink their light to cross. In Thailand I was always looking and trying to predict how fast they were coming. And driving there was just insane.
A few months ago I answered on and acted very old(which I am). And, played the dementia card.
After I hung up, I was getting phone calls for days and by the hour from different scammers.
After a few days of not getting anything from me they stopped.
Goes to show how bored I was...
I don't keep up with Thai immigration rules anymore. But, does this mean as a US citizen I can fly in , get a 90 day, then extend 30. Fly out and fly back in for another 90 days? So I could stay about 180/yr?
Kinda funny, Last time I was in the US I needed parts for my Tundra. I ordered off of e-bay. With the sign of trusted original OEM parts. Turned out to be a Chinese company with an office in the US. Making fake parts and fake packaging . Looked impressive. Took it down the the local Toyota dealer to see the difference and it was massive. Junk auto parts from China is a real problem.
Doesn't matter politically they are allied with China.. That is all that counts. This is not going to end well for expats from western countries. 10 years max. Kinda of a joke really. A few years ago I was saying get out of the Chinese market and people on here were saying it is the best place in the world for investment. What a joke that turned out to be. As China slides into the abyss. Western sentiment in that part of the world and in Thailand is going to be extremly bad. Tick tock, tick tock... haha
You are going to se more and more of this. It will start trickling down to the smaller towns. China's economy in the toilet and they blame the US. Thailand the number one supporter of China in SE Asia. After many years of going and living in Thailand I was talking to a Thai lady in Pattaya. When she found out I was from the US she said Thailand does not want Westerners in Thailand.