isandrew

I hope tourism does improve but even more so I hope they find a way to get the balance right on it all. I have family who have come and visited us a few times and on their last trip I got the sense of them being done with here and ready for a new spot for their holidays.

I believe they mean the visa is valid for 5 years but when you come and use it you get 180 days and can extend 1 time for 180 days

Both things you mentioned you need to be 20+ to buy so how are children not buying alcohol but buying weed? id say the kratom with the syrup is a serious problem with youngsters right now

Everyone has their poison, some people drinking, some people smoking, some gambling, I use to smoke cigs and never been a drinker but I guess what frustrates people who want the recreational side is the fact they're told is okay to consume alcohol but not weed. When in reality they both come with issues but there's no way on earth you can say alcohol is better for you or not as bad as "weed" 1 may cause certain people to get long term mental health issues but the other causes short term behavior issues and damage to your liver😅 to put it into prospective an alcoholic can die coming straight off the ale but a hippy isn't going die going cold turkey. Probably a few sweats and couple crazy dreams haha I've said it before I hope they find a middle ground and I sit in the middle I can see both sides.

If the country wants to make it illegal fair enough thats down to them, its just wild to think you get the same punishment for a bit of weed as you would a class A (hard drug) people will be getting locked up for 10+ years for weed is.....

It's going be an interesting couple months a head. A lot of Foreigners/Thais are Pro Cannabis & a lot of Thais/foreigners are against for whatever reasons. If you've followed the situation since the start you'd of known that this day was coming but no one knew exactly how it would go. Many thought it'll just be a Thai traditional doctor on site to operate.. To the foreigners who invested it was always part of the risk and a lot of investment I bet came from people who moved here and/or who didn't know the way of the land. I hope for the best for both sides and would love to see a happy medium. Good luck to all

I posted the BP link but didn't realise we wasnt allowed.

I'm the "Pom" as the aussies would like to say who is friends with Nat and has an even smaller Youtube Channel... I can't speak for Native Farang and his partner in regards to youtube but for me I don't make any money nor do I even care about that if it makes something in the end what a lovely bonus. I created my channel with the hope of meeting new friends here in Thailand and building a community discord which ive done and is actually going very well. I however do question why the hell I do youtube very often as it leaves me wide open to people judging and criticizing my situation. Me personally I support myself with a UK company and Thai company and have a work permit and Non B. I also started all this from Thailand. I had no intentions of living in Thailand when I first arrived I was just a traveler and planned to move on. Covid stopped that and I found myself here long term and wouldn't want to leave right now. My claim isn't a digital nomad sipping coffee claim.. Hate the stuff, I have a bangkok office and UK office and because we're in 2023 I can run both remote from my home in isan. Yeah things didn't go plain sailing and I had to wise up fast and take a few L's but I stuck it out. I have no degree and didn't even finish school so when people talk about a career in the UK well my career was a low end car salesman/manager not exactly exciting or going give me a good pension... I now make the same money as I did in the UK with a better life, house paid, car paid and some small spending money to enjoy with my child and thai family with a business thats new and only growing at the moment. This ain't a story of oh I got lucky... Many people could share something similar and are doing well here in Thailand but a lot of the older generation just cant seem to get their heads around it like its impossible lol Flip it back to Native farang well... Being Thai from an Isan family im sure hes well aware of the issues that they could face in the future and probably has a back up plan.. The guy could find work in Thailand no problem in my eyes and have no issues with visa's work permits or anything hes native. Do you know how many companies here like my own that would love to employ a thai national who sounds and speaks like they're from the west? The guys been back in Thailand for 5 months I believe? Hes building a little farm which will cover the basic cost of living and im sure they have future plans. I also believe they could make a small living off of youtube as its a more unique and a interesting watch each to their own though I guess but their channel is doing very well in my eyes. I wish them the very best with trying to make life work here in Thailand.

Is everyone ok? First hes a Thai Citizen surely that would mean he could get a job in the city? Knowing Thai and high quality English is a massive advantage... Second his Wife has it a lot easier to get Thai citizenship than us males so that's another thing that could be worked out in the future. I just find it funny how everyones talking negative about a native thai moving back to thailand with his family ???? sweating about careers in an age were you can start something up online and earn a lot more than someone who went and got a degree and is sat in debt. Everyone talks about retirement come on look at the west right now tell me my pension would be safe ???? I had to create an account and get in on this because im the opposite to most of the oldies on here im 26 and living in Isan