JustinTyme

Willing to bet that even IF he had insurance, it would NOT cover a motorbike accident. But the real point for me is, these people who feel obliged to constantly post "Tragic, but travel insurance ??" ... self righteous and frankly, a bit mean spirited, considering a young man in the prime of his life, is in such horrible circumstances. Olav, this is not a chipped tooth or fractured wrist, HE LOST BOTH LEGS. While we are on the subject Olav, might I ask, in what way do you have ANY skin in the game? Do you pay taxes, does this effect you in ANY way?

Perhaps you should zoom out a bit, and realize we are all here on a "temporary visa" and perhaps you should not waste your energy on things you can never change or control. Look at the bright side, we are all winners ... we came into this world naked, and are leaving in a new suit! 555! Have a good day, I am not interested in being your entertainment today.

As I said I hope this is your biggest problem, because tourism, retirement visas, etc ... are important to Thailand, and there is NO record of any meaningful change in their "retirement visas" ... period. Full stop. I am guessing that there is more to your story, and perhaps YOUR "visa" has issues? How easy do they have to make it. It only has a few moving parts. Keep 800,000 in the bank. Go online and do a report every 90 days. Renew once a year. I mean, for crying out loud ... they send an e mail reminder to do the 90 day report online! Should they come over and make you some soup too?

We look like geniuses now! Happiest days of my life!!

But you DO have "some kind of legal residency here" You have a legal visa and if you fulfill the requirements, can stay for the rest of your life. I hope this is your biggest problem, because if it is ... you are "living the dream" !!!

You have exposed the "secret sauce" of this website. It is (1) "react to headline without reading content" (2) Get in an online flame fest with another person who has also not read the article (3) Exchange personal insults, despite the fact they have never met (4) Until finally ... Something, something, mumble, mumble, "Hitler"

I found the video fun and gave it a smile. Then I read the comments, and realized that there is nothing under the sun that people on this site can't crap on. Wow, what a sad lot of Negative Nellies are on this site. (I await your negative, nasty replies. 555!)

It is the people who suffer in these "made for TV" conflicts.

Why stop at 35? At 40 to 1$ it pretty much negates Trump's stupid tariffs, and lights tourism on fire for a record year!

555! Fair point, now that I took a second look and read more carefully, yeah, 50,000 THB / MONTH is not exactly "the crime of the century"

Agreed! The fighting is 300 KM from Bangkok. I think that fact is enough to give tourists a reason to just pick one of the dozen vacation spots in the world that are equal to, or better than Thailand.

So, you do not agree that one way to help kick start tourism is to have a "weak Baht" that provides "more bang for the buck" in terms of exchange rates? Alrighty Then! You are a genius!!!

Am I the only one who sees a direct relationship between a "strong Baht" and "weak Tourism" ??? Gosh, you make your country 10%+ more expensive for tourists and exports, and then wonder why the economy and stock market are in the toilet?? Really? Really?

The country is flooded, in a week the USA may impose economy crushing tariffs, the economy is stalled, the stock market is one of the world's worst, and household debt is out of control. Thank goodness the powers that be remain focused on what is truly important: American Football and Poker competitions.