William C F Pierce

Thanks Ubonjoe, your advice very worthwhile short and simple. I will take a weekday overnight bus to Bangkok and return following evening. Once again thanks.

Regards

William C F Pierce

I am in Chiang Mai and have lost my passport with a 60 day visa, that runs from 26 Nov 2014 to 24 Jan 2015, with the intention of applying for a 30 day extension to cover me to 18 Feb 2015 the day I fly home to the UK. My situation starts to become complex as I am suppose to travel south to Kui Buri on 27 Jan 2015 staying to 18 Feb 2015. Will I have to leave on the 24 Jan 2015. I have to get an Emergency Travel Document (ETD) from my Embassy in Bangkok to fly out. Up to how many days before I travel can I get it. My cheapest option is to pay the 500 Baht a day overstay fee (total 12500 Baht) and stay until 18 Feb. Will the hotel in Kui Buri require to see my passport. (I rent a house in Chiang Mai).The ETD is about 5000 Baht. Paying a one way return airfare for 24 Jan 2015 does seem to double this cost on top of my original airfare. The lost Passport has already been reported to the Thai police and I do have a photocopy of my passport page. Any sensible advice would be appreciated.

Since my situation, I have heard that the Law has changed, in regard to tourists, in that you no longer need to carry a passport at all times. If this is so this will be welcome news to many who find this a bind. Anyone like to clarify this.

The number of ignorant posts about tigers in Thailand I find quite unbelievable.

Last year I visited the Tiger Kingdom in Chiang Mai. I had the experience of being in the caged compound with 3 tigers. Stroking their stomach's I found that their heartbeats were over 1 second between heartbeats. So no adrenalin rush of expecting them to attack me.
To go in with them you do get instructions of NOT to go near or touch their front paws or head and always approach them from behind.
While I was with them, I discover they are not completely carnivorous. They do like to chew bamboo shoots. When leaving the tigers never turn your back on a tiger. Because a tiger's instinct is to attack from behind and to go for the neck.

Every year over 250,000 people visit these tigers in Chiang Mai. What people pay more than adequately pays for the tiger's upkeep and pay staff wages. All this nonsense about tigers should only be kept in the wild. Would mean they would not stand a chance of surviving.
FACT: There are only between 3000 to 5000 tigers left in the wild.
FACT: There are over 30,000 captive bread tigers in the USA.
Should all tigers be left in the wild to be obliterated by poachers? I don't think so!!!!!

" vow to arrest those who have been leading the protest"

WHEN?

What this long text means is you have to get you VISA by catching and return by air on another MH370?!

PDRC started out as a peaceful protest. As time has gone on, the use of violence by PDRC security guards, PDRC attacks

on Tourists forcing them to leave a bus and make them walk. Mr Sutheps threat to sabotage electricity to TV stations. As

PDRC is no longer a peaceful protest movement. Then CAPO is correct in declaring PDRC as unlawful. Because it has lost

all legitimacy.

To keep saying it is unlawful is unbelievable. Because Suthep Thaugsuban with his PDRC movement reminds me of the films of Hitler's rallies in the 1930's,

with him shaking his fist or waving his hand on every word he speaks at every rally. His thug security guards attacking people in the street. His threats to cut off

and sabotage electrical supplies to TV stations. he must have learnt his politics from Hitler. I could make an ever never ending list. It is about time someone

arrested this street dictator or Bangkok CitySewer RAT! Otherwise the outcome will be a definate civil war.

For me, moving to Thailand like many others from the UK. Is to get away from the Black Rascism I have had to put up with.

e.g Despite being polite to him, helpful and lending my tools. A black neighbour continueously harassed me by 1. Throwing grass cuttings and tree branches all over my garden. 2. Shouted from his window for me to" Why don't you go back to Thailand; stay there and not come back." 3. He threw white paint all over my garden. 4. Rubbed grass all over my new front door. 5. I left home one morning at 7:30 am. and was out all morning. When I got home the police arrived twice in one afternoon to say he had accused me of making racist remarks to him. Even though I wasn't at home. I had shopping receipts, with dates and times to prove where I was.

Of course black rascism is prevelent on London's buses. If you are first in the queue of 10 white people. The black bus driver will always pull up at the back of the queue to let a black person on first. To move to Thailand, means, being able to get away from black racism, where blacks play the race card at every oppertunity. Whilst at the same time they want priority, preference and privilage over all other races.

I don't want to see blacks here ruining Thailand, the way they have ruined the UK. Yes the laws of Thailand are racist against foreigners, but the people are not. I can live with their laws in peace and contentment.

The cheapest way to do currency conversion is to do it annually instead of monthly. ( if you can afford it ). A total fee of 3% works to be 0.25% per month if using a wire transfer.

If you feel safe carrying a large amount of cash. You are better off by about 8% if you change it at a money shop like SK in Chiang Mai their rate is always 0.5% better than any

main stream bank [ This not a bank or a bureau-de-change just a money exchange shop ]. 8% is how much banks sting you for on the exchange rate, before they send you your

money with there fee added on top. I always bring as much cash as possible to SK and then put it in my Thai bank account. Bank are only in business to make money for themselves.