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Just Google " Wolfgang Ulrich - Pattaya" to see what will happen to you and your business if you become too succesful in Thailand. The classic "stitch-up" ! !

Try ZEER Rangsit. Dozens of PC;s Laptops etc. I have bought 2 for home use - neither cost over B4,000 - both are HP models with Flat screen monitor/keyboard/mouse/DVD rewriter etc. 50Gb HDD + 1mb Ram - not brilliant - but OK for general use - with 3 month "warranty" Both have been trouble free and I think they are good value for money. But, - they DON't do delivery!

"Dengue is no bloody joke. Take care.

Have had this dreadful disease twice (in Indonesia) and it was excruciating - I recall joint pains, extreme photophobia, rashes and delirium. I was in my 20's but the young girl in the next room, with the same symptoms, died.

And just to round things off, you can have extreme fatigue and flashbacks (like malaria) for a year after."

Not for nothing was it called "breakbone fever" in the old days! I have had 2 doses of this nasty affliction since living in Bangkok - for sure I don't want a third! You probably won't die from it, but while you have got it you will probably wish you could!

Education getting too expensive, parents say

. . . . . .but not nearly as expensive as ignorance!

No big surprise here . . . . . so where is the SAFEST investment destination . . . . or is that a secret???

He will need to exit country, pay maximum overstay fine of 20,000 baht. They may ask him if he has been working. He can re-enter Thailand immediately after he passes through bordering country immigration. Safest way to do it is to pay fine at the airport, take a flight out of the country, and then return, as he is subject to arrest if he should get stopped before he leaves Thailand and is asked for his passport.

While we all need to obey the laws here, overstay is a common violation, and the comments above are rather inappropriate. I know people who have cured as much as 12 year overstays. As long as you stay out of trouble, the odds of an arrest are low.

Very well put, it's the facts.

Is this B20,000 arrangement still valid? I have heard today, from a source close to an Embassy, that the rules have changed and that you cannot pay at the airport any more - long overstays incur a fine of B6,000 + one night in the immigration lock-up followed by deportation!

Any truth in this? Any first hand experiences?

Suvarnabhumi - What a Cracker!!!

Does anyone know if the Khota Bahru visa run is still a viable option? ( Given the current unrest in that area) There used to be a "package" trip operating from BKK by air - is this still runnung?

Just got back from Poipet ....another month...another visa. No questions...just bored dis-interest !!! I felt cheated !

Only "hassle" was on the Cambodian side - the guy at the departure point insisted that I actually present myself to his office instead of my usual "runner"! ( He must have forgotten what I look like....it has been over a year!)