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2 hours ago, hansgruber said:

I just went out and had a dry sore throat within minutes. Feel like I smoked a pack of cigarettes in 10 mins. 

Stay inside. 

Unfortunately, staying inside won't change anything unless you've got some sort of air-filtering system in place. PM2.5 <deleted> gets in pretty much anywhere. Either a proper air purifier with a good EPA/HEPA filter or adding additional filters to room AC units will offer some relief though. 

https://healthfoodthailand.com/en/

Used Good Karma (on the above link) numerous times for supplements, health foods, non-toxic detergents, etc. Always delivered excellent quality with delivery within a few days. Not exactly cheap, but excellent quality.

That sound very good ... how old are you both?  Four years ago when we were 59 and 69 our policy with PPP had risen to £8,800pa and was rising about 15%/year and we had been with them for many years ... that only covered in patient and things like MRI etc

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Good luck trying to find a Thai insurance policy where you are actually fully covered... 

Really not that hard to find. I am on an Aetna policy (formerly Bupa) and pay about 65.000b per year for myself and my (Thai) wife. Covers up to a max of 5,000,000b per disability; which in reality would cover about 95% of cases. Daily room/boarding of 12.000 per night which has allowed to use the best rooms available in Bangkok hospitals without any additional pay.

My wife and myself went through this a few weeks back, and the whole thing was extremely easy and fast.

I am Dutch myself (and have been living in Thailand for about 15 years). My wife holds a multi year Schengen visa and has several other visas in her passport. We filled out the application online and scheduled an appointment at the embassy in Bangkok a few weeks later.

After arriving at the embassy things appeared rather chaotic and a large crowd (consisting mostly of students) was gathering and waiting outside. I waited around for about half an hour or so and then went to grab a coffee. About an hour later, my wife was done and had her visa approved (she received a ten year tourist visa).

During the interview the IO was mostly interested in our relationship and my business interests in the US. Zero interest in the itinerary, hotel bookings, flight tickets, bank accounts, etc. It is my understanding that in similar cases, the IO’s have little interest in supporting documents and simply use the interview to verify the information provided during the online application.

As long as you fill out the application truthfully and have your wife repeat the same during the interview, I’d be surprised if she wouldn’t get the visa.

Good luck!!


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Have your wife apply at the US embassy in Bangkok for a B1/2 visitor visa.

Before responding to this; perhaps take a moment and realize it's April the 1st today?

10 minutes ago, BuaBS said:

Most plastic bags at markets are so thin , they weigh next to nothing, so not much plastic and easy to burn. Nearly all food items at the market need to go in a plastic bag.

This has got to be the dumbest thing I've heard in a long time. You honestly believe that, simply because the bags are thin, they do not pose a huge problem? Nothing sold at a typical Thai market NEEDS to go in a plastic bag; this is just a lame excuse not to get our of your comfort zone and doing what's right. 

As pointed out by many posters, fruit and veggies can easily go into a canvas shopping bag. Food and other "wet" stuff can go in either reusable ziplock bags or contains (tin, stainless, tupperware, etc) you bring from home.

People seem to forget that, not even that long ago, people were shopping at markets without using a single plastic bag.

Coinbase does the trick for me. There's many of them; so take your pick. I prefer an established one backed by VC as some of the smaller new ones do sometimes crash and burn. And make sure you don't hold your coins in wallets at the exchange; instead transfer them to a private wallet right away.

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Your naivety clearly shines through your comment. 

 

The same thing can be said for your wild imagination...

5 minutes ago, watcharacters said:

Hats off?    

Yup!

Buying a dog from a market is bad idea; if only for the simple reason you're supporting the horrible puppy mill operations that produce these poor dogs. If you want a pure bred dog, go find yourself a decent breeder.

For domestic travel, I would recommend air travel. All airlines, including budget airlines, will transport dogs in the cargo hold. Contact the airlines to get current prices.


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Muslim communities throughout the country

16 minutes ago, MaeJoMTB said:

Most Thai hospitals charge 50-60bht  to see the doctor ........ 800bht/time seems a little high.

Blood tests are 100bht (why would you have a blood test for a m/c accident?)

X-ray 100bht, ultrasound 250bht. I/V  under 10bht/bag

 

I can only price the stuff I was billed.

Dunno about the rest.

Perhaps some public hospitals in Nakorn Nowhere charge those prices, but definitely not privates ones. We typically pay 600-800b for a doctor visit, depending on which specialist. All the other prices can easily be multiplied by 10 when using a decent private facility. 

3 minutes ago, tryasimight said:

My MIL had three injections and I know one person who received 2. I don't know why the treatment varied but in both cases a couple of hundred baht and not the thousands some people claim to have paid. 

When taking the full treatment at a private hospital, the total cost can definitely into the thousands of baht. Last treatment I had at Bangkok Hospital (Hatyai) was over 10.000 baht. This was at the emergency room and included cleaning the wound and a number of injections (most directly into the wound, rather painful experience).