statman78

Thanks for the advice. I’ll have my wife check.

We live in Chiang Rai and get our city drinking water comes from the Kok River. My wife already heard about the arsenic levels and has looked into the cost of drilling a well. I thought it was a crazy idea but now I’m not so sure. If I remember correctly, the cost wasn’t too bad.

We have several houses we rent out. We are not allowed to carry out inspections. They rent the property and they do not have to let us into the property unless we suspect major damage. Several times we had Chinese tenants and for the most part they caused little damage except in one case. The main issue we have is cleaning after they move out. Due to the type of cooking they do the entire kitchen area tends to be covered in oil which is a pain to clean. We no longer rent to Chinese.

I totally agree!

Been watching it. I’m a life long Packer fan. Loved the opening with the bikes and Clay Matthews going off script. The Bears still suck! 😊

Did mine the Tuesday before Songkran and received my approval the next day.

Cracking down on the guides and the tour companies is fine but how about going after the Thai officials that are accepting the bribes. I didn’t see this mentioned in the article.

Quite a bit of serious damage. Has the building been inspected and are people still living there? This is what I found after a quick search

It’s been about 14 years since we looked into different construction companies. Right now is a good time to look at different high rises being built and high rises that sustained little our no damage. If everything looks good and the company has been around for awhile there’s a good chance that they follow the building codes.

Thanks for the info! I think I’ll give it a try

Spidermike, it sounds like Fanytel is something that may work for me. I need a US phone number at times to receive a verification code for purchases with my US credit card. I also receive a SMS when I log in to my Us Social Security account. At times I need to call my financial adviser or I need to pay bills via a phone call to the US. In all cases I need a consistent US phone number. Will Fanytel work?

I agree that there are some Thai and Chinese companies that cut corners and do not follow codes. If you look around and you will see hundreds of high rises that are still standing with little or no damage. Our 27 story building has been examined by structural engineers and everything is fine. There a number of reliable construction companies working in Bangkok. We did a lot of research before we bought our condo years ago.

My policy is due for renewal now. The agent discussed this with me and told me that as long I continue to renew my policy on time, no changes will be made to my original policy I purchased 5 years ago.

Accord to my search, for US citizens Australia started the ETA in 1996

Get used to this. As an American I need to register prior to entering the UK and Australia. Later this year I will need to do this to enter the EU.