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[email protected], she is a grown woman, with a heart, a soul, a brain and a life of her own. She is not a piece of steak, rather a human being with wants, needs, desires, hopes and dreams like anyone else on the planet. She laughs, she cries, she hurts, she helps, she is funny, she is sad, she is happy. The same as everyone alive, she makes a myriad of decisions every day that affect her life, current and future, and she lives with the consequences.

Whether or not anything developes beyond two people having fun and enjoying each other's company is moot. It just really chaps my ass to read the condescending attitudes put forth by "morally superior" individuals who refuse to account for a woman's humanity.

There, I've said it. Rant over. Carry on.

Very nicely said Orthelius, I see a lot of cynicism and hostility in this thread. Undoubtedly many girls ARE taking advantage of their farang boyfriends, but everyone is an individual and many Thai girls are sweet and nice. Yes, they do spend a lot of money on cloths, cel phones, etc..., but most of them are also sending money to their kids, parents, etc...

My girlfriend and I had dinner with a friend of her's a few nights ago and this girl was quite upfront about the fact that she wasn't faithful to the American who was sending her $200 per month, but she WOULD be if he married her, or at least took her to America. She mentioned that she was sick of working in the bars and would rather be a waitress in the US or UK.

I was talking with my employers (they seem to be a reputable company), and while discussing work schedules and work permits I mentioned that I would need a few days off at the end of December to run to Malaysia with their employment letter to get my type B visa. They said that if I liked, I could just stay here in Bangkok and they could have an agency that is run by a former immegration official take care of everything for me.

I do basically trust them and they assured me that the stamps and visa would be legitimate, but I can't help but feel very nervous about handing my passport over to an agency and getting a possibly questionable visa. Has anybody else been offered this kind of deal?

Ok, as usual I will shoot off my mouth without double checking the facts, BUT here is what I remember from my own pre-first-Thai-visit research: You will get a 30 day visa automatically upon arrival in Thailand. If you want to stay longer, you can get a 60 or 90 day visa from your local Thai embassy or Consulate before your trip.

If you cannot get to a Thai Embassy or Consulate and you want to stay in the Kingdom longer than 30 days, you can legally purchase a visa extension or make a quick run to Cambodia and back to renew your 30 day visa. The Visa run will cost about 1200 baht (for a Cambodian Visa), plus transportation. If you are only going to overstay a few days, a visa extension might be cheaper and less trouble.

Many thanks Rolling Stone! Myawaddy happens to be the closest Myanmar town to my girlfriends house (in Thung Siliam - about 40km NW of Sukothai). It would be very convenient if I could combine our monthly visit to them with a visa run!

Is there anything I need to bring or do aside from my passport and 500baht? Any further advice would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

Hello Forum, I'm applying for a fairly short term job in Bangkok & for various reasons would like to do the monthly visa run, rather than try to get a work permit.

My Question is, has anybody made the Visa run to Myanmar rather than to Cambodia or Laos? My fiance's family lives about a two hour drive from the Myanmar border & I could easily take a bus or get a ride to the Myanmar border when we're visiting them.

TIA