RetroGTAndrew

Check in staff (at LHR in my case) can obviously see that the return ticket date is more than 30 days later and have always asked to see my eVisa. Immigration at Suvarnabhumi have variously folded and stapled or tucked the printout in my passport and last time just handed it back, as far as I can see the actual visa is what they stamp in the passport and the eVisa is just like a pre-approval. Andrew

Looked like he brake checked her, which is pretty silly when you're the one on a motorbike! With headphones like that on one wonders if he was the distracted driver?

I'd also be interested to hear which airline allowed him to board his flight with a one way ticket?

I would love to know what makes these so 'illegal' as they're just a bike with a different fairing really..... Especially when there are loads of completely unroadworthy 3 wheeled contraptions on the roads both crappy old sidecar outfits and the badly modified two wheeled cart on the front of an old motorbike. Andrew

Could you expand upon what happens if your Thai wife dies and you are on marriage extension? Is there a grace period to swap to a retirement extension? Or is there some way to maintain the marriage extension legacy? Andrew

Haha! I often wonder what all the Japanese tourists (and senior company staff) make of (the lack of) Thai manners and the driving standards! Andrew

Not like that for me, in December 2021 came in on a TR60, Thai Airways TG910 flight home to UK was on day 61 @ 00.15 hrs, cleared outbound immigration at about 21.00 hrs without any questions or unwelcome passport stamps (no questions inbound either)..........

The Green line actually runs from Khu Kot to Morchit Kheha in SamutPrakan as of a few years ago now.

I was mainly refering to the urban environment, down the moobahn where there seems to be more careless riding, although you still need to be careful positioning to turn left.

You need to get closer to the left hand margin so they can't sneak up the left side.....

Used the new system to register my stay, (staying until 01/01/24) but due to a family bereavement we're off back to the UK this week (lhelpfully the tickets were fully flexible this time). Is there any need or ability to edit the departure date or re-register with the new departure date? We're probably not going to be back until later in January anyway. TIA Andrew

On the subject of eVisa application to Royal THai Embassy London, have they simplified the web form by removing some questions? I'm sure that some of my previous applications you had to submit a head and shoulders photograph holding your passport bio page and also download, sign and scan a declaration? Andrew, Confused of Oxford

Place rice in a seive and wash liberally with running water until the water run into a jug is clear, cook in a rice cooker with more or less water depending on if you prefer it wetter/softer or drier/harder.......

I've been coming to Thailand once or twice a year for >20 years and driving here for the last 15 or so years, so out of interest this year I thought I'd make a concerted effort to try and get a Thai driving licence to save keep getting international driving permits. I tried at BangPu (SamutPrakan) land trasnsport office when we went to renew the car tax earlier this month, and was ushered in for a chat with the boss who presented me with a printed slip in Thai & English detailing the requirements for a licence. 1: Signed copies of passport bio and latest entry/visa pages. Easy enough to do. 2: Certificate of address from immigration. Went to immigration, however they were adamant that they can only issue residence certificate if you're on a long term visa and not my TR60 visa (obvious really as a tourist isn't a resident). I did an online TM30 on arrival but that didn't count. 3: Medical certificate. Should be straightforward enough, I still have a pulse! Evidence of completing 1 hour DLT online eLearning. Easy enough if you can stay awake through some pretty banal rubbish and answer some easy questions. Went back to DLT and asked the boss man 'if there was any other way' and his only suggestion was to get a residence certificate from the UK embassy, but on their website it specifically mentions that they only do them for long term visas. So unless anybody has any suggestions for 'shortcuts' it looks like I've drawn a blank until I move here Andrew

It became protect self and self serving!