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People have gotten them without a ticket out of the country. Just use the right agent. No agent and it takes three days.

Vientiane or Savannakhet Laos will do a 2 entry tourist visa with no flight out and it is next afternoon pickup after applying the morning of the first day.

Savannakhet same day for tourist visas if I understand correctly.

Well in Vancouver, Canada the police actually go on the radio and announce where the radar/seatbelt checkpoints are going to be.

You can also see in Los Angeles where DUI stops are located both on the police site and various DUI lawyer sites.

How about just picking up the garbage and leaving the trees.

many years this problem has occured

there was a number 1337 i think to call

but in reality there should be patrols 24 7

I think however that the police telling these drunk drugged kids to cool it will result in a gun fight and so nothing is done.

at the moment Jomtien sidewalk and trees are being torn down

theres a plan for making it more friendly - whatever that means

its not just the cars, the other day I saw buses with 50 plus speakers on the outside of the buses - approx 20 buses with a police car escort so they could go through red lights

Amazing Thailand.

Gee what a great idea let's cut all the trees down so we don't have any shade on our beaches and make it look like a desert. All I can think of is someone must be making a shitload of money paving the place. Not only does Pattaya have the ugliest most non interesting concrete slab architecture I have seen anywhere in the world now it will have one of the ugliest beaches.

This would be a lot more palatable if one didn't suspect that 90 cents out of the dollar goes into someone's pocket and the remaining 10 cents to the facility.

Don't be silly they scare away the ghosts!!!

More excellent reporting from PBS. Was this written by a primary school kid?

No advanced PH.D. english teacher.

The bus Pattaya to Aran is 250 baht per person. Yellow bus from Pattaya Nua to Aranyaprathet. That's the cheapest option to the border.

Train: 48 baht from BKK to Aran. Problem: you need to take the airport bus from Jomtien 130 baht and then 1 stop ride on the airport train to get to Ladkrabang and take the 48 baht train. Difficult, much slower and no savings.

From the bus station in Aran take a tuktuk for 80 baht to the border.

Visa: You need USD, and 1 passport photo. No photo and you pay 1 USD extra. The official price is USD 30 but they try to charge 35. Stand your ground or pay. Now: The Electronic Tourist Visa will cost you 37 USD total (that includes the fees).

Cambodian side: Walk or pay 1 USD for the moto to the night bus to PP which leaves at 8 PM, cost 9 USD, you can stretch out, it is a sort of sleeper bus.

This is the cheapest for the Poipet route.

DO NOT TAKE YELLOW BUS. repeat DO NOT TAKE YELLOW BUS. I took it once to mukdahan and it averaged 50 km per night on and empty road and they have countless breakdowns. Old and uncomfortable buses.

She's cute.. I wish her luck. She will make it.

Could be a dirty clutch I just had one cleaned for 150 baht and the vibration is gone.

Some good advice here. However DO NOT TAKE YELLOW BUS. Take my word they average around 50 km per hour and are old uncomfortable buses that often break down.

I believe this must seriously piss him off losing his passports which show status.

Forget about what is logical or correct here the fact is a Thai and a Farang had an accident. You can bet that it will be 50/50 at best but they will probably conclude the foreigner is at fault. I am actually surprised more Thais don't fake accidents to collect from Farangs as the system is rigged.

The difference between corruption in the developing countries vs corruption in the West is in the West corruption is mainly at the top whereas in developing countries like Thailand or Mexico it is right through system.

What this does is make the US citizens think their country is not corrupt because the police are not asking for payoffs. At the same time they are vastly ignorant of the sophisticated system hiding the corruption at the top.

I am just living here as a Tourist, maybe will go home in a year or two and have been here for over 5 years now on diff types of visas, education etc.

Now going to give it a try just living here on the tourist visa. Seems like the double entry at Laos are the way to go. Leave country every 6 months and pretty cheap. Not that bad.

Expenses per year would be:

Travel to Laos 2 Times a Year = ?

1900 Baht for Double Entry x4 = 7600 Baht

1900 to Extend Stay 30 days x4 = 7600 Baht

15,200 Baht for 1 Year Tourist Visa + Expense of Laos Travel

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So there is no limit on doing the double entry from Laos? You say after back to back double entry they will ask you to prove income and residence. What is the process for that? I am renting a house here, is that enough?

Also, can I avoid the questioning by going to a different place after back to back? Just curious.

Thanks so much everyone. Nice to have this all ironed out perfectly.

Sorry but your math is wrong. For one year you only need two double entry visas 2 x 2000 is 4000 plus two extensions of 30 days at 2 x 1900 is 3800 for a total of 7800 baht. Now you can also add in having to exit four four times so you will need visas from adjacent country lets say 4 x 1200 is 4800. 12600 is the new total. Add the cost of visa runs say 3000 x 4 equals 12000. The tourist visa route will cost around 24600 for one year.

simple , his kick stand was down, this can not happen on a Honda as bike wont sart with the stand down...

Yeah its a yamaha. I used to have one and would forget to put up the stand sometimes. Honda is smart and can't start with it down. Why would Yamaha take so many years and possible lived to add this feature. Yamaha sucks.

Must be a French plane allows smoking?

There is a motorbike rental place near the big Pullman hotel downtown. I think they rent cars as well. It is run by a local cop I believe. I rented bikes there couple times before.

Jing try it out give us a review:)

Well hopefully it is as simple as random document checks or perhaps some confusion with resuming the type o visas. I guess time will tell.

So he will go back next week and check further. I think there are stricter rules for showing residency being enforced. Immigration is just doing there job as they see it but it would be better to see clearer direction in documents etc. outlining exactly what is required:)

My friend returned to Jomtien immigration today with the request for the four pieces of docs in hand: Copy of overseas owner's passport, copy of house book, copy of rental agreement and letter from the condo office. Now they tell him he needs to have the condo office doc signed and stamped and house book. So he goes back to the condo office and the perplexed lady says they have done this for ages and they always do it the same so she calls them by telephone. After the call she signs and stamps it and says it is okay. So he returns to Jomtien and the lady says not acceptable where is house book and her id card from office? He politely informs her he has provided all docs as requested plus made the extra effort on the condo doc. She then says the house book copies he gave her are no good because they had been sent electronically and not physically photo copied. He politely left and plans to speak with a higher authority on Monday as well as the US embassy. He is not impressed and may cancel his retirement plans altogether. He believes he has all docs in order. The lady handling his case also stated in the meeting "these are new rules and this is my office" lol.

Always drive defensively here and never trust signal lights always keep your eye on the front tires of nearby vehicles if they turn the car follows.

Must be a luck thing. I just got my 1st "retirement" visa at CM. live with girl friend at her home but the issue never came up and the whole process was slicker than snot.

Good for you. He said he normally has no problems with Jomtien immigration and finds them quite friendly but he definitely said he had the vibe they don't want retirement visas very badly.