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    How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.

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    22 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

    You may have hit on something there. Thailand isn't Truman World. If you have spend a lot of time in entertainment districts where people are constantly calling out your name, and trying to wheedle something out of you with false flattery and over friendliness, you can start to get the idea that the only reason they're there is for your amusement and entertainment.

    This is very true indeed. It also is the reason that the people who decide to stay and make Thailand their home in general move out of these areas. I have been in the northern Bangkok suburbs for over 30 years now and have many wonderful Thai friends. I look forward to getting up and joining my "walk/jog" gang at 630 am for our daily early exercise. Big smiles and hellos each day as we pass each others houses on our way to the park. I started out alone 7 years ago and now there are 20-25 people out daily.  Something I do look forward to. Your life here is what you make of it. 

     

    OP, You wrote:

    Time to move North. Try Chiang Mai / Chiang Rai. Unless things have drastically changed the past three years people are much nicer up there. I think it’s because it’s cooler or more Lao influence in the culture.

     

    This is a very good indication you have not taken the time to learn anything about Thailand or its culture.   The north is from Lanna ancestry not Lao. The Lao influence comes from Isaan, the northeast of Thailand. Their foods and language are very different from each other.

     

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    How to deal with an overwhelmingly negative opinion of Thai people.

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    7 minutes ago, bogs smith said:

    wow. finally a reply that resonates with me. you are a rose between lots of thorns, sir.

     

    thanks for your honesty. 

    So you were not looking for advice you were looking for someone who agreed with you. Well after one hundred posts you found one more sad guy who does not fit in here. Blames it on the people and the country. Sad indeed. Maybe you two can PM, meet up and bitch your days away. ????

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    Train Travel.

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    They are always late here, thats been a fact for over 40 years. Simply too much single wide track, hence a lot of stopping. Until about 15 years ago nobody cared. There was a dining car on all long distance trains. Beer and whisky served along with good foods. Nice spicy salads, noodles, and air dried spicy beef or pork to have with your drinks. Then a girl was raped by a railway employee and the brain trust of the SRT decided to ban all booze and cooked food. That stopped a lot of my train travel. They do leave on time, but generally dont arrive on time.

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    Thai shops preparing for new rules

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    5 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

    i been saying this for months now, but people start new threads as if this new news...

    people who hail pita are in for a big surprise. he will weed out the shops by making it medical marijuana only, and those who grow will be back risking getting caught... imagine immigration paying a surprise visit and finding your plantation

    Feel exactly the opposite. Those that are all the way legal will be fine. That is less than 15% of the shops open now. Lets wait and see. I am tired of all the BS discussion myself. 

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    Pattaya to Move Forward on Monorail Project, First Beach Rail Expected Done by 2026

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    Somebody has dragged up an old article. From the Pattaya News article. "The development project will be executed in three phases. The first phase (2021-2026) will focus on constructing the Green Line alongside the Yellow Line, a dual-track rail project connecting Chon Buri and Sattahip district in the southern part of the province."

     

    Its mid 2023 and not a thing one has been done to start this project. Pure BS. 

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    Best way to explore Isaan?

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    1 hour ago, bignok said:
    5 hours ago, watgate said:

    Myself and my wife are going on a 7 night car tour of Isaan with a great driver who we hired to drive us around Isaan. He is from Chiang Mai, where we used to live, and used him several times while living there to take us around different parts of Thailand. He is going to travel from Chiang Mai, pick us up in Buriram, and our trip around Isaan will begin. He is from Isaan originally so he is very familiar with Isaan. We pretty much are going to head up to the Mekong river and follow it as we proceed through Isaan. He has a set route and we will be staying at hotels each night along the way. We are going to head up to Chiang Rai to see Phu Chi Fa and will wind up  finishing our trip in Chiang Mai. We will be spending a few nites in Chiang Mai seeing friends and visiting a few places we loved to go to when we lived there. Then we will head back to Buriram when our trip is finished.

         Our driver is great. He is very personable, speaks excellent english, and is a great tour guide, as well as driver. The trip is a little expensive, but well worth it considering all we get, and it  should be a great trip.

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    Buriram to Chiang Rai is a long way.

    Agreed, you are not going to have much time for Isaan if you do this trip. Chaing Rai is a night, Pu Chee fa also a night. If you are there why to go to Chiang Khong on the Mekong as well. 

     

    This winter we flew to Nakorn Panom and rented a great one year old Yaris that got 20 kilometers per litre for 750 baht a day. Did NKP/That Panom, Mukdahan, Sakorn, Nong Khai and back to NKP. Lovely and made all the better by cool season. Temps were 14-28 degrees, literally heaven

    Bringing daughter to the US

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    6 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

    I edited my comment, saying she does have a Thai passport, her mom has it with her. We are divorced and I have joint custody.

    Have a great time. Just be sure out of here on Thai Passport, enter the US on US Passport, exit US on US Passport and enter Thailand on Thai. You can go with her to the Thai desks at BKK immigration. I took my twins alone at 9 and it was a gas. Just be prepared for washing and combing her hair among other things. 555

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    Bringing daughter to the US

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    1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

    She has only the US passport which is still valid. Does she need a visa, did your kids? She's only 6 so is going with me.

    She needs no visa at all, as a citizen she walks right in. But she does need a Thai passport to come back home on. Thai passports are easy if you and the mom can go with her. Here in BKK it takes just an hour or so to file all the papers. Then it is sent by EMS to your chosen address. Took 4 days for my daughters latest one. 

     

    The beauty of being a dual citizen and carrying two passports is there is no need for a visa in either country.

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