marin

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.

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. ????

What would be difficult about it once you've made up your mind? What is the point in staying somewhere where you are sure you are not liked, and wanting to isolate yourself from the citizens of the country you have chosen to live?

You as the OP seem to have a chip on your shoulder. Who is being rude, racist, and trying to cheat you? Sad to live abroad and wake up each day feel like this. What is the point?

I too have never experienced anything like you do or have. Been here 35 years now. It may have to do with your overall attitude. Anybody who responds in a way you dont like you are swift to jump, as this post shows.

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.

Two drunks climbed up a pole and came down. This spoils paradise? Pretty wide brush you paint with.

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.

What do you think of 3+ months of horrible smoke and haze and the PM levels off the chart?

Welcome to "wake and bake".

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.

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

Gaccha got it. Nail on the head.

Dry to me is the opposite of humid..???? Today Don Muang Bangkok, not a cloud in the sky and currently 37 degrees. Low tonight will be 30+. What rain?

I would deal with buying it first. That alone can be a minefield here, even with having a Thai wife.

This is Thailand the label says 7up. This does not say USA it says Breeze. ????

Also looks like more than 60 days to me. June 21-September 5?

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

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.

Get the letter to be sure. She will exit on her Thai passport and then enter the US on her US passport. My kids did it alone at 12 years old. I have never heard of signing the passport.

Its about as easy as you could want. I am older and IT challenged but this one is a snap. Here you go. https://www.netflix.com/th-en/

Its not.

Guess you are a noob. As Louis Armstrong said, "If ya gotta ask you will never know". Thai hospitality.

She was caught red handed accepting the bribe....

Adios amigo, you brought nothing but stubbornness.