Hanuman2547

We met in the USA where she was a graduate student.  I was taking a senior level statistics course and she was the grad assistant for the course.  Married for 23 years until she passed away in 2005.  

Confusing and ever changing rules, guidelines, mandates, etc.  Undoubtedly there will be changes over the next few months.  One has to keep in touch with the latest updates in this regard.  

3 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

 

You could also easily apply for a non-o visa based upon marriage that would allow a 90 day entry at a embassy or official consulate.

 

If you applied for and were granted a non-O visa based upon marriage to a Thai that is good for 90 days upon arrival in Thailand, what would be the next step to extend your stay for 4-5 months? 

1)   A 60 day tourist visa?

2)  A border run and then a 30 day visa exempt?  (might be hard in the current covid situation)

3)  Other possibilities?

I would just use the hotel pool wherever you are staying.  Go swimming in the sea when you go to the islands.

On 10/23/2021 at 11:44 PM, possum1931 said:

I read somewhere a good few years back that it is reckoned that two thirds of the Thai adult male population use prostitution in some form.

Two thirds?  I didn't think it was that low!

On 10/24/2021 at 7:30 AM, madmen said:

There are reports that walking st and soi 6 bars will not have liquer licence renewed this year and that does fit in with this governments anti alcohol and anti sleaze agenda 

Source?

Expanding the options would be a great help.

Of all the categories listed, I guess I best fit the "adventurer" category.  Although I could also be in the "I don't give a f*** what you think" category if that one ever gets listed.

Most tourists will look at this announcement and say, "Well there certainly is no reason to go to Thailand if the bars, restaurants, and nightlife is still closed."  Doesn't look like Thailand will be really ready to open anytime before 1 December 2021.  

Maybe bars and restaurants will be open in December after they allow the serving of alcohol.  Tourists won't come if they can't go out to eat and drink.

I have a 3 year old 55" Samsung HD 4K Smart TV.  Love the features on it.  Youtube HD 4K videos play very nicely on it with a very crisp picture.  

4 hours ago, nong38 said:

Strange thing is that Thais returning are exempt from the insurance and can just go home.

I expect that TAT and the hotels assume that on November the first and every day after that the skies will darken with aircraft flying tourists in, when it does not darken and reality sets in its just a slim possibility that someone might notice that the tourists did not turn up and everyone is in deep poo as more businesses hit the fan, they sure now how to cook the golden goose. 

The good old days are not coming back, just too many hoops to jump through and more welcoming places in the world beckon. People with vision should have seen it coming.

People (Thai government I assume) with vision and Thailand should not be in the same sentence!

I think that by 7 November they will start wondering where are all the tourists?

15 November they will be very worried when hotels only see a very small increase in tourists arriving.

22 November an announcement that a committee is being formed to launch an investigation into why the tourists didn't arrive yet.

29 November blame Somchai.

I'd rather be driving one of these bad boys on the streets of Bangkok and Nakorn Nowhere but this thread isn't about me nor is it in the OP's (or mine) price range.

I got the first Pfizer shot in April and the second shot on 3 May.  I had no symptoms or reactions at all from either shot.  My shoulder at the injection site was sore for about 24 hours both times.  

I would wait until after the New Year to make a booking.  Obviously the learning curve on this will be severely tested by the Thai government as they adapt to the influx (or not) of tourists entering the country.  

10 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

I am confused by the OP. Is he going to the UK or coming to Thailand?

 

The very first post by the OP is very clear.  He is flying from Thailand to the UK on 2 Nov.  He will return to Thailand from the UK on 20 Nov.

On 10/19/2021 at 4:50 PM, Scouse123 said:

If that happens, I will simply change my return flight.

 

However, I just cannot see Thailand over complicating this when they really are desperate to establish an opening up of the country and are very aware of public feelings and opinions regards previous sandboxes.

Good luck on your flights both to the UK and returning to Thailand.  A follow up thread about your experience going through each country's bureaucratic mess would be informative to all.

Probably would have been better to have left the bike with your brother-in-law before leaving Thailand.  

I really like the Toyota Fortuner.  I've usually had very good experiences with Toyota products.  I've also had a Honda CRV which was very good.  Not so sure about the newer CRV's as they seem to be using smaller engines. 

Hopefully someday car manufacturers will start exporting the hybrid cars to Thailand.  I've driven some of them and really like them.  Very easy on the fuel too.  When you can get 17km/L in an SUV the size of a Fortuner you will be very happy!  Corolla hybrids are even higher at 22km/L.  

16 hours ago, ericthai said:

dont know about Australia but in the USA there is dual pricing.  Send your kids to a collage in another State and you pay more. Foreign university students pay more.  Many amusement parks have discounts for local residents. 

Both yes and no.  Yes, if you send your kid to a public university in another state they pay the out of state tuition price.  If you are an international student you also pay the out of state tuition price.  The out of state price is the same for both US citizens, permanent residents, and international students.  

Disneyland in Anaheim, CA is one amusement park that I know of that has discounts for locals.  I don't know all the details of it though.  

10 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Hopefully you are right. But currently 99% of these businesses are closed. There is no money to open them up again. People opened up after the last lockdown, took risks, lost money...but not again. Covid mitigates against intimacy too.

Yes, most, if not all, are closed.  In the next re-opening phase either previous owners will open up their establishments or new investors will move in and take their chances.  Some places will remain closed as I don't think there will be as many businesses as before.  We have come back from market downturns before and I think we will come back again.  Granted, this time was far worse than previous financial meltdowns.  

The Go-Go bars and beer bars (Bar Beer?) will be back in Pattaya once the country is fully re-opened.  They will definitely not be back to the huge numbers like in the early 2000's but they will be back to some degree.  There is too much money to be made by too many people to let it just totally fade away.  Pattaya has always adapted to the changing trends and markets starting with the American GI's in the late 60's up until Covid-19 shut everything down.  

Not afraid of death so much.  More afraid of the long slow ride before arriving at deaths doorstep.  My father slipped into dementia/alzheimer's in his 80's and passed away at age 93.  His last 6-7 years of life were not that good.  Despite having two double heart bypasses in his late 70's and diabetes, it was the big A that finally took it's toll.  

My Thai wife passed away from brain cancer but never suffered as when she was diagnosed it was already too late.  Passed away some two weeks after first being diagnosed.  My Mom was a pillar of health until diagnosed with bladder cancer.  She passed away less than five months later at age 88.  

I'm probably more concerned about getting the big "C" and not being able to live my life as I would like.  

8 hours ago, Postmaster said:

Those selections really interesting.  Breaking Bad I thought I'd watched until the end but after the DEA guy got shot and the families feuded it seemed to end weird.  Did I miss some episodes?

 

 

Yes!  Watch the last few episodes as well.  You might want to watch El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie when you finish the regular series.

1 hour ago, Will B Good said:

Is wheat beer the same as weizen?

Yes