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18 hours ago, bob smith said:

she is crying now as I type.

 

she really doesnt want me to leave.

 

bob.

Why don't you take her along on your travels to greener pastures 🤔

8 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

I hope that his Visa will NOT be revoked - not because he is a fellow Swiss, BUT because Switzerland does not want him back...

Exactly, we do not need this lovely specimen of a human being back within our country confines! Perhaps Thailand could deport him to North Korea?

6 hours ago, lordgrinz said:

Maybe just the Asian ones, us Westerners stick out like a sore thumb 😉

Certainly me since I am such a handsum man 555 🤪

Sometimes it comes in handy being able to read Thai script ???? 

13 hours ago, proton said:

For less than one month it is illegal, widely ignored

Indeed it is! Just stayed in two different Airbnbs in Hua Hin, both places displayed this sign 555

I am currently visiting Hua Hin and I am really flabbergasted to see how few people wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle. And the very same goes for farangs. Actually now even fewer riders bother to put them on their silly heads than 5 years ago when I moved away from HH. T.I.T. indeed!

I like his humour ????

Yes, unless you are Swiss then you are allowed to enter visa free and stay for a maximum of 2 weeks.

6 hours ago, Jitar said:

I think the Teana 2.5 changed to the 2.5L QR series 4 cylinder engine and CVT before 2016 in Thailand.  Still an OK car but some of the above comments about the earlier V6 models may not be applicable.   

Exactly, the Nissan 6 cylinder engines are among the best and very smooth. I had two Teanas with the 2.3 and 2.5 litre 6 cylinder engines respectively. I also think the 2016 and newer models are 4 cylinders only. A pity since Nissan was the only brand in this segment still offering a very smooth and quiet 6 cylinder motor. The 2.5l Teana model came with CVT which took a bit of getting used to but eventually I found to be working well in combination with this engine.

10 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

I guess he needed the publicity to state the obvious which has been known for some time, or did he think it would by pass Thailand to appease the tourist chiefs

 

It would have bypassed though if Thailand did not let in any dirty foreigners ????

On 7/3/2021 at 10:51 AM, falangUK said:

Before this proposed 20% hike >>

Currently paying 100% more compared to my immediate neighbour, 87% more compared to other neighbours.

last rent increase was 5 years ago.

also we have invested in improving the bathroom, roof, etc

Of course you need to pay more now since you improved the property and its value has thus increased ;-) 

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I've been there, it was hot as hell, some nice waterfalls to swim in.

Our family farm is near LomSak, the roads aren't very good.

 

You have to go up to Khao Kho the area described in the report. Lomsak is down on the plains where indeed it gets very hot. I remember when we stayed at my wife's chalet just outside Ban Thung Samo and did a daytrip down to Phitsanulok where it was a sweltering 37 degrees C and coming back up to Khao Kho it was just below 30.

Somchai radioing in from his spaceship: "Roi-et, we have a problem"

Exactly as YT3k72Em said, why bother with an app on a pc if you can access their internet banking through a browser?! Works okay, though not the most intuitive website, my wife has an account there. Mine is with Krungsri, much more user friendly and current design.... 

15 hours ago, Sujo said:

I had 3 choices.

Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia.

 

It was a toss up between malaysia and vietnam. I chose malaysia and have been here 8 years but i would have been just as happy in vietnam.

 

If i move again it will probably be vietnam or philippines. I have traveled a lot to thailand but as a place to live i prefer the others.

May I ask where in Malaysia do you live? I am considering the country (Penang) to spend winters there sometime in future. I am back in my native country in Europe, lived in Thailand for 23 years, liked it most of the time, not sure whether I want to go back there though for an extended period of time, too many things have changed....

17 hours ago, samsensam said:

 

i was under the impression they could already be bought on line... i think i've seen travel agents using an online booking system, maybe i'm wrong, maybe travel agents only...? anyway better late than never,

Correct, I purchased train tickets from the SRT website more than three years ago already. Perhaps this was available in Thai language only at that time, don't really remember.....

Welcome to kindergarten country. At least there is a choice: just don't go there until things have resumed to more or less normal!

6 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

I wonder who other than the Chinese will qualify and will they be wearing tracking devices ...............LOL

The Chinese come equipped with tracking aps installed on their smart phones. The Thai authorities only need to log into the server in Beijing to access the respective tracking data.

Every time I read reports like this I'm getting more worried what future Thailand has if any with such morons at the helm.

Arrived from Hong Kong at the age of 30 with my just married Thai wife at the end of 1994. Mostly enjoyed my stay in Thailand though the last few years with mixed feelings mostly due to personal reasons. Moved back to my home country in the centre of Europe after divorce and better business prospects at the end of 2017. Never regretted it, haven't been back yet, though winters here can be a bit long.

Perhaps someone should call immigration who would dispatch their hi-tech gadgetry equipped BMW to solve the problem. 

This guy is a particularly good specimen of a government official and member of the Thai bureaucracy that makes me postpone my next visit there indefinitely. Good were the times in this beautiful country before paranoia started to set in.....