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Someone who walks around Pattaya with near 5oz of gold strung around their neck at 1.30am needs their head examining.

They wouldn't know their arse from their elbow. A few years back they put out some nonsense about Thailand's huge gold mineral resources. It's all pie in the sky. Even if Thailand had a mining culture, with clear laws on licencing and security of tenure, the gap between something being simply prospective, to a bankable resource, and then an actual mine is five to ten years given fair winds. The debacle with the Junta and Kingsgate Mining/Chatree Gold did nothing to instil confidence in foreign companies and investors considering Thailand as target for exploration and mining. There's a next to zero chance of any lithium mining in Phang-nga.

Correct. The digital arrival form only asks for an email address, not a physical one.

Another day, another hub. Hub-tastic!

Evidence of what? Have you ever lived in a Muslim country, do you ever socialise with Muslims, have you even talked to a Muslim?! .

Hat Yai seem slightly hit and miss with the billing, though that might be down to our postman. Our bill is about Bht1,300 per year for the house/land not sure if it's a property tax or ground rates?

Again you simply demonstrate your appalling ignorance.

And if you had a scintilla of understanding you would know that it isn't a 'jihad', it's about recognising the injustice of a border imposed on communities without their having any say in the matter. Local leaders calls for at least a level of autonomy for the Patani region, and a recognition of the Jawi language, have long been ignored, resulting in a some resorting to violence as a means to force change. Yes the Patani region is predominantly Muslim, over 80%, but the conflict is about recognising the Thai-Malay community, it's language and culture, a community that has found itself part of Thailand rather than Malaysia, because of an agreement reached between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Siam 115 years ago in which they had no say.

Not if you can't get to the toilet!

You can eat very well in Hat Yai, there's a huge range of cuisines from Thai, particularly spicy Southern Thai, Thai-Chinese, Chinese, Malay, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and European - though a bit short on Indian restaurants. Many Malaysian visitors to Hat Yai are Chinese Malaysian, so there are a lot of Thai-Chinese restaurants, and in general the food in these restaurants is excellent; Hat Yai has a large Thai-Chinese community. Not really sure you can identify 'Muslim' food specifically, many restaurants in Hat Yai are halal, regardless the cuisine, to attract a wider customer base. Hat Yai Nai, the community I live in which has a big Muslim population, certainly serves a lot of fried chicken, and there are numerous roti shops, but a lot of the food is recognisably Thai, you just won't find pork as an option for your pad kra pao. Note: As someone who lived and worked in both Malaysia and Indonesia, and has a great love of beef rendang, I've yet to find rendang in Hat Yai. .

Muslims rattled your cage again. Try learning some local history before spouting the same garbage.

May 2019

You look straight at the camera so the gate software can compare the digital photo in your passport chip with the one it's taking of you at the gate. They can't make a retinal scan from a passport photo. Facial recognition software does make a map of your features that is unique to you, that doesn't involve retinal scans.

Not anymore. I renewed my passport in the UK September last year and submitted a digital photo the wife took with my phone. So photo doesn't need to be any specific size, just very clear. Clearly they do create come sort of facial map from the photo which is used for the UK e-gates. .

Please! Singapore Night Safari is renowned as one of the world’s top tourist attractions, Chiang Mai Night Safari is a shoddy knock off .

What's with this Thai fixation on hubs?

I have three seperate Wills, for assets in the UK, Thailand and Singapore. Each Will clearly states its purpose is for the disposition of assets in that country only.

Malaysian petrol stations near the border don't serve Thai registered vehicles, you have to drive away from the border before you can but fuel. .

Surely the Netizen's ire should be directed at the Petronas staff who helped her fill up with the subsidised fuel. Unless there were signs on the 95 pump in Thai saying 'Malaysian's Only', then the failure is with the forecourt attendant for not policing the pumps correctly.

For pity's sake where does AsinineNow find these numpties?

Indeed it's currently cheaper in most countries. The Economist has run The Big Mac Index for nearly 40 years as a means of calculating a real exchange rate based on the price of a common commodity, purchasing-power parity or The Big Mac Index. https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index

Thanks. How available are the appointment slots for the biometrics?

Thanks. My wife has had 1 x single, 2x 2 year and the most recent a 5 year. I was contemplating a 10 year this time around, though it's a fair chunk of change. Previously I've supplied a stack of paperwork; marriage certificate, the chanote for the house, old passports, my bank statements, letter from my then employer, covering letter saying I was paying and we were staying at my property in the UK. Are you suggesting I could dispense with that and just make do with marriage certificate and covering letter?

Check the passport number on your marriage certificate, I suspect you've changed passport since you married. So maybe the letter from the embassy is to confirm your current passport was issued to the same person as the passport detailed on the back of your wedding certificate. In which case you might want to take both passports with you to the embassy.

I gave the link in the previous post https://www.opinium.com/political-polling/