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1.5 m in an "envelope"? 1.5 m makes a reasonable packet. Won't fit in a usual 'glove" compartment.

Oh how bad, Pattaya again How can sane westerners consider such trips?? Some people need the thrill. Ok at least no overcrowding

Good point! Those are the ones that might"rob" you 😁 What is the status of your wife within the family? Parents still live? Older brothers? Older sisters?

Sure. Even village shops have it to protect from theft. But don't spoil your plot with high concrete walls, barb wire, broken glass etc. Have one room that is particularly well locked, grilles on the window and a small safe.

When I first visited the village in 1995 I was shocked and moved about the poor circumstances. But much has changed incl me. Our house from 1997 is now far from the biggest/fanciest around (no pool or extravaganza though). Thailand is one of the countries with the most extreme difference in wealth. And you can see that in the village too. Some live behind card box walls, others in big villas. Thai people accept their fate. My wife is paranoid about security. Traumatized by a violent robbery in Phuket(!) in her younger years. So all windows with massive grilles. Proper locks at massive doors. Our dogs are not the big ones but good for alarm. I don't feel uncomfortable but I also keep a low profile. Different from Thais who love to show/pretend to be wealthy. So many foreigners having nice villas in upcountry. Little to be concerned about. Much more problems in Pattaya (Eastside) for example.

Same for me this morning. Quite confusing. Seems a premature message?

As there was no answer so far, I went to uncharted territory in the Profile menu. Under security there is an option to enable Google Authenticator. Has to be installed on the mobile phone. One of the so call 2FA apps. That's all I can tell now. I am not up to try/test.

Also never noted. In the app?

I use the mobile website and it is only possible to login with username. Just tried. My password is a generated 14 upper/lower character/digits. Unusually short for my customs.

At popular upcountry morlam concerts you might see military police with pump guns 😁

@steve2112 The straightforward option with the app: Login On the bottom line you see "Recipients", tap it Then you see "+ Add recipient", tap it What follows is currency, enter bank details etc. After having added the recipient you can send money to that account (from your currency to the recipients currency).

Headline sounds like from a Muslim country. Drinking ghettos for the disbelievers.

Thought so when I saw the "security" checkpoints at Central with the metal detector gates. Laughable as usual. Purely symbolic.

I was in Pattaya until the 1st this month. The kite festival weekend was nice but far from the crowds that the music festival will attract and still gridlocks everywhere. Can it get any worse? Obviously. Will there ever be an off-season again? Will I have to refrain visits to the worst of rainy season?

I got this message too yesterday evening. "via Kbiz transfer" sounds like it only affects the Kbank website? Nothing to do with incoming money from abroad? Nothing to do with transactions via the mobile app? Not sure though. One of the tasks for today to find out.

My foreign credit card is locked in the drawer. Use for online purposes. Last physical use was for car rental in Phuket some years ago.

Found about half a dozen Thai massage shops in Tbilisi

Good to see that this was not a short lived spike (latest at 35.88). And now the EUR has reached this years highest rate against the USD (1.06).

Here something is really wrong. Five days domestically? Time to research with the sender and the Thai post.

This might be due to the destination countries customs/postal check. That happens before the letter is forwarded to the postal organization. I know lenghty delays from Frankfurt (Germany).

Happened on the late evening of Feb 28, she returned next morning Mar 1. Reported on March 3. I would not waste two days to report and then urge police to be quick

The abuse of visa exempt to South Korea was always high. Many denials, tours stopped before departure. An army of illegal workers. (a nephew of my wife died in SK from a motorbike accident after many years of working without legal status). Seems SK now requires an ETA to be applied electronically before departure. Includes proof of income etc

The whole excitement is about the four hours without reseating. Otherwise I don't see what they can do. Agree with the post above. Don't think it's a good idea to create attention by towing a corpse along the aisle through the plane. Body bag on board?

And that's why they have nothing to do on a public/busy road. Even up here where traffic discipline is at the low end I can't remember seeing one long distance on the highway. Sad and avoidable.

All in one machines, unfortunately still rare (at least at Bangkok Bank). Many cash deposit machines also work as ATM.