12 minutes ago, JingerBen said:

Driving in Thailand is like participating in a Demolition Derby.

If you want to survive it you have to drive defensively and try to be aware of what's happening on all sides.

Impossible to do that all the time... just hope Lady Luck sticks with you.

 

Demolition Derbies also require a good offense  

Just now, ClutchClark said:

 

Demolition Derbies also require a good offense  

Not if you want to live to tell your grandchildren about it.

On 3 October 2016 at 11:13 AM, MobileContent said:

 

Who says the government doesn't want farangs stay in this country? The visa rules are very simple in Thailand and have many options. Thailand has always been very nationalistic in the past and they will keep playing this tune whichever government is in power.

 

What the government currently does is sorting out the bad from the good apples (Good Guys in and Bad Guys out and this one they should have done long time ago).

 

The only problem I feel in Thailand is that employment opportunities are not that good as they were a few years ago.

 

All this talk about forcing Farangs to carry a Sim Card for starters.  Funny I don't see Spain or America or Australia even contemplating this.

2 minutes ago, autanic said:

 

All this talk about forcing Farangs to carry a Sim Card for starters.  Funny I don't see Spain or America or Australia even contemplating this.

Not sure about sim cards but I think I recall trump talking about tracking foreigners on tourist visas electronically, to make sure they don't overstay. Same diff, eh? 

Just now, Jingthing said:

Not sure about sim cards but I think I recall trump talking about tracking foreigners on tourist visas electronically, to make sure they don't overstay. Same diff, eh? 

 

Well I won't be visiting there either.

2 minutes ago, autanic said:

 

All this talk about forcing Farangs to carry a Sim Card for starters.  Funny I don't see Spain or America or Australia even contemplating this.

 

One of us is understanding this SIm card thing wrong.

 

I do not recall reading that farangs will be forced to carry a SIM card...but simply that they will be issued a new type of SIM card that can provide location.

 

And locations can already be determined with long-standing existing technology. 

 

Can someone provide clarification ?

Just now, autanic said:

 

Well I won't be visiting there either.

Can you afford to? 

I sometimes wonder if people needing a change ever think about making a change *within* Thailand or within Asia, before thinking that they need to head back to their country of origin.

 

 

On 6 October 2016 at 1:20 PM, Jingthing said:

Can you afford to? 

Affordability isnt really my primary concern. Desirability is though.

What a horrible week for Thailand and the Thais.

 

All my plans to return to LOS are on long term hold.

 

Its time for me to fully withdraw from the game, take my chips off the table at sit back and wait. Maybe the GBP will recover and maybe it won't, there are other more pressing issues in Thailand for which I would prefer to not be involved in, but which I fully respect. 

 

You know what I really do love Thai People, there are as annoying as a fly in your wine at times, but I will miss them and I wish them the very best.

 

As I think back over my many travels and the people I have met, I would like to say a fitting:  Thank You.