simon43

I have an O visa in Thailand, extended for retirement. I maintain this visa, although I make regular trips by air from Bangkok to/from Burma (Yangon, Mandalay etc), obtaining a re-entry permit when leaving Bangkok Airport. Years ago, I would visit Kawtaung and stay a few days to help at the orphanage. I would stamp out at Ranong Fish Bridge immigration, take a small boat across the river, leave my passport at Kawtaung immigration (as required), be issued with a short-stay permit paper, and stay at a hotel on the hill that had a licence to accommodate foreigners. This all worked fine. Now that I will start to receive my UK state pension, I will have enough income not to require an employment teaching income (I have an online income). Therefore, I have plans to return to Burma to teach as a volunteer. Obviously, the requirements/paperwork in Burma to do this legally is my responsibility 🙂 I can't return to Mandalay/Yangon because the polluted air is not good for my lungs, and teaching again in those cities would be a liability/risk. I need clean, sea air, exactly what I have now at my rented home in south Thailand. So it occurred to me that I could teach as a volunteer in Kawtaung, returning back to Thailand every few weeks. So... my question is: Does anyone know if Ranong immigration will allow me to stamp out (with a re-entry permit), and then return perhaps 1 week later?

I'll try to keep this weather thread going by posting images that I receive from the USA (NOAA) and Meteor (Russia) weather satellies 🙂 16th May 2025: This is an image received at my home at Khanom Beach from NOAA-15: Some hazy clouds in North Thailand and near Bangkok, but otherwise pretty clear. Cambodia and Vietnam nice and sunny!

Lol, don't follow the rules = fine/deportation. Up to you......

[quote] Don’t want to shave? Mask. Hate making small talk? Mask. Want to signal that you're morally superior and scientifically enlightened? MASK. ... [/quote] You forgot other benefits: * Don't want to breath in polluted city air - mask * Don't want to swallow a fly while riding your motorcycle - mask * Don't want to breath in nasty germs when in confined space (lifts, planes etc) - mask * Don't want to make your lung illness worse - mask There are many reasons why it's beneficial to wear a mask 🙂

"Vaccine-induced polio: By the 1980s, 100% of U.S. polio cases were caused by the vaccine itself" Not true - there were some imported cases from overseas. Between 1980 - 1994, there were 133 cases of Polio caused by the vaccine, less than 9 cases per year. Between 1951-1955, before the polio vaccine was introduced, there were 15,822 cases of polio in the USA. Which do you prefer? 15,822 cases over 4 years or 133 cases over 15 years??

Better that celebratory kids are brought up in an orphanage, away from their neurotic, limelight-greedy parents. That way, they have more chance of growing up 'normal'. (Waiting for the flames....)

I did once carry a full-size silicone sex-doll across Thai borders without any problems.....

Although I supported Brexit, I think at the time of the vote, neither the general public nor government figures actually had thought through the consequences of a leave vote. Had they considered all aspects of what would be affected by a leave vote, I think the public would have voted to remain. IMHO, the reason why the UK fails or has a negative outcome for some many things is quite simple - we are too honest and we stick to the rules. Other countries pick and choose only those requirements or laws that will benefit them, and 'fudge' or simply ignore the rules that won't benefit them. The UK blindly follows each and every requirement, seemingly ignorant that other countries pick and choose. Oh for another Maggie who stood up to EEC officials and stuck to her guns for the benefit of the UK!

My condo is a useful place to store items. Most of the time, I am 500 metres from this deserted beach in south Thailand. I rent a detached house for 7k baht/month 🙂

Here's a rather scratchy image from the NOAA-15 weather satellite that I received yesterday. I'm at the yellow cross (centre) where there are no clouds overhead, but Bangkok seems to be cloudy.....

I am on the top (15th) floor of this building, so I can have access to the flat roof for my radio ham antennas. Unfortunately, all 14 floors below me sit on their balconies and smoke pot, so the smell wafts up...

Mostly great replies to my post, but I've clearly touched on a sensitive subject with a few posters lol! (I won't say who in case it sets you off...) In my Jomtien condo, most people are Russian/Eastern European, and almost all of them are pot-heads. In my country abode in south Thailand, there are very few foreigners. I'm staying there for most of my time (I can't stand the smell of cannabis smoke, so I might 'drop' the Jomtien condo soon)

Asking those who live in Thailand.... The last time that I spoke with a 'farang' was about 4 weeks ago when I said 'thank-you' to a young Russian guy who held the lift for me in my Jomtien condo building. I don't go out of my way to socialise with foreigners in Thailand because most seem to be pot-heads, 'hidden' nutters (who seem quite sociable at first, but then reveal themselves as totally mad), or those many grumpy old men who seem to be suffering from dementia. Otherwise, I seem only to interact with Thais 🙂on a daily basis. None seem to be pot-heads, the nutters are quite vocal and easily avoided, and I always get a smile from the old folk when I give them a cheery 'sawadee kap'. How about you. Do you live in a farang bubble? Or a Thai bubble for that matter?

Lol of course not. But actions have consequences. Did she really think that the owner would not report the damage?

But probably very quick