KhunBENQ

My wording was misunderstood by some A passport can be up to 10 years old incl the photo that it shows. So what would the problem be with a 6 month old. Of course for a new passport many countries don't even allow to bring own photos but taken at the office or by licensed photographers and sent digitally. Reason simple: you can slightly manipulate photos so that it is not detected by the naked eye but changes biometric parameters.

"Us Brits" sounds like "us French" when looking at their national football team.

Bloody bastard. Hope they find the culprit. Plate not visible. So normal here.

Some say road traffic is an indicator for the level of civilization.

Not everybody's cup of tea. Honda Wave is not that comfy long distance ride But if need is big I would do it. ~150 km, starting at the very first light of dawn. No speeding, 40 km/h. On the other hand: do she/he have a trusted person to engage as rider? Pay rider 500 Baht plus getting back with taxi or the like.

That's what I understand from the OP? Just that THIS Bangkok Bank in Pattaya is out of the business. Instead they found a solution via Bangkok. Sure, I am in the situation that I don't need such "workarounds" but on the other hand I can understand reasons why people choose to.

Will likely use them in September for a trip to the consulate. Oneway Khon Kaen - Suvarnabhumi 1250 Baht incl. checked and carry on, limited seat selection. Not as bad as I expected. I remember some threads about flights to London and also not bad. Things might change.

How much fuel cost would I have to pay if they do the 200 km round trip

For letters Germany's customs checkpoint is notoriously slow/overloaded. 6 days can happen. One speculation: parcels from Thailand now prone to even more stringent checks thanks to the wonderful cannabis liberalization? Sniffer dog needs a break.

Played with a number of tracking sites. Found two vague results that are similar.

Even ordinary registered mail is tracked in the destination country. You should try the tracking site of the destination country (UK?). If it shows up there it has passed customs checkpoint. The last update you show says "in transit at intermediate country", DOH for Doha, Qatar? Why do you think it has reached destination country?

Mr. Krisana in a hurry like so many. Now he has time waiting for his next life. Hard to find proper words for such stupidity. In the end putting the value of his bike above his life.

Is your friend a Thai person? Any friends/acquaintances having a pickup?

Maintenance failure? Sabotage? Terror act? Better not think of technical failure.

You didn't get my point. Why should a 6 month old be a problem why you can travel with a passport almost 10 years old.