paddyfield7

I once was driving as number 3 car behind a very slow leading car, driving about 35 km/h. When we had free visibility after a curve, with 4 km straight road with no opposite traffic in sight, I expected car nr. 2 to take over, and after that, I would take over too. I gave the nr. 2 car about 20 seconds to overtake, but as he didn't make any such attempt, I started blinking, gave light signals and hooted shortly. I started overtaking nr. 2, but as we were astride, he came out without blinking or looking over his shoulder, or into his side mirror (if he had one at all). His old Toyota Soluna looked very bad, whilst my much heavier Toyota Hilux hat minor damages at both doors. I asked my (Thai) wife to call the police, but she said they wouldn't come, and it would be a matter between the insurance companies. By coincidence, we both had the same insurance company, and we called their representative. After listening to what happened, the insurance man said that his company would pay for our damage, but not for the other driver's much heavier damage, as it was clearly his fault. His witch-style wife got furious and insisted we meet at the local police station - it turned out that her father was the former but retired chief police officer at that station, and she knew he was just doing some garden work there. We sat there for 3 hours until a subordinated officer had written 5 pages about this minor incident in his diary, and we got both fined THB 300. I asked the young officer why I had to pay, because the accident was clearly caused by the other driver, but the answer was that the fine was risen because our two cars touched each other. TiT at it's best.....

I had cataract surgery at Bangkok Chiang Mai Hospital in 2021,, left eye on Monday, right eye on following Wednesday, released for discharge each time after half an hour of rest, driven by my wife. No need of glasses any more.

The market leader in Europa is certainly Rimowa, although they are very expensive. But their appearance and quality is very high, no matter whether you chose an Aluminium- or Polycarbonate model. Their disadvantage is their own weight (tare) which can be up to 5 or 7 kilos. That's why I replaced them with Samsonite C-Lite models which weigh 2.8 kilos only. They have the same volume and are as durable as Rimowa, but also have similar prices.

I would seat him in the last row of Economy, the one closest to all toilets, so he can enjoy the 12 hours ride, and being the last one to disembark.

The same happened to me after my doctor at the Bangkok Chiang Mai Hospital decided I should replace my usual medication against hypertension with Zanidip. It just took a few days until I got heavily swollen ankles. After just a few weeks we decided to stop taking Zanidip and return to the previous mediation. My ankles got back to normal almost immediately.

Yes, revoke his visa, and deport him today. LX 181 to Zurich is leaving from Suvarnabhumi at 13:20, every day!

get him out of the country, with no chance of a return. We have enough foreign idiots here, and having one less would be nice. Ciao!

I would go and see an ophthalmologist at a private hospital and have him or her writing down a recipe which corrections your new glasses will need. Make sure they are not telling you that you need katarakt surgery at both eyes, except it is indeed needed. A katarakt surgery can be done as an outpatient, but the costs at a good private hospital are THB 90k for both eyes.

All Thai Police Members are colour blind, as they cannot see black smoke. They can also not smell it.

born stupid, learned nothing, and forgotten a lot

I had the best and the worst experience in Boston, MA. Once my wife and I arrived and presented our Swiss passports. The Immigration Officer said: "Oh, two Swiss Citizens; have you been here before?". We answered with "yes", and the I/O replied: "In this case - welcome back!". 30 seconds, and we were in. You can imagine how the other experience was.....

For me, Boots and Watson are more cosmetic shops than pharmacies. Real pharmacies, at least in Chiang Mai, are Pharma Choice and Fascino. Atorvastatin is available there without prescription, whereby 80 mg seems extremly hight to me - I'm using it myself in the strength of 10 or max. 20 mg. The other two products are unknown to me.

Indonesia is a Muslim nation, but Bali is an exception as they are Hindus. This of course does not exclude the possibility of Muslim attacks. It is more dirty and much more expensive than any place in Thailand, and I doubty it's a good location for long stayers. I have been there several times, but for holiday purposes only, as the beaches and the sunsets are beautyful.

And I will leave this forum because of your, Prof Dr Jack 54, endless, permanent and educational comments. I know what is needed to be done where I live, and will manage nicely without you.

I have different experiences, but I know Chiang Mai works different some times. My last 90 days report was rejected for the following reason quote Contact immigration to update the (TM30) accommodation notification to date. The last declaration of accommodation at Piya Guest House Mae Hong Son not Chiang Mai. unquote

It was September 2021 when we used a limousine service called Oriental Escape, but I believe they meanwhile also operate under the name of Mekhe Transport. The trip from Suvarnabhumi to the Dusit Hotel in Hua Hin did cost THB 3,500 in a brand new and spotless clean Toyota Fortuner, with a very decent driver, also driving defensively. Back one week later with the same driver and for the same price. Always on time, or even 15 minutes early. Cash or credit card payment. Can absolutely recommend this company.

I have been at Nana Plaza with tome friends last week. The girls wear bikinis, but at "Blondie" they take off the tops at midnight, and I heard they take off more at 2:00 a.m.

In Chiang Mai, on the coolest days of the year, we can have 16 deg C outside and 19 deg C inhouse. Those few days I simply wear a pullover or a light jacket until it gets a bit warmer towards noon.

I'm using the income method since years, and the only thing I need is a confirmation from my Embassy for the attention of Thai Immigration confirming quote The Embassy of XXX hereby certifies on the basis of information received from the relevant social insurance and/or pension funds that Mr. XYZ, born XX.XX.XXXX receives a monthly pension of THB XXX,XXX.XX from the XXX Old-Age, Survivors and Disability insurance and/or a XXX private pension fund unquote. I believe this makes the question whether 6 or 12 or whatever transfers are required obsolete. I'm dealing with Chiang Mai Immigration.

Between Palau and Xinjiang.

I know that the vast majority on this forum believes that TM30 is no longer required if you return from abroad and to the domicile previously registered, and this would include Chiang Mai. This may apply to many other provinces, but I do live in Chiang Mai, returned from Europa on 4th July 2022, reported my return the same day, and got issued a new TM30 as per picture below. I wonder why Chiang Mai Immigration would still do that if it was no longer a legal requirement also in this province.

I paid a THB 1,600 fine for not providing a TM30 which was silently re-introduced without notice at that time. This was upon my extension of stay based on retirement (type O) 2016 at Chiang Mai Immigration.

I can confirm this is correct. I got both my boosters at Nakornping Hospital, Mae Rim, just walk in at 08:00 a.m., and choose between Pfizer and Moderna, both free.

I fly to Switzerland a few times each year and always come back with many kilos of dried meat and Swiss cheese, and never had any problems since 2013. Even if the suitcase containing such items was scanned, the meat was not recognised or rejected; absolutely not to be compared with Australia. The news are going into the other directions: since January 2020, the import of fruit and even seeds into Switzerland (or maybe also EU) is strictly prohibited, whereby there is no fine if you do, the items are simply taken and thrown away - Switzerland's contribution to fight global food waste.....

We used 3BB for years, but got increasingly annoyed that the connection was always cut for an hour or so each day a bill became due, just to remind us of the due-date, although the bills had always been paid already. This was the reason we switched to True, and we are more than happy with it: