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His complete lack of cooperation with the US authorities, and the numerous verified visits to Epstein's residences leaves no doubt with me about his involvement in Epstein's human trafficking crimes
One has to wonder just how much physical and psychological damage this obscenely vile piece of human garbage, Andrew, has done to (young) people so far. I suspect he's going to be much more discrete about the fellow pieces of s**t he hangs around and is seen with in the future.
He definitely has enough power with very high connections to see that Epstein was permanently silenced and everything swept under a mat, and I firmly believe his hands are as virtually bloody as most any man's can be.
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2 hours ago, Jingthing said:Yeah that's largely true.
I wouldn't say not at all dangerous though.
To Colombians it feels a lot safer than it used to.
But for people coming from super safe areas, they will need to learn to be quite security conscious, with the level of that depending on the specific location you're going to.
Colombia is north of Ecuador not south.
Ecuador will be more difficult retirement visa application wise than Colombia at the current time.
Yes the financial requirements currently for Colombia are about what you said but there is a threat that they may change that soon.
Yes you not only can get the low cost basic insurance but in theory you'd be required to as a resident (but doesn't seem to be enforced).
It isn't that great though as far as access to specialists so far a better plan private insurance add ons are sold depending on age and health conditions (and not everyone will be eligible for that).
Yes you can show up and get 90 days. You are allowed to stay that way 180 days in each calendar year is pretty good but means you can't live there indefinitely for years that way. 90 day extensions are possible in country.
Cartagena is a big city and is not the safest destination in Colombia so you should do more research on different options.
Santa Marta is an up and coming smaller city destination also on the Caribbean coast that is currently considerably less expensive. Particularly might be worth a look if you're interested in buying housing, which is legal to do as a foreigner.
If you're looking for a coastal city it will be on the Caribbean, not the Pacific (for safety reasons).
As far as flights well Cartagena is a major international tourist destination so maybe there are direct flights from Canada but some other destinations may require connections through Bogota.
A good place to start for expat info for Colombia is the How To Expat videos on youtube (focused on Medellin but lots of the info is more general and they cover some other places) and also the Medellin Guru website, the best for updated and good visa information.
Thanks. This is type of info I was looking for. I have just started doing research on the country and know little of the best places to consider. And also thanks for pointing out my brain-fart geography of placing Colombia south of Equator. I really do know how to use a map -- honestly. ????
As for flights, I've confirmed they have ones going straight from Toronto to Cartagena, but there are many that transit through Bogota, and some have terribly long layovers, so I'll pay the little extra to avoid those ones.
Medellin is also an area I'm curious about, so I'll check out the links you mentioned, and I'll definitely get more info about Santa Marta as I would much prefer a smaller and less expensive city.
I enjoyed the many years I worked in Thailand, but as a friend reminded me recently, we can't put foot our feet back in the same stream, and that's certainly true of Thailand with all the changes that have come about since I first moved there in the early 2000's. I still plan on visiting Vietnam, and if it's in my cards to get a teaching job there, then I'll probably give it a try for a while, but failing that, Colombia looks like a possible alternative.
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I have to admit that I haven't really read much of this thread, although I noticed it quite a while ago. But the recent news of VN requiring foreigners on 90-day tourist visas to exit the country every 30 days and no real sound options for retirement/long-term visas without working there has me thinking that maybe it's time to look elsewhere for a warm place to live. Equator is ranked high up for Central American locations, but I'm thinking of looking a little further south in Columbia, particularly in the Cartagena area. As a Canadian, I can show up and get 90-days without a visa. And if I decide that Columbia is the place I want to retire, the proof of financial (pension) requirements is very low (under $US 800 a month). That's what my research has shown.
Columbia today is apparently NOT at all the dangerous Columbia of the notorious Pablo Escabar Drug Cartel days it was a couple of decades ago, but I'd love to hear from anyone who has recent experience in the country. Its health care system is very highly rated, and expat retirees can get the same state-funded coverage as Colombians can get, or they have the choice of self-insuring. A flight from Toronto is just over 5 hours to Cartagena and the round trip ticket costs just over $CAD 700 all-in. That is much more appealing than the 20+ plus hour flight from HCMC or other SE Asian locations and somewhat cheaper.
Like I say, if anyone has experience in Columbia or has done some in-depth research about living there, I'd definitely be interested in hearing from them.
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Gummy bears that are heavily infused with THC and CBD. There's nothing that can make be more comfortable than those.
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24 minutes ago, Susco said:
The total expat community in Thailand is about 0.5% of the annual tourist arrivals.
The average retiree spends in a month les than half of what any tourist will spend in 1 week. Going from the posts of the skint people on this forum even less.
So, you've found some verifiable statistics about this? I couldn't! It's great that you have! It's something I've been very curious about and would like to read all of the source material from where that information has come. Can you please provide a link to the source, assuming it's not just more of the fabricated "facts" we see SO often here at TVF.
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I just wanted to congratulate TVF on creating on what must be its 1000th thread about Thailand tourism. I guess it's just one of those hot topics of which nobody can get enough. ????
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14 hours ago, rhodie said:
The guy is mentally ill. His brother is trying to sort things out.
He doesn't look to be all there, and I had the impression he's dealing with some mental issues when I saw the picture of him and the cop. To be making a spectacle of oneself by harassing school girls at a public market, is obviously going to draw a lot of attention and a visit by the police, so I'd say he doesn't have the mental ability to use reasonable judgement. What I can't understand is how he was allowed to travel and put himself in this type of situation. Surely, his family and medical professionals have to be aware of his condition.
We had a teacher who was hired for the Engineering Faculty. He came across as normal in the interview and began working. One day shortly after he started, as I was exiting the hallway where my office was, this man was coming down the stairs barefoot and walking very deliberately, staring at his feet. I asked him if he was okay and needed help, which startled him a bit, but he just smiled and told me that stairs are very dangerous. I had friends in Engineering and talked to one of them about it only to learn that he had suddenly began displaying a lot of bizarre behavior. So, it seems these type of people do fly under the mental health radar low enough to function in limited capacity until something snaps a little more.
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It should be clear to everyone that the "War on Drugs" is a complete failure, and new tactics are required to help people with addiction and substance abuse problems. Sadly, I'm not surprised to see the assortment of mindless statements condemning all drug abusers with no thought of how they got there or compassion for their state, with some posters even going to the asinine point of saying "Beer good! Drugs bad!". Naively, I find it surprising that such attitudes still exist these days.
As far as this situation goes, the police used exceptionally poor judgement in their actions. I can understand the initial reaction to pursue their suspect, but considering the time of day and level of activity on the streets, they should have quickly backed off. A high-speed chase was putting the public in a dangerous enough situation, but to use their guns to send the vehicle out of control was well beyond any reasonable judgement. Those involved, and especially the lead officer in this situation should be facing immediate dismissal and criminal charges, perhaps going as far as considering manslaughter.
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It must be nice to have it both ways. I've always had the impression that when a county's currency is as strong as Thailand's, exports drop off, yet Thailand will see an increase.
Everybody wins in Thailand. The "haves" get the strong baht they want, exports are increasing to make a better economy for all, and TAT will soon announce that the number of tourists will be larger and their spending greater then ever before. All this should help keep the strength of the baht increasing with only positive effects for everyone. I guess Thailand truly is amazing.
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Seven days!!!! But just think of all that learning and knowledge they'll be deprived of.
(I tried to type that without laughing out loud but couldn't pull it off.)
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I just downloaded and started watching episode one. IMO, it's coming across as an infomercial made by the tourist police for the promotion of the tourist police, featuring officer Off for a start, who says, "Love my job too much because I love helping tourist too much."
It's a British documentary, and I find them all very "gentle", never saying anything that could possibly offend anyone.
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1 hour ago, ThomasThBKK said:
Yeah because governments are so efficient....
The problem our society has is that there's TOO MUCH government, and not too little.
There's just as much government and its enforcers as the "haves" need. It was established by them and populated by their type to serve their wants.
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1 hour ago, Chefgno said:
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Where is this place located? I'll have to stop by sometime to check it out.
I'm not in Thailand at the moment -- back in Canada these days until family issues are sorted out. Sorry to get your hopes up with the chance of one in Thailand. I didn't know of any frisbee golf courses when I was there for several years in the Na Jomtien area, so we'd just use palm trees as targets and rough out a course that way. It's not as good or challenging but an okay substitute. I think Koh Samui has a disc golf set up there.
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4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:And why should we believe this story?
Someone said that someone demanded lots of money. Yeah, sure...
Are you insinuating that this story could have been written by Mr. B.S. Clickbait?
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36 minutes ago, Chefgno said:
Hi
Im a local here and I love throwing the frisbee around. Is that similar to your sport???
Not from my experience. The discs used in golf are much different than the old Frisbees. There is a course not too far from my place, and I'll go over to fool around with my big old Frisbee while others have small, dense discs that can go very far if the right technique is used. I found one -- a good one apparently, and someone tried to show me how to toss it properly, but I'll be damned if I can get a good long straight shot. It always hooks badly and quickly.
There are even various discs these people use, designated as a "driver", etc, as with golf clubs, and I've seen people out there with a dozen or more discs in their "golf bag". I was amazed! i
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16 minutes ago, Swiss1960 said:For sure that is pure defamation... there is NO "famed red light district" in Pattaya. For one, police confirmed at least a dozens of times that there is no prostitution in Pattaya and for two, Walking Street is THE family attraction of our lovely city ????
Indeed! And I hope that the author(s) of such libelous statements will be brought to answer for besmirching the good name of Pattaya. ????
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32 minutes ago, fasteddie said:
'' Here we have a person who has clearly shown no respect for a law made to keep people safe while flying ''.....how so?
Well, even in the days when it was okay to smoke on airplanes, it wasn't allowed in the bathrooms because of the fire hazard that all the paper towel and tissue caused.
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I remember the days of being a smoker. Taking those long-haul flights going back and forth from NA to SE Asia were torturous sometimes, but I was never stupid enough to take that chance.
I was curious about the penalty and see it was merely a fine, a scolding and on his way to enjoy his holiday. He must have been able to confirm reservations at one of the many hotels that are desperately in need of customers. Otherwise, would he have been shown the door out of Thailand? ????
And what happened to the "good guys in; bad guys out" rule for entry into Thailand. Here we have a person who has clearly shown no respect for a law made to keep people safe while flying, yet he's a "good guy"? But somehow, other people who have done noting more than try to spend a lot of (crime-free) time in Thailand using various visas and entry methods are deemed "bad guys" and turned away. I don't get it, but I don't think we're supposed to.
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The integrity of the commission is only as good as that of the dictatorial forces that oversee it...and everything else in the country.
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18 hours ago, RichardColeman said:
Let Canada have them and all their bills !
What have you got against Canada? ???? I just hope they're not too much of a pain in the butt to look after, and their security and such in Canada doesn't cost us too much extra money. What a burdensome couple!
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11 minutes ago, LetsCleanUpTHAILAND said:
If I was the police, I'd alert every gold shop in the country of the types of jewels stolen (Robinson will have record) and then give the gold shop owner a reward for alerting the police if a customers bearing such gold tries to sell at their shop. Good plan?
It's generally a sound plan, but I'd assume much of the haul was pretty generic stuff that is bought and sold in substantial volumes daily. If he has any brains, he'd be sitting on it for quite a while and then just selling off the non-distinct stuff bit by bit. It's also not that difficult to set up a small smelter to turn it into ingots.
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I have to wonder how they are going to confirm with complete certainty that they've got the right guy, especially in a case where they follow the "shoot to kill" order. They will not concede defeat in solving this crime, and I only hope that they don't decide that some "likely" suspect has to answer for it to appease the masses.
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On 12/13/2019 at 9:14 PM, rooster59 said:Since the middle of that month until now occupancy rates at Pattaya hotels are down 20% on where they should be. Normally at this time of year hotels would be full, he said.
It's not as bad as I thought from what people are saying. Perhaps they'd better stash away all they can in case it's down 30 to 40% next high season.
The Thai people and gov't have created their own many-headed tourism monster over the years, confident that there was no other place in the world to compete with Thailand and completely losing focus of what made it such a desirable destination, especially for the more-frugal adventurer.
Greed and xenophobia have probably made the biggest long-term contribution to any economic suffering Thais will face, and those tendencies are too deeply rooted to be changed anytime soon. It will be interesting to see how far Thailand sinks in the area of tourism before attitudes truly change, if they actually can.
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1 hour ago, bobfish said:
Fortunate he didn't ask for 650b MTB then.
I guess small frames with big wheels are what sells in Thailand. ??
Other than the OP sourcing himself, 888bike sometimes comes up with some gems: eg https://888bike.net/product/8505/จักรยานเสือภูเขาฟูลซัส-giant-off-road-trail-full-suspension-trance-212sp-slx-27-5-giant-my2020
A bit of a search around might uncover others.
I should probably apologize to the OP. My type of post comes from a terrible combination of a corny sense of humor and pedantic appreciation for accurate use of language. So, sorry for any insincerity and best wishes for finding something that fits your needs.
Trump says reopen by Easter, Corporate America says not so fast
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As a Canadian, I'm happy to hear that many of my American neighbors are rejecting Trump's idiotic notion of ignoring the physical distancing measures that have proven effective in places like S. Korea and China. And I hope my gov't will enact EXTREME caution when allowing any Americans to cross the border as a large number of them will happily oblige Trump. State and civic gov't leaders there must openly reject and criticize his plan, making it clear to all US citizens that his ideas will lead to certain devastation.
He can't really be ignorant to the vast potential fatal harm this virus is capable of, and he has to understand what that extremely sharp rise in the number of infected Americans really means. I know he's a boorish lying piece of <deleted>, but he's not so stupid as to not really understand what's going on, so I have to question if he has some very dark and disturbing motives.
It's going to get bad almost everywhere, but America looks to be a real hotbed of contamination, and I'm glad I don't live there. Keep Canada's border VERY strong!!!