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On 10/13/2023 at 8:49 AM, Irish star said:
Korat and KK are not Farang friendly, no English Not many Western Restaurants AVOID 4 years in Korat and always aboid KK I stay in Udon and NK only
I like Udon and Nong Khai. Udon for the nightlife and Nong Khai for the countryside along the river.
I speak enough Thai for basic conversation so English is not a requirement for me.
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I have lived in Khon Kaen city for a period of a few months and have made numerous annual visits.
I have visited Chiang Mai briefly 3 times.
I feel a great fondness for Khon Kaen but I appreciate that Chiang Mai has much to offer.
I would like to hear from others who have lived in both cities what they consider the pros and cons of each to be.
This is from a retirement point of view.
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Here in the UK I have seen reviews that have slated a business but I have also seen some brilliant rebuttals by businesses who were apparently unfairly reviewed.
No one is muzzled as long as there is no hate against race, religion or sexuality.
That seems the sensible way forward to me.
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8 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:
Quite sure. About 2012 a mate went to Kasikorn with his age old "Thai Farmers Bank" book and his account was not finally terminated. He got his new Kasikorn bank book.
And as you had 10k in the account the annual fee could not have emptied the account.
Thanks for that. I'll take my passbook into the branch when I get there.
I WON'T use the passbook update machine like I normally did in case it swallows my book.
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8 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:
Just spitballing here, but I recently read verification that Wise can only xfer to 3 banks in excess of 50,000 baht. Maybe Kasikorn can't accept a transfer of this ammount via wise and Wise erroneously reported the account closed?
I only tried to send 5,000 baht just to make sure it was still operating OK.
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I just tried to send funds to my Kasikorn account via Wise using the details already set up which I always used in the past.
The payment was instantly returned and Wise tells me the Kasikorn account is closed.
There has been no activity on the account for 2 years as I'm in the UK and there is a pandemic so I haven't been able to travel.
I think I had about 10,000 baht in the account.
Does anyone know if I will be able to reopen my account by going into Kasikorn when I get to Thailand in a couple of weeks time?
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5 years since we got together and 2.5 years since we married and it just gets better and better. She is an ex-bar girl and a country girl from Isaan.
She never drinks alcohol and frequently makes excuses not to join the Thai wives in our town when they get together for parties.
We're in the UK now and she works full time for the local council and works part-time some weekends and evenings.
She pays a contribution to our bills and sends money home to her family.
As well as working as much as possible, she puts me first in everything. She does all the cooking, cleaning, housework etc. She asks me not to wash up my coffee cup because she says that's her duty. She gets up early every morning to make sandwiches for me to take to work.
If I want sex with her at any time, I only have to mention it and she not only willingly and lovingly performs but she enjoys it too.
All my friends and most of my family love her to bits. She is always willing to help them with anything and make Thai food for them.
She makes me smile and laugh most days with her cute sense of humour.
She gets upset when she sees any kind of suffering, human or animal. Recently she took to giving food to some of the rough sleepers and beggars in our town.
I love that she still prays to Buddha every night before going to sleep and her Buddhist faith is as strong as ever.
I love her very, very much and hope this continues until I die. I'm 62 now and fit and well so looking forward to a good few years more.
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This post seemed credible at the start now begins to sound far less so.
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6 minutes ago, puffy said:
It was 17000 there for a small dent, but insurance was paying.
The small job I just had done for 2,500 was going to cost 8,000 if Toyota did it on insurance. The increase in premium would have been almost the same as what I paid the body and paint shop.
No wonder insurance premiums are so high.
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I also cycle around Khon Kaen.
Motorbikes driving on the wrong side of the road are the most scary hazard. Cars parking on the carriageway cause those motorbikes to pull out further and suddenly just as you are trying to pass the vehicle.
They haven't had me off... yet.
I go out at 5:30 am and head for the ring road. Much safer there. But I end up coming back into the city at rush hour. It's a high adrenaline situation.
I just had a dented Hilux front bumper repaired and resprayed by the way. A body and paint shop in the city did a great job for 2,500 baht.
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2 hours ago, stud858 said:
Did it take only the one visit?
And I thought they stopped the lifetime for Thais, while allowing those that already have it to stay on it.
Only one visit. The classroom presentation, tests, medical and Immigration documents are all good for both licences. Car was 205 baht and motorbike 105 baht.
My wife now has a 5 year licence and her understanding is that the next one will be indefinite.
Just remember to make sure your TM30 is good before you go to ask for certificate of residency from immigration.
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20 hours ago, stud858 said:
Keep us updated on how getting Licence went.
Cheers.
Got 2 licences today. 1 for motorbike and 1 for car. Valid for 2 years after which some minor formalities will secure 5 year licences and after that more minor formalities to secure indefinite licences.
I believe this is the standard route for Thai nationals as well. It is for my Thai wife anyway.
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Update:
Mother-in-law and wife went back today, apolgised for not having known about this law, paid 1,600 baht and got me registered at the home address.
Same staff but angry man kept his head down and said nothing.
Not sure if someone very senior made a phone call on our behalf but all sorted now. Currently sitting in the พ.ร.บ. with all documents required. Waiting for staff to come back from lunch. Hoping for Thai driver's licences today.
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1 hour ago, elviajero said:
Why don’t you enter with a non immigrant ‘O’ visa. Single or multiple entry visas are easy to get from the UK. It wouldn’t solve the TM.30 problem, but it would make life easier.
Thanks for this suggestion. I may well do that for my next trip.
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17 minutes ago, Sheryl said:
Is it even possible to get a DL on a tourist visa?
According to the Port Lor Bor in Khon Kaen it is. We filled out paperwork with them and had done the medical. I believe if we'd got the paperwork from Immigration I would then have had to some test involving red, amber and green lights and a foot pedal. Then sit through a classroom presentation and job done.
I'll see if I can get it done tomorrow.
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From what I've now read, the onus is on the house owner and the house owner can be fined 1,600 baht for failing to report within 24 hours that they have "an alien" staying in their house.
We've had some advice from senior police contacts that we shouldn't have to pay anything over the 1,600 baht but if the staff are insistent on some extra money then it shouldn't be more than a further 1,900 baht.
We'll see how things develop tomorrow.
Wife and her mum are going to go up there without me and come and fetch me if I really have to be there.
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I am here on a tourist visa. I've had 5 in the last 3 years and spent several months on a number of occasions in the UK in between. As far as I know there is nothing remotely questionable about my record of visits to Thailand.
Currently I'm on a 2nd back to back tourist visa and staying at my wife's parents home officially. I gave this address for my last 2 entry visas and for my extension.
Today I was well on my way to getting a Thai driver's licence until a visit to Khon Kaen Immigration.
They correctly pulled me up for not being registered at the in-laws place via a TM30.
We got pulled into the office (which was lovely and cool) and an Immigration man was getting quite uptight with my wife who didn't understand and was questioning why we were being asked to pay.
He wanted me to pay 1,600 for my current unregistered stay and a further 4,000 for previous offences.
He intimidated us by going through my passport and going on about other previous 'offences'.
We didn't pay any money and I avoided being locked up.
It was only after we got home and I did some reading up that I realised this is about TM30.
I gather there's a bit of a drive to enforce TM30 rules that have been largely ignored for years.
Anyway, mother-in-law is going to go and own up and pay (my cash) the fine as house owner and fill out a TM30.
Then I'm going to see if they will kindly provide what I need for my driving licence.
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3 hours ago, PerkinsCuthbert said:
It is clearly because there are many more hansum men who subscribe than you. Try a little grooming - and lose that paunch.
What are you talking about? This is an internet forum, not a beer bar or go-go bar. Our physical attributes have no relevance here.
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Possibly mutatiobestiamicrofluctus? (I've nevet heard of it before).I asked my wife if she has seen these and she Googled what she thought they are called in Thai. The Thai name brings up quite a few search results but looking through those I found only one Latin name and no English names. For this reason I hope it's acceptable to the moderators if I include the Thai name หนอนปลอก
I remember seeing creatures like this in Africa. Larvae of a moth that creates a protective jacket with bits of fibre and debris.
OP did check food sources were clean so that seems to rule out weevils.
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This is an excellent post. Comprehensive and concise.
Thanks for this very useful and detailed information.
I will be heading there around the second week of May this year and hopefully things will not have changed too much.
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On 04/01/2018 at 1:32 AM, rasg said:
Sorry to hear that. She didn't really pick the best time of year for the good weather though. My wife loves the snow!
We rarely eat out as her cooking is so good and we have no trouble finding all of the Thai ingredients. My wife likes Brit food too and wants to cook a roast dinner back in her village in Thailand when we go back later this year. She;s been taking lessons from my sister.
My (now) wife is similar to rasg's wife. She likes the cold, the food and the culture here. We got her visa for 6 month visit - marriage and she arrived in September. Married in October and we're off back to Thailand in Feb. Once there I intend to start the process of applying for a settlement visa and hopefully we'll both come back here together in the summer.
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A Home Office spokeswoman said: "Some applicants for visas to settle in the UK need to pass an English language test at an approved centre that is specified in the immigration rules."
Although I sympathise, she did not comply with the clearly specified rules. "at an approved centre".
I wouldn't criticize the Home Office for this.
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50 minutes ago, Essecola said:
It takes less than 30 seconds to get a tourist visa by yourself in Vientiane. Get some photos across the street. Photocopy your id page of passport and the Lao visa sticker and stamp. Sign them. Staple it all together. Fill out the free visa application form inside the covered area with chairs inside the consulate. Hand it all to the girl sitting at a table in the middle of the waiting area chairs/rows. Pick it up the next day when ur number is called. If you go with a visa run company you will stand around the embassy area much longer (both when applying and when fetching) than if you do it urself.
Sounds straightforward but 24 hours rather than 30 seconds.
Useful info, thanks. I think I will do it this way for my next visa run.
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10 years of visiting ought to have been enough to know that this area is not suitable to take a nine year old girl for a photo shoot with the ladyboys.
Khon Kaen vs Chiang Mai
in Isaan
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My wife's family live in Khon Kaen. I lived in Phuket for 8 months but I prefer the more sedate life of Khon Kaen with occasional visits to Phuket.