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maechanman

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  1. It was even better in the 80s when it wasn't called walking street.
  2. I've never been asked for a 12 month statement, just copies of the pages from the previous 12 months of my bank book. This was at Jomtien Immigration.
  3. Does anybody know if there are busses that go from Korat to Karasin and roughly what the journey time is. ? I've been trawling the internet and can only find busses that go via Udon that take over 9 hours.
  4. I did it this week and was rejected, I resubmitted it and lo and behold it was accepted. This is the third time this has happened to me , every time after I resubmitted the application it was accepted.
  5. I heard a story of 3 Indians negotiating for a 1 hour massage, they wanted 20 minutes each.
  6. A lot of them don't stay slim, I came here for the first time back in the 80s and it was rare to see any thai people that were overweight. Back then though there was very few fast food outlets, now they're everywhere. These days a lot of thai's have a craving for these sugar laden drinks that most coffee outlets sell.
  7. Born and raised in Manchester so my accent is distinctly Manc despite being over here for many years.
  8. Don't pretend to know what this was all about or who was to blame , in my many years here I've only ever seen a Thai male fight one on one when it's involved a female.
  9. I've seen hookers many times along Jomtien Beach Rd, in fact not too long ago one of them showed me a video on her mobile of the type of services that was on offer.
  10. I'm not saying that the American/European lifestlye is a healthy role model, far from it, I thought the topic was about Thais.
  11. Eat a balanced diet and exercise regularly to keep an healthy weight, many Thais do neither. I've seen them hop on Baht buses to travel walkable distances (200/300 metres) on many occasions.
  12. I drink coffee most days and prefer it to be hot ,not warm or lukewarm, if it's not too my liking then I send it back and tell them it's not hot enough. Of course it does help if you can speak some Thai to emphasize your point. In my experience many coffee places here serve warm tepid coffee, I've made myself a regular at a couple of places where the coffee is nearly always served piping hot so I tend to only use those places.
  13. Public or government hospitals sometimes have higher charges for foreigners. Some years ago I was bitten by a dog so off I went to Pattaya City hospital for a rabies rabies jab, I needed a course of 4 and I was charged around 500 Baht per jab at Pattaya City hospital. I was away in Buriram when my third jab was due so I went to the government hospital there where I was charged the princely sum of 20 Baht. Go figure ,that is some differential between two government hospitals.
  14. Flew with them to Vietnam and return about 3 years ago pre covid, both flights on time and no issues whatsoever, I would use them again.
  15. Correct no way have prices gone up by 50%, I myself use the Nakhonchai air VIP bus often and have done over a number of years, their ticket prices have not really increased by that much. These border run companies are profiteering big time
  16. Pretty much spot on, friend of mine has recently attempted to get himself a tourist visa from the UK, the application is now online and the requirements are frankly ridiculous so he gave up. I used to do these visa runs many moons ago and I never paid more than 2000 Baht all in. Back in those days I had a multiple entry 1 year visa which required that you had to exit the country every 3 months. Unfortunately those type of visa's are no longer available. It's getting a lot harder now to stay here long term unless of course you are eligible for a retirement extension.
  17. Been to them all over the years except for Udon Thani,.... Ubon 6 That Phanom 4 Nakhon Phanom 5 Khon Kaen 7 Nong Kai 5 Phitsanulok 8 Lopburi 5 Khorat 3 Nakhon Sawan 8 Mukdahan 6 Sukhothai 8 (visited temple ruins only} These are just my personal opinions and I assume that this is for the cities/towns and not the provinces.
  18. Yes Medisafe deliver to Pattaya now twice monthly, I use them myself and have found that they are usually cheaper than all the Pharmacy's here in Pattaya.
  19. Yeah you've got LK Metro, Treetown and now Soi Pothole taking off, it's a sex tourist's paradise, busy most nights now not only weekends. Go outside these area's and it's not too busy.
  20. Just got my booster ( Pfizer) last wed at Jetanin hospital in Bangkok which is very close to Chidlom BTS station. Just download the QueQ app, there's loads of locations but they're all in the Bangkok area, I travelled from Pattaya and had a couple of nights in Bangkok. Whole process at the hospital took 25 mins and that included the 15 mins they make you wait after you've had the jab.
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