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by REEM
Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:24 pm
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Thailand Immigration: TM30 24 hour reporting thread
Replies: 402
Views: 30095

Re: Thailand Immigration: getting tough with guests (TM30 24 hour reporting)

I am a little confused by this. I own a condo and I am on a retirement extension valid until next January, and at the moment I am in the UK. When I return to Thailand next month, and am stamped in at the airport using my re-entry permit, am I then expected to report to immigration or blue port withi...
by REEM
Mon Jun 24, 2019 3:45 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Ken Thomson - Ex Crawfords Bar RIP
Replies: 14
Views: 2654

Re: Ken Thomson - Ex Crawfords Bar RIP

Crawfords was an oasis of dignified calm set against the scruffy low rent sleaze that is the Bintabaht area. Sitting on Crawfords small terrace, enjoying a drink, a plate of ham egg and chips, followed by a coffee and a cigarette whilst watching the world pass by was one of the joys of a visit to th...
by REEM
Mon Apr 22, 2019 9:59 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Backpacker jailed in Thailand for 'picking up phone'
Replies: 17
Views: 1230

Re: Backpacker jailed in Thailand for 'picking up phone'

The photograph in the linked article shows the supposed dreadlocks shaved off his head, but the name on the piece of paper next to them reads Christopher, (surname) Murray, and not Chris Dodd, the name given in the article as the backpacker arrested. https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/110B/...
by REEM
Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:52 pm
Forum: The Beach Bar
Topic: Monkey sightings in Hua Hin Neighborhoods
Replies: 44
Views: 4767

Re: Monkeys in Hua Hin Neighborhoods?

They no longer scavenged for food in the wild and merely waited for hand-outs from tourists.
thats socialism for you.
by REEM
Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:06 pm
Forum: Events & Activities
Topic: BBC Filming in Hua Hin - Macaques
Replies: 33
Views: 2539

Re: BBC Filming in Hua Hin - Macaques

These urban monkeys are certainly becoming a nuisance. Recently we came across a troop of them and they became very aggressive, they started screeching and baring their teeth and one of them leapt up and attacked my wife, luckily she sidestepped quickly, raised her arm, and narrowly avoided being sc...
by REEM
Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:20 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

5YR DRIVING LICENCE RENEWED AT PRANBURI

After recently posting here for info on how exactly to renew a 5 yr driving licence, I went along to the Cha Am Transport Office and asked for details of how to renew. They gave me a long list of requirements that included a letter from Immigration confirming my address even though I have a yellow t...
by REEM
Thu Feb 14, 2019 5:42 pm
Forum: Flights, Airlines & Airports
Topic: Airbus to end production of costly A380 superjumbo
Replies: 15
Views: 1044

Re: Airbus to end production of costly A380 superjumbo

That's a shame, it's a fabulous plane for travellers, even in the economy section.
as airlines struggled to fill a plane capable of carrying anywhere from 500 to 850 people.
Every one I have travelled on has been full full full.
by REEM
Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:31 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

Re: Thai Driving Licence 2019

You actually have 12 months after your licence has expired to renew........ unless that's changed!
that's useful to know, I was under the impression that the renewal period was only one month.
by REEM
Thu Feb 07, 2019 6:23 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

Re: Thai Driving Licence 2019

I don't need to renew until the end of the month, and I will renew at the office that requires the least amount of verifications, photocopies and paperwork. Having just renewed my retirement visa which necessitated a whole bunch of paperwork, copies, etc. I am quite frankly tired of jumping through ...
by REEM
Wed Feb 06, 2019 4:34 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

Re: Thai Driving Licence 2019

I enquired at the Cha Am transport office yesterday ( re. renewal of a 5 year licence) and they told me that I need to bring my expired driving licence, my passport with a valid non-imm. visa, a certificate of residence (either from the immigration department or my yellow book tabien baan which has ...
by REEM
Wed Jan 23, 2019 8:33 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

Re: Thai Driving Licence 2019

Could someone post the details for exactly what is needed for a renewal of a Thai licence at either Cha Am or Pranburi.
by REEM
Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels
Replies: 71
Views: 18444

Re: Bangkok Residents Told to Stay Inside as Pollution Reaches Dangerous Levels

....and the haze that has enveloped Hua Hin the past few days?

is that pollution that has drifted down from the bangkok area, or is it just harmless mist.
by REEM
Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:25 pm
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Thai Driving License renewal
Replies: 360
Views: 36257

Thai Driving License renewal

My second 5 year Thai license expires at the end of next month and I need to renew it. I live in Hua Hin, last time I renewed I did it in Pranburi, the first renewal was done in Cha Am. Can I still use either office for the renewal. Both times I had to sit at what looked like fairground machines and...
by REEM
Wed Jan 16, 2019 10:48 am
Forum: Legal, Visa, Finances & Employment
Topic: Intestate Probate and Thai Will laws
Replies: 17
Views: 747

Re: Intestate Probate and Thai Will laws

..... and if your UK will does not mention the distribution of your Thai assets and a Thai person should contest that UK will, your executors may become involved in a lengthy, expensive and undoubtedly nightmarish legal situation involving possibly conflicting legislation in two countries.
by REEM
Fri Dec 07, 2018 2:25 am
Forum: Motoring
Topic: Presenting IDP at police checkpoints
Replies: 27
Views: 1666

Re: Presenting IDP at police checkpoints

The real problem is that most farang coming here for holidays (couple of weeks or months) are not willing to pay for an international driving license in their country air fare ........ say £700 hotel ........... say£1400 food drink etc. say£700 other stuff......say£500 international driving permit....