He talks of ethnic Chinese who have emigrated over the years and have Thai citizenship.

It's my first five year licence as i used to just show my UK licence at road blocks and get through fine.However the number of stops in the last couple of years has risen sharply and i have read stories about insurance not being valid so i decided to get the one year licence last year.That was a rea...

There was indeed one officer missing but where do the other two at the Aek Udon come from.

Well after the nightmare at immigration on Friday morning i went to the transport office to get a five year licence in the afternoon and the whole process took ten minutes. :) Old licence,letter from immigration,copies of various passport pages,two small photos and 505 Baht.No forms,no queues and a ...

Stan,each had a large bundle of photocopies which immigration flicked through,so i t must be an "o" or "b" visa.Done many tourist extentions in the past and its just one form to fill in as i remember. Every chair in the room was occupied and twenty odd people were outside.In the end i went to lunch ...

Nong Khai immigration last Friday morning was bedlam and i wondered if any forum members got caught up in it as well.There were five of six other farang there too as we were swamped with dozens of Chinese doing visa extentions.Very odd as they all spoke perfect Thai too.Is there not a problem in Udo...

As well as large numbers of Thai in one room,there is also the fact that Thais like to dine out and rarely use the hotel restaurants.There was a survey recently about how farang will eat in whereas Thais do not avail of the hotel's food services(a big profit generator)

Been stopped many times going to and from Udon but never asked for any cash.I have been a passenger and the driver has paid 200 Baht for speeding,but thats about it.Is it a problem in Udon?

I am a big fan of the Thai police as i have always had very fast response times when i have had to use their services.Then again i have made a concious effort to get to know my local police officers.A small birthday gift for an officer's child does wonders.A small price as if the ---- ever hits the ...

I was trying to help my friend,here is the url for Thaivisa's Isaan section:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php ... owforum=32

My friend,this is an Udon forum and is not likely to have anyone with knowledge of a small village 400 km away.Try Thaivisa which covers the whole country.

Hmm,Udon is not 300 km North of Bangkok my friend.It is somewhere around the Phetchabun/Phitsanulok area.

khao moo gob - rice with crispy pork

In your home Ray is there any aspect that is Thai and not Western?You chose to have western kitchen and the western bathroom,what part of the design did your wife chose.?The lawn and garden must be as you like them,green and well watered,certainly not Thai style.Basically an american style home with...

Ray,your posts and Stan's posts on another thread have opened my eyes and revealed to me that there are a lot of guys here because it suits and not because they really love the place and culture.It is somewhere that fits your needs.If there was somewhere similar and a lot cheaper i think a lot would...

I voted yes as even Thais post on English forums.I do not think it is un Thai to do so.They love a forum and a chat. There are another couple of Thai fanatics in my area,one of which,an Australian,speaks only Laos and nothing else.My Laos is hopeless so i had to pass.I guess its a way of cutting off...

I would have to say 95 % as i post on this forum and not the Thai ones(That was one of Ray's qualifiers)I eat no farang food and often do not speak English for months. Those who live a farang life do not have much choice in the matter, as stated on another thread most said they had no close Thai fri...

Hmmm,I was thrown by the words "had to" which implies a lack of choice.

Thanks for your reply Stan.I hope you do not find my questions too probing or personal.It's just that i have a huge interest in psychology and what motivates and drives people to uproot,travel 6000 miles and live in an alien culture.From many of your posts you do not seem particularly happy here so ...

With you yesterday i was asking you not to abuse Brian.

With Ray,on a thread about cultural adjustments,I was asking what cultural adjustments he has made.

With Stan i am pointing out it is possible to have good Chinese Thai friends.

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