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Who needs "community notes" when we have our own wonderful truth validators. Bravo @colom-bien I love your courageous spirit to discover the truth. Now that you have, please be sure to share your adventures with this hot Cambodian speciman with us envious forum readers 🤪😜🍆💦

@zazzu you are brilliant. I was a Finance Officer before I retired and I was not able to figure out this financial riddle. Bravo!!

I would add that many of the Myanmar guys that I have met in Pattaya and also on Koh Tao, did not speak Thai - but instead could speak almost perfect English. Up north in the Chiang Mai area many of the Myanmar guys could speak Thai and their English capabilities were limited. I cannot speak about the Myanmar guys found in Bangkok as to what languages that they are fluent in.

The rental description is confusing to me: 112,500 THB (900k Key-money once a year Plus 37,500 THB rent each month) What is 900k Key ? What is 112,500 THB ? 37,500 THB each month is self explanatory.

What is it with this "Death Island"? Is his death number 25 or 26 over the last 10 years? I truly enjoyed my time on Koh Tao (Turtle Island), as it is so beautiful and unique. But, I have to say that there were moments when the hairs on the back of my neck did stand up, as I reported in my Koh Tao trip report:

Same for me

I am glad that you enjoyed Koh Tao and survived "Death Island". And I see that you stayed at the same resort, Jamahkiri resort, as I did. The sea in front of the hotel is amazing, especially if you take the kayaks offered by the hotel for an adventure. Did you hang out with any of the wonderful resort Myanmar staff? some were very interesting.

Thank you @10tazione for this suggestion. It looks to be a fantastic place and thanks to you it is now high on my list to go and checkout. Here is a video that they posted. mEaxzws3zcokBOoe.mp4 What is interesting is that when I talk to the local Cebuano guys here, noone has mentioned Alpha. They only mention Sandia spa and Infinity spa. After I visit Alpha I will add it to my upcoming trip report segments.

sounds great. Also, because I will bring my Thai boyfriend with me to Vietnam - so perhaps your guy can give some advice and/tips to my guy about Vietnam. We will mostly stay in the Da Nang area and perhaps fly over to beautiful Phu Quoc.

Do you visit Pattaya?

March, but only until shortly after Songkran finishes in Pattaya, when I will travel to Da Nang for 130 days.

oops, how embarrassing. It was my American ignorance. Since you Brits created the English language it is even more humiliating. The AI module tells me that I should have instead use the word = executor. thanks

@Londoner If you do not mind me asking, do you have a medical Will? If yes, is the executioner one of the above 2 named Will beneficiaries? If yes, how would they execute this medical Will if they are both outside of the UK - where I am presuming that you have decided to live for the final chapter of your life? Or will you come to Thailand to join P? Or will P go to the UK to take care of you?

And having been in your company many times I can attest that you are a kind and generous tipper. In addition, you invented the patented "Vinapu tuck" which from many reports found in this forum many members have embraced this entertaining tipping tradition. Bravo!!

And this is in fact one option that I can have executed with a medical will. However, I believe that my Thai partner would need to understand the right moment when to tell my lawyer to activate the medical will and power of attorneys ? It is complicated when the assets that are supporting you reside in a country that is far away from Thailand, where these assets require multiple secure key passwords and/or biometric checking (for my pension I must prove that I am alive 1 time per year via a biometric scan of my face with my mobile phone - which is already complicated when you still have your wits about you. When my mother had dementia it was almost near impossible to get her focus --> thank God that her income sources were not subject to biometric scans).

Hahaha That is also my wish. But there is the problem of the hereditary lottery.

What would you suggest as the alternative solution? Going back to my home country is out of the question, because assisted living care for dementia costs on average $9,000 per month which I cannot afford.

That is an amazing statistic. @billyhouston what percentage do you think will become legal?

Very true @reader But, in the meantime, I unexpectedly followed the path of @jason1975 and @Min, as I said the magical words = "I love you" immediately after the NYE countdown concluded to the PMB that I have been seeing back in Jomtien for the last 6 months. He is Thai and from Sukhothai and knows about my desire to have somebody near me should my destiny follow that of my mother with dementia. He also knows that I will leave Thailand should the current Thai government follow through with their threat to implement a Global Taxation Scheme. Consequently, he told me, "honey I will follow you to Vietnam if this happens". I still want to give the Philippines a fair shot --> but after 13 days here - I can already see that a gay retirement life would be much easier in Jomtien or Da Nang. Let me see how these 180 days outside of Thailand determine my destiny.

Hmmm who could that mysterious person be? K F C

You ask very good questions. I am now retired 2 years 4 months in Jomtien arriving from Europe. I see that the longer that I stay here that I am yearning more for a serious relationship. Consequently, I tend to lean more towards the Thai guys, even though I find myself more attracted to the guys from Myanmar. I resist investing in trying to create a relationship with the non Thais because of issues relating to the ability of them being able to stay permanently and legally in Thailand. I see many of them are either here illegally or for short duration due to visa expiration issues. I feel that it is more prudent for me to build a relationship with someone who has legal rights to be here. My mother died of dementia and so did her mother and some other relatives. She started to lose it when she turned 70. I am 63, so I still have some time to find someone to settle down with who could take care of me in case that nasty disease (God forbid) came my way due to its heriditary nature. So, if I were to invest my future in someone whose residency status in Thailand was iffy, then I might jeopardize my own future, when I would need that partner the most in my last remaining years. I guess the alternative is to move to his country (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, etc.) ? Getting old sucks.

Of course not. He is very abrasive. But, he is VERY passionate about his work. I believe that he came to Thailand 18 years ago from the USA as a lawyer, and he took on the very painful and difficult challenge to become a Thai citizen. So, he has this unique opoortunity to defend the rights of Thailand and express those views to us in English.

In the second video above he REALLY shows his anger about this new Thai tax nightmare.

Urgent ALERT just posted now on Youtube by Ben Hart from Integrity Legal regarding this article posted by @reader

@reader I love this technique/strategy - it is very original and unique.