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Rooms look nice, I looked up prices for the standard room in November at $208 Australian per night with breakfast, think I will pass on that even though it does look nice and is in a good location.

For crying out loud, just when I was starting to plan a trip for later this year 🙃

In the Philippines you can live there on a tourist visa for 36 months, you just have to keep extending it but must leave once just before 36 months is up then return and start all over again (even leave for just one day). Although now they are getting a bit stricter and interviews are now part of the long term extension process (mainly thanks to the people abusing the tourist visa extension process, re my post above), still not that hard but just a bit more complex.

Make that 100% certain now, the 35yo SRRV was canned because (apparently) so many Chinese were getting it and working in the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Organisations (POGOS). The SRRVs for over 50's is still in play, the one I looked at and would consider in the future is the SRRV Classic, US$ 20,000 in a term deposit for 12 months after which it can either be withdrawn for use in a condo purchase / condo renovation or leave it in and get a very small interest rate on it.

I'm not 100% certain but I believe they scrapped the 35yo bit and the age (suspended indefinitely and not reinstated) now is 50 and above, the PRA website says 50yo.

There is a supliment that goes with the age pension which covers some things, don't know much about it though, below might shed some light on it (big maybe) and what happens when an Australian goes / lives overseas.

Now if she and her party listen to daddy and scrap that digital wallet scheme an awful lot of voters will be royally pissed off, it was only a vote buying scheme anyway.

Not surprised at all that the daughter of Thaksin is now the new PM, old fashion dynasty politics at work, no wonder politics in some countries is beyond a joke.

Yes I remember that one and yes just madness.

Breaking news, it seems he has been ousted and the replacement front runner will be a certain exPM's daughter. PM verdict

I never feel lonely nor bored on any of my many trips as I always find something to do or see, being that I only travel alone I have always found it easy to do things (and without arguments) and on a quiet day I check out the cinemas and after go for a sex filled couple of hours at a massage shop. I usually like to do day trips out of Bangkok as that helps to pass time, Ayutthaya is a favourite, I can enjoy the ruins all day long if need be and if booked on the right tour the river journey back to Bangkok (with buffet lunch) is quite a good time too.

If I were living in Thailand I would have a will in both Thailand and Australia to cover the assets in each country, the beauty of having concurrent wills takes away some of the hassles especially if people think of taking out an international will.

I think the ones you'll want to check out are around Nana BTS Sukhumvit Soi 5 to 7 area, that's where they used to be, it's been a while since I was there last but there were several around that area that had ladyboys in the massage shops. I have found one online, Siam Tulip massage which is further down Sukhumvit rd (Soi 22 I think) but I have no idea if this one offers extras but their ladyboys do look rather nice (might try a take out from there on my next trip).

Some places and things I like Grand Palace (dress codes and beware scammers trying to say its closed, ignore them and go to the entrance) Chao Phraya Princess River Cruise dinner, I enjoyed having this dinner cruise only goes for a couple of hours but is enjoyable Asiatique, a bit touristy but some nice restaurants and an easy free commute on the ferry Lumphini, I imagine the outdoors gym is still going I do like the National Museum. I thought I would just throw that one in even though he may not be interested but still worth a look Will second Chatuchak weekend market but my advice is to go early A restaurant I really like is The Mango Tree on Soi Tarntawan (just around the corner from Tarntawan Hotel)

Thanks for sharing the report, nice one.

I do like Nine Spa, I've had some very good times there but only the one mediocre experience, I shall be going back there during my November trip for some more good times.

Only when trying to bring it through customs at airports without declaring it, people can still by legal porn DVD's in shops but what they are mostly looking for at airports are the illegal type like beastiality and under-age porn, rape etc (or in customs language "questionable material"). A young guy was caught last year brining in porn that he recorded of himself and Thai bargirls (all legal age) but he failed to declare it and got in a bit of trouble for not declaring it. The electronic searches by customs are also done randomly.

Well guys good luck coming into Australia then, coming back after one trip to Thailand the customs in Perth took me aside for an electronic search (first time ever for me), handed over the phone, camera and even offered up the laptop but they didn't bother with the laptop (nothing that would interest them on it anyway) and shortly returned with phone and camera with nothing found. Talking with the lady customs officer, she explained that they were mostly looking for porn as that was the whole conversation and I have absolutely no doubt as to what "type" of porn they were looking for, the nasty illegal type. I never have issues with electronic searches or even customs searches in general so they can search all they want, hell I'll even volunteer to do a strip search for them

Thankfully I don't go to traditional Thai massage shops for sex (they are for proper and good quality massages) but I do go to the other 25% non traditional Thai massage shops that do offer sex (yeah a basic rub down and then some raunchy sex). I'm also shocked that he found out what happens in the 75% of traditional massage shops, somebody must have "leaked" it to him

I am very much the same and have been an early bird for a long time now

I live in Western Australia in what is quite a popular tourist town in summer time and on long weekends and I don't mind the tourists that much as they seem to be pretty good and for the most part well behaved. One aspect that I will say I don't like is the amount of extra traffic that comes with them, our roads in this town really do get clogged up and at times it becomes a nightmare getting around. I find certain tourists that do annoy me the most are when I am holidaying in Bangkok or in the Philippines (the irony that I am a tourist there hasn't escaped me), they rock up by the bus load (or 2 bus loads) and just push in to the front of the queue, can be very very loud when they descend en masse on a restaurant that I may be in at the time and some also have questionable table manners. Then again when I'm over there some probably see me as a dirty old sex tourist but they would only be half right, I do like to get around and have a good look at places and do other things over there, the other "bit" comes later.

Yeah there's a few in that 15M pic that could ring my bell any day

We now know who was responsible.

When I first realised I like cocks I thought maybe the Filipino ones would be preferable due to circumcision but after seeing how they butcher it I have come to prefer a good uncut Thai cock (or Lao, Viet etc). Thanks for posting the report.

If they ever get to that target they'll be on Ripley's Believe it or Not 😂