I’m hoping by this comes under the ‘everything else’ category! Myself and a group of friends have just returned from a fantastic three week trip to Phuket and the surrounding islands. During the last week there about half the group were bitten/stung. We are trying to identify what it could be. None of us saw or felt what bit us. The first time you are aware you have been bitten is when you notice a small blister. The blister grows in size over a few days and is incredibly painful until it pops. Some of us have been put on antibiotics as the bites got infected. Also seems to cause an upset stomach but this might just be a coincidence. The bite is not itchy - so not likely to be a mosquito or sand fly I think. Does this sound familiar to anyone??

Good morning!

My girlfriend applied for a tourist visa in Minsk, Belarus for 3 months. We wanted to apply for 2+1 months, which is mentioned everywhere that we can get tourist visa for 2 months and extend it for 1 month after going to Thailand. But the consul in Minsk said it's possible to book for entire 3 months together and so we had to book a return flight ticket fully paid after 3 months from Bangkok to Minsk.

She got the visa yesterday and she was supposed to get the visa starting from 9th of January to 7th of April 2022 , but she got the sticker visa starting 29th of November,2021 to 28th February, 2022. The consul said that it's Thai government decision and they can't do anything about it. Does this happen all the time and do you have any advice for this? The return flight ticket money will be wasted if the airlines doesn't refund money based on the visa issuance.

I have recently got a job in Thailand so I have the employment visa and we will be reaching Bangkok at the same time i.e 9th of January. I will be traveling from India We were expecting to get 3 months TR visa for her and then extend it on covid grounds if possible and she will be trying for a job while there but now it's too less time for everything.

Another question is we have recently diagnosed a health issue that is on-going for her and wanted to know if it's possible to get a medical visa after reaching there and do the surgery there.

Sorry for the long post. Thanks in advance.