May I know why you prefer US brands over Thai brands? I am just genuinely curious, wonder perhaps there are something you know we dont🙏😊

We stayed almost 2 month around Lumpini area. Walkable to big shopping malls and there are metro and bts stations.

With kids we loved:

- Children discovery museum followed by the JJ/Chatachuk market as they are opposite to each other.

- The Ancient city/Muang boran is awesome. We were there before covid, dont know how is it now. You can rent bicycles or golf cart.

- The Net playground at LaSalle avenue mall in Bagna. It bit further away but very worth it if you can visit perhaps the Bangna mall where they have kids cinema with playground inside the movie saloon. 👍😊

- My daughters and my favorite, Yunomori Onsen and Spa in Sathorn. You can almost spend the whole day there walking around in “kimono” between the Onsen, the relaxing room and the Japanese restaurant. 🙏

While 170baht isnt much, this is discrimination. I think it would have been more fun if he instead of writting 170:-, he could have written « tips really appreciated « with a smiley.

@Thai *****************************

Yes thank you!

Any news?😭

@Bobby *******

How lucky! 👍👍 We are in this situation now that we can’t renew our IDP from Switzerland 😭 so we will have to do a Thai driving license.

@Bobby *******

You are completely right.🙏 Not many people understand this. While you can fool a policeman but you will not get away with the insurance if you get into an accident.

Beside that, not everyone knows about the International driving PERMIT either. This is something you have to apply in your residence country.

For Switzerland for an example, we CANT apply abroad. One need to go to the office. And the permit is valid for 3 years.

@Evan *******

I dont know the rule for Australia, but for Switzerland the International driving PERMIT (not license) is valid for 3 years.

Now that you have the time and the freedom to go anywhere I think you should be « based » in Australia but travel to Thailand for a longer time instead of moving to Thailand. This way you still have your security in Australia but still living the good life in Thailand.

Sell or give away maximum and keep minimum in a box at a friends/family place in Australia.

Just do an international driving permit from Australia and normally you are good to drive in Thailand for a couple of years. Please make sure that your original driving license permits you to drive a scooter if you plan to drive one in Thailand.

For the longterm visa there are student visa 3-12 month you can start with. Within a year anything can happen, you might want to leave or you might want to stay longer….

Good luck and enjoy your retirement!❤️

@Kool ******

😆😆😆 Seriously? How many kids havent moved country and learn new languages? Kids learn so fast and will be so grateful later that they learn it at young age.