@Neil *****

because the Thai elite visa starts at like $12,000 and I don't need to stay in one place for five years following the same routine every single day, it's easy to spend three months in one place and visit other countries too, we are living on the far side of the world surrounded by dozens of other unique countries and cultures

Why not use the opportunity to actually travel instead of just wasting time and money on visa runs? Variety is the spice of life, go and actually experience another country besides just their immigration counter.

@Pete *******

Haha. The thing is when these people ruin one place, like Bali for example, there will always be a new Bali popping up -- you just have to go where the locals go. It's so funny when people find out I lived in Greece and immediately say they want to go to Santorini and Mykonos like it's the whole country 😂 meanwhile the locals will go to Andros, Paros, Naxos or any of the other 5,000 islands...

You start by getting a passport and getting some actual travel experience. If money is an issue, sign up for couchsurfing, join housesitting groups, and stay in hostels. Learn how to travel cheaply on your own first before just coming fresh faced in Thailand and being taken advantage of like every other idiot out here fresh off the plane. These people do nothing but drive up rental prices for everyone so that the landlords can pay off their debts.

@Matt ********

haha thanks, it was like eleven years ago!

@Matt ********

no, we met at a couchsurfing meet up. She's a good girl

I kid you not. I was dating a Vietnamese girl in Hanoi and like two months after I left the country and said bye she was already engaged with some other Vietnamese boy.

Please find a house or a condo on the ground floor 🙏 Don't go near any high balconies.

I doubt 30 days is going to be enough to weather this storm but it's better than nothing.

I might be missing something but why would anyone cross into Thailand by land? What benefit is there? It just wastes a lot of time compared to flying