At the start you need a good honest Canadian agent who is familiar with the way it works in Canada.

@Bent ************

Try the UK for national parks and forests. All charge. Where I am on Vancouver all the parks charge parking fees. It us not racism. It is a discount gor locals and residents. Again very normal for locals to get a discount.

Many countries charge these fees. They help to maintain the trails, pickup garbage, etc. I have travelled a fair bit and so many places charge entry and trail use in parks. There is no way my rice farming Thai family could afford 100 baht just to walk on a trail. That is enough to feed someone for a day or buy enough food from the market for MA and PA's dinner.

@Nongnuch *******

Yes. It took us two years, 3 applications and close to 10 thousand dollars for my Thai wife to get a Permanent Residentvisa for Canada. Last year we went to England-another 1,500 bucks for a visa. Same this year when we went to France. And even though she is a legal Permanent Resident in Canada, to go to the US, even on a cruise ship it is another visa, a few hundred dollars and a two year wait to get an interview. Yes, comparatively, Thailand is a piece of cake and very open.

For me it is much easier to get a Thai visa than for my wife to get one to Britain, Canada, EU or USA.

@Nikki ******

Nice.

@Chris *****

Hmmm. Don't know why they would stop you if all was by the book and genuine. Ours certainly was. I suppose any country could refuse anyone entry for any reason real or imagined, Schengen and Britain included.

My wife and I entered both the UK and France with no problems at all. All our paperwork and finances were and are in order.

@Peter *********

Wrong! They are both processed in Bangkok.

@Nongnuch *******

Agree.