@Jason ******

Batu Ferringhe (sp?) is nice. Not as nice as Ko Samui in Thailand, but still nice enough. The beach area in Penang town isn’t great. I hear Malaca is nice, but haven’t been there. Beach area at Batu Ferringhe little bit of drive outside of Penang city was fine. Palm trees, horse back rides, bars/restaurants, nice sunsets.

@Jason ******

Malaysia is nice. We like Penang a lot. Even KL but I prefer Penang for the beaches.

Geoff Blackwell damn right!👏👏🤣

What’s wrong with being in a hospital? I had a medical eye exam & review by an MD ophthalmologist in The Eye Clinic in Bangkok Hospital Pattaya. It was very good & the visit charge very reasonable.

@Dennis ********

that’s what I’m going to do. Not real easy but only because I have to secure a copy of marriage license. Not a big deal but has to be done. But that’s what I’m going to do.

@Donna *********

ok. Good you checked; so if nothing more than his boarding pass & passport is needed, he’ll be fine. Going through immigration upon arrival, just tell him to look for the right lines; people will help him. Pick a meeting place when he clears baggage; if BKK airport, I like to meet down at the last door, by the food court on street level. It’s nerve wracking, waiting for your kid; been there, done that😅.

To start off, check with your airline if your son would be considered unaccompanied minor. They may ask for notarised letters from parent(s), that parent gives permission to travel, and proof of round trip ticket.

@Henrik ****

so you do understand that some Thai homeowner/landlords will not give a TM30? Some AirBnB hosts admit they won’t, right up front. So that being the case, you suggest I go to immigration, sit around for who knows how long, explain my case, get some paperwork to get filled out, then go get the extension? No thanks. For 1.900 Baht I’d gladly pay an agent’s salary; saving my time. Because it’s worth it to me. Up to me. 😅

@Henrik ****

not entirely true. I needed a TM30 from my accommodation in order to get a 30 day extension. I wasn’t given a TM30 and wasn’t going to get one from the jerk (obviously hiding his business/rent $). So an agent took care of that problem. And the line of people sitting in the immigration office, waiting their turn inside, and the line going outdoors, I felt a guilty pleasure of being escorted straight up to the front of the line and got my 30 day extension in minutes. So, in my case, the agent was well worth my money and time.

@Yorgos *************

that’s what I’ve been doing for the last 20 some years. But Thai immigration told me to stop using tourist exemptions and extensions and told me to get a “proper visa”. To do that, I had to match my financial/legal name I’m using (married name) to my passport name (maiden name). Banks won’t/can’t add my maiden name to their records so it looks like I’ll have to change my passport name. It’s just ironic to do that, I have to show passport people my marriage license to support the name change. But I’ve been divorced for over 20 years. Oh well. It just seems ironic, but I’ll do that because I definitely want to return to Thailand with a proper visa.