3rd world country, all the developed ones have already been banning plastic for a decade at least but thailand is going it the direction of giving as much plastic as possible... Perhaps thing will change in 20yrs...
there's something around bangtao, mostly for wealthy expats who live there, but if u are looking for clubs, bar, h00kerZ and fun then there's just patong
they can't say their wife was a hooker met at the bar so they'll make up the story that they met here while she was on vacation/visiting a friend or a relative. I heard this story hundreds of times....
that's what the greatest majority of farangs do but only 1% of them will admit they found their wife at the bar, the other 99% will say they found the wife in a remote village or while she was on "vacation"... lol
as the other folks said, you MUST attend your class in person in order to get a ED visa. Then you know, this is thailand and money can buy a lot of things but then don't complain if things go wrong, you got warned