that is one of the list but if you read it carefully it says one of the following, they kept telling me that I needed it because it is first on the list but I kept pointing to the word "or" and pointed to my wife and saying Bangkok bank customer then pointing to introduction by a Bangkok bank customer on the form, eventually the manager came out and it was done.
read that list of requirements carefully, the letter from your embassy was only one item of a few different ones, other items included an introduction by a BKK bank employee or am introduction by a BKK bank customer.
if you look at the criteria closely you will see that you don't actually need the letter from the embassy. The first thing is passport with a valid visa, then it was a list which stated one of the following, the first being a letter from your embassy or an introduction from a BKK bank employee, further down the list was an introduction by a BKK bank customer. It did take quite a bit of time explaining the word "or" because they kept pointing to letter from your embassy but after much dogged determination the manager came out and hey presto the forms started rumbling out of the printer. This was in the Bangkok bank on Phanon Yothin road in Saphan Mai, so not a tourist area
Chantaburi is a nice city with good hospitals, I've never seen sex for sale there but being Thailand there probably is but it is definitely not in your face.
my cat isn't an indoor cat, he is free to roam where he wants but since he had the chop he doesn't roam far. You can treat your pets for ticks, it's not that expensive and it is pretty effective.
I would recommend coming on a short trip first and sorting out your accommodation, bank accounts etc, this will make it so much easier in the long run. I would also limit the amount of stuff you bring, we brought far too much stuff that is still in boxes almost 8 years later.
what a load of rubbish, i brought my dog and cat here, the dog was 12 when we moved here and lived until he was 17, never had any problems with soi dogs or diseases, he died of old age, my cat is now 10 and is in good health.
