No wonder it is the land of the smiles..."Hello Falang...have I got a good deal for you?" 😁😁😁

@David ******

No just following in your footsteps DS!

@David ******

So you can learn Thai style how to not observe speed limits, drive while over the blood alcohol limit and heaven forbid can drive while texting or talking on your smartphone or driving one handed while video recording on your smartphone. Oh and don't forget to put your motorcycle helmet in the front basket in case you have an accident, and car seat belts are just ornaments that you don't have to wear!

@Øyvind ************************

The land of even bigger corruption.

Hun Sen the Khmer Rouge operative that rules by family decree!

@Larry ****

Strangely enough I found Vietnam to be a lot cooler than Thailand at the same time of the year. Depending where you are in Vietnam, the further north you go, the cooler it gets. Also as Vietnam has a long coastline bordering the South China Sea, it has the benefit of cooling sea breezes which Thailand seems to lack., especially during that hot Songkran period starting April then May/June. Cambodia, being almost landlocked, except for Sihanoukville in the south suffers from the same heat issues as Thailand. I am guessing here, but most likely you will be going to Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) in the north -west of Cambodia, so again bloody hot in that April/May/June months.

You do realise that one of the reasons at least for April May being low season is that it is so bloody hot at that time of the year in Thailand. Coinciding with Songkran festivals (usually everyone blasting each other with water to try and cool down). July, August is not so bad as it is heading into 🌧️ rainy season. But like so many other places in the world the climate/weather patterns are becoming more unpredictable.

@Hua ***********

So that answers my question a few days ago that 3 consecutive on arrival visas of 60 days where you hit the 180 day limit, appears to be what you can get away with. But as stated by several members earlier this can be at the discretion of the particular IO (Immigration Officer). However my guess would be that if you are well dressed and groomed, and don't look like some of the reprobates I saw on the Ranong/Victoria Point (Myanmar) border runs, I did several years ago now, then you will not necessarily attract too much attention from any one particular Thai IO.

Yes it is probably too early in this new immigration 60 visa on arrival to get someone who has tested the new system limit sufficiently. I would most likely only do it once or twice....but who knows. I would guess that sooner or later someone will abuse this 60 day recurring, via border runs, to the extent that they crackdown on it. I think the old 15 day land border run visas were done to try and get rid of lol perceived undesirables that were existing in Thailand 'on the smell of an oily rag' . But who knows, another military coup, could turn everything upside down again. That is the one that Thailand is good at ..... military coups, the 2006 coup that toppled Taksin Shinawatra , was very benign.

@Stuart ********

Thanks.Stuart.

Geez how does applying for the visa in Vietnam equate to strumming your old fella?