Sorry Colin , you've lost me , are you saying you have arrived in Thailand with a ' retirement ' long stay ' visa ' .. no immigration are asking you to show them 20,000 bht in thai cash ??

Or you've just arrived on a m

Normal 30 day 'free visa ' and you must show them 20,000 bht ? ..

No , You have a multi , you can come and go as many times as you want ,up til Nov , when you will need an extension .. ( still have to do your 90 day reporting , though that starts again on your return each time )

Mines not quiet the same ... ?

Thanks good to know , as I'm living here I have insurance anyway plus accident insurance which covers me also .

I'm in Pattaya , up pratamak Hill , a little bit out of the way , no bhat bus comes up here . I like walking ( downhill) lol .. but coming back is hard work .. I've managed all these years without , but now I've moved up here , I think I need one .

Yeah I'm going to get a thai licence anyway , but NOT though an agent .. best to be on the ' safe ' side .

Believe me I won't be driving anything bigger than 50cc lol . It's daunting enough out here as it is .

I think the confusion is , everybody seems to class a moped / scooter as a motorcycle out here .

I'm only allowed on my uk licence to drive up too 50cc ( moped / scooter ) .

BUT as you say I will need a thai licence because I live here , ... so I asked a policeman at the police station, showed him my IDP , is this ok for motorbike ? ( again I should maybe of said moped or scooter , but maybe he would understand that) .. he said yes , it's ok .

But , then an agent told me no , he's wrong , you need a thai licence , and I can help you 5,000 bht including test , travel , medical.... lol ..

Not the case according to some on here , if I have to get a thai licence .

Mopeds and scooters only go up to 50cc