@Andreea *****

Reading and writing is fun. Like cracking the code 🤣🤣 Only 28 vowels, not 32. The 4 tone marks are not vowels. 😉 And my favourite Vowels can appear before, above, after, or below a consonant. 🤣 But it is a good feeling when you can read that signs/writing even you don't know what is mean.

The language itself is very logical and self-explanatory, but the 5 tones make your life hard. Without that will be an "easy" language to learn.

Depends on your needs and preferences. Some like mountains so move to the Chiang Mai area, someone like big cities so move to Bangkok, someone like islands so move to Koh Phangan/Samui/Chang, someone like the quiet, rural areas so move to Isaan, etc.... Noone can answer as long they don't know your needs and preferences... This is like a question how long is a piece of string...

Google is an amazing tool. Learn how to use... At least u can use the internet.... Good start...

Good is not free... I use Surfshark VPN it was around £45 for 25 or 26 months. Less than £2/month.

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@Ron *****************

old data.. 7.6% in 2022 and before it was more than 11% so tourism is a significant part of Thailand's GDP.... Since the COVID few hundred businesses closed and are much more homeless than before...

One day isn't a problem. Pay 500 baht. It happened to me a few years ago. I booked the slow boat tour from Chiang Mai but i forget this is the tour which stops at the Thai side for one day... So we crossed the border the next day when my visa had already expired just one day. I apologize and explained what happened. I get the overstay stamp in my passport. And 10 days later I came back into Thailand without a problem and no problem since even I visited Thailand 7 or 8 times in the past 5 years.

Lazada or Shopee 🤣😂

@John ******

I guess this message is for her and not for me. I'm only 40 I don't need a retirement visa yet 😉

@Mark *******

the letter from the school for holiday isn't a thing... I never heard anyone's need this and not even my school mentioned this at all... Many of my classmates went on a "holiday" and even left the country and came back) I'm on ED visa myself... So i really want to know where you get this information... 🤔