Start over, from the very beginning.

@Ben *******

projecting much? Did you really just get here in January of this year?

Go back to the same immigration office at the airport and get it resolved, make sure they load the info into the computer if it hasn’t already been done. That’s what I’d try for.

@Paul ******

I buy all my frozen fruit there, it’s roughly half the price of buying it at Tops or elsewhere. They have large frozen tortillas, too!

@Paul ******

did the stuffing include smoked salmon? That gets pricey quickly. I remember my first month in Thailand , I was up in Oai and this great restaurant served salmon eggs Benedict and I was dumbfounded that the smoked salmon was fresh. Where the hell are they getting smoked salmon way up in Mar Hong Sing? Then I discovers Macro sells it… if you haven’t been into a Macro, I highly recommend it, everything is cheaper, though I don’t personally think their meat is the highest quality, plenty of people and their restaurants do but theirs there regularly.

@Paul ******

you can always go to any number of food courts in malls that are cheap, clean, air conditioned with clean tables. Almost every mall handle a food court as do many grocery stores like Tops. Food costs money and quality food costs more. I had a chicken burger last night salt a BBQ joint and it was almost what the same costs in the US, but my first meal of the day was only 70 baht (street food with seating and free bottles water), about $2.00, so it kind of evens out…

@Paul ******

it’s all still a lot cheaper than the States. There you’re looking at $5.00 muffins and 12-14.00 burritos. Tacos out of a taco truck were 3.75 each. Makes the 289 burritos at La Monita seem like a bargain now!

@Warren ********

if you were to compare the Malaysian economy vs. the Thai economy the Malaysian is far more robust and far less tourist based. Hotels in Georgetown and KL seemed to cost more. And the. Singapore is a lot more expensive.

Thailand is cheaper and not a Muslim country where alcohol might be banned. Thailand does ban alcohol on Buddhist holidays, but that can be worked around…

Ultimately it is still legal and ultimately it’s up to the immigration officer dealing with your passport. And as long as I’ve been living here, over a decade, that’s the way it’s always been. Now that they have the DTV immigration may well be getting more stringent I. Order to sell more DTVs. But who knows…