@Trayn ****

I can vouch for Thai Visa Centre, they have never failed me over the years and done an outstanding job with immediate response. Easy to Google. Now I've never done a bank account with them because I never needed to, and things seem to have changed lately but if you looking for a professional outfit, these ones are sound as a pound. You will have to ask them about the bank account as everything is new now

Agents are legal

@Baz ********

, sure, I agree and it's just my opinion. I've worked in quite a few schools in Thailand, and still maintain my point of view. I'm not talking about plush international schools and salaries. I'm talking about government schools. It's a very tough tough thing to put up with for so many reasons from so many angles

@Baz ********

lol"a career change ".....it's not for adults

@Tom ******

, I once was lost, and found myself. So as for your namesake, why don't you find yourself? Enjoy the enthusiasmine blast of a recently arrived tourist

No wot I meen now?

@Nick ******

pace, can you imagine that entrance statement into a bar in Pattaya and how it might affect the outcome of his experience?

@Nick ******

, lol, it's ok, he asked for advice, I gave mine. I'm used to the expats abroad scene in Benidorm and the Costa brava, seen from a distance but seen very well. Would you care to point out what's wrong with my advice?

Rule of thumb: if you hang out in monkey farm enclaves of foreigners, expect different rules. If you blend in and fade into the bush and integrate and incorporate, expect to be ignored

@Bloggs **************

, don't claim solidarity with the working class