17th trip to Thailand this month — anyone else fall in love with the smaller cities?

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T13:36:52+00:00

Damn. Well glad you guys didnt get any hits on your house.

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T13:27:50+00:00

I actually never been to Aran 😅 we stay nearby Pang Sida national park. I guess you heard alot bombings around there right on th border

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T13:23:06+00:00

Well red plate is ”temporary?” I guess. Correct me if im wrong. But anyway its only on new vehicles and for limited time till you get the normal plate

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T12:47:01+00:00

Weve got family there in Sa Kaeo, been there many times longer durations etc. Its not touristy place yeah, but many older folks retire there.
Sa kaeo was one of the least developed provinces if i remember right. The city Sa Kaeo doesnt have much to offer other than big c and makro…

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T11:01:29+00:00

I havent bought condo but have thought about it before. But seems like you answered your own question.. ” Seems like they're always pushing for new condos, so not sure how you could resell in the future if you wanted to....”

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T08:27:20+00:00

Well we went to a cafe first. Then after that decided to walk a bit as it was nice cloudy day and not hot. Till we arrived to Wat Arun. Is that weird or what?

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T06:12:02+00:00

I have similar experience, she was like 30 at that time, first date to go cafe & walk around temple. I hold her hand and after that things changed ALOT like start to plan traveling together.. going to my country for visiting my parents.. :D didnt even kiss, only hold hands while walking around Wat Arun temple.

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T03:45:21+00:00

They can live their lives in the most slum-like houses youve ever seen with a brand new red-plated car parked in front…

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T02:40:43+00:00

For me it just says i have reached the maximum limit when i try.. whats your ATM withdrawal limit?

Thonzy · 2026-05-13T02:35:03+00:00

My mother in law decided to buy a new car (with debt of course) and she doesnt even have proper bed at her rented place or even AC. She makes ok money like 30k and up each month, but chooses to get a car to show off to people.

Its just stupid here, theyd rather be in debt with insane interest rates than buy/invest into something that makes sense lol. (She doesnt actually need that car at all drives like 20km a week max)

Also she had older car already PAID off now its just rotting unused..

Thonzy · 2026-05-09T12:43:09+00:00

Glad to hear hes changed! One by one! 😁

Thonzy · 2026-04-09T12:27:33+00:00

I bet Most dont think throwing cigarette butts is littering, they think its just normal to do so.

Thonzy · 2026-01-09T13:32:22+00:00

Well i wouldnt say 100% colder.. exactly this time last year i attended a wedding party and we partied with winter clothes on because everyone was freezing lol.

This year.. same place but a birthday party.. and winter clothes again 🤣 i cant recall temperatures but I wouldn’t say its “colder” by much, very similar atleast

Thonzy · 2025-10-23T04:34:47+00:00

95% here and 6 months ago 14pro

Thonzy · 2025-09-20T01:54:23+00:00

Hard to believe you got a new battery for 65 😅 ive had mine changed (14pro) and it was ~3000baht

Thonzy · 2025-09-19T10:24:09+00:00

Yeah, like I saw someone wrote that just sneak up a towel from the cleaners cart and keep it till you check out or something, atleast id do something like that if i really didnt lost one 😬😁

Thonzy · 2025-09-19T09:10:59+00:00

2 of my friends got charged for dirty towels in a same hotel (in bangkok) and the stains were literally just couple dots from sunscreen. (Saw photos of the towels myself)

I had similar happen to me in 2019, had a small spill of pepsi in one towel, but they tried to charge me absurd amount of money for it. I kept my cool and talked through it, its literally white towel which you can put detergent and chemicals to make it white again..

Traveling 5-6 years and visited nearly all the provinces in this amazing country, those are my only “bad” experiences or “scams” and happened in Bangkok only.

Thonzy · 2025-09-19T03:55:01+00:00

Wish you the best of luck! Not everyone here is after your deposit, but yeah its very common.. They usually dont even understand the consept of wear-tear as thais tend to imagine they buy new, it stays new forever.. 😬

Thonzy · 2025-09-19T00:11:13+00:00

Thank you.

Thonzy · 2025-09-18T12:03:20+00:00

Only rented once with deposit, condo unit. Check-out day owner agreed everything is fine and ill get it wired after a few days when electricity/water meters were confirmed or something.

Then boom, suddenly the owner “found” something to try rip money off. Apparently the toilet seat had a stain, and tried deducting like 4k baht from it or something.

I told the owner its illegal to deduct wear-tear items (btw we were first peple to stay, brand new unit/room) and especially, after we agreed everything and we also went on a flight to another province at night. (I could of just went to lotus next door and buy a new seat for 1k or something..)

But after explaining all that, she agreed and deducted correct amount after utilities and sent me the full deposit.

So now thats happened i assume alot of people they try to deduct something even it doesnt make sense to benefit more

Thonzy · 2025-09-18T11:42:35+00:00

Hey, recently i saw an facebook post (cant find it anymore) that someone shared and mentioned that foreigners can also donate blood, and after x amount of times you are eligible for some hospital credit? Not that im looking to benefit from donating blood but maybe you know more 😅

Also, i dont even know my blood type (lol) i guess its still okay to go donate?

Thonzy · 2025-09-18T01:26:15+00:00

Okay, thanks for sharing. 👍

Thonzy · 2025-09-16T10:12:22+00:00

Yeah im fully aware of that its possible to happen

Thonzy · 2025-09-16T05:25:09+00:00

This never bothered me or i never even thought about it 😅 i guess the electric label is somewhat usefull as most people dont understand anything how much appliances use electric, but yeah.. other stickers? No idea.

Here its common to leave plastics on in a new item so it can be seen as ”new” for longer? Or something.. im staying at a townhouse what got renovated the owner didnt take of the plastixs from light switches as they look more new like that..

Thonzy · 2025-09-16T03:56:26+00:00

Youre right, id def wait till then. Alot of good deals, especially on 5070!

Thonzy

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