Great little video mate cheers.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Living the dream edd,, very informative video,, take it easy...

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

That heat has got to be brutal, but that temple was impressive, and it seemed new.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Yes, very nice to visit in between going the the Immigration Office

Love Thai temples . just amazing !.

Beautiful culture a education for all the world to enjoy

oh yeah heat!!! i'm in BKK now and I need to be inside some places ( mall, coffeeshop, etc ) from noon to 4p... almost got a heat stroke a few days ago in Laos.. It has been crazy - you can feel the heat radiates your body - dangerous stuff..

@kosamui

2 ай бұрын

I agree on avoiding direct sunlight whenever you can. I learned early on to ALWAYS walk on the shade side of the street. Before I leave to go outside I down a bottle of water even when I’m not thirsty . It was my magic protection.

Not far from where you stay Eddy..goes smooth

Hi Eddie 45 minutes is a breeze I waited 4 half hours at the Thai consulate in Lao what a fucking nightmare

Eddy - finally you are becoming smarter. Extending visa is pain but it is still better than doing a border run. Over time you will learn what papers you need and when is the best time to go and it will become much easier.

@williambyron564

2 ай бұрын

He's a bit of a dim one. Not a quick learner.

@londoncabthailand4028

2 ай бұрын

@@williambyron564 🍼🤪

Those temples were impressive .

Looks nice and quiet mate you'd have been dodging buckets of water and super soakers in Pattaya All the best

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Three days of Songkran is enough for me. Cheers.

Hey Eddie! What are your digs like in Udon at the moment ? England is as miserable as ever, still loads of rain and cold. Can't wait to be living my best life, like you. Enjoy yourself mate 👍👍

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Not bad

@PaulMartin-ut9lj

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 you haven't done a review on where you are staying have you? or did I miss it?

I renewed @ jomtien on soi 5-1st trip;2 and half hours.2nd trip (picking up visa) 30 mins.

Yeah 1900B at immigration. You could have done that last time if you applied for the dual or triple entry tourist visa from the UK before you left. Extend after 60 days at immigration gives you 3 months of no worries. Still have to do a border run after that though. Anyway doesn't hurt going to other countries, but eventually may not be allowed in if you do too many comings and goings.

Congratulations. Enjoy another month. I am sure many more great videos.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

I could see you becoming a monk Eddy.

Whats the music Eddie , its bloody bloody good ? wonderful stuff )

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Rain Drops by Track Tribe. KZread Audio Library

@KevinMoran-ft1kz

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 cheers Eddie , good luck )

@roygoad2870

2 ай бұрын

Reminds me a little of Hey Baby (New Rising Son) on the Rainbow Bridge album 1971, by Jimi Hendrix 😊

👍👍👍

1:19. Nice mini pickup.

❤. Hi Ed. Aren't Thai visas free on arrival. One month or did you get a longer visa ? I haven't been for 4 years . Looking to come this summer?

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Visa exemption for the first 30 days.

Glad yor sorted Eddie.its Blinking Crazy hear in patts but in a nice way.Glad last day but been a Blast💥 literally 🎉🔫💦🌊💧🚣🏼🩳🚀🤯

So what’s your plans for the next month Ed? I thought you were leaving Thailand and heading to Cambodia

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I am at the end of this visa.

Hello Eddie. I have a rough draft of a book. It's more of a how to book. Each set of my notes would be a chapter but I need to get everything organized and the screen shots where they need to be. I've written several user manuals in the past but I've never written a actual book. Do you have any resources you could recommend? Thank you

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Yes. Write your manuscript on Google Docs and then, when you're happy with it, design a cover and then create a KDP account. But get the book written first.

@Joe-og8um

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 thank you

Hi eddy how was weather today in udon Thani was there a really bad storm?

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Hot stuff

From bars to Buddhas

Eddie, what are you doing in Udon still? There are 2 reasons to go to Udon: a quick visit or you live there. Why would you stay there for a few weeks? It's like why are you even thinking about living in Cambodia?

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I have to go somewhere.

Eddy is a ledge 😊😊

Hi Eddy, i think you may have cracked how to do well on KZread but immigration in Thailand is sadly a preparation disaster. Lol

Ventilated hat, always carry a bottle of water, loose fitting clothes about one size too big… for air circulation, cross circulation between windows, fans only… ….no airconditioning. That’s how I do it. Lovely temple Eddy…..many thanks from this 72 year old Canadian. I became Theravada Buddhist some years ago now. Namo Buddhaya…. 🙏🏼 ☸️ ✈️ 🌴 🌴 🌴 🙂

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, Robert.

@jacked6

2 ай бұрын

No air conditioning? Dang I am half your age and no way I could survive without air con. Most Thais I have been with wouldn't come to ky accommodation if I didn't have either

@robertwilliamson922

2 ай бұрын

@@jacked6 Yes…I’m a 72 year old Canadian with quadruple bypass. Northwest European ancestry. I learned about “Acclimatization”. Acclimating…..allowing the body to adjust to a different climate or different altitude. I flew out of Canada in the middle of winter…snow and ice. Landed in Chiang Mai, Thailand less than twenty hours later, and stepped off the plane into what felt like a very hot furnace. I made sure my apartment had north and south facing windows, four floors up to get a bit of a breeze, used the fans, but never turned on the airconditioning. I wore men’s Columbia button up shirts, summer weight material, fast wicking, fast drying, long sleeves that can roll up, one size too big….to allow air circulation next to the body. Same with my long pants. I dress more like a local than a tourist. Ventilated medium brim hat…. No socks of shoes. I go barefoot in men’s Teva Holliway sandals. I eat small, light meals….mostly fruit and vegetables. Noodles, little bit of fish. No western fast foods or heavy meats. I avoid alcohol, and drink mostly bottled water or fruit juice. I found that for two to three weeks…..yes I suffered in the heat. But then the suffering stopped. And I was able to ignore the heat. Even when we had several days in a row of 40° and 41° Celsius. I no longer suffered with it. Could I feel the heat? Yes. Did it bother me and make me suffer? Nope. Not any more. This acclimatization is lost when you return to your own country, and has to be repeated again next time you go to the tropics. You have to be willing to suffer for those first two or three weeks, and then you’re fine. Use airconditioning ? ? Okay……but then every time you step outside….it will feel like you are stepping into a hot furnace and you WILL suffer. I reached the point where I found air conditioning in a taxi or a store to be actually very uncomfortable….and couldn’t wait to get outside in the heat. I will never again use air conditioning.

@jacked6

2 ай бұрын

@@robertwilliamson922 that's very dangerous however. Most health recommendations are for temperatures over 40 degrees to always be in air conditioning to minimize heat stroke. Fans can only do so much. Over 40 degrees and it just blows hot air on you. Most governments have extra recommendations for people over 60. Heat stroke is a real threat for your age bracket. Take care

@robertwilliamson922

2 ай бұрын

@@jacked6 Dangerous if you body is not acclimatized to the hot climate. Every time you step outside it will impact your body hard. By being acclimatized, you avoid that problem.

Hi Eddie, I'll be going to the same Udon Thani immigration in the next fortnight to get a 30 day extension on my Aussie passport and I was wondering whether you had to provide them with a document from where you are staying or do you just provide them with your address while in Udon? Also, did they take your required photo and also do the photocopying of your passport? Thanks.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

You are supposed to take a document with the address on it. They did all the other stuff.

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

The place you are staying are responsible for registering you within 24 hours of you arriving. Hotels etc do this online & the form is a TM30. So you need to get a copy of the TM30 form & take that along with your passport. Then as Eddy says they take the photo, do the photocopying & even fill in the forms & you pay extra 100 THB for all that so you pay 2,000 THB instead of the 1,900 THB.

@rossharper-ds4dn

2 ай бұрын

@@isaanman5399 Thanks for that. I am staying in a condo for 6 weeks booked via Air B'N'B and the owner said just take to immigration the booking confirmation document he left in my condo that has the address on it. I thought the same as you that they had to provide the TM30 to me, but I will see how we go as maybe here in Udon Thani they will just accept the owner's document.

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

@@rossharper-ds4dn Yes it’s up to immigration at the end of the day. The form Eddy had didn’t have the name of the place Eddy is staying or the address on it & neither of us had internet on our mobiles. The lady in immigration connected my mobile to the office internet so we could look the address up & fill this missing info on the form. So that was no problem at Udon immigration but other immigration offices might have made an issue of it & stuck a hand out for you to pay a fine that you probably not get a receipt for.

I am reviewing the situation

@1:33 - yes, that is a beautiful crematorium!

There is a project that has started & is ongoing to make Udon Thani a walkable, green & sustainable City. This entails planting street lining trees, putting in new side walks & renovating the storm drain canals by putting in concrete slab linings & building walking & cycling paths.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I'm sure it's gonna look nice.

long time no hear from its me Derrick from NYC... why dont you get a 15 month visa instead of these 30 day Visa's if you planned on staying there for good and not cold London England

I’d forgotten what you looked like without a hat 😊

Hi Eddie do you have to fill out your paperwork at Jomtien immigration ?? Or is it the same as Udon Thani ??

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I had to fill out lots of paperwork at Jomtien. Udon Thani is a doddle in comparison.

@haydengrant7358

2 ай бұрын

Well I got the heart but you didn’t answer my question??

@haydengrant7358

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much have a wonderful day

thinking of two beachless, non-honkytonk, provincial cities: siem reap and udon thani. ud: stress free immigration processing. convenient to laos for a border run. decent hospitals. in a better developed thailand. sr: easy and cheap retirement visa. cheap rents. what do you think?

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

Udon has cheap rents. According to Numbeo they are 11.5% lower than SR. Cambodia you pay about double the price as Thailand for Electric. Udon government hospital has a Foreigner/VIP office that has agreements with 29 Thai Health Insurance Companies including Pacific Cross etc who they can bill direct. Alcohol & Tobacco is about double the price in Udon Thani compared to Siem Reap.

@jtns2845

2 ай бұрын

@@isaanman5399 thank you, i had no idea that ud rents are cheaper than sr’s. i spent some time in vientiane, which i actually liked, thus my interest in isaan but laos is a bit too off track and no retirement visa per se. lao medical care is probably similar to cambodia’s. all manner of booze in laos is incredibly cheap.

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

@@jtns2845 Everything in Thailand is like standing on shifting sands, looking through mud stained windows at moving goal posts & visas are included in that. Before the Pandemic there was talk of increasing the financial requirement for visas which have not increased since 2003, maybe imposing mandatory health insurance on the O visa same as the O-A visa. Most Countries that offer retirement visas to Expats on a budget are 3rd world & poor & Thailand is no longer classed as either of these. So we could see a lot of changes in the not to distant future & they might even scrap the retirement visa altogether. With the 10 year LTR that let holders bring in as much overseas income as they like exempt from Thailand income tax they are trying to attract wealthy Expats & they have targeted selling 500,000 in 5 years. So far they are miles away from the 500K target but you can see the direction they want to go. I am told it’s $500 to $700 for a 1 year business visa for Laos & you don’t need to do any business. Laos is also same as the Philippines in as far as if only has a territorial tax meaning it only taxes income made in Laos. Long term accommodation in Vientiane is about 3 times the cost of Udon Thani. Now In Laos put up a Vid 5 months ago & APARTMENT RENTAL COST VIENTIANE LAOS NEENEE LAO LIFE should take you to the Vid. Udon Thani has 5 Condo complexes. Base, Lumpini, Skyland, Kanlapaphruck Grand Park & Kanlapaphruck City Plus & UDON PROPERTY should take you their web site where you can find Condos in the above for rent.

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

@@jtns2845There are 5 Condo complexes in Udon Thani. Base, Lumpini, Skyland, Kulapapruek Grand Park & Kulapapruek City plus. If you put in UDONPROPERTY that should take you their page where you can condos in the above for rent & give you ball park rent prices.

30 days plus 30 days, then a visa run to Laos, 30 days plus another 30... let's hope you can repeat for a third time Eddy.

Can’t believe you didn’t know about the address. School boy error.

Eddy you should know, only mad dogs and English men go out in the mid day sun

2000, should be 1900 for visa extension.

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

I was there with him as I had my 90 day report to do. He should have brought a photo & photocopies but he didn’t & they did all that for him at the immigration office. They even filled the forms in for him & marked the places for him to sign.

@PeterBren

2 ай бұрын

They would have but costs B500 more.😄​@whyohwhyfools

@andyfin990

2 ай бұрын

​@@isaanman5399well in fella, that's what scousers do,, il be there full time in a few months, putting the 800,000 in the bank this time, no more agents.... Utft...

@billyburi-baps

2 ай бұрын

you are correct, but hand over 2K and you will not see the 100B change. Goes in the glug glug fund.....

Were u in nick deans bar on soi 7 ed,saw the hat and thought or u

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

I'm in Udon Thani

How old are you ?

i hope you feel better soon Eddy

ANYWHERE YOU STAY IN THAILAND NOW YOUR OWNER HAS TO REGISTER YOU WITH IMMIGRATION IN 24 HOURS OR YOU MAY GET A FINE

@joemaguire5575

2 ай бұрын

funny that during covid they were crying out for more tourists to visit

@tonto3964

2 ай бұрын

The owner gets the fine for non registration, not customer

got my passport back today 6 month Cambodia ME visa $170 30 days return, my ass has been twitching the last week, celebrating with a few cold ones and a zeepam for the 40 mins ride there and back

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Good for you

@gilesvungtau7530

2 ай бұрын

@@STEADY599 you have no idea what a weight off my mind it is have book can travel I've 2 passports but its only good for the one with entry stamp and visa when I go Vietnam ill leave on it and enter on the new blue on

Remember the top banana in Thailand is Buddha then its the king then its the queen then its the military then it is cops then it is the Thai men and the farang is way down the bottom just above the dogs

I'd be impressed if half of these fools have been to the Shark Bar.

😅

I love english suffering @ + 40'C 😁

Do you have to pay 2000 bhat every 30 days for a visa?

@VittoShulman

2 ай бұрын

No. Extension is only allowed one time after that he has to leave and come back. He got first 30day free then 30days more for 1900baht. So it is actually 1900baht for 60days which is pretty good.

immigration is a hit job on all travellers most of the fees go straight into the lazy politicians

I much prefer these videos of you walking around, having a chat, discussing practical issues to these live links in girly bars and what not. You genuinely seem like an interesting fellow. Little rough around the edges, but all the good ones are.

@STEADY599

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou

I don’t understand the no shoes are you supposed to walk barefoot and no hat I want to keep the sun off my face and head

@wanderer299a

2 ай бұрын

In the temples yes. Great video ed and unusual music.

@peenokjaidee4923

2 ай бұрын

We were told off and instructed to take off our sandals to go up a big flight of steps at the White Buddha, Sa Kaeo. Fair enough around the Buddha itself, but the stone was scorching hot. And the women who scolded us were OK as they were wearing socks!

@vgshwk

2 ай бұрын

@@peenokjaidee4923 I think I wouldve told them you are being inconsiderate I am not burning my feet bye.

@googlebooglemoogle

2 ай бұрын

@@peenokjaidee4923 and they didn't even have a 'Spoons when you got to the top!

@peenokjaidee4923

2 ай бұрын

It's a gorgeous peaceful place, actually - along the unsurfaced roads you get in rural Sa Kaeo, through wooded, sparsely populated countryside. So if you're a Spoons type - you'd be out of luck!

So is that 2000 baht every month? Nice little earner that for them lol

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

It was an 30 day extension on his visa exemption stamp that Eddy got & your only allowed one of them & after that you have to leave the Country. Thailand give visa exemption stamps on arrival to certain Nationalities at no charge unlike other Countries like Laos & Cambodia were you have to buy a visa on arrival. There might be Countries that give visas & visa extensions at no charge but I can’t think of any. Thailand guideline for maximum stay on tourist status has always been 180 days & now with the change to the income tax rule & anybody staying 180 days or more being classed as a tax resident I expect Thailand immigration will strictly enforce this guideline.

@anthonyh4700

2 ай бұрын

Eddie doesn't know the difference between a visa and a visa exemption.

@robertwilliamson922

2 ай бұрын

Depends which visa you get. I’m a 72 year old Canadian, and I’m eligible for the O-A non-immigrant retirement visa. It comes to $280 Canadian per year. 7,491 Baht. If you just go with a monthly tourist visa extension, you will pay much much more over time.

@billyburi-baps

2 ай бұрын

@@anthonyh4700 he was extending a tourist visa.....

@isaanman5399

2 ай бұрын

@@robertwilliamson922 I am on an O retirement visa & it costs 1,900 THB for a single entry extension which is the same for all single entry visa extensions regardless of visa type or length of extension. For a multi entry visa I first buy a single entry which they then put the cancel stamp on & stamp in a multi entry. So total cost is 1,900 for the single + 3,800 for multi = 5,700. You give the cost in C$’s so is that for a single entry, multi entry. Is some of the additional cost in THB due to fluctuations in the exchange rate &/or additional charges such as postage.

I’m booking for 60 days in Thailand , is it easier to go there on a visa free 30 days stay , then when I’m in Thailand get the other 30 days from there , can I do that ?

@Aran002

2 ай бұрын

Going to a Thai inmigration office can be a real hassle, better book your 60 day visa beforehand.

@dingo1372

2 ай бұрын

@@Aran002 Thankyou I’ll do that then 👍

@craigmitcham2619

2 ай бұрын

@@dingo1372 yes aran002 is right, i went for 60days last time, could do it by post years ago now all online, it was a nightmare for me so got my lad to come over and do it for me, hes in his 30s and thought it was hard to do as theres alot of messing about putting things into certain formats, but sorted it in the end, still better than immigration office 100%

@andyfin990

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget you'll need to show a ticket out of Thailand before the 30 days is up or they might refuse you boarding the plane at point of departure

@dingo1372

2 ай бұрын

@@andyfin990 thanks for the info mate