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dlmcgown

@dlmcgown

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American looking for information about Thailand

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Speaks Thai (Fluent) Russian (Internediate) English (Native)

Registration: 07 January 2023

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dlmcgown replied to a thread
9 months ago
Maladapti

How did you learn Thai? Share your experience by Maladapti

Would like to hear various ways people learned Thai. Did you pick it up just by living in it (immersion)? Classes before you came? Classes after you came? Private instruction? Any tips knowing now what you didn't know then? I still have a ...

dlmcgown

Learning any language that does not comefrom Latin roots, will be strange. Grammar is easy, yet pronunciation and articulation (tones) takes practice. It’s very critical to learn the 5 tones of Thai up front. The biggest mistake a Thai learner ... Read More

dlmcgown replied to a thread
last year
Paul_Adams

Cheating. A topic worth discussing by Paul_Adams

Some may think this is a stupid topic but I am curious.  My GF had a husband that cheated and just about every woman she works with is divorced from a husband that cheated or more frequently, just left them for someone else.The GF says it's ...

dlmcgown

Hey Paul, in a non believing society where most people do not know God… anything goes (futility). In Budhism, morality and worship are seperate. A prostitute can pray to a spirit house, then go do her “tricks.” This is OK in the ... Read More

dlmcgown replied to a thread
last year
midge6262

Flight for moving to Thailand by midge6262

HiWe are looking to move to Thailand on a year retirement visa from the UK and want to know can we book a one way flight with relevant paperwork?Would we be better to use an Agent for this move or is it easy enough for us to do ourselves, we have ...

dlmcgown

Ahhh. I wasn’t thinking about a visa. I was simply thinking about arriving and staying 30 days without a visa. I appreciate the clarity. Read More

dlmcgown replied to a thread
last year
midge6262

Flight for moving to Thailand by midge6262

HiWe are looking to move to Thailand on a year retirement visa from the UK and want to know can we book a one way flight with relevant paperwork?Would we be better to use an Agent for this move or is it easy enough for us to do ourselves, we have ...

dlmcgown

As far as I know, anyone can arrive with a one way ticket to Thailand. Every foreigner has time limitations and must leave before their time limit has expired, Some people may choose to leave by foot. As for Vietnam, they require a return ticket. Read More