Sights and sounds of Thailand

[guohua]

Mini rant time !

Every year we have to report the income I have to the Thai government... I guess they have had problems with sponges in the past with no visible means of support...? Pretty easy for a US citizen or should I say easier than other nationalities..

So to report you have to fill out a simple piece of paper with your income and get the USA embassy to place (for 50$) a notary stamp upon the paper saying they saw you sign it....then turn it all in for another year of residence even though you have to report to immigration every three months... So yesterday I went to Vientiane Laos to the USA embassy to get a simple Notary stamp... Since the form is in English and has a Thai government letter head the embassy in Laos said they could not notarize the paper...WTF ? At least 9000Baht for crossing, transportation, eats, and hotel was for naught..

I have flown all over Laos during my great patriotic war days... It has not changed much in the last 46 years except the new US embassy is rather impressive if you like a fort.... They take dollars, Baht, and the government currency which has big numbers like 100,000 which ain't worth much.. I did see several round eyes there which kinda surprised me..

So... looks like I will have to waste a day going to Bangkok ...just to get a friggen stamp !

end of rant

Sorry to hear that.
I'm sure the American Embassy is all Butt Hurt That Hillary didn't when, they seen you looking like one of Trump's Deployables,,,, You Know,,,, Intelligent and Educated.