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bavamark · 31-03-2009, 01:00 AM

hmmmm and re-reading all this...I'm not sure 25 years is that long. A borrowed passport would probably do it. Did you ever read about the Serpentine? He crossed borders with all his stolen passports...sometimes with the original photo still in and once with a new photo but put in upside down! After reading that I thought I could come back with anything but I'm not so sure...
Not sure enough to go all that way to get turned away or worse. I think saying I have never been there before might be the thing that might get the paperwork in a different pile or something.
Its a dilemna...I'd just hate to call attention to it and make it any more official than it might not be at a border.

bav

ch1ldofthemoon · 31-03-2009, 03:50 AM

^ far as I know,you dont have to buy a ticket before applying for a tourist visa.....

bavamark · 31-03-2009, 08:03 AM

OK Thanks all...I'll let you know...probably enough on this topic eh?
One other question; I was in Phuket staying at Kata Beach. It was pretty small then. I remember some smal guest houses on a hill just up from the street that comes into town and meets the coast road. I can imagine that those places are probably huge hotels now? Wonder how much Kata has changed?
There were a bunch of us staying there working for the film "Casualties of War".
(Yea that's me standing near Sean Penn, rifle in hand, nodding out. lol)
Actually it was just stand in/extra work and it seemed everyone hanging out there was working on that movie. There was a lot of work in that industry for a Westerner then.

bav

blackgang · 31-03-2009, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ch1ldofthemoon

far as I know,you dont have to buy a ticket before applying for a tourist visa.....

fact is sometimes they will not sell and not let you board without a visa, but the VOA and no visa required pobly has changed some of that.

DrAndy · 31-03-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bavamark

hmmmm and re-reading all this...I'm not sure 25 years is that long. A borrowed passport would probably do it. Did you ever read about the Serpentine? He crossed borders with all his stolen passports...sometimes with the original photo still in and once with a new photo but put in upside down! After reading that I thought I could come back with anything but I'm not so sure...
Not sure enough to go all that way to get turned away or worse. I think saying I have never been there before might be the thing that might get the paperwork in a different pile or something.
Its a dilemna...I'd just hate to call attention to it and make it any more official than it might not be at a border.

bav

you have been given good advice but do not seem capable of taking it in

you are getting to be a bore

Eliminator · 31-03-2009, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bavamark

OK Thanks all...I'll let you know...probably enough on this topic eh?
One other question; I was in Phuket staying at Kata Beach. It was pretty small then. I remember some smal guest houses on a hill just up from the street that comes into town and meets the coast road. I can imagine that those places are probably huge hotels now? Wonder how much Kata has changed?
There were a bunch of us staying there working for the film "Casualties of War".
(Yea that's me standing near Sean Penn, rifle in hand, nodding out. lol)
Actually it was just stand in/extra work and it seemed everyone hanging out there was working on that movie. There was a lot of work in that industry for a Westerner then.

bav

I still say this has to be a TROLL, it's been eons since you've been here and EVERYTHING has changed in that period of time. Get a brain and get the visa, 100% your old passport is well expired so this has to be a crap thread.

DrAndy · 31-03-2009, 07:15 PM

no, not a troll, that would require some intelligence

just a fool

bavamark · 03-04-2009, 01:28 AM

Not a troll, I was just was trying to go on vacation with my girlfriend and was over- anxious for advise, which I did get ...and thanks...however...

I'm still not convinced that Thailand was exactly in the Stone Age to not have any records. 25 years sounds like a long time until you've lived it...and even I had more than a Comodore 64 WAYYYY back then.

Yea I could probably waltz in at the airport but the funny thing is the embassy only needs a copy of the info page and one empty page of my passport for me to apply for a tourist visa...not the whole passport so obviously that tells me that the one "persona non grata" page in the back of my old passport... is not the only thing they rely on.
Any idiot can get a new passport.

Plus I just called to try to apply for tourist visa and you DO need a copy of an airline ticket to apply for a tourist visa...at least with the Thai embassy in California and that would be in LA, a 6 hour drive.
You do see all the Catch 22's here?

Bottom line is; I'm not going this time. I'm not pussin' out, I'd like the slight drama, but its just too risky financially. I'll do it later when I at least have an onward ticket.

No more discussion be needed.

kingwilly · 03-04-2009, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bavamark

Any idiot can get a new passport.

quite true.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bavamark

Bottom line is; I'm not going this time. I'm not pussin' out, I'd like the slight drama, but its just too risky financially. I'll do it later when I at least have an onward ticket.

troll or dickhead.

DrAndy · 03-04-2009, 02:39 PM

or both

beano · 04-04-2009, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Rural Surin

What's a Hippy...??

It was a way of getting laid that was almost as sure a thing as paying for it.

03-04-2009, 01:28 AM	#48 (permalink)
bavamark Pattaya Last Online: 03-04-2009 01:28 AM Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	troll? Not a troll, I was just was trying to go on vacation with my girlfriend and was over- anxious for advise, which I did get ...and thanks...however... I'm still not convinced that Thailand was exactly in the Stone Age to not have any records. 25 years sounds like a long time until you've lived it...and even I had more than a Comodore 64 WAYYYY back then. Yea I could probably waltz in at the airport but the funny thing is the embassy only needs a copy of the info page and one empty page of my passport for me to apply for a tourist visa...not the whole passport so obviously that tells me that the one "persona non grata" page in the back of my old passport... is not the only thing they rely on. Any idiot can get a new passport. Plus I just called to try to apply for tourist visa and you DO need a copy of an airline ticket to apply for a tourist visa...at least with the Thai embassy in California and that would be in LA, a 6 hour drive. You do see all the Catch 22's here? Bottom line is; I'm not going this time. I'm not pussin' out, I'd like the slight drama, but its just too risky financially. I'll do it later when I at least have an onward ticket. No more discussion be needed.

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31-03-2009, 01:00 AM	#41 (permalink)
bavamark Pattaya Last Online: 03-04-2009 01:28 AM Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	hmmmm and re-reading all this...I'm not sure 25 years is that long. A borrowed passport would probably do it. Did you ever read about the Serpentine? He crossed borders with all his stolen passports...sometimes with the original photo still in and once with a new photo but put in upside down! After reading that I thought I could come back with anything but I'm not so sure... Not sure enough to go all that way to get turned away or worse. I think saying I have never been there before might be the thing that might get the paperwork in a different pile or something. Its a dilemna...I'd just hate to call attention to it and make it any more official than it might not be at a border. bav

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ch1ldofthemoon Sa Kaeo Last Online: Today 11:54 AM Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London,England Posts: 259	^ far as I know,you dont have to buy a ticket before applying for a tourist visa.....

31-03-2009, 08:03 AM	#43 (permalink)
bavamark Pattaya Last Online: 03-04-2009 01:28 AM Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 5	OK Thanks all...I'll let you know...probably enough on this topic eh? One other question; I was in Phuket staying at Kata Beach. It was pretty small then. I remember some smal guest houses on a hill just up from the street that comes into town and meets the coast road. I can imagine that those places are probably huge hotels now? Wonder how much Kata has changed? There were a bunch of us staying there working for the film "Casualties of War". (Yea that's me standing near Sean Penn, rifle in hand, nodding out. lol) Actually it was just stand in/extra work and it seemed everyone hanging out there was working on that movie. There was a lot of work in that industry for a Westerner then. bav

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