That's what I hear and it is all because of many of the same reasons. I don't think the Russians were ever singled out for outright visa bribe theft, but you gotta go to the places where it is economically

well they were at a point where they were getting so many tourists in the past that they actually wanted to get less of them or as they were saying, they wanted more of the "right kind of tourists".

omg man. I am so sorry to hear this terrible news.

That Hive meetup was great. those were the days that we were all a lot more hopeful. There was like 25 people there if I remember correctly.

Well this is a nice surprise... thanks!

I think I have only ever met one person who actually liked their teaching job in Thailand and he was at an international school with great pay, benefits, and lots of resources. He still ended up quitting

finishing number one in the last league, I think it is diamond, is going to be really tough! I got up there once and there were some seriously dedicated people that are probably buying the upgrade potions

haha. i love Falstaff. I really don't like the lady that talks so much faster than other people, I always have to have her repeat herself on slow. I get what they are trying to do there because to achieve

I must be learning a reasonable amount of Spanish because I can understand most of that.

i piqued my own interest and found out that certain countries, namely Russia, banned this sort of content and Duo changed it for them. For me it isn't really being opposed to anything homosexual, but just

I was naive when I first got here and believed that I was going to get a good job. I am a college grad, but it had nothing to do with teaching. I know a few people that work at proper international schools

There's a ton of people that leave here to go teach for big wages in China but yes, the same story. They always come back. The fact of the matter is that if you are not a qualified teacher, you are not

well my reference was to foreign teachers coming over here to teach English for a bit. The career Thai teachers are actually pretty steadfast in their work and some of them make good money. They also get

The place looks empty.. Were you the first person to arrive?

while I tend to do pretty well at most things for some reason languages elude me. I have tried but it's so frustrating how it just doesn't stick. Of all the people that I know that have moved here I know

Mimi is really cute!

The government strangely doesn't see it that way. The average low-level foreigner still spends dramatically more than the average Thai does on everything so you would think that a nation would be quite

that was kind of the way that it was here when I first got here. In Chiang Mai there were visa run busses that would leave several days a week and a bunch of foreigners would go up there and do that. They

When I visit a more expensive country I am normally taken aback by how fantastic the supermarkets are and I like that until I look at the bill!

In the past the tourist areas were exempt from this but this time around they banned it there as well. This legislation is like a yo-yo though, they switch it back and forth every couple of years.