Thailand: What's Happening?
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- Hey everyone, I'm back in Chiang Mai, Thailand after my trip to Malaysia! It's so good to be back, and there's some big news here in Thailand. In the last 24 hours, there's been talk about relaxing the visa rules to enter Thailand. Sounds exciting, right? Join me for a walk and talk as we chat about the latest visa updates, the weather, and my plans for the future in this beautiful country.
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I’ve done a lot of traveling in my life…. I’m 65 now… and I’m happy to call Thailand my home…it’s a wonderful thing to know where you belong on this planet… many people never get the chance to find where there soul calls home….. welcome home… I’ve enjoyed watching your travels…. I got to see some places I’ve been in the past and see how they have changed……I think I’m going to hop on my touring bike and take a holiday to kanchanabury… again…. Welcome home brother….
Heading for 65 in Sept so snap. Started travelling overseas in Nov 1971 a cold blustery choppy ferry to Cherbourg France. Have had good fortune to see way more of this world than I ever expected good and bad. Fact is one’s soul can be in one place at one time then move as we age, least mine has. It’s now looking for its final resting place, we all need to find that peace and tranquility. Glad you found yours!
Thank you buddy! I hope you have a great time in Kanchanaburi, it's a very special town.
Walk about Wayne :- Guess who back?, guess whos back?
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Last time I was in Chiang Mai, I rented 2 scooters and a big bike for a 4 day trip riding around the mountains from Chiang Rai. Excellent bikes, great customer service and they back their insurance like no other. Mr. Mechanic will get my business every time!
Great! Yes, Mr. Mechanic is a very popular rental service.
I'm glad you're back in Thailand, I completely understand you want to explore another country, I watched most of your videos from Malaysia, they're great, but it's nice to have you back where you belong!
Thanks! I'm glad to be back in Thailand also. I had a great time in Malaysia though.
Wayne, you have Thailand in your heart and soul, brother. Many of us are trying to be more like Wayne - living the Thailand life. It is a beautiful thing to know that you have found your true home.
Thank you mate, yes Thailand is my place for now.
Yes, I am really happy that you are back in Thailand!
Thanks mate 👍
Great to see you back in thailand, been 'missing in action' for weeks.
Cheers mate, good to be back. I went AWOL 🤣
Nice to see you back in Thailand mate, you can tell that you love it.
Thanks Phil, it's good to be back mate.
Thanks for your videos Wayne. Im looking to retire to Thailand next year . My wife owns her own home about two hours south of Chiangmai . I have been visiting Chiangmai regularly for about 15 yrs now and it is my favourite city in the world. We will probably pick up a condo in Chiangmai and split our time between the two.
Your real estate videos have been very helpful.
I look forward to buying you a beer some day.
Thank you buddy! It sounds like you have a great plan and 2 hours south sounds good. Chiang Mai certainly is special and nowhere like it. Thanks again and I will look forward to the beer. 👍
Laughed when I saw the bike shop! Bought my first bike in Thailand there in 2005 (lived in CM from 2003-2012). Rode that bike through Laos and Australia! Old bloke (76) who owned the shop used to ride up to Pai in a day! Don't know if he's still kicking.
Nice one Matt, Mr. Mechanic is a great rental shop. Not sure who’s running it now. Pai not to far, only a few hours. Thanks buddy 👍
Welcome back to CM mate! Great to see so many familiar places on your walk.👍
Thanks John, it's good to be back.
Nice one Wayne. Always a good watch.
Thanks buddy!
Good to see you back great vlogs genuine guy . Hope to be doing exactly what you are in a couple of years after 20 yearly trips to Thailand
Thank you buddy! Wow 20 trips, that's a lot of Thailand. Hope you make it 21 really soon. Thanks.
Welcome back, Wayne. The air is much better now, you can breathe easy.
Thanks Phil, Yes, so much better now mate.
Good to see ya back in Thailand
Thanks mate 👍
Welcome back home!
Thanks Tom 👍
had me laughing in the first 10 seconds! ah mate, your videos really cheer up my day... and good news about visas.. am back in uk now from a 6weeks scout of Saigon.. very nice but I dont think it compares to Thailand... which is where I am headed back to next... started selling up to head back indefinitely... thanks for the vid... made my day!
Thank you Mark, comments like this keep my motivated, it's all about just having a laugh. Yes, hopefully good news about the Visas mate, let's hope it all goes through. Hope you had a good time in Vietnam. I really like Vietnam but nothing compares to Thailand for me either mate. Thank you .
Glad to see your back home. It’s still sweltering hot here in Darwin . Nice to see its cooler in chaing mai.The new visas look interesting. Could make a big difference to future plans. Glad you visited KL and Thailand comes up tops compared to that city . Something about the vibe does it .
Thanks mate, it's good to be back. No place like Thailand. Fingers crossed that the new visas will happen.
Good to see you back in the old city, Wayne. Looking forward to the upcoming vlogs. I enjoyed the Malaysia videos but there's nothing like Chiang Mai. I'll be there mid July!
Cheers Earl, it's good to be back. Malaysia was good, not everyones cup of tea but I enjoyed it. I'm happy to be back in Thailand though. July is just around the corner, happy days mate.
My mate will be visiting Chiang Mai in about a months time and I suggested he check out one of those travel guides. The new visa rules are excellent. 60 days visa free is awesome. Thanks Wayne. Welcome back home there buddy. Your Malaysia series was good but I hear what you are saying. Yes the outback Thailand visits 'where very few if any Farangs tend to venture' are awesome. That would be a great catch phrase for your work actually!! Cheers Wayne 🤩
wow 60 days visa
Cheers mate. Yeah 60 days will be great. Just knowing you can come for a quarter of the year( with extension ) without a visa will be amazing. Malaysia was good but Thailand still number 1 for me.
Awwh. Gonna miss your Malaysia vlog. 😭. Anyway hope u come back one day.
Thank you so much. Malaysia was so good and such nice people. I will return one day.
Nice to see you back in the old town! I've rented many a bike from Mr. Mechanic. Very nice people.
Cheers mate, yes Mr. Mechanic is a great rental shop.
Nice to see you back home safely 🙂
Thanks Mark 👍
Happy travel. Have good times mate ❤️❤️
Thank you 👍
if the new visa turns out as expected, prices will go up in BKK for sure. Seems like people already are complaining that BKK prices are not what they used to be
That’s a good point actually. Yes, that could happen.
Welcome back to Chiang Mai 🤗😊🫰❤️🎊🎉🇹🇭
Thanks mate 👍
Good to see you back in Thailand, Wayne! I will admit I did not see the Malaysia videos since that country does not interest me at all. But I really looking forward to new road trips in Thailand!
Thanks mate, it's good to be back! Malaysia is not everyone's cup of tea mate. No worries buddy, glad to have you back for the Thailand stuff.
My main interest is Thailand. Glad your back Wayne
Thank you buddy! Can't beat Thailand.
Welcome back to CM Wayne. 😃👍🏼
Thank you mate 👍
Nice to see the clearer weather in CM. I flew to CM with a buddy and did the Mai Hong Song Loop about 650 Kms, Funny to see We both rented Honda CBX 500s from Mr Mechanic, Really cool owners and a good deal. Absolutly stunning scenery and highly recomended. The poeple in the north of Thailand are so friendly awasome place. X
Nice one Sean. I actually done the loop on a 125cc Honda Click mate 🤣. It was a great 5 days. My total was 850km. Yes, the northern Thai people are the best. Thanks.
Wow nearly 20k subscribers. I remember when it was 4-5k. Amazing.
Not bad for a dude that just walks around talking waffle 🤣.
it's cool u go somewhere else to hear your feedback about other places and comparison
Thanks 🙏
You know you're a Wayne super fan when you wake up on the morning of your 47th birthday and your daughter says, "maybe Wayne will post today". 😂
This is an awesome comment. Happy Birthday. Wayne, the gift that keeps giving.
Haha that’s cool man. She was right, I posted . Thank you buddy.
Thing is the Malaysian regime is much more aligned with the Anglo American empire because of the historical/trading legacy compared with Thailand who seem to be geopolitically positioning themselves with BRIC.
Yes, totally different regimes. Malaysia feels a million miles away from Thailand.
p.s. selling my place in Oz and going to bum around SEA till I fall off the perch. It's funny watching this video. I often had the same reaction. I would go travelling somewhere, and, although I had a great time, when I came back to CM I used to think to myself there is no where quite like this place! Hope I see you in CM, Wayne.
Sounds like a great plan buddy. I'm just bumming around also 🤣. Nowhere compares to Chiang Mai, it's just a special place. Hope to see you around the magical Chiang Mai one day.
Welcome back bro....better here! lol
Cheers Jack, it's good to be back.
Good to see you are back in CM. I don't think an occasional cross border excursion is a bad thing for your channel.
It gives people visiting or staying in Thailand long term ideas and options for a mini break, especially those resident in the south.
Keep up the good work👍
Cheers Kevin, yes the occasional is ok. Both the audience are different though. Malaysian locals mainly watch in Malaysia, whereas westerners in Thailand.
Hi Wayne.Im glad your back home.I watched your malasian vlogs but much prefer your thai ones.Kl is like a concrete jungle.Good for a holiday but not to live.Keep up the good work
Thanks Daisy, it's good to be back. Nowhere like Thailand 👍
Nice one m8...😎
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You are my primary source for anything Thailand. However, if you go to Malaysia or even the UK once in a while, I would totally watch that.
Thank you mate! A trip to the UK might be on the cards in the near future.
@@WalkAboutWayne thank You for sticking to it, exploring, and sharing your experiences with us. Looking forward!
Dude, speaking for myself, I watch your channel because I like watching you.
Yes, admittedly I found your vlogs BECAUSE you’re in Thailand, but I have a very small group of vloggers that I watch, because I find them interesting.
There are plenty of people vlogging on Thailand who absolutely bore the shite out of me.
I’m happy to watch pretty much anything, if I find the person talking about it interesting.
Keep up the good work, and do what YOU want to do!!
Thank you Tony, mate. Nice one!
Nothing like home and your own bed.Never knew about the blue noodle.Ive marked it down on google maps.Take it easy man
Good to be back in my own bed. Blue Noodle is well worth checking out. Thanks man.
Welcome home mate 👍 - it’s good the Thai authorities have made some changes to the Visas etc , hopefully it will generate the numbers .
Tourist numbers in Vietnam & Cambodia are up .
Western countries are suffering somewhat post COVID with prices for everything going up but wages staying the same - Thanks Bobby D 👋✔️😎✌️👍🙏
Nice one Ant, it's good to be back in Thailand. The Visa news has lifted everybody, so lets hope it's as good as it looks. Cheers mate.
Glad your back in TL, i couldn't get into the ML vlogs, only because i have no interest in that part of the world, but others do so it would have helped them. Only issue i have in TL is the "Foggy" Tax laws on Farangs if they want to retire in TL. i can't make any sense of it, nothing seems straight forward in TL politics, not being negative just a personal opinion caused by confusion🤕
Cheers Steve, yes a few people said they couldn't get into the Malaysia stuff. I'm happy to be back doing my Thailand stuff also. I think the Tax is foggy for all of us mate. Nobody has much of an idea of how this will pan out.
Nice vid Wayne! FYI Heatwave isn't necessarily hotter, it's just about how long it lasts. Heatwave is just an unusually long period without it dropping a bit and then going back up again. Temperature is usually in flux, heatwave is when it isn't.
Thanks Nick. Yes mate, I don't think it was any longer either. I think records show it was hotter and longer but I didn't notice any different than normal. In fact, I would have said shorter this year.
@@WalkAboutWayne Maybe it's just media over hyping stuff?
@@nicknewman7848 Could be mate. I really couldn’t tell any difference from any other year.
As with most countries this Thailand visa thing is a money maker and frankly from reading of a couple of lawyers the $10,000 is paid twice so $271 x2 the initial and renewal. Why are they so complicated just offer a 5 year visa for say one time fee say $600 people would bite your hand off. Love Thailand but honestly heat, pollution smoke et al. And add visas are all deterrents. Then again nowhere is perfect, that’s why we all leave our home countries. Great to have you back on CM. Stay well.
Yes, the new visas don’t look as good I I thought actually. Nothing is still official but it’s looking like just a multi entry type of visa like before. The extra month is good on the exempt though.
Welcome back to your home town Wayne this is your real home maybe you should think about buying somewhere in Thailand you can lease land and have a wooden house that is moveable you can have lovely ones quiet cheap it could be something to consider and maybe it’s something you have thought about Wayne personally I would do it if I was you
Thanks Robert. I've got no need to think about anything other then renting for now mate. Plenty of time in the future.
Pigeon Mafia.... GREAT BAND NAME! 🎸🎸🎸
You could be on to something here . 😄
I miss my visits to Blue Noodle.
I've not been for a while also, I might get some Blue Noodles today.
Hi Wayne welcome back. I d say with that new Digital Nomad visa you ll have to register for tax here
Thank you mate. That's a good point, I'm sure they will have to do something with the Tax..
@@WalkAboutWayne Well yes and as you and I know there's still huge uncertainty towards the tax on foreign earned income.
Which is obviously to pay the insane 120 BILLION Baht bill for the Digital Wallet scheme.
I personally prefer your Thai blogs
I didnt watch any of the Maylasia trip
Keep it real man keep it real
Fair enough Colin, a few people wasn't interested in the Malaysian stuff. I'm happy to be back in Thailand.
Yay!!! He’s back in my favorite city in Thailand. So looking forward to retiring to Thailand once my USA responsibilities have ended. Malaysia has no interest for me either.
I'm back! Hope you can get to Chiang Mai soon.
@@WalkAboutWayne I’m the health care agent for my mother who is in Hospice and also for my 90 y/o second cousin. Only God knows when my responsibilities end but when I make it there, I will treat you to a nice dinner as a thank you for the education and entertainment you produce.
Finally caught up on viewing your videos after a respite with a family R&R break. Don't understand the logic of the visa regulations. Why not have visitors or expats stay in country spending their money, instead of going outside the country to spend it elsewhere? I don't think it hurts your base when take side trips to other countries; just building a broader multi-country base with a variety of travel adventures.
Nice one Walt. Yes, the new visas don't look as great as when they first got announced a couple days back. Nothing is set in stone yet though, so lets wait and see. I think you need to keep being a multi traveller though. Cheers.
The Digital Nomad Visa is good for 180 days for those 20+ years old. The Visa is good for 5 years and one of those years allows for an extension for another 180 days. Plus, it covers a legal spouse and children under 20 y/o for the same price. Price is 10,000 THB for the whole 5 years. You need to prove you have access to 500,000 THB. I don’t think the money must reside in a Thai bank.
Yes, that's what I've read so far. Not sure anything is set in stone yet though. Hope it goes through.
@@WalkAboutWaynepossible downside is they might be more strict about leaving Thailand after 180 days,ay not be allowed to convert to visitor or other visa's to remain, we will see!
@Jeff-cz3pj We shall see mate, we shall see .
The best world Travel Vlogger is Harold Baldr by a long shot, helps if u have 2.4mill subs. Wayne yours is good because you stop and talk to Locals and add in some "Got to See Spots/Business's" general tips and out of the way places etc etc.
I don't watch Harold much but I know of him. Some great Travel vloggers I watch though. I'm just a rogue wondering around Thailand mate. I'm happy being me though. Thanks.
I like street foods
Me too 👍
I'm coming Chiang Mai in Dec to do Mae Hong Son loop if your up for it, want to do it in 4 days so possibly big bike hire
Nice one Mark, I got no plans to do the loop again at the minute mate, but you’ll have a great time man. I done it in 5 days on a Honda Click.
@@WalkAboutWayne Cool I ride bigbikes but also love the scooters when in Thailand, which my favourite is the Honda ADV 150 so probably do it on one of them. I'll be in Chiang Mai for a night before I do it so might see you bud 👍
How fresh is fresh? Temp humidity?
My fresh down in the 46 parallel at altitude is probably a bit different
Fresh is still humid and hot, but a lot fresher than March and April.
@@WalkAboutWayne Doesn't really put a number on it. But I can google that even though it varies a bit with micro climates.
I would of said fresh was crisp was frost all day in shaded spots. Icy wind off the mountains that are trying to blast freeze you. Not really a thing in Thailand I wouldn't expect
@@craigdawson7632 I'm not really bothered mate, I haven't got time for that. Obviously it's not a crisp English winters morning fresh. But it's fresh compared to the hot months we've just come out of. Cheers.
Think it’s 180 days with one extension mate valid for 5 years…. Dunno yet if that means you can keep applying…. Awaiting an update… I’m a bit concerned it may have an effect on the ED visa
Nobody knows yet buddy, time will tell. Can't see the ED visa being effected but let's see what happens.
home sweet home -is the smoke gone or less ?
Long gone Bruce 👍
Wayne
I was down at Thaphae gate on Sunday night and they were frolicking with the pigeons
I passed the other night and they was in full flow also. It will be interesting to keep watching about this story, see how it all unfolds.
Quite alot of 'probablys' there, and until its in The Royal Gazette it don't mean nothing.
I thought the DTV was said to be renewable after the 1st 6 mos on an annual basis for up to 5 yrs thereby giving you 5.5 yrs before having to ante up again > a 1x payment that's good for as short as 6 mos & as much as 5 yrs after the 1st 6 mos > if true....indeed too good to be true > hard to believe... but then again TIT Baby! Let's GO!!
I’ve not seen anything like that buddy. Could be but I doubt it.
What is province?😢
Chiang Mai City, as mentioned in the video 👍
@@WalkAboutWayne if you have time welcome to Elephant Word at Surin Province 😊
THE NEW VISA EXTENSION WONT DO ANY GOOD WHILE FLIGHTS ARE SO EXPENSIVE
Some right cheap flights about. I been looking. Some great deals.
Get back to your roots Wayne👍🤣
Back where I belong mate 👍
I wonder if a UA-camr would be considered a digital nomad
Why wouldn’t it be, it’s digital 👍
@@WalkAboutWayne Thould they might exclude it because anyone could start a channel and call themselves a digital nomad. I was just curious.
@@MyJourneySolo Anyone can start a Ecommerce shop online. Anyone can teach online, anyone can start graphic design online, anyone can start any business online. Anyone can be a Digital Nomad. That's the whole point of this visa In my eyes, so Thailand can earn a bit from it. Anyone can be a Digital Nomad. But we shall see the rules in the coming days. I would say some sort of test and financial income will need to be shown. £10,000 for the year so it seems.
@@WalkAboutWayne What you say is true. Thanks
@@MyJourneySolo You could be right though buddy, they might have some rules, nobody knows yet. Let's hope for good news. I would have thought this is a visa made for people like UA-camrs though and Thailand earn from it. I think everyone might have to register for Tax in Thailand though.
Is Mr. Beer still in business? Another motorcycle rental shop.
I'm not sure about Mr. Beer, I think he's still in business.
Hi Wayne. Did you run into the kangaroo yet? 🤣🤣
Skippy didn’t survive Doi Suthep 🥲. RIP Skippy 🙏
@@WalkAboutWayne Oh dear.. I hadn't heard that part yet. 😢
Just to stress your point of your travels hurting your channel sir... Of course I can only speak for myself... but I'll say I have skipped over your videos during all of your out of country travels. I'm here for the Thai education and information.
No worries buddy, Malaysia is not everyone’s cup of tea. What I found is locals watch in Malaysia, but in Thailand you get Westerners from all over the globe.
Man you came back a week to early bro. with all these visa chages lol
Yeah typical mate, I never get any luck 🤣
Just sent you a message on instagram, I arrived in Chiang Mai a couple days ago keen for a beverage 😁
Little bit tied up at the minute buddy. Welcome to Chiang Mai though and hope to see you in the city.
UK is now 4world country😅
Until ex pats need health works then back pleading help....
England is the best country in the world. I will live there one day.
@@WalkAboutWayneScotland’s not to bad either 😂
@@shaun7638 thats true