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  1. Great, I am so sick of the smell and pot venders every 10 meters - everyone got what they wanted yet they couldn't behave themselves
  2. What I want to know is why people are always falling off these balconies ? when I visit I am super careful because I know safety is an afterthought in BKK and you will be SOL if anything happens insurance or not - this is not the place to take stupid risks
  3. Everyone loves capitalism till they are the victim - Maybe some of these hotel should up their standards and act like they actually care about the guests- instead of seeing everyone as a walking Baht there for them to extract everything they can get out of them How about some actual service, Upkeep of the hotel, and decent buffets - They want the money but don't want to put in the work- and yes I know about Hotels one of my. clients runs the largest chain in the world and they do that by being great at their job and putting the guest satisfaction first and the money follows . Anytime I go to a hotel in Bangkok. it is a crapshoot because there is no consistency, they never learn anything nor do they want to learn unless it is from another thai - Us dumb Americans know nothing I am so tired of billionaire crying they are poor-that extra charge will go right into his greedy pockets. Trickle down economics is BS - Don't <deleted> on me and tell it is raining
  4. what kind of idiot wears a gold necklace in Pattaya , A Russian one - Aren't Russian male supposed to be fighting for the Motherland not with LadyBoys They can't even beat them !
  5. Well, it is better than nothing, but Plane ticket prices have almost doubled in cost with crazy long layovers coming over from the USA, so I think I will be going elsewhere. I like bangkok but I am not going to jump through hoop and pay out the nose to spend my money there Maybe things will change by the fall
  6. I would advise any Thai not to go to Saudi Arabia for work - You can be an underpaid slave at home and no be trapped like a prisoner Do you really want to give up your passport to be used and abused like a slave which is all you will be to them , Let the Lazy Saudi's do a days work for once in their life
  7. Why risk buying into a unstable country ? Chances are is that if you can afford a house in Thailand you can afford a house somewhere else. How can you make a decision when everything changes from day to day. You can bet the land will be the worst plots, I looked at buying a house a couple times - the hoops to jump through just aren't worth the effort
  8. You would think the police would have some real criminals to go after, In Thailand Call girls are the least of the problems, how about doing some real law enforcement ,
  9. Yet they are worried about tourists, will the labor have to use " ThaiPass " and go to the hotels for a night and use the the tracking App - there is no logic to the way Thailand operates
  10. This made my decision for me, I am not spending the money and time to fly to a dry covent, I love BKK but not enough to fly 24 hours to watch tv in a hotel room I have seen enough, wats, temple and beaches. I like going out at night, call me anything you want I don't even care. If I cant go out at night and have some fun why even bother going I just as well go to Disney land ( buy the way they are open and serving alcohol) I was hoping for some logic from the government, but now at least I don't have to deal with the ThaiPass headache anymore and I will spend the money to go down to CR where they are open and have lots left over for myself and save 4 calendar days of travel I can leave my house at 8AM and be in CR by 2pm in the Hilton, I have no idea what TAT is thinking or are they even thinking
  11. I have been all over Costa Rica and I didn't need security,
  12. Exactly - nothing open, no booze (I don't even drink but my friends do) early closing times - tests, Insurance and house arrest Only someone who is desperate is returning now. I want to visit in December, the only open date I have until late next year but with all the hoops to jump through I am not sure I want the headache The hotel sites aren't even working properly ThaiPass is a mess and my agent can't even figure out <deleted> is going on, Who needs this headache at this time of the year I could spend the money on myself . I visit Thailand to go out and have fun - I have see too many Wats, Statue's and Temples. when you shut down the fun what other reason is there to go to thailand ? Everything is open in Washington DC 20 minute from my place I am 3 hours from the beach, the Thai temple is 15 minutes from my house and I can be in Las Vegas in 4 hours LA in 6 hours Costa Rica in 5 hours and Mexico City in 6 hours Orlando Florida in 1 hour and 52 minutes. Maybe TAT needs to think long and Hard about why I should visit BKK if it is going to be a dry convent.
  13. I think Gary is right on this - the Thai-er than thai's just don't see this in Thailand There is no imperfections they won't explain away Why would any American put themselves through all the BS for a country that doesn't even want them there besides the weather- what else it there ? Say what you want about the USA but we do function, Most everything works and we learn from our mistakes. When I retire I will visit maybe once a year, but Gary is right there are so many better places to go ( Costa Rica for example and they aren't trashing their country and everything is open ) without the BS, I see it for what the country really is, a bunch of smoke and mirrors, a face of modernity hiding a mess, I have been to BKK 58 times all across the country. I know where my position in Thai society ( a unwanted visitor who is tolerated as long as I spend money ) is unlike these expats who are dumb enough to think they are wannabe Thai's. I remember what a government official told me on my first visit- " We tolerate the Farang but when we are tired of them we will kick them all out and take whatever we please " Of all my visits that is what stuck with me, For all these Thai-er than Thai expats who couldn't make it in their home country ( yes that is really what your country men think of you they just don't say it ) you will get you Thai wake up call and it won't be pretty
  14. Thai Pass is why I am not going - it is already a costly pain to get to Thailand an then have to jump through these nonsense hoops, No thanks . I would like to visit my friends in BKK, but not that bad, I can spend my money in a place with no hoops to jump through , Nightlife and alcohol if I want it. Thailand's cost to actual value is diminishing - Cue the Thai-er than Thais spouting their nonsense
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