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7 hours ago, J Town said:

I ride my pushbike on that motorway. There is a major section NOT finished. Not large, could be completed in a few days, but there is a reason it's not finished us minions aren't allowed to know. Some stupid politics I'm sure.

Follow the money

Take them cycling around wat yansangwararam, with a picnic under one of the salas there (mostly cycle path) .

Or cycle in the Sattahip navy camp near navy golf course to hat sai kaew beach.. virtually no traffic. Lunch can be picnic at beach.

Teach them to paddle board or windsurf at amara water sports.

get them to do a sailing course with navy or royal Varuna yacht club.

go for a picnic at khaochamao np, waterfall.

5 hours ago, mrwinner said:

Are you serious? How am I bashing Thailand? Now two gunmen shooting indiscriminately at locals in the past week. This country has never had to deal with this sort of Western influenced behaviour before now. 

face obsessed people with little education, easy access to guns and lax law enforcement make a heady cocktail

17 hours ago, rkidlad said:

So much wrong with what just came out of this little man's mouth. That was extremely racist and xenophobic. Very ugly to see a person of his stature in the government talking like this. 

 

I'm guessing some 'white people' said no when he offered them a mask. I'm guessing they may have refused to be in a picture. He's obviously lost face and just let words come out of his mouth in a fit of anger.

 

He asked Thai people to help kick out foreigners who don't wear masks. Let that sink in. A man who said this virus is like a common cold, who said stopping people coming in from mainland China won't make a difference, a man who's been seen in pictures with people who were ill not wearing a mask - has the audacity to tell people to help roundup people who don't accept his crappy masks and kick them out.

 

This man is one of the top men helping run this country. God help Thailand. 

 

 

 

 

being remotely intelligent has never been a requirement for public office in Thailand

13 hours ago, Brigand said:

It's difficult to see how a religious civil war between the Sunni and Shia isn't almost inevitable in this modern age at some point considering the riches and equipment/tech each side has with a big dollop of hatred/intolerance that make a "Day of reckoning" all the more tempting for religious lunatics. If they (the local clerics on each side) all want to decimate the Middle East and take each other to task in a religious blood feud then there may not be much anyone can do about it and it might have to happen for an extended period of peace in that region to be ushered in. The US and Iran are both baiting each other which will only hasten aforementioned scenario.

16th century Europe.......

I hope we see clarification and finessing of the laws concerning holiday rentals. That is a huge and growing potential for sustainable Thai tourism in itself.

as long as those in charge of the cleanup can live in a green and pleasant land somewhere....

4 hours ago, BestB said:

For as long as our respective countries ignore it and do not apply same treatment to Thai nationals , mainly in Germany 

Buffaloes herding aliens

I think they should start thinking rationally about how to get back and develop individual tourism, because that is undoubtedly the second wave even in emerging tourism markets such as China and India.

If not, they risk clogging the roads and sewers for very little gain, ending up with little other than an inappropriate infrastructure and a ruined environment.

Airbnb and similar are unfortunately part of that wave of the future....

....but I’m not holding my breath for rational thought from TAT

5 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

 

Correct (Total count of non Thai passports going through airports and border posts?), that is what TAT is using.

 

In other words, they don't differentiate between different type of tourist. Any non-Thai that enter Thailand = 1 tourist. Flawed accounting of course. 

 

https://www.airportthai.co.th/en/airports-of-thailand-plc/about-aot/air-transport-statistic/

 

By which count my travels abroad and returns over the last 28 years would would have registered as over 100 tourist arrivals.

Gross negligence in anybody else’s book.....

1 hour ago, JAG said:

Sadly, at the end of the day, they will have no choice!

 

If the Chinese can transfer the activities of Hong Kong, and the economic benefits it brings to China, to Shenzhen, then they will turn the lights out.

Everything but the legal system and individual rights. Those are the key issues that make HK attractive

Well, with that level of technology, and the right intermediaries, there should have been a commuter van in it for the chiefs family......

Great idea destined to failure, from the start, it seems. The devil will be in the details, which always scuttles Thai bureaucracy.

Who needs nuclear powered submarines?  The Thai navy could use this to power their next generation of som tam and khao niaow powered submarines...... the guy just needs the right connections!

Hiding in a cherry tree, with toenails painted red

I was recently bitten by my own domestic cat, (rabies vaccinated) and yet was strongly advised to get rabies and tetanus booster. In my case I also needed intravenous antibiotics because I left it late. It eventually cost me 25,000 at a private hospital.

In hindsight, i would go to the nearest local government hospital and get those standard shots. They should not cost more than 1000 baht, available at main and minor hospitals.