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4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Give it 30 years and it'll be as bad a LOS is now.

Maybe, so go have a look now ????

How will it look here in 30 years?

5 hours ago, Melbun said:

Whhhhhhat? beaches, mountain ranges - OMG - as if gentleman are going to SE Asia for those things !! You want beaches etc - stay at home and go to your local beaches. They are going for ??????

My quote was a reply to a statement. Sure if you look for the sex scene, and why not, stay in Pattaya.

Or try both!

1 hour ago, jacko45k said:

Yes. 

Please share photos or locations

On 7/23/2019 at 5:38 PM, jingjai9 said:

I am not sure about now, but I know when I lived in Vietnam 10 years ago I met many tourists who swore they would never come back to VN after one visit. The reasons being that service providers and sellers overcharge foreigners so zealously. Often prices are double. The Siklo drivers don't really negotiate prices. If you are aggressive with them, they don't cower, they challenge. 

 

On another front I recall tourists paying money to attend private beaches because on public beaches aggressive vendors would try to make a sale and if you refused, they would not walk on; they stay and persist.

 

I heard even the VN citizens complaing about the high rate of theft of personal property, including child pickpockets.

 

Finally, tour goups can be treated like herds of sheep. The attitude being the tourists are here for us, not the other way around. 

 

I saw this behavior of overcharging and litle regard for tourists to be the rule rather than the exception.  Perhaps things are different in VN now. They are clever people. I am certain they will work it out.

 

Also, the last I knew, foreigners could not bring VN ladies within the confines of a private home or hotel room overnight without facing legal consequences.

 

Many people visit Thailand many times, not sure about VN.

Your whole statement is out of date, really!

Just now, marcusarelus said:

The rich are rich because of exports so are unhappy too.  

Depending on how they make their money. If exporters yes, as i stated, if not they are very happy with the strength of the baht.

On 7/23/2019 at 5:18 PM, marcusarelus said:

The reverse.  Rich people are hurt the most by the high baht because exports are down. 

The rich are buying abroad and very happy due to the exchange rates. Business people just in export may not be so happy.

On 7/23/2019 at 4:50 PM, MartinKal said:

Yes there is competition, but let's take a look at it first.

Bali, Bali the beautiful. But kuta beach has been unfavorably compared to UK's clacton-on-sea. And Ubud is so crowded and the lovely rice terraces built over that people cannot pass on the pavement without stepping into the street. So I wouldn't go there.

 

What about Vietnam Is there a more all year round polluted city than Hanoi? Yes, Saigon. And is Agent Orange a Buddhist attraction or is it in fact a deadly poison that remains in the soil together with the cluster bombs from the last war? So that's off my itinerary.

 

Malaysia is fine, but Liberties restricted if you know what I mean and the cost of living there is a lot higher than in Thailand. So I wouldn't go that either.

 

That leaves Myanmar which to my mind represents the biggest long-term threat, but for the moment is not developed for tourism.

 

No, rather than trying to blame the competition for the drop in numbers, the new Tourist Authority Chief could do well to focus on the weaknesses of Thailand itself. And start with taking a look at the infrastructure which has unfortunately being eroded since it was put in place in the 1980s.

There is a lot more to Vietnam than those two cities, wonderful beaches and mountain ranges stretching along the whole country.

47 minutes ago, jackdd said:

เจ้าบ้าน = Housemaster (not House/Homeowner)

นหัวหน้าครอบครอง = chief possessor (not head owner)

As mentioned, i am learning, but two site say.......

homeowner

COMPONENTS

เจ้า

jâo

•owner;possessor

บ้าน

bâan

•home;house

host; owner of the house; householder; homeowner

ครอบครอง

krôp krong   [to] possess ; own ; belong to

Ambiguous as i said 

19 hours ago, jackdd said:

Here the official definiton:

 

 

My translation (i am learning Thai , not fluent at all, and i could be wrong!) 

Ambiguous to me, you either own the house or you don't. 

"Homeowner means, person that is in the position of head owner of the house or renter or other that follows the law of registration for the population."

16 hours ago, wilailuk said:

How any farang from velfunctioning western countries choose to work in LOS as a teacher, or in other lowpaying jobs, is totally beyond me, I don´t understand it!

 

It should be the other way around: Work at good paying jobs offshore, at sea, fishing boat (Alaska crab fishing) etc. etc. - and when you have a s..tload of dough, THEN move here, much, much better..

 

To use your best working years like that, is just plain stupid, and I don´t accept any crying and whining, when people have chosen like that, som nam naa..

 

 

 

 "I don´t understand it!"

Indeed you don't!

8 hours ago, lucifer666 said:

If he lives in Prajuab Kiri Khan, how is it a 200Km round trip to Hua Hin ?

It's a province as well as a town.

20 hours ago, pattayahenry said:

millions of thais have less money than falang. double pricing supports the poor. every thai accepts this. that guy should be more careful. if he continues to make problems they just cancel his visa and deport him. they must not give any reason.

Based on your analogy prices should be based on what you can afford, an interesting and flawed way of looking at it i suggest. 

4 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

It explains why the THB is high now. what part don't you understand in the article.

They are very bad at predictions, it's a fact

22 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Maybe read a bit and you will understand:

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/business/30373312

 

The IMF are mostly wrong in their predictions.

I have ridden up to the Chinese border and the Singapore border on one trip in shorts, sandals etc. Never again, although i had no accidents.

Off road riding a few weeks ago and had a hard landing, the bike and i somersaulted with me landing 10 metres away and in agony! I was wearing clothing with body armour boots and and a good helmet. I am still in a lot of pain now, if i was not wearing that gear i hate to think how badly i would have been injured.
Regarding hot weather, Assero jeans, made in Thailand with full protection are cool to wear. I have a similar jacket too, there is gear out there.

1 hour ago, JimHuaHin said:

I have been going to Hua Hin Hospital for 6 years, and I have no complaints.

 

I generally use the 'express' service, and I pay extra for the service, as do ALL the Thai patients.

 

At times I have used the after hours OPD specialist service, and pay extra for the service, as do ALL Thai patients, including my Thai partner who is a nurse in another governent hospital.

 

After Christmas last year I was admitted as a patient in a private room due to a severe UTI infection requiring IV antiobiotics for 4 days - I paid the same fees as a Thai patient would have.

 

Most of the medical staff at Hua Hin Hospital are excellent - many doctors have thier own private after hours clinics, and several also work part-time in one of the two Hua Hin private hospitals.

 

Hua Hin Hospital provides a great service to the community; the Hospital is also several million Baht in debt, as are many many other Thai government hospitals.

 

Personally, I do not mind paying a few hundred Baht extra per visit to Hua Hin Hospital, as it helps the Hospital continue is great work in our community.

 

On the other hand, I do not accept being ripped off by the local motor cycle taxi, taxi and tuk tuk marfia.

I suspect with your wife being a nurse, she knows how to get treatment for you at the Thai price. 

28 minutes ago, Jonnapat said:

From April 2018 the government allowed public hospitals up to 50% 'Foreigner Surcharge'. This hospital has obviously chosen the maximum. 

At Siriraj hospital in Bangkok where I regularly need to attend the surchsrge is 25%.

Why do you use them if you know of the surcharge?

2 hours ago, Medway said:

I had cataract surgery at Bkk hospital Pattaya. On my follow ups with the surgeon I was charged 800 baht immediately I walked in the office....daylight robbery.

I was blinded by a doctor there, follow up surgeries to try and rectify it came to more than 800,000, now that was painful!

The guy has a private surgery now, be careful where you go for surgery!

International hospital in Bangkok 40,000 for a PET scan + 25% because "farang"

Princess hospital beside Don muang 20,000 total!

2 hours ago, Henricus said:

Tourist also need to fill in the TM30 !

You are wrong.

7 hours ago, British Bulldog said:

It really doesn't cost much to purchase an International Drivers license in your Country of residence, IF you think you may decide to drive in another Country, Thailand Police accept International Drivers Licenses. I frequently drive from Vientiane to Pattaya to obtain spare parts for my outboard motors and to have outboards repaired/serviced etc. ... my Lao Driving Licenses is acceptable by the Police to about Khon Kaen, after that, they get smart and ask for an International Drivers License (as they cannot read the Lao Language I think ... not sure if they can read English either) but no problem. My sons have brought Aussie International Lic's also, and no problem.

3000 Baht for a ride from P. Airport to a Hotel ???? We rent a 10 seater Mini Bus from Budget at Phuket Airport for 1300 baht per day ... and drive ourselves, admittedly we know our way around. It would still be cheaper to rent the mini bus and then tell a tuk tuk drive to drive to the hotel and follow him .... ha ha ha

Laos is in ASEAN, their driving licence is by law accepted in Thailand.

The Thai police will be able to read the Laos licence, both languages are similar.
They are just playing you.