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I wonder if you did the stats on how many of those earliest wave of backpacking hostel dwellers returned later in life to revisit Thailand, bringing with them their family and friends, but this time around stayed in 5☆ hotels and spent money on everything the TAT have been marketing Thailand as the place to visit. Companies like Harley Davidson realized long ago that a large section of their future buyers were going to be the guys who could only dream of owning one when they were in their 20's, but now in their late 50's and and 60's can easily realize that dream with spare cash

But maybe the accommodation budget is very small compared to his dining budget, also sometimes the fun is in the challenge of getting a bargain

Bbbbuuuut that leaves him with more money to donate at the temples 🛕

I remember an elderly gent who told us how for almost two years during WWII there was no electricity and that a girl would fan him until he fell asleep, he said the trick was to be sure you fell asleep before the girl, but he also described a city without all those concrete heat retaining buildings

Bubble baths?

Looking at prices I have paid, the last time I paid ฿35 for lunch at a sit down place (pork rice egg) was in February 2019, but then by Feb 2020 the price was up at ฿45 The same dish in the same place in January 2026 is now ฿60 The places I refer to are remotely located around the North and Northeast, also asI don't buy when I'm at home in Bangkok so not sure what can be bought for lower prices in the city

My recent (past month) prices paid have been ฿60 but there were a couple of places I ate at where they only charged me ฿50. One place just outside Burriram and one place in Nakhon Sawan The images below were of what I actually received for ฿50

https://youtube.com/shorts/v_XxKEABuRk?si=TbM2BQQdevIDN2F9

The widow of the dead policeman was compensated to her satisfaction (฿3m) but the general public weren't happy that in this day and age (social media days), or at least reading between the lines many people phoned the brother of the victim possibly to suggest they should have asked for more than they received, or perhaps he didn't get a cut of the compensation the widow received https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-24/thailand-charges-against-red-bull-heir-dropped/12490788?

The airline is supposed to do the ensuring you have the necessary permissions/visa documentation and will be allowed entry, as my understanding is that they are responsible for returning you to where you came from, or your home country (at their cost) should your entry be denied.

I've booked the past four times and on the first time they wanted a hard copy, since then I've always printed it out for the appointment.

My last two entries, both since the new digital arrival card requirement came into being, neither time was there any request to see it, nor did I offer it, so I just assume its in the system along with my visa details.

I know folks that come into Thailand to join an event, then a week or so later head to Vietnam to join a similar event, returning a week later , then after another couple of weeks maybe head to Malaysia or Vietnam for another event, then back to Thailand. Now the uncertainty has them rethinking whether to head to this part of the world as one denied entry messes everything up. They're not working or doing anything more than enjoying life.

I can share the following personal experience, but this wasn't yesterday nor was it a 12 hour flight. I once required to board a flight on a stretcher, I think it was 9x economy seats that I had to pay for, the stretcher fitted onto a frame that was fixed over those folded down seats, I couldn't fly without a nurse, and although a very nice nurse had volunteered to come with me, but the matron in the hospital said a big No! So a friend who had been in that area attending at the same event as I was, volunteered to assist me traveling. He sat in the back of the ambulance to the airport which i think was a three hour drive, and then on the aeroplane he sat in one of those remaining seats of the nine and would have to be the nurse, say if I needed a pee, my flight wasn't too long maybe a couple of hours, so I didnt drink anything and so I guess not so difficult to act as the nurse. I remember when I arrived from the hospital to the airport, the BA lady coming into the back of the ambulance (long low version more like an estate car with a higher roof) and she was crouched over me holding the clipboard for me to sign the credit card form, that was back when there were three copies each with a piece of carbon copy between them. I was loaded onto the aeroplane via a back door, but not the one that the passengers come in, but I'm pretty vague on exactly how it was done. I do remember that there was a curtain rigged around me, which was to be open for take-off and landing, I opted for leaving it open throughout the flight. I recall it took a long time to get unloaded once back in the UK, as no local hospital had been notified in advance, that i was coming into that airport so there wasn't anyone waiting my arrival, but eventually it all came together and I was taken off the plane, i recall there was a major amount of dismantling going on to allow the stretcher I was on to come off, once done i was then taken away by an ambulance to whichever hospital covered that area.

Maybe he flew out of UK using a different passport than that which he produced to immigration in Phuket. Each time I've used a new passport for the first time, its usually upon entry (not departure) to a country, and that country doesn't have that passport details entered as its not the same one that I checked in with.