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6 hours ago, Kinnock said:

If you want to go direct to your destination, use Grab.  If you want a mini adventure, take a tuk tuk.  Experienced travellers have known this for decades.

 

Not even a scam .... just the tailor shop paying commission for visitors .... he could pay the full fare, but then he'd have no story for his channel.

Grab ?    Decades ??     Grab started about the year 2012

6 minutes ago, sungod said:

 

Its the standard look in the UK now.

Not in most parts of the UK, except for a fairly narrow age group  (or wannabees ).

Will this have a bad effect on the majority, good teachers of English ?

BUT now, the only Chinese police in LOS will be working undercover

For that amount of money, one could stay a few times a year in a high quality hotel.    

So many injuries, so wondering if the passengers were wearing seat belts ?

Doesn't prevent all injuries but often reduces their severity.

Oh Mr Attacker, please wait a moment while I  reassemble my gun, to protect myself !!!!!!!

Is water the best option for extinguishing an electrical fire ?

Chickens held illegally ?  What's the story there ?

And .....  no Norwegian Blue parrots confiscated ?

Moldova next, then another crack at Georgia.  

Who will stop this megalomaniac ?

This was a TV programme - what BBC executives consider to be "entertainment".  

It was not meant to be a factual documentary.

Don' take it too seriously.

There are various definitions of the term "girl friend".

Imports with a CIF (Cost, Insurance and Freight)  value up to 1000 THB are exempt from duty and VAT.

Goods imported into Thailand are subject to VAT at a rate of 7% calculated over the CIF value plus any applicable duty.

Duty on sunglasses is 5%

8 hours ago, transam said:

Work permits...?...........

Who is going up to check?  They would have a hard job catching up with them.   

ring WW2

per wiki

The Brits brought many Rhoyingya in as workers.

When Brits bailed out, they armed the R to hold the line against the Japs.

But instead R used the guns to murder 10's of thousands of Buddhist neighbors.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Hence hatred for R by Burmese.

Even "the Lady".

Karma?

The Rohingya community in Burma has roots going back 1000 years.

During WW2, many Rohingyans ( and some Buddhists) were enlisted to defend against the invading Japanese. Many Buddhists were involved in supporting the Japanese, some actively and others passively. This created tensions which have lasted, and successive Burmese admistrations have done nothing to address this, rather, they have encouraged this sectarian division.

Why is there no ongoing, loud and outright international condemnation of Burma for allowing this situation to arise and in colluding in it's continuation ? Only a whisper from the UN, so quiet that no-one has heard.

Sure, Burma is (supposed to be) emerging from a dark period of dictatorship, but this no reason for allowing that country to develop along this route. This is not the way a modern democracy treats it's citizens. Burma may now have a so-called democracy, but she (or her governing class) has obviously learnt little from her recent past.

Could this be because Burma is now seen as an investment opportunity by richer countries and their international corporations ?

Why the deafening silence from Aung San Suu Kyi ??

Just a short time ago, she was presenting herself as the defender of the " down trodden " Burmess people.

Many of the Rohingya are native to Burma, but denied citizenship and civil rights. Many countries are home to citizens with a different language and religion, but they are dealt with fairly.

What's Burma's problem here ?

Shame on you Aung San Suu Kyi.

There are subtle differences in the cutting and finishing style between most countries. London, Milan and New York are traditionally different ( and Bangkok! ). Be careful when interpreting other peoples preferences and well-meaning recommendations. There are few short cuts to finding a good tailor who will match your sartorial aspirations. You have to do the leg work. Try to talk to the tailor and not only the store salesman.

Little of the "bad press" or negativity that Thai tourism receives in the world Press is caused by their being Martial Law.

The headline events involving tourists and other foreigners in Thailand are often caused by situations which would make headlines if they occurred in their home countries. Drunkeness, drugs, bad driving, lack of consideration for others, lack of sensitivity over cultural differences, etc.

Of course, there are other incidents where there are no contributory factors from the victims, but none of these incidents are of an exclusively Thai nature.

Having said that, in reality, there are very few headlines in the world press about Thailand, for good or bad.

Many would suggest that those in power now, have more work to do before returning power to the usual run of disappointing politicians.

Thailand saved France! Viva la thailande!!

-*I typed this myself*-

9/10 . . not bad effort, all you need is dipthong << thaïlande >>

This seems to be more of an issue in Theravada countries. Sri Lanka & Myanmar/Burma shock me a bit with their hardline versions of Buddhism mixed with intolerance. Surely not what the Buddha had in mind.

This all started with the West trying to squash the East with their superiority.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Today, we seeing a gradual 'shift' in power.

The shift of world power to Sri Lanka must be extremely gradual. Not many other observers have noticed it yet.

Stay with HK.