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16 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

Today 39.5 - Quid , 'Its getting better all the time .'

The time has come the walrus said, to pocket your loot and get to bed

On 11/14/2019 at 8:44 PM, webfact said:

Popular Thai Beaches Pricier Than European Resorts: It’s Not Just About the Higher Baht

Raini Hamdi, Skift

 

 

It’s easy to blame the baht as the butt of the problem for a decline in European arrivals to Thailand. The issues are wider and deeper than just currency appreciation.

— Raini Hamdi

 

The cost of a holiday in popular beach resorts in Thailand is now on par with or higher than those in Greece, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and Egypt, which are closer to home for Europeans.

 

The cost of a five-star resort in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Samed has reached around $500 per room per night including American breakfast. This is similar to the cost of a five-star beach resort in Greece, Italy and Spain, and dearer than a comparable property in Turkey or Egypt, which costs $350 a night, according to Diethelm Travel Group.

 

It is even pricier than a mountain resort in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, which is $450 a room in the summer July/August high season for Europeans.

 

Full story: https://skift.com/2019/11/13/popular-thai-beaches-pricier-than-european-resorts-its-not-just-about-the-higher-baht/

 

-- Skift 2019-11-14

you can't sell Xmas to Santa Clause, but many still try, only those with plenty of loot will pay these prices, I will stick to the 500 BHT guest house just a few metres back from the beach

On 11/20/2019 at 10:09 PM, seajae said:

not unexpected but definitely not a good judgement, if the facts as were stated were correct he was ok to do what he did, pressure has obviously been used here to get the required result and stop FF from taking over thai politics

Once upon a time in clean and green NZ they sacked the mine workers at Waihi, the government sacked the wharfies, then locked the workers out and brought in scab workers.

Then they arrested the locked out workers for sedition for crying that scab word out.

They sent a train to Waihi and filled it with the workers and ran them out of town, the police even shot one worker dead who had locked himself in his miners cottage.

A long, long time ago, so! a backward step being practiced today in LOS.

On 11/20/2019 at 9:00 PM, soalbundy said:

A bible verse from a murderer, he must have undergone a conversion while inside.

He was born converted

49 minutes ago, hobz said:

Japan and Sweden has negative and zero interest rates... Seems fine...

people live in shoe boxes in Japan and that's fine

On 11/19/2019 at 12:04 AM, CharlieH said:

Took you long enough to realize what we have all been feeling for months !

meanwhile the big boys buy up usd and stockpile it waiting to cash in!

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

Why not just tell us the name of rhe company?

Name is Big Company

4 hours ago, MJKT2014 said:

Yes, only Thais should be allowed to hog the sidewalks working/selling photographs of their world travels.

OK ,GET IT RIGHT, Cut your leg off, and one hand maybe, cover yourself in black boot polish, clothes and all then crawl through a market with a cup stretched out in you good arm and no problem.

2 minutes ago, Yadon Toploy said:

Nonsense.

 

The local markets are far better value than supermarkets and shops that have their prices marked.

And you even get 50 times the level of insecticides from both venues for free.

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

With a strong baht, imports should be cheaper; they never are.  Pure profiteering.

The price of fuel should be 25%/27% cheaper as that is how much the currency has appreciated.

Some have made big time over the currency.

But with exports being that much dearer many factories are closing and moving to Cambodia and Vietnam.

The National airline the Flagship of LOS is in big trouble - dont worry sell it to China.

But don't fret when the bullet trains are flying, Chinese tourists will poor in. Using chinese owned venues, chinese owned hotels and the rich will get richer, meantime all the expats will have slowly left, european tourists will not go to LOS as they will get mowed down in the streets everytime a chinese tour go by.

It's happening now in Chiang Mai , go to the sunday market at Tapai Gate and get mowed down.

TIT.

Something may have to give????

On 11/16/2019 at 3:54 PM, Creasy said:

Wow

If he had got through, and got the goods , I wonder what goods they would be?? 

On 11/16/2019 at 3:45 PM, Pilotman said:

"blathering and incoherent" , so normal then?  

Self defence, plead insanity, loss of sanity due to mind altering substance.

Then add bad temper, childishness and lost face = murder she wrote.

These sorts of crime are happening all over the world, especially in low income areas, and with methamphetamine use becoming rampant worldwide.

Because of LOS large population we hear these stories quite often.

There are some gruesome murders in NZ all the time involving gangs and meth.

Sorry state the world is fast becoming a crime scene.

On 11/16/2019 at 10:42 PM, Just1Voice said:

Why not just dump her and go find another. There is always one just around the corner. Now he's  going to get life in prison. Which means he'll be out in 5-6 years.

What can you say? another example of Jealous mentality, caused by mothering and spoiling of Thai male children .

Believe me I have to counter it all the time with my son being spoilt when around Thai females especially grandma and auntys, even in the supermarkets thai women pick him us as he is half Thai and hug him.

When these kids grow into teenagers they are a problem, they want mia noys but if one of them plays around then the old lost face kicks in and out comes the chopper. 

Sad really.

17 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Its really slippery at those waterfalls, cant be too careful. RIP.

 

 

Just what I was going to say, very slippery ,when I was there my friends and I decided it was to slippery to try to go to upper levels. RIP

18 hours ago, BritManToo said:

It's a suggestion, like stopping for red traffic lights or driving on the left on a dual carriageway.

Other suggestions, wearing a m/c helmet, seat belt, one way street, etc.

Up to you!

UR right, but does anyone actually know the real rode code ruling for zebra crossings??

If so can you post it.

On 11/11/2019 at 3:51 PM, ezzra said:

As long as the government is willing to contain the numbers and 'live with it' and hoping that will not get worse, nothing concrete will be done other than lip service from bobbing heads to show that the deserve their payday at the government's halls of doing nothing...

log books never happened, traffic police on the road is virtually none.

Speed cameras are not in place.

The speed limit is to high.

Children ride bikes to school, adults pick up multiple kids from school on one bike, and wear no helmets, they then drive as though they are bulletproof.

They scare the hell out of me when I drive, they cut in front of vehicles all the time.

Poverty dictates that bikes are the cheapest form of transport, families have to use them to get kids to school

The stupid me first mentality and the amount of modified boy racer cars and bikes on the road is a joke.

The driving mentality is abysmal.

So where do we start from the above?

On 11/8/2019 at 3:39 PM, mercman24 said:

air pressure would would keep that door closed at altitude. i reckon that guy needs testing for drugs, he was on something i reckon, he probably seen 3 elephants, charging towards him, about to be trampled,  ha ha

But the plane was not at altitude so the door would open easier.

None the less this guy must have been  a mango short of a tree.

16 hours ago, PatOngo said:

 

 

Quite the system, isn't it!

Will the biometrics be able to determine the Khowsan Rd fake documents?

Will they use the biometrics on the southern border wild west crossings where malaysians walk across at night for a bit on the side and a few sneaky cigars and drinks?

20 hours ago, chrisandsu said:

The truth is Pattaya is full of drug dealers from every country . How do you think half of these clubs and Gogos are bought ? 

How can anyone file drug charges against another person without evidence.

He is wanted in the UK, for alleged drug dealing, not for his Thai GF filing drug charges.

Maybe she tipped off the Thai police to his whereabouts when she got <deleted> st him.

Either way he has to be deported to the UK to face the music.

17 hours ago, steven100 said:

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

The girls failed to communicate with the owner, they could not see that no tourist, no expat ,customer no have = no Money for you honey.

This effect will roll on the trickle down economy is now showing major signs of failure.

Thai airways going belly up, exports to USA now have to pay duty, everyone leaving LOS as TM30 Health insurance woes ,high BHT drive tourists away.

Do not panic we will invite eastern Europeans to fill the gap.

Next we will see the transfer of processing plants to Cambodia and Vietnam.

16 hours ago, ThomasThBKK said:

Sure, Ukraine is known as the richest country on the european continent, followed by Moldavia and Belarus.

 

This all makes sense, thats also why you have to woo them with a <deleted>ty discount or a free visa, because they are so rich.

Invite people from eastern Europe, the history of these people is not good when we look back at the carnage and crime.

Indians are well known to be very cautious spenders, I drove tour buses I know how tourists spend.

Chinese will not contribute to the general economy only to the wealthy Chinese Thai bussiness / hotels /restaurants.

I do not see Thai airways picking up on the trade, China will use their own airlines.

Just what Thailand needs invite organised criminals into LOS from eastern Europe, you can not stop them blending in with the honest tourists.

The Indians are good people but very frugal, they won't spend up, nor will the Chinese.

Maybe all the empty condos down the coast from Cha Amm can be sold to Chinese from Hong Kong to retire on the beach.

I wondered what was going to happen to them.

17 hours ago, keith101 said:

As the Thai baht gains more strength exports and tourism will fall even further and dropping the its rate by just 25 basis points will do nothing for the economy .

 

It seems destined for the Aussie dollar to drop below todays rate of 20.6 to into the 19s by next year making it impossible for me at least to continue living here and will probably lead to my divorcing my wife and returning to Aus forever , at least back home a dollar is worth a dollar and wont change .

Thai airways in big trouble!

Tourists from Europe not flying Thai, or coming, TM30 and visa conditions driving expats out, the exchange rate sickening those who can just manage further into despair.

Koh Samui is dead the bars are dead, one of my friends who has run one for 25 years is going to close shop.

The place is a army state, street vendors are being run out of town as the big boys don,t want competition, the flow on effect of the bar trade and street vendor economy will only lead to drug dealing and crime.

Finance companies will be repossessing at an even greater rate.

The only savior may be when big business, the likes of the Flag carrier National airline collapses , then we may see a change.

On 10/19/2019 at 12:40 AM, the guest said:

"CANNOT", most common word in Thailand!

I went to BK bank, no book left it at Hua Hin, was in BK.

Wanted a transaction printout. had my passport, Thai license, kiwi license , visa card Atm card and thai wife, buttttttttt, cannot do, you need Bank book.

Thai bank lady smirks at me, I say tomorrow you work here?

She say yes, I say whats your name? she say cannot give to you, I say same name on your badge,

Tomorrow you no job you very rude laughing at falaang.

I reported her to the manager,

Next day I went back to the same branch and lady laugh not working.'

The new lady welcomes me and prints out my request.

Simple as that, if you strike a cannot walk away and talk to some one else or another office.