Grandisse
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It seems that I am a minority in the forum, but anyway, I actually liked the idea that this self-righteous teacher pr!ck got a taste of the real world - he had it coming to him. Paying the room doesn't give anybody the right to behave like an idiot - and especially not bringing your own booze to the restaurant and then complain about a corkage fee. And then, even after the hotel already retracted about the corkage fee, writing defamatory loudmouth-sh!t in social media.
As a business person myself, with all the advantages that social media has brought to mankind, it is also a playground for crazy people who get emotionally carried away to write stupid stuff hurting businesses, especially those who have a remarkable track record of very good reviews - like this hotel.
I know Koh Chang quite well, especially I like Kai Bae Beach, so once Thailand opens up (if that ever happens) I might well stay there.
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27 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:
Your currency is horrible not the exchange rate. Where can you go and not get beaten down? Turkey or Egypt I guess.
It is true, it is more the Euro being made deliberately weak than the Baht being strong - still, the exchange rate is horrible. And I suspect some Thai people, influencial people, are not so unhappy about it, since it makes their own foreign investments more profitable.
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I love Thailand, I speak, read and write Thai, so I have a general positive attitude towards Thailand and the Thais.
That being said, it seems to me the Thai government and actually a lot of Thais get crazier every day. The exchange rate is horrible, prices are going up for everything, the tourism sector transformed into a quick buck artists scheme rather than being a service industry, visa & immigration lawmakers and executives have taken leave of their senses. And then they really wonder why tourism is going down, especially in light of available alternatives? Well, what can I say ... the Thai way of thinking, never cease to amuse me ...
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French??? Hahahaaha....maybe their passports....
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The original poster's responses, phonetically in English:
1. rawang nawy na .... man praw' bang (lit. "please be careful, it's fragile")
2. nuat bao bao ... yaa chai raeng maak (lit. "massage softly, don't use much strength")
No. 1's right on the money, don't forget the "khrap" or "na khrap" at the end of the sentence.As for no. 2, you could say,"Bao bao noi, da mai, jaah?".
To get the right meaning OP would have to say 2: Bao bao noi, dai mai, khrap? Worked for me before, might be wrong.
Right, the "noi" makes the request sound smoother and more pleasant, and the krap should close the statement or request to make it polite. Without the krap it sounds harsh in Thai ears.
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Good translations given here really.
For everyday situations I would recommend to use simple words in case of doubt, like แตกง่าย (dtaaek ngai lit: break easily) rather than เปราะบาง (probang). I would like to point out that beginners (who have to rely on transliterations) should be using simple words instead of more advanced constructions. And non-thai speaking farangs tend to underestimate how important it is in Thai to get the tones right to be understood. Sometimes farangs think they say the word, but the Thai person doesn't understand, but still smiles to be polite.
Single Entry Tourist Visa to Thailand now requires foreigners to show funds of 500k THB
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Right. They don't have those millions by spending them.