Unfortunately the bar girls in Pattaya understand and speak better English than thai teacher's and the teenagers dont want to speak it because they dont want to make mistakes and are shy that's my experience anyway
Just ask tat they say everything is fine with a squillion tourists but the problem is that the thai banks love lending money even if people can't afford it new car new phone etc
The citizens won't be happy if they don't get their free money that was promised it will be the death of their political party if they don't get it serves themselves right
Unfortunately the thai people see this as free money someone has to pay for it eventually they don't think about the economy because they think it doesn't concern them but it will
It's going to be interesting on how they are going to get on together as they were enemies a few days ago money money money money and with taksin in the mix it's going to be a rocky ride
Interesting times ahead let's see how this turns out when the dust has settled can't see him spending much time I jail there might be some red shirt riots I hope not
I did it a different way stayed in a hotel near bus station for a night and they let me keep my car there undercover while I was in Laos and got the bus from there all for the price of one nights stay