Deli

Good post and thank you, as I might face with new people coming in a similar situation.

High quality citizens

No high season for western tourists due to too many reasons. Possibly busy as usual from 24/12 - 06/01 but that's not a high SEASON, it's 10 days only.

Will become a tough one, if not dealing with Chinese and Indians.

17 and never looked back. Determined to leave home country which I did some years later.

Isn't it sad that parents have to pay for private schools coz of Goverment run schools being just too bad in everything. Good education must be available to everyone without payment. 

But stop, in this case the elite would be at risk.

Came here 11 years ago, 1st salary 32 k net rent 6 k, got overcharged but still could save some noney and had a honda dream. No booze, no smoke and a gf who earned her own money. Salary for the same job did not increase remarkably in the meantime and poeple still can live on that one.

Not always fun but still much better than in other places.

32 minutes ago, mercman24 said:

i have never seen thais sharing a bottle of beer, they do share a bottle of Hong Thong

Go to Patty and uou will see it, as I did. 3 guys with 1 bottle and 3 glasses

Why not giving them a 100 $ voucher on arrival for their visit in Soi Honey ?

Why the hell adopting all the rubbish from the western world ? People seem to be happy as it is and so am I. Easier to fleece people instead of improving school and welfare system. Here they should copy Japan and soms western countries.

6 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

Surprise, surprise. But you already knew that.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-brit-formula-1-driver-13673222

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-23877323

She needed the money to buy him in a race team. Good mum ????

Searched a tuk tuk lane ?

Could be my boy, great stuff. Ride on, kid !

1 hour ago, burgdawg said:

...my all-around fave TOT goof hadda be marketing Pattaya as a "HoneyMoon Destination" to Eastern Europeans some years back, about 2008-2010, what a fiasco. There were plenty of lawsuits coming from various countries thinking the whole campaign a brutal joke, which is was to many brides who lost their man to a ladyboy or to Soi 6. TOT is staffed by kon Thai, most can barely speak English and they are acting like seers.

Laughable, TIT.

The ex grooms might be happier now than married

Nobody dares to take action coz of too much money involved in high places. Lost case and too late, Take it as it is or move on. No othr way aound. And I know Phuket since the early 90ies, when it was paradise

43 minutes ago, Guderian said:

I'm sure there's a committee busy this very moment trying to work out how to get rid of all the pesky farangs cluttering up Walking Street in Pattaya so as to give the noble, fraternal Chinese tour parties and their flag-waving guides more space. We've already got Panda a-Gogo, I expect Mao Zedong a-Gogo won't be too far behind, lol.

Not to forget bobblehead city at the end of WS

TAT and Immi did everything they could to prevent farangs from coming and spending. Now they have to deal with that what nobody really wants.

And what about the NPs, where it really hurts the tourists ? 

Oh no... mia noi needs a new car...

What about the countless idiot car drivers, having no clue who to handle big bikes as a part of the road traffic ? They urgently need education as well.

Witnessed just yesterday how a car pulled out of the parking lot and did not see the bike coming - accident happened. Luckily nobody got injured but clearly the car drivers fault.

Mia + me = 180 kg on a Honda Dream, only changed the shocks to YSS. All good.

Make it 220 km/h and all is good. Happy days !